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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Samsung are pretty close.

You are given an opportunity to hard reset our universe (particularly, the Earth). You are also allowed to change one rule about the new universe. What rule would you change? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The strong nuclear force doesn't exist.

“Should art be regulated by the SEC?” NFT artists file lawsuit in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

The only purpose of NFTs is to raise sea levels by metres

So NFT's will get rid of silicon valley?

When reading prescription, how do read Jibberish to order glasses online? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Are we sure it isn't?

“Should art be regulated by the SEC?” NFT artists file lawsuit in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Except that the whole reason these “artists” made the “art” to begin with was to make an end-run around regulations.

That also applies to a lot of meatspace modern art.

“Should art be regulated by the SEC?” NFT artists file lawsuit in c/[email protected]

“Should art be regulated by the SEC?” NFT artists file lawsuit in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It looks like they're suing because the SEC declared them as a security, and the artists don't want them to be classed as one.

What's a giveaway or tell that someone may be *too* online? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (5 children)

It works on the web interface.

TIL that due to a disfunction of the ABCCII gene the majority of Asians have significantly less body odor than other populations in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 129 points 2 months ago (8 children)

I'll add that to the list of genes I want knocked out when CRISPR gets good enough.

Microsoft backtracks on deprecating the 39-year-old Windows Control Panel | Microsoft has either backtracked or clarified its language to remove the note about Control Panel being deprecated in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 months ago (1 children)

"deprecated" doesn't usually mean removed, just that new things shouldn't use it because they may remove it at some unspecified time in the future. Some programming languages have had deprecated features for over a decade.

TIL although the idea that Adam and Eve ate an apple is common, the Book of Genesis never mentions the identity of the forbidden fruit. in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

The Gnostic interpretation always made more sense to me. The serpent being a form of Christ.

How usable is an old lithium battery with less capacity? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'd be more concerned that it could be a faulty charger.