At least you are not the guy who threw away his bitcoin wallet, are you?
James Howells, a Welsh IT engineer, mistakenly threw away a hard drive containing 8,000 Bitcoin (worth over £500 million/$900M+ as of 2025) in 2013
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Congratulations you took back covid19 and wiped out humanity.
Unfortunately that’s covered by a pinky swear
Yeah, but that’s functional, to make the skin stretch and straight, granted I have no idea if the same applies to applying maskara, but as a laic looking at it it doesn’t seem like it should
5·9 days agoIt’s cold and terrible weather here, I am now experiencing asthma from the exhaust emissions of vehicles on my commute, I can’t use deodorants, I can’t be around colleagues who use parfumes or stronger deodorants and I can’t use fabric softeners when washing my clothes.
Theoretically I only have seasonal allergies…
Also I am allergic to dogs, but I am not giving up my doggo!
That’s a felony though isn’t it? While a fake plastic coin likely no one will care.
Gold is nothing but an uncertainty indicator proxy, if gold price goes up, people are unsure in the market and future returns and thus buy gold, if the price is low the market and economy feels stable and people don’t buy gold
Ai summary:
The heart surgeon in
Scrubs who is based on a real-life friend and medical advisor to showrunner Bill Lawrence is Dr. Jon Turk, who inspired the character of Christopher Turk.
Here are the key details regarding this connection:
- Real-Life Basis: The character of Dr. Christopher Turk (played by Donald Faison) is based on Dr. Jon Turk, a real-life physician who served as a medical consultant for the show.
- The Name: The character’s name “Turk” is derived directly from Jon Turk.
- Character Role: In the show, Turk is the best friend of protagonist J.D. and becomes the Chief of Surgery at Sacred Heart Hospital.
- Context: Bill Lawrence often utilized real doctors to advise on the show, which helped maintain medical accuracy alongside the comedy.
Note: The main character J.D.'s name is also based on a real person, Dr. Jonathan Doris, who was a college friend of Bill Lawrence and served as a medical adviser to the show.
Isn’t the quote: No, I am your father!
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Ai slop from google
A genetically modified Cavendish banana (specifically the QCAV-4 line) has been developed with high resistance to the devastating
Panama disease Tropical Race 4 (TR4) fungus. The resistance is achieved by inserting a specific gene, RGA2, derived from the wild banana Musa acuminata ssp. malaccensis, which helps the plant defend against the soil-borne wilt fungus.
Key details about the resistant gene and modification:
- The Gene (RGA2): While the Cavendish already has the RGA2 gene, it is largely inactive or expressed at very low levels in conventional Cavendish bananas. The modified version (QCAV-4) uses a highly active version of this gene from a wild, resistant banana.
- Effectiveness: Field trials showed that QCAV-4 was highly resistant to TR4, with only 2% of plants infected, compared to 66% in non-GM control plants.
- Development: The modification was developed by researchers from the Queensland University of Technology (QUT).
- Approval: In February 2024, the Australian government approved this genetically modified banana for commercial release.
- Future Development: Researchers are also using CRISPR gene-editing technology in partnership with Fresh Del Monte to potentially activate the banana’s own existing RGA2 gene, rather than introducing one from a wild source.
There is already a cavendish variety that resists the fungus or what is it attacking it, but it was created using gene manipulation so it’s not allowed in the EU
Putting Descartes before the whores was an all timer reddit comment
Based on my lived experience I don’t think it’s as much as the brand as it is the horsepower available to you, I have owned a Kia Stinger briefly, that’s a fucking Kia, even though Albert Biermann former head of BMW’s M division helped create it, but it had a V6 engine and 370hp stock, if you put your foot down it roared and kept pulling even above 160km/h.
The thing was I bought it as a weekend fun car, but shortly after I had to change work and needed to commute to work and let me tell you, it’s hard to drive a car like that calmly. There was even a psychological effect that “I can’t let this Ford Craprerra overtake me”
And yeah, with that amount of power at your feet, everyone else is in the way and blocking you.
Plus those fast cars are an entirely different feel on the road, my regular A to B car, I can’t go much above 160, because you start to feel it, my parents Euro Econobox Skoda fabia, it feels dangerous when going 120 on the highway, in the Stinger I went 200 kph on the highway and felt nothing, the only thing made me feel dangerous was how fast I was gaining on other cars and that they might unexpectedly pull in front of me
Don’t forget that Top Gear scene
Yep, kinda sad, his life being consumed by that one mistake and not getting therapy and moving on.