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When I was a kid we had a bonsai book… I used to look through it for hours…

Cut to the future and I not only can find that book again [1] but the author has a beautiful and hilarious youtube channel [2] Worth the watch if only for the lulz

[1] https://a.co/d/06DuHIQs

[2] https://youtube.com/@HeronsBonsaiUK/featured


Just read the article and didn't see anything about building an actual laser… what details the article has (and its scant) its seems they took a fluorescing layer and sandwiched with a color wheel and added the additional wiring and control circuitry… (Obviously more nuanced and interesting physics but still…) cool and practical, but not a diode and definitely not a laser… I could be wrong and would love to be!

… now, if that setup could be drawn out into a fiber laser as cladding with a wide spectrum neural amplifying core (if such a material exists) that could maybe be something idk


Lol!

Because there hasn’t been enough time and the ecological niche is non existent… ?

However… upon further inspection, one could argue that the micro biome is full of beneficial micro organisms that have evolved to fill this niche…

[1] Staphylococcus epidermidis

This is one of the most abundant and beneficial bacteria on human skin. It produces antimicrobial peptides and metabolites that inhibit the growth of pathogenic bacteria.

[2] Cutibacterium acnes

Despite its association with acne, this bacterium actually plays an important role in skin health by producing propionic acid, which helps maintain skin pH and prevents overgrowth of harmful organisms.

[3] Corynebacterium species

Various corynebacteria colonize the skin and produce lipases and other enzymes that help break down sebum (skin oils) and maintain healthy skin conditions.

[4] Malassezia species

These yeasts are abundant on skin and help regulate the skin microbiome, though they can sometimes cause issues in excess.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staphylococcus_epidermidis

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cutibacterium_acnes

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corynebacterium

[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malassezia


This is literally the difficulties with learning any discipline!

True! I just think it's particularly exaggerated in IT.

I agree!

With most disciplines theres usually a historical reference, homage, or literal-ness to the naming conventions… that can be searched for that will tend to help in illumination.

With software it kind of sort of started out that way… and has seemly devolved into this semblance of appropriating every word ever for who-the-fuck-knows-what… gotta say it’s better than pharmaceutical’s naming conventions. I mean at least software tends to use actual words!


A simple statement of acknowledgement.

> a quote from the article

A link to something relevant or interesting to add or support a point [1]

An opinionated comment or personal anecdote.

[1] the link from above


A reply which references neither the parent comment nor the article, but makes a strong and likely negative statement.


>> a quote from the article

> An opinionated comment or personal anecdote.

Counter opinion or added nuance. [1]

[1] A link for support or to demonstrate a counterexample.


An uncalled-for ad hominem that serves to quickly devolve the discussion in opinionated ragebait.


Soooo money is worthless now? … because tech?


“Military grade encryption”…???

What does this even mean? I’ve scoured the website, their wiki, their faq, the past hn convo… too no avail!

A substitution cypher was considered “military grade” for millennia


Just workshopping some sv vc tech speak…

Disrupt being a traitor…

The uber of spying…


"Disrupt" feels like yesterday's Web 2.0 lingo, now we say "Democratizing".


^ This is amazing!

Thanks for the share!


SDo its Friday why not ask Claude do something dumb! http://github.com/elmobp/ping-doom Doom over pure icmp you need root though the other one it spat out was doom over git


My initial take from reading the headline was: no shit this is what mdma is for…

Tangentially, The etymology nerd in me has been taunted by the current article thats been on the front page for the as of now last 19 hours[1] which conveniently has the origin of the term linked to in the first sentence! [2]… which @suprisetalk also links to in the article description!…

So now I’m wondering why mdma has got the street name molly… and if they're not perhaps related?

As in molly (aka mdma) has got the name as its used as a guard against these ailments specifically…

[1] https://unsung.aresluna.org/molly-guard-in-reverse/

[2] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/molly-guard


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