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sounds more like sed
Perl and awk can do everything sed(1) does, but it an easier way.
I know
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Ah yes, the “I can’t be wrong because they’re clearly evil and the cause of all the world’s ills” argument. Sounds so familiar… Consider that everyone sees themselves as the hero… but that doesn’t mean you actually are, maybe, just maybe you are just as culpable as the person you’re accusing.
Note that you could use your objection to defend nazism too. You can't "moral relativism" everything. Republicans are currently the ones undermining the foundations or our republic, stripping rights from minorites (Texas just passed a bill that made it illegal to be trans), deporting people with no due process, arresting dissenting politicians and academics. They're the ones plunging this country into economical ruin…
You like many are confusing pity with empathy. You don’t need to feel bad for them you need to understand them.
Just based on the stuff you say here it’s pretty clear you very closely align yourself with “progressive values”. Many studies show that those who hold progressive beliefs, struggle to even accurately articulate the values and beliefs of those they believe they appose. Much less actually understand them.
You very clearly exhibit this behavior as well.
If you can’t understand the person who’s talking opposite you there is no way to come to an understanding, if you refuse to attempt to understand them, you can’t blame them for the state of animosity.
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> I suggested a few that covered your multiple comments in the subthread I genuinely can't link any of these to any of my comments, that's why I'm asking. I reread those a couple of times. I really think I've been polite, and I really tried to be, even when called "beteft of humanity", "earnest" and accused of trolling. I did not insult anybody, didn't want to and I certainly didn't want to bring anyone down. I just…
OK, maybe there's a cultural or language disconnect here, so, if you're genuinely confused as to why this came across as offensive, I believe you. Please just understand that it can be upsetting to many people in the HN audience, as evidenced by the votes and comments, when the topic of death is addressed in this way: i.e., in a way that seems hyper-rationalist and diminishing of the way premature death – especially…
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> I suggested a few that covered your multiple comments in the subthread I genuinely can't link any of these to any of my comments, that's why I'm asking. I reread those a couple of times. I really think I've been polite, and I really tried to be, even when called "beteft of humanity", "earnest" and accused of trolling. I did not insult anybody, didn't want to and I certainly didn't want to bring anyone down. I just…
OK, maybe there's a cultural or language disconnect here, so, if you're genuinely confused as to why this came across as offensive, I believe you. Please just understand that it can be upsetting to many people in the HN audience, as evidenced by the votes and comments, when the topic of death is addressed in this way: i.e., in a way that seems hyper-rationalist and diminishing of the way premature death – especially…
> OK, maybe there's a cultural or language disconnect here
I might be just shit at expressing my thoughts in English
> when the topic of death is addressed in this way: i.e., in a way that seems hyper-rationalist
This is why I kept pushing and asking - I thought that HN is all about logical thinking and not letting your emotions go through and think for you.
I don't know if you are still insisting that I broke the rules - you don't have to explain in which way I broke them, I understand that I don't understand. A simple yes or no would suffice, if I could ask you.
And thank you for taking the time for discussing this with me. Regardless of the answer for the above question I will refrain from talki
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#565Not to downplay what a huge achievement this is and how far the field of medicine has come, but ... this still leaves a slight bitter taste in my mouth: If they edit specific genes one way they can also do the opposite direction. And if I understand correctly, they did with a bunch of lab rats? Now, this and similar stuff have obviously been discussed before, essentially "12 Monkeys": Somebody releasing some runaway…
If you wanted to do that you could just release a cancer-causing agent and it would similar mess with their DNA and kill them much more effectively at a fraction of the cost. Or just blow them up or something. Harming the masses in such a roundabout way won't leave the realm of science fiction because it is so much less effective and so much more difficult to do than existing methods. Not worth worrying about even in…
Right, yet you did not read my post:
> However, that is not even what I worry about because that is nothing new, viruses have existed longer than most other kinds of life on this planet.
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What the Chinese guy (He) did was completely different. He permanently altered the germline in embryos, which means that every cell in the resulting baby is transformed permanently with the change he made. The work he did violated a wide range of good practice (specifically, the change he made didn't actually work for the goal he desired, and he also ignored all the ethical advice around this experiment, and avoided…
Do new liver cells always come from stem cells, not from dividing liver cells? Are those heppatocyte stem cells reside in the liver, or do they travel their via migration,.or blood, etc? A quick search suggests that liver regen involves dividing mature liver cells to replace turnover. If so, I'd suspect that they'd continue to carry the.crispr edit forward.
I believe new liver cells come from both dividing mature hepatocytes, and hepatocyte stem cells. Cells can only divide a limited number of times, and they can't easily re-differentiate, so I would expect that while dividing mature hepatocytes would propagate the edit, they would eventually be replaced by cells that derived from stem cells that didn't get the edit.
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I have the same rage. But it extends equally to those who voted them in and donated to their campaigns, including my own family members. They have created a huge rift in this country and I am still trying to figure out if I will forgive my family members and what they'd have to do to set us on a path towards reconciliation. When there's a contract in place to conduct pediatric cancer research, and the government deci…
The complete lack of self awareness is always breathtaking. Demanding empathy from others while being completely incapable of it yourself is always a stunning thing to encounter.
When I first saw your comment there were no replies, and I thought you were critiquing Trump supporters, and it seemed fairly misplaced with too many absolutes to be an accurate depiction of reality. But I didn't engage because it seemed fruitless to provide minor corrections.
But apparently the partisanship is reversed! You think that I am demanding "perfect empathy" (I am not) and you think I have now shown empathy for my family members (which, you don't know the history). You are describing narcissistic behavior, which is quite endemic in my family members, and having dealt with it for decades I also recognize the attempt to blame others for one's own failing.
Yes, it is all breathtaking, but not in the way you think.
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#570Earlier quoted context omitted.
The complete lack of self awareness is always breathtaking. Demanding empathy from others while being completely incapable of it yourself is always a stunning thing to encounter.
When I first saw your comment there were no replies, and I thought you were critiquing Trump supporters, and it seemed fairly misplaced with too many absolutes to be an accurate depiction of reality. But I didn't engage because it seemed fruitless to provide minor corrections. But apparently the partisanship is reversed! You think that I am demanding "perfect empathy" (I am not) and you think I have now shown empathy…
Based on your reply, nothing I said was uncalled for. Just speaking as an objective observer.