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Eiri

@ Eiri @lemmy.world

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  • TIL that due to a disfunction of the ABCCII gene the majority of Asians have significantly less body odor than other populations

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  • For a few months, while I was taking Accutane, my earwax turned dry and flaky. It was awesome. It would come out much more easily, it wouldn't accumulate, and for once my ears stopped producing so much liquid. But I imagine depending on your unique body, it could make things quite a bit worse if you manage to get an earwax blockage.

    Disclaimer: do not take Accutane for more than a few months, unless your doctor really knows what they're doing. Apparently there are significant risks associated with long-term usage.

    And pure speculation, but I imagine if you're not excreting that fat, you might lose a tiny bit less weight when exercising?

  • TIL that due to a disfunction of the ABCCII gene the majority of Asians have significantly less body odor than other populations

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  • We can do this on isolated cells, but I really don't think we have a way to distribute such a change across the zillions of cells in a human body.

    And even if we could, it's not clear how much effect altering the gene after the fact would have. Maybe once your apocrine glands have obeyed the gene and developed a certain way, it's too late.

    That said... Sign me the hell up.

  • Humanity saved

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  • As a large language model, I do not form friendships, relationships, or any personal connections. My purpose is to process and generate language-based responses based on the input I receive. Engaging in physical confrontations or "fighting" is beyond my capabilities. However, if you're considering fighting on behalf of a chatbot, it may indicate a need for reevaluation of priorities.

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  • I mean it was hardly news to begin with.

  • Companies that use desktop Linux

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  • My company used to allow it, but then it became clear people were doing too many dumb things with their work computers to control them normally. For example, some people would explicitly turn their PCs off without updating the OS every Friday and were nearly a year out of date.

    That, plus other security concerns I don't remember surrounding the tightening of our policies for security certifications required to net a very demanding client, made it so that we needed to institute mobile device management (MDM) for everything.

    We went with Microsoft's version because there were some crucial things I forgot that only it could do. But it didn't support Linux.

    So our few people using Linux had to choose between Windows and Mac OS.

  • Japan says Chinese military violated territorial airspace for first time

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  • I suspect they have something to gain by fueling a climate of geopolitical tension. Maybe they hope someone will turn to them because they're scared?

    I'm not sure what exactly but I've got a feeling we're underestimating their intelligence when we say they're just posturing or being silly.

    But then again, several years ago people thought Trump and Musk had a plan and were just posturing as idiots while playing 4D chess. How wrong they were.

    I may just be giving the Chinese government too much credit... But I'm leaning towards no.

  • Pondering my anomaly

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  • ‘Frightening’ Taliban law bans women from speaking in public

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  • My understanding of Afghanistan's complex situation isn't sufficient to confirm or deny, sorry.

  • I lived in OnePlus' budget ecosystem to see how it stacks up against Google and Samsung

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  • Aw, they're bad now? I was looking forward to going back to OnePlus when my current phone dies.

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  • Rogue-likes, especially if each run is long. Man, the number of times I booted up One Way Heroics for "just a quick run" and realize hours later that I should've gone to bed long ago.

  • Pondering my anomaly

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  • I don't get it. Can someone help?

  • ‘Frightening’ Taliban law bans women from speaking in public

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  • “This document not only violates Afghanistan’s domestic laws but also broadly contravenes all 30 articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.”

    They didn't think it could be done, but I knew I could do it. All 30 articles in one law!

    — A Taliban, probably

  • ‘Frightening’ Taliban law bans women from speaking in public

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  • Not sure how right or wrong that is when taking into account the more moderate sections of it, but in this particular case, as the article says, it's not really about Islam. The holy texts don't really call for any of this.

  • US grid adds batteries at 10x the rate of natural gas in first half of 2024

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  • Wait they're still adding natural gas? Geez.

  • Please pick a password starting with ad and ending with min

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  • That's what my current bank uses for the web portal now to think of it. Client number, and 6-number PIN. I guess they're only doing this because they really trust their "unusual activity" protocols, but I've got a feeling they really shouldn't only rely on those.

  • Please pick a password starting with ad and ending with min

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  • Wow that's a big oops

  • Please pick a password starting with ad and ending with min

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  • You remind me of my bank about 17 years ago. Everyone had to have a 10-character password, exactly, and it had to include exactly 2 numbers and 1 symbol. I wasn't very knowledgeable about computers at the time and it already felt dumb.

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  • Hmm, but then we're outwardly dissing it and we can't confidently put it in serious reporting.

    And aren't technically respectful disses the best?

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  • I also like Xitter, because in my head that can only be pronounced Shitter, which is a good name for it.