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brettmjohnson t1_jd6jrq2 wrote
Reply to comment by More-Grocery-1858 in A crucial building block of life exists on the asteroid Ryugu. Uracil, a component of RNA, was found in a sample collected by Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft. by Science_News
> The more reassuring assumption for me is that this means these compounds likely arise everywhere in the universe as a result of natural processes, lending credence to the idea that life might be common.
Precisely.
brettmjohnson t1_jd6hjx0 wrote
Reply to comment by ColeWRS in A crucial building block of life exists on the asteroid Ryugu. Uracil, a component of RNA, was found in a sample collected by Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft. by Science_News
It might be likely that the multiple "building blocks of life" arrived on different asteroids -- basically "BINGO".
brettmjohnson t1_jd1pjeu wrote
Reply to comment by lucamila5 in TIL of Trix, a t-rex skeleton that is considered one of the most complete skeletons ever found. It was found only in 2013 on a farmers land in Montana, US. It was bought from the farmer for almost $5mil and is now on permanent display in The Netherlands. by lucamila5
Does she let kids view the skeleton? Because, I hear "Trix are for kids".
brettmjohnson t1_ja7cckl wrote
Producers: "We got nothing, but we could still produce 5 year worth of content."
brettmjohnson t1_ja77n91 wrote
That is a kitty telling you that you really need to get an upholstered recliner.
brettmjohnson t1_ja5crr2 wrote
Reply to Software architects: Mercedes-Benz previews its operating system MB.OS by Prestigious-Cook8956
I wrote software for 45 years and reading this marketing drivel made me want to ... urp ... ugh ... I'm going to barf now ... too far from toilet.
brettmjohnson t1_j6k0xua wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in How Big Tech is using mass layoffs to bring workers to heel by diacewrb
It is literally stated in the LA Times article: > This follows 2022’s bloodbath, when tens of thousands of jobs were lost at Meta Platforms, Twitter and Salesforce. According to an industry layoff tracker, the tech sector has eliminated some 220,000 jobs since the start of last year. If the laid-off tech workers formed a city, it’d be one of the most populous in the United States, bigger than Des Moines or Salt Lake City.
brettmjohnson t1_j6jpket wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in How Big Tech is using mass layoffs to bring workers to heel by diacewrb
220,000 in the last year. A significant chunk of it in the last 2 months.
brettmjohnson t1_j1p6ayi wrote
Reply to comment by hunterries in TIL that Flick from ‘A Christmas Story’ went into Porn in the 1990s by PlayingCarded
STTTUCK! STTTUCK!
brettmjohnson t1_iy6x75g wrote
Reply to Brian Robinson said his friend has a “big hat” company. “If you want a big hat, let me know.” by westondeboer
OG "Big Hat Guy", Hoss Cartwright, has entered the chat.
brettmjohnson t1_iu397qp wrote
I was quite literally on a first date with a woman I met weeks ago. Picked her up and I shit you not, 3 minutes into the drive, I get Trent Rezner singing "I want to fuck you like an animal" over the XM radio. Time to change the station...
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Reply to comment by jpbmcf in I'm not good at geography, is this correct? by jpbmcf
WOLVERINES!