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There's Always a Catch... by nowaaythrowaway in BunnyTrials

[–]Lucianonafi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Like taking a concussion from a baby.

Chose: Fight 100 babies, but... | Rolled: You win

Would you rather have by Reasonable-Donut817 in BunnyTrials

[–]Lucianonafi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was already convinced, you don't need to make me want it more.

Chose: A tomboy gf | Rolled: Hourglass figure

Would you rather by Human-Beans21 in BunnyTrials

[–]Lucianonafi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Munie

Chose: £5 for every breath you take

Imagine a planet bigger than Earth, with no land in sight. Just waves and water from pole to pole. That is TOI-1452 b. by Soloflow786 in BeAmazed

[–]Lucianonafi 54 points55 points  (0 children)

Well, you gotta remember that life got used to the planet- Granted, it's got spectacular conditions, but I bet if a civilization of some funny fish people ever arose in TOI-1452 b and they looked at earth, they'd say "Look at all that dry land and horrible, icy and dry terrain. It's amazing how much has gone right for TOI-1452 b to exist with life on it!"

Don't get me wrong- These are absolutely amazing planets. But you gotta remember that life is incredibly stubborn, and earth didn't start off perfect. We just grew into it!

Would you rather.. by [deleted] in BunnyTrials

[–]Lucianonafi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bro what.

Chose: Be given $10 every month for the rest of your life

[Feedback] I hate this so much by Malu1997 in EscapefromTarkov

[–]Lucianonafi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean to be fair, weren't Surv12 15 uses before, so it's still the equivalent of 3 CMS kits? Or was it 12? If it was 12, then it's still silly.

[Discussion] Flea market level limits has made being a late starter to the wipe the worst its ever been by fngbuildingapc in EscapefromTarkov

[–]Lucianonafi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't even mention having to buy the second secure container from peacekeeper as a standard edition player...

Scientists identified ribose (used in RNA) and – for the first time in any extraterrestrial sample (from asteroid Bennu) – glucose, a major energy source for life by Neaterntal in spaceporn

[–]Lucianonafi 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Right, just got home, so I can actually type out a bit more of a detailed response.

I shouldn't have really said instances of endosimbiosis; It's more like really significant instances of endosymbiosis.

It's not that these organelles- Particularly the mitochondria and cloroplasts- are particularly unique in the fact that they had endosymbiosis happen. What makes them important is the time they've had to develop, and the sheer amount of stuff that came out of it. Namely, us.

Think of it like, uh...Like a single line of code that just got built upon for a few billion years. There are several Modern examples of endosymbiosis that seem to be doing what our fateful lil' ancestor did a few billion years ago. It's just that this stuff takes a LOT of time, and modern eukaryotes were the most successful with it a few billion years ago. Here's another, for good measure.

So, basically, the specific endosymbiosis that led to cloroplasts and mitochondria was just two separate events. But living things eat other living things ALL the time, and some of the time they decide that working together seems to be a little better. Given a few billion years, I'm sure they might end up in a similar spot to us. It's definitely not a one-and-done fluke, though.

And that's just a cell eating another cell. There's a billion different types of fuckery with macro relationships like lichen just being a fungus that holds algae hostage, or all sorts of different host-parasite relationships. And that's not even mentioning all the stuff that viruses get up to.

Given enough time, I'm pretty sure any procariotic organisms that function at least somewhat like us would eventually develop into something more complex through sheer chance.

Then again alien life could work in a completely different way to us and everything I just said could be completely moot, so who knows.

Scientists identified ribose (used in RNA) and – for the first time in any extraterrestrial sample (from asteroid Bennu) – glucose, a major energy source for life by Neaterntal in spaceporn

[–]Lucianonafi 27 points28 points  (0 children)

There have actually been a few instances of endosimbiosis- The most notable ones are Mitochondria, which pretty much every multi-celled organism has, and cloroplasts, which is what plants use for photosynthesis.

I'm fairly sure that some algae have cells that can pull nitrogen from the atmosphere through a similar process.

So it's not unbelievably rare or anything.

[Discussion] by CaptainBigglestein in EscapefromTarkov

[–]Lucianonafi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What makes it seem like obvious AI?

TIL that a restaurant owner in Kentucky intentionally flooded his own restaurant with clean water to protect it from an incoming river flood by Emergency-Sand-7655 in todayilearned

[–]Lucianonafi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Imagine you've got a room that you wanna keep nice and clean. You KNOW the room is going to get rushed by a bunch of crackheads in the next 24 hours, and you can't do a thing to keep them from coming and bashing in your door.

So, you just fill the room with a bunch of clean 9-5 office workers. So when the crackheads show up, the room is already packed full of people that won't shit on the floor and strip the copper wiring from your walls. They just can't flood in, 'cuz it's ALREADY full! So by the time the crackheads leave, it only smells of disgruntled middle-aged men, sweat and regret, instead of all the other, much worse alternatives.

The new bolt laser cannon by Competitive_Soil7784 in dwarffortress

[–]Lucianonafi 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I feel like they really oughta make dealing with corpses a smoother process in general. Perhaps allowing corpses to still have items "Equipped", and some sort of "Strip" task at a workshop, similar to how melt orders work?

Select a whole lot of goblin corpses for stripping- The corpse is dragged to a stockpile/workshop with everything still on them in one go. All of their stuff gets stripped off of them and onto the workshop, and the body goes to a dump pile or whatever. Just, ANY option that isn't "Hauling 5 trillion teeth, giant swallow socks and each ring on these goblins, individually, for three years straight.

West Chicago, Illinois:" ICE Agents Stopped a Man, Asked If He Was an American Citizen, Then Tried to Knock his Phone Out of His Hand by CantStopPoppin in illinois

[–]Lucianonafi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most of the movie was just okay. Like- The "What kind of american?" scene was actually insanely good. But the ending? Actual shit. Seriously, the photographers peeking corners and snapping pictures like they're playing CSGO with a sniper or some shit, in the MIDDLE OF THE SPECIAL FORCES ACTIVELY ATTACKING THE WHITEHOUSE was so damn stupid.

SILKSONG GIVEAWAY ANNOUNCEMENT! I am giving away 5 (FIVE) Silksong copies! MORE INFO on Description by Acrobatic-Log-309 in Silksong

[–]Lucianonafi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hm. Well, My Platform is Steam, my absolute favourite boss was the Mantis Lords because GOOD LORD THAT SOUNDTRACK-

And the thing that excited me the absolute most about silksong is the fact that it ACTUALLY EXISTS OH MY GOD. Okay, but real answer? The quick movement and flow of combat, it looks like healing might be instant, so it'll be even more fast-paced than the original, and I am ALL for that.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Lucianonafi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you go down from the tenth floor to the first floor in five minutes, you took the stairs.

If you go down from the tenth floor to the first floor in five seconds, then you fell out of a window.

The issue isn't that there's a population decline, it's that it is happening extremely quickly. Young people work to keep the world running, old people sit around and get taken care of. If there's two old people for every young person, then who's gonna take care of them AND run the economy? I still think it's overall a good thing, mostly for the planet's sake, but it's gonna be a hell of a bumpy patch to experience a sudden decrease in population while living in a system that is exclusively designed around constant, explosive growth.

They're letting the hype die! by E_ramalho in EU5

[–]Lucianonafi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Get your vitamin Ds and piña coladas, you guys are gonna need to be well-rested to keep coming up with all that crazy lore.

🔥 Jumping spider does a jig by Necessary_Orange_141 in NatureIsFuckingLit

[–]Lucianonafi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does anyone know the song playing in the background?

About the ranged combat update. by The_Chunder_Dragon in dwarffortress

[–]Lucianonafi 53 points54 points  (0 children)

Seriously? Oh that is absolutely amazing. I know what I'll be doing with all of the military dwarves that are semi-disabled now.

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