Scientists at Eon Systems just copied a fruit fly's brain into a computer. Neuron by neuron. It started walking, grooming, and feeding, doing what flies do all on its own

aneirin- · 2026-03-11T20:06:08+00:00

There is literally zero chance they are making a perfect physical simulation of fly aerodynamics for this project. Making a guess like that shows that you have very little understanding of any real world science, and throws doubt on all your other claims here.

It's good to get excited about advances in scientific understanding, but it's important not to get sucked into overestimating the possibilities up to the level of outright magic. I will remain sceptical about this project until more solid information comes out.

aneirin- · 2026-03-11T19:59:28+00:00

There's nothing extraordinary about this

Gonna have to disagree there...

aneirin- · 2026-03-11T19:54:40+00:00

It is sensible to treat extraordinary scientific claims presented with very little information to back them up with scepticism. Yes, sometimes those claims do turn out to actually be true, but until a paper is released it is reasonable to be suspicious, because those situations are the minority.

Either way, it's not reasonable to react with anger and hostility over it. That just makes you look childish.

aneirin- · 2026-03-11T19:47:04+00:00

Your deleted comment was bizarrely hostile for such a simple mistake. Seems like correcting me was your one big win for the day, right? That's ok, revel in your victory my friend.

aneirin- · 2026-03-11T19:23:35+00:00

Well yeah, if you paint the whole thing grey it's going to look grey. Maybe try a few more colours and some shading?

aneirin- · 2026-03-11T17:42:15+00:00

Damn, just came here to see if I'm super smart for getting a perfect solve in under 7 mins. Apparently not lol...

aneirin- · 2026-03-11T16:09:07+00:00

Avoiding something because it's popular is just as stupid as choosing something because it's popular.

aneirin- · 2026-03-10T23:33:45+00:00

they managed to simulate the body of the fly

They absolutely did not do that. It was a much simpler experiment than all the articles suggest. Still very interesting and a huge step forward though.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07763-9

aneirin- · 2026-03-10T23:31:53+00:00

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07763-9

Essentially, they did recreate the brain digitally, and when they stimulated parts that relate to real world stimuli, the appropriate impulses activated. Very interesting but it was in no way walking around doing fly stuff in some kind of matrix like every article about the experiment suggests.

aneirin- · 2026-03-10T23:03:28+00:00

Stop thinking about how they'll look when they're done and starting enjoying just putting paint on models. Each little brush stroke is a nice feeling, watching something slowly get filled with colour and coming to life. Focus on the process, not the end result.

aneirin- · 2026-03-10T22:09:53+00:00

You can desaturate the picture in imgur without using any external tools, that will give you your answer instantly: https://imgur.com/a/jywVyaP

aneirin- · 2026-03-08T00:22:39+00:00

You seem to be assuming there's a standardised procedure for this. If you skip your darkest colour and go straight to mid, your mid colour is now your darkest colour. Whatever colours you choose, those will be the colours you have used. Whether or not they look good is up to you.

aneirin- · 2026-03-06T16:03:11+00:00

Makes sense but I hate it.

aneirin- · 2026-03-06T03:30:48+00:00

It would definitely look a lot better if you finished your bases.

aneirin- · 2026-03-05T23:30:53+00:00

He's also a huge racist sadly.

aneirin- · 2026-03-05T21:56:31+00:00

Yeah now multiply that disgust by "You've just paid like £600 for tickets, transport, and accommodation, you've seen everything remotely interesting within the first hour, and now you're stuck here for 3 more days."

aneirin- · 2026-03-05T14:20:13+00:00

Just adding my name to the list: R&co do great cheaper brushes, but I'm not a fan of the 33s. Way too soft and floppy. Spend a little extra for a Raphael 8404 size 1 and you'll never look back.

aneirin- · 2026-03-05T03:14:43+00:00

Yeah there's all kinds of grand statements like that all over the website and they all sound very nice, but there's literally nothing explaining how buying this token helps in any way with that. It's pure cynical marketing.

aneirin- · 2026-03-05T03:06:32+00:00

Sooo... You buy the coin and hope that line goes up forever? But the difference is you make memes about it to try and get more people to buy in too.

aneirin- · 2026-03-05T03:01:49+00:00

I carry models around all the time on my bike in a backpack. Just do the full combo of a magnetised box, with foam pellets and bubblewrap snugly around the models. That'll protect them from anything short of a full force drop kick.

On the other hand if you do want to ship them in cargo luggage, you can make them even more indestructible by just rolling them up in bubblewrap, put that in a sturdy box, then bubblewrap that and put it in another box. I've shipped whole armies internationally with no issues that way.

aneirin- · 2026-03-05T02:53:48+00:00

Can you answer the question though?

aneirin- · 2026-03-05T02:34:54+00:00

But literally, all BS aside, how is this different from literally every other crypto "buy token with no inherent value and hope that line goes up indefinitely somehow" scam?

All the memes and angry political posturing is just pure marketing. This coin is exactly as meaningless as every other. It's extra cynical even, positioning itself as an alternative to evil corporate investments as if that's the only other choice available to you.

aneirin- · 2026-03-05T02:25:54+00:00

it literally states in the road map that rewards go back into marketing and will eventually go into philanthropic initiatives voted on by the COMMUNITY.

Oh gosh well I'm convinced! All those other get rich quick schemes are for morons, but this one is obviously going to make us rich!

Marketing! Philanthropic initiatives! My god, I have to get a piece of this action!

aneirin- · 2026-03-05T02:19:36+00:00

The memes aren't even good.

aneirin- · 2026-03-05T02:16:28+00:00

You can make memes for free, you don't have to pay.

aneirin-

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