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  1. Comment on 2024 Nobel Prize – This year's Nobel Prize announcements will take place between 7th - 14th October 2024 in ~misc

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    I'm surprised they didn't have a nobel prize already. The role of micro RNAs in gene regulation has been well established for decades. It's well deserved though. This discovery showed that RNAs...

    I'm surprised they didn't have a nobel prize already. The role of micro RNAs in gene regulation has been well established for decades. It's well deserved though. This discovery showed that RNAs play a much bigger role in the cell than what we gave them credit for and opened up whole new areas of research.

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  2. Comment on The new Māori Queen: Kuini Nga wai hono i te po, 27, to succeed her father Kiingi Tuheitia as Māori monarch in ~news

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    Out of curiosity, when do you consider that you are "done" learning a language? I feel like language learning is not a thing you can ever finish doing.

    Out of curiosity, when do you consider that you are "done" learning a language? I feel like language learning is not a thing you can ever finish doing.

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  3. Comment on Recent French research indicates that certain food emulsifiers may increase the risk of type 2 diabetes in ~health

  4. Comment on V Rising 1.0 out now in ~games

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    But why hide the UI? I get that they want to show specific locations or encounters or whatever but I want to see what the game will actually look like when I'm playing. It's not like people will...

    But why hide the UI? I get that they want to show specific locations or encounters or whatever but I want to see what the game will actually look like when I'm playing. It's not like people will be playing with the HUD turned off.

    And it's an ARPG. I'm assuming there is inventory management and some kind of skill tree since those are core elements of the genre. I'm assuming I will be spending a significant amount of time interacting with those menus and yet, they don't show a single screenshot or video of what that looks like.

    Not bashing on the game though. It's just a pet peeve of mine when steam pages don't show the actual game they're trying to sell.

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  5. Comment on V Rising 1.0 out now in ~games

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    50 screenshots and 7 videos and not a single one shows what the UI looks like. Why do devs do this?

    50 screenshots and 7 videos and not a single one shows what the UI looks like. Why do devs do this?

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  6. Comment on Whats a drug that you would never try? in ~talk

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    An ADHD brain is physiologically different from a neurotypical brain and thus, their response to amphetamines is different.

    An ADHD brain is physiologically different from a neurotypical brain and thus, their response to amphetamines is different.

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  7. Comment on Texas woman injured after hawk drops snake on her in ~life

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    Most people call animals whatever term they are most familiar with. Even if it's technically incorrect.

    Most people call animals whatever term they are most familiar with. Even if it's technically incorrect.

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  8. Comment on The ESRB wants to start using facial recognition to check people's ages in ~games

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    Many of us aren't american.

    Many of us aren't american.

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  9. Comment on The making of Vampire Survivors in ~games

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    They'll probably release more dlc eventually. But right now they're working on a co-op mode and switching to a new engine.

    They'll probably release more dlc eventually. But right now they're working on a co-op mode and switching to a new engine.

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  10. Comment on The making of Vampire Survivors in ~games

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    I don't think Halls of Torment is from the same developers, is it? It's a great game though. It plays similar to vampire survivors but the mechanics are a bit more refined. The difficulty is a bit...

    I don't think Halls of Torment is from the same developers, is it? It's a great game though. It plays similar to vampire survivors but the mechanics are a bit more refined. The difficulty is a bit more challenging than vampire while still being pretty casual.

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  11. Comment on New users: Ask your questions about Tildes here! (v2) in ~tildes

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    Thanks for the reply. That's good to know. I wasn't sure if doing that would be ok here or not.

    Thanks for the reply.

    I think it's every Tildes user's responsibility to kindly remind people if they have written something hard to understand for non-US users.

    That's good to know. I wasn't sure if doing that would be ok here or not.

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  12. Comment on US Redditors to earn real money for gold, karma in ~tech

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    My personal conspiracy theory is that reddit itself is running those bots to increase content/engagement.

    My personal conspiracy theory is that reddit itself is running those bots to increase content/engagement.

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  13. Comment on New users: Ask your questions about Tildes here! (v2) in ~tildes

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    Do you consider tildes to be a US-centric website? Something I see in a lot of English speaking online communities is that users sort of default to the assumption that every user is American. I...

    Do you consider tildes to be a US-centric website?

    Something I see in a lot of English speaking online communities is that users sort of default to the assumption that every user is American. I have seen a couple of posts in tildes where that happened and I was wondering if that is the accepted culture here.

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  14. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    I've been having a lot of fun playing a game called Dungeon Drafters. It's a single-player, turn based tactics, collectible card game. You build a deck and do roguelike dungeon runs with it,...

    I've been having a lot of fun playing a game called Dungeon Drafters. It's a single-player, turn based tactics, collectible card game. You build a deck and do roguelike dungeon runs with it, collecting new cards along the way. If you get out alive you can use the new cards to improve your deck and try again. Combat is played on a 2d grid that you can move around in which adds the "tactics" elements that I like. The plot is mediocre, but it's not the type of game you play for the plot.

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  15. Comment on June 2023 ENSO update: El Niño is here in ~science

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    That sounds pretty bad. It's the opposite situation here in Uruguay. The last few years have been dryer than usual and El Niño should reverse that. Our fresh water reserves are running dangerously...

    That sounds pretty bad. It's the opposite situation here in Uruguay. The last few years have been dryer than usual and El Niño should reverse that. Our fresh water reserves are running dangerously low so this will be very welcome.

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