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FundementalBriton U.S. surgeons transplant pig heart into human patient

Will make Jews and Muslims question their faith if this becomes a mainstream thing.

Personally I think this is a amazing scientific achievement and will be following the story closely.

Hopefully not Jim'll fix it.

FundementalBriton RCE in Visual Studio Code's Remote WSL for Fun and Negative Profit

I'd have taken a trip down to Buenos Aires and sold it.

FundementalBriton Too many species have been lumped together into Homo sapiens

This is a very very very dangerous subject for your career. I'll be honest I'm not sure any legitimate journal would publish anything further along in this line even if it was replicable, which scientist would risk peer reviewing something that could lose them their job.

A domestic dog, wolf and coyote can all breed together and all produce fertile offspring. Then you look at genetic variation between the three species.

FundementalBriton Too many species have been lumped together into Homo sapiens

Is the domestic dog the same species as the coyote or wolf?

All can interbreed all can have fertile offspring with each other. Then look at the genetic variation between all three species.

Yeah this type of science is the stuff which destroys careers...

FundementalBriton New cancer therapy holds potential to switch off major cancer types

The Chinese military are spending vast vast sums on gene therapy. They call it precision medicine.

FundementalBriton Ask HN: EU devs who moved to the States for work, has it been worth it?

What didn't you like in Sweden? I'm a brit looking to buy land out their for the hunting opportunities.

FundementalBriton As calls to ban books intensify, digital librarians offer perspective

Yes it would be the Quran, Plenty of Islamic terrorists have cited from it. But of course if you were to ban it then you get into a quagmire of religious freedoms.

FundementalBriton What the world can learn from Britain’s humble hedge

Nope just speaking to farmers at shoots over the last month.

Not something you'd openly speak to journalists about, god forbid the RSPB gets involved which are at this point a countryside mafia.

FundementalBriton What the world can learn from Britain’s humble hedge

I knew a lot of farmers who managed to get rid of problem hedges during the height of the pandemic because local planning didn't respond within 42days when we had the first major lockdown.

FundementalBriton As calls to ban books intensify, digital librarians offer perspective

The British government has a vague law on books which incite terroism... Of course they couldn't actually write an actual list because the book at the top of the list would be problematic.

FundementalBriton Trolls will be jailed for ‘psychological harm’

Archive link of article:

https://archive.md/IPga5

FundementalBriton Trolls will be jailed for ‘psychological harm’

Oh boy well this is another nail in the coffin for free speech in the UK.

Back in my day it was just a given people said mean things on the internet.