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pm_me_reason_to_livx OP t1_jeg3nsu wrote

Reply to comment by RusevReigns in I recently rewatched Sex Education (Netflix). Here's why I don't think this is a great show. by pm_me_reason_to_livx

> And why waste time rewatching shows that don't deserve it. There are too many new shows out there that are at least 7/10

most definitely. but i do like to indulge in the secret art of "hate-watching" every now and then lol (plus i figure if im going to do this whole 'reviewing everything i rewatch' thing i should also do some shows i didn't like to even things out).

i do genuinely enjoy a bit of Sex Education here and there though. The storyline in season 2 with Aimee being SA on the bus is quite stellar.

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wildfire393 t1_jeg3nog wrote

Reply to comment by CuriousHuman111 in ELI5: How do we continue to grow seedless fruit if they don't contain seeds? by CuriousHuman111

The trick they do with seedless watermelons is really neat.

Basically, they have strain A of watermelons that produces seeds. They take it, and make strain B by doubling up every chromosome. The chromosomal composition of B is the same as A, so the resulting plant behaves the same and still produces seeds. You can then make offspring plants with one A parent and one B parent, taking half the chromosomes from each - so it gets, for instance 15/30 from A and 30/60 from B. The resulting plant is still chromosomally equivalent to A and B, but it has an odd number of chromosomes - 45. So when it goes to create sex cells (which grow into seeds), it can't, because those require that the chromosomes be evenly split. So it grows fruit that are identical to A/B, but that don't produce seeds.

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Suolucidir t1_jeg3nle wrote

Reply to comment by Just__Tyler in Is it possible that AI is already in control of our society. by Crazy-Mall-5301

To me, this means that Wall Street and retirees(including people near retirement) should be more concerned about the implications of AI/ML than Main Street and people who still have many working years left.

Even so, it does not necessarily mean that anything bad is going to happen to Wall Street or retirement portfolios, it just means that persons more reliant on savings/investments(as opposed to active cashflows) should pay attention to the issue for their own interests.

Is that what it means to you too? Or something different/additional?

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RhinoG91 t1_jeg3nbo wrote

Reply to comment by squidwards_noze in ELI5: Is there a time difference everywhere? by squidwards_noze

What? How did you come up with that?

No, the only difference is the position of the sun at any given instance in time. Google midnight sun or 24 hour darkness.

When it’s noon in one time zone, it’s noon everywhere in that time zone. Latitude has little bearing on the time. Our timekeeping is just to maintain a standard. Call someone in NorCal at noon and they’ll say it’s noon. Not 12:01. The sun would be lower in the sky compared to socal due to earth’s curvature, but “standard time” is just an agreed upon construct so we can all be harmonized.

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fairie_poison t1_jeg3muz wrote

Reply to ELI5: Is there a time difference everywhere? by squidwards_noze

Heres a map of sunset times throughout the timezones of the US. you'll notice that the closer you get to the "border" of the next timezone west, without changing your clock, the later sunset it.

https://cdn.theconversation.com/infographics/120/12cc5a0adf037d84383fbe28a54dc8a1e726dbac/site/images/status_quo.png

https://theconversation.com/the-hazards-of-living-on-the-right-side-of-a-time-zone-border-116630

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