Well, we all have retroviral genes in our genomes; so in one way there certainly has been "mergings", at least at the genetic level. But the nature of the two organelles being referred to; mitochondria and chloroplasts, in indeed different. Mitochondria originated as free-living Alphaproteobacteria that could, apparently, produce ATP through oxidization. Chloroplasts are the descendants of cyanobacteria, who could produce ATP from photosynthesis.

Both mitochondria and chloroplasts weren't merely enveloped by more primitive eukaryotic cells, they're division and reproduction is timed to that of the host cell, so that when the host cell divides, so do to these organelles. Additionally, both mitochondria and chloroplasts have lost a lot of genes over the 1.5 to 2 billion years that they have been incorporated into eukaryotic cell lines. Another critical aspect of both these types of organelles is that their genomes are not merely honed down to what look like the essentials for producing energy, but that those genomes are very conserved even as compared to the host cells.

If this is the case, even it's early in the evolution of this endosymbiotic relationship, it is a significant discovery.

We do not appreciate it if former employees post confidential information about the inner workings online, even after leaving The Company.

That incident will be examined.

You install unsolicited code on something other than a VM that contains no sensitive information, running on a computer you will wipe after the interview, on a connection that isn't physically separated from the rest of your network?

Sorry, your security conscience is not at the level we require.

I guess I speak for the assembled when I say "so do we".

You say less hard working, I say harder to exploit for your gains.

Noble? Nah. I'm just done trying to keep a planet habitable for dimwits who can't be assed to do it themselves, even though they are the ones that will suffer when (not if) it is FUBAR.

Let's add some turds to the dumpster fire, it's not like it matters anymore anyway.

Demand is what’s costly. It enables Greed to charge what they want.

Now stop pretending that only those with a billion dollars or more of GPUs, are the only customers affected by that. Duh.

That’s not really a valid excuse, since automation will have an effect on both those still working and those retired. And you can’t exactly wait until retirement to start a family. It doesn’t work that way physically.

We don’t have children today and assume we’re going to support them “cradle to grave” financially. A child finding employment some 16 years after birth, shouldn’t really be a basis to not give birth.

Besides, we don’t have 20 years. It’s only going to take a 20 - 25% unemployment rate in any first world country to inflict mass chaos instead of peace and order. We’ll be dealing with a lot larger issues than fertility. Not to mention the fertility problem tends to fix itself when people don’t have anything else to do but fuck. See every maternity ward 9 months after a major city blackout for evidence.

You know what those Booming Babies and GenZ have in common? Not testosterone levels.

Sperm counts dropped by almost 60% between 1973 and 2011. If you think it’s not a matter of fertility, think again.

Or even abuse it seems.

That's the exact opposite of how it actually works. Fertility rates tend to be highest among socioeconomically challenged groups, and lowest among high earning groups.

I've never had a problem reading Chinese or Japanese books or watching movies. Yes, translation of idioms is always problematic, particularly from languages that are not related to our own, but a good translator can usually deal with that. For me, the problem with The Three Body Problem was the loopy plot, shallow characters and the author's abrupt genre jumping. I'm reasonably familiar with the Cultural Revolution and its profound effect on Chinese society, so ironically, reading the first chapter was the best part of the book. There was an interesting story there that wasn't a science fiction story.

I'm gonna remember that one.

It's sadly accurate.

I thought you'd rejoice when you find out that dicks larger than the person they're attached to are not exactly anatomically correct.

Or ... are you disappointed now?