Nah, I wasn't saying you were wrong, I was just making a joke.

Clearly your point was correct since it was named after Mr Dna and not Watson, Crick or Franklin.

Interesting. Is there a source for this? Do you know which ad it was?

How to say you know nothing about Silicon Valley without saying you know nothing about Silicon Valley.

A legitimate question. It's easy to snidely say, "Why, are you posting from a smartphone that was invented in Silicon Valley?" and that's a legitimate response, but let's look at the question more deeply:

Historically, people have specialized into blacksmith, shepherds, farmers, etc. By and large this is a good thing, because by dividing and conquering, we can accomplish more together. (Of course, there can be problems, but by and large it's a good thing). Silicon Valley engineers are by analogy one of these specializations.

One of these specializations was "leadership," convincing people to do coordinated action, like building the pyramids or canals or other things that wouldn't exist without a strong hand forcing people to work together. I say "leadership" but somehow historically, "leadership" always meant violence, and "working together" always meant theft or slavery. If there was a surplus of grain or gold or anything, the violent leaders would swoop in and take it.

In the modern era, bureaucrats have replaced these experts in violence. Trump is severely limited in what he can do compared to King George (and every modern country's leader is the same). However, the specialists in coercion are still there, and when there is wealth on the table, they will swoop in and take it. These coercion specialists are concentrated in the banking industry and the MBA specialization. If they see something nice, or something they can exploit, they will, and the result is we can't have nice things.

And that is where enshittification comes from.

It wasn't Silicon Valley that fucked things up, Silicon Valley just builds stuff. It was the New York bankers who come and try to squeeze the maximum profit out of everything, even at the cost of quality (or anything else).

That is when things get enshittified.

I was thinking the same thing. It must have a whole raft of licensing fees on it. If the price keeps enough people out of the market for it then these will turn out to be some of the most valuable minifigs of all time. I wonder what it costs if you buy the same pieces (less the figures) via parts orders.

For you, the proper adjustments is taking a statistics class.

Yes, I just called you ignorant. It shows here. Don't worry, it's fixable.

If vibe coding worked really well, then we'd see tons of AI slop apps filling the app stores, just like we have AI slop books filling Amazon.

That's because the social media feed has become a trash roll of ads and memes. If you want to actually see what your friends are doing, it's not in the social media feed.

Your idea here is what, royalty has higher IQ? Richer people have higher IQ?

The error bars in the studies cited (and the best they can get is 'suggest') are so large that even 'suggesting' is too strong a claim. Statistically speaking, there's no difference in IQ test results for races once proper adjustments (income, education, etc) are made.

That's true here, since John Dna has stolen naming credit for the discovery of the molecule of life from its true discoverers.

"Roblox is a shit hole of creeps and wannabe child rapists. My teen has been on it for years"

Awesome self own there

"What? You are reading for fun? Don't you have a life? What's wrong with you? Why aren't you engaging in drinking, drugs, sex, and other behaviors that will lead to teen pregnancy?"

I really wanted to do this one, though.