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After a lot of analysis, I’ve determined that they’re actually big red dots; they’re just very far away.
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3212/
Cats: it’s the enemy
Would cats care about red dots that aren’t moving? My impression is cats just have a hunting instinct that is triggered by everything moving that is small enough to be prey, including red dots, but only if they are moving…
This is what we’ve been training for.
RELEASE THE CATEN!
Software engineers: test failures
Or breakpoints
Probably rfp. Maybe localized to mitochondria or something? Which protein are you tagging? What cell line are you using? Where’s the scale?
The NPC from panel 2 and 4 should be swapped
Jasper isn’t a color! Amateurs
There’s a mineral called jasper that is often reddish brown, but it can also appear in a lot of other colours. So unlike malachite, ruby, or emerald, it’s not a great name for a colour.
Did you mean to reply to someone else? It sounds like you agree with me there.
Well, yes.
Amateurs
What did you just say?




