blacksheep998 t1_jbp6ca6 wrote on March 10, 2023 at 5:34 PM

Reply to comment by InfamousAmerican in I just learned that the known shortest DNA in an “organism” is about 1700 base pairs in a certain virus. Is there a minimum amount of “code” required for an organism (or virus) to function in any capacity? by mcbergstedt

There exist self-replicating strands of RNA. All they are is RNA in solution that can gather and assemble loose nucleotides into copies of itself.

But if a virus is alive, then they could probably be considered alive too.

blacksheep998 t1_j6l95cc wrote on January 31, 2023 at 2:57 AM

Reply to Fired social media manager goes rogue on N.J. city’s TikTok account by rollotomasi07071

Seems like a good way to never get hired as a media manager again.

blacksheep998 t1_ixd8eym wrote on November 22, 2022 at 3:55 PM

Reply to comment by Flynn74 in What are some popular movies from well known directors you can't get into? by mranimal2

I love O Brother Where Art Thou but damn if that movie doesn't have some weird pacing and scene changes.

I think it's because, before the film had released, the Coen Brothers said it was based on The Odyssey. Then afterwards they admitted that they hadn't actually read The Odyssey.

It kind of feels like they got a cliffnotes of the main plot points and tried to cram as many of them in as they could.