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Bacteria share genes all the time. RMS would approve (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works to c/programmerhumor@lemmy.ml

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Hey bro, can I have some antibiotic resistance?

Sure bro, but remember that the heavy metal tolerance gene is a dependency.

Shit, I'm on python 2 but hmrA requires python 3.

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[–] Pohl@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Studying evolutionary biology in my undergrad had a big impact on how I look at systems. Judge them by their effect, and not their parsimony. If the mess inside starts to negatively impact efficacy, it will almost always get replaced and almost never get fixed.

Getting obsessed with “how the sausage is made” is a pointless endeavor. If it’s good, eat it, if not make something that tastes better.

[–] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

Funny thing is, I'm a biologist who learned this lesson when I studied programming. As a famous biologist said, god is a hacker and not an engineer.

[–] CanadaPlus 1 points 10 months ago

I think this guy might be an exec, not a programmer.