Vik

biochem / 🥷🏻

[Dr Singularity @Dr_Singularity]

Some people say nanotechnology is not achievable. But it already exists - biology is nanotechnology.

The bacterial flagellar motor is a perfect example. It’s a biological nanomachine, only a few dozen nanometers across, built from precisely arranged proteins that form a rotary engine.

It can spin at up to 100,000 revolutions per minute, powered by ion gradients across the bacterial membrane, just like an electric motor powered by voltage.

It even has equivalents of a rotor, stator, bearing, and drive shaft, all self assembled from molecular components.

With the help of AI, we’ll reach that level soon.

[Vik @bikchief]

People with shitty role models will become shitty people ♻️

[Vik @bikchief]

Als gij een elektrische step bezit bent ge een sukkel #changemymind

[Vik @bikchief]

Tijd om terug men opinies te uiten

[Beff (e/acc) @beffjezos]

Turns out the spice from Dune was creatine powder

[Beff (e/acc) @beffjezos]

@elonmusk Difference between symbiosis vs parasitism

[Lex Fridman @lexfridman]

80 years ago today, an atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki (Aug 9, 1945), the last time a nuclear weapon was used in war.

Just a friendly reminder on this beautiful Saturday, that if one is ever used again, it will be the end of human civilization.

There's a lot of division, turmoil, injustice, suffering in the world... but the truth remains that all of us humans are stuck here together on one small planet (for now), tasked with preserving the flame of human consciousness while wielding technology powerful enough to destroy everything we've ever built.

The good news is that we humans are a clever bunch and are fundamentally compassionate at the core. So, I'm betting humanity lasts at least another thousand years, and I'm hoping for another million.

But it is indeed very suspicious that we have not seen obvious signs of alien civilizations everywhere in the sky. Maybe the great filter is ahead of us and this whole intelligent civilization thing is harder to pull off than we realize.

Either way, I'm glad I get to be alive here for a bit with all you.

[murat 🍥 @mayfer]

and just like that the fermi paradox was solved

[gaut @0xgaut]

if your work laptop looks like this, your company will survive tariffs

[Not Jerome Powell @alifarhat79]

How it started: How it’s going:

[Andrew McCarthy @AJamesMcCarthy]

I captured the entire "Planetary Parade" using my 11" telescope, and combined everything into one composite photo that stayed true to the angular scale of these objects.

Made entirely with real photos, I hope this composite helps illustrate the scale of these things!

[lynk @lynk0x]

2014 vs 2024

[Not Jerome Powell @alifarhat79]

Me after seeing a 17 year old kid holding bitcoin outperform the best money managers on Wall Street with 3 PhD’s in finance and 400 IQ’s

[Beff (e/acc) @beffjezos]

"Why are Silicon Valley bros obsessed with Dune?!"

[Beff (e/acc) @beffjezos]

There are cathedrals everywhere for those with the eyes to see

[Vik @bikchief]

I was today years old when I found out that Hans Zimmer made the mw2 opening title soundtrack

[“paula” @paularambles]

this man is absolutely relationship-mogging everyone like wdym you made your own acoustic version of Get Low for your wife !!

[Brooks | 🏳️‍🌈 @brookstweetz]

Donald Trump announces Baron Harkonnen will head spice production on the planet of Arrakis

[beejay @offputting_guy]

Huge news for early birds