Provisio, I have not read up on this particular experience.

Fruit flies, as used in labs are not like their wild cousins. They have been bred to be exceptionally consistent, since this makes X-Y experiments easier. If you take genetically identical eggs, and raise them in effectively identical conditions, you get almost the same wiring.

There will still be areas of variability, but a lot will be conserved. This is likely an “average” wiring. Once you have even an approximate baseline, you can vary things and see how the wiring adapted.

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They’ve now, at least, released a standard set of markings. Basically, the data speed in Gb and the power capacity in Watts will be printed on the connector. Whether chinese suppliers will bother complying is another matter.

The key to steam is that they realised that being user centric, while bad for short term profits is very good for long term profits. They are also not publicly traded, so not just anyone can buy in and try and make a quick buck burning them to the ground.

I’ve found their store and setup to be a reasonable balance of advertising to functionality. The fact that you can adjust it yourself is a good example of their mindset. Most people don’t care or find them useful. Those who don’t like them are unlikely to interact with them, so it’s not worth fighting their efforts to turn them off.

The connectome is a map of individual neurones. The projectome is a map of how larger regions interconnect. Particularly the relative strength of the links.

It’s the difference between a detailed road map vs the relative road capacity between countries. It cuts out a lot of fine detail to see larger patterns. Both are useful, but in different ways.

Discworld is one of those series that shows that a good book doesn’t necessarily make good tv. You would definitely want writers who can stick to the spirit, while diverging where necessary.

There’s also the possibility of telling whole new stories in the Discworld. It has a LOT of milage as a backdrop for other stories.