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[–] Quokka@quokk.au 53 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Robotnikinin

Robotnikinin is a small molecule capable of binding to and inhibiting the activity of Sonic Hedgehog (Shh) signaling up stream of Smo.

https://www.medchemexpress.com/robotnikinin.html

[–] Sorse@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Is SMO Super Mario Odyssey?

[–] Quokka@quokk.au 5 points 2 months ago

Sonic and Mario at the Olympics

[–] Kirp123@lemmy.world 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The gene was named by Robert Riddle, a postdoctoral fellow at the Tabin Lab, after his wife Betsy Wilder came home with a magazine containing an advert for the first game in the series, Sonic the Hedgehog (1991)

[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 14 points 2 months ago (5 children)

To all the young engineers here, this is one of those things that seems really funny and a great idea at the time, but lasts way past the joke being funny.

If you name your services Megatron or aragorn then be ready for business and executives to use those names for 10+ years. The joke is officially dead when you force someone 3 layers above you to demand "why did Galactica go down over the weekend, who is responsible?!". Be thoughtful in your naming.

[–] three@lemmy.zip 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This is entirely subjective. I would giggle every time.

[–] Deconceptualist@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Right? That's exactly why I give my business automations names like SupaWubbaDubbaHappyTimeAuthyWauthyTeeHeeSecurityWorkflow.

[–] Windex007@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago

Glory is eternal

[–] Ajen@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 months ago

GIMP enters the chat

[–] Feyd@programming.dev 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The joke is officially dead when you force someone 3 layers above you to demand “why did Galactica go down over the weekend, who is responsible?!”.

On the contrary, that's the best thing that could possibly happen.

Edit: Also fuck anyone that actually addresses their subordinates that way.

[–] Heavybell@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

We have high power compute machines at my workplace for environmental modelling, named Motherbrain and Daughter after the environmental control computers from Phantasy Star 4. I am entirely to blame and I have no regrets. The only downside is when a younger engineer finds out and asks me if nudge wink maybe it's a Metroid reference. :P

[–] Feyd@programming.dev 19 points 2 months ago

That one is fun because it's so fundamental that everyone that takes developmental biology in college gets you read about it

[–] Kyle_The_G@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago

Just wait till they find out about sushi domain binding something something

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 10 points 2 months ago
[–] RandomStickman@fedia.io 8 points 2 months ago
[–] monk@lemmy.unboiled.info 1 points 1 month ago

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