There is a cost in terms of energy required to replicate the genome. The cost is relatively small though and grows slowly within the population so it is subject to fairly weak selection. On the other hand deleting DNA is always quite a risky proposition.
Comparing evolution to a random walk with selection doesn’t quite sit right with me. In practice much of evolution occurs via gene duplication and recombination. At that point you can evolve complex changes very quickly. Evolving novel phenotypes is much easier if your starting material is an existing functional gene. Many motifs can be reused and reapplied.
Comparing a mule with it’s parents shows how much novelty can be produced in a single generation (in this case an evolutionary dead-end of course)
Elementary OS, Void Linux, Deepin, Antergos and Tails are a few notable ones off the top of my head. Void has been around for a minute but has become a lot more popular recently.
Elementary is Ubuntu trying to be OSX. Deepin and tails are Debian. A Tetris is Arch.
Void is it’s own thing and xbps was really good when I used it. But since the thing where the one guy with sole control over their resources disappeared, and then losing their domain, and not having a distinct legal entity/org behind it last I checked... I dunno about longevity here despite the project being 10 years old already.
Elementary is great, I'm using it on my spare laptop and I have only one complaint and it's the removal of the wingpanel indicator without implementing a proper replacement.
This is a common logical fallacy used to justify your current lifestyle. Veganism is not about moral purity, its about the tangible impact of your actions.
Why not set yourself the challenge of only eating ethically farmed animal products? I think you’d find this ends up leading to a mostly vegan lifestyle unless you’re willing to devote considerable time and money.
Just out of curiosity, are you vegan/veg? I hear this point of view a lot online but I’ve rarely heard it within the vegan community where people are usually pretty honest about craving junk food/burgers etc every now and again. Not trying to call you out, genuinely curious.
I'm neither but I have been vegetarian for extended periods of time. When I've lapsed out of vegetarianism it's been because it's easier for me to throw together a satisfying meal with meat. If I take about twice as long I can make an equally satisfying vegetarian meal. When I try going vegetarian again I'll be sure to get better at throwing together meals first.
Relatedness testing is pretty trivial with modern chip/sequencing tech so this stuff does actually tend to be pretty cut and dry. The big worry is sample swaps but those should hopefully be the exception and not the rule.
