Has convergent evolution been known to produce recognisably similar gene sequences?

@sith yeah it would be really cool to follow a truly alien being around and watch it do things while trying to figure out why it's doing it. As long as you can sort of follow _what_ it's doing.

Greg Egan has wonderful ideas. I have a bunch of his books on my reading list!

@clacke they do indeed!

@clacke Definitely checking out A Quiet Place first :)

@clacke oh yeah, Pingu! I loved that when I was little.

Now that I think about it, Donald Duck used dialogue rather sparsely and when they do speak it's as much quacking as it is actual words.

I'll check out the others, and 9 in particular. Thanks :)

I would be so interested in seeing a movie where you follow a non-verbal protagonist that just.. _does things_. No talking, no exposition. Just let me watch this person (or any type of animal) experience something.

I feel like there aren't enough movies that take "show, don't tell" to its extreme by not having dialogue.

In fact I can't remember seeing any at all.

@downey I just really want something that doesn't involve web technology

@clacke XMPP is too minimalistic for my needs. I have little use for ephemeral chats because I read and write in bursts when I'm feeling into it. I use matrix like a shitty forum + social platform + IM + group chat. Without community spaces, persistent logs, edits, reactions and such I just wouldn't use it for anything but occasional tech-support or something.

#element android #matrix developers obviously do not test their crap app on lower end phones (or higher end phones from a few years ago)