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Re:23andMe lays off 100 people as DNA test sales decline by ta999999171 on Thursday January 23, 2020 @11:15PM (#22135355)
> you think the people who do genetic ancestry are idiots.

I've seen anonymous but redacted proof-bearing confessions from people these companies saying they "fuck with pure white people" by throwing in random ethnicities, so...at minimum, not all of them respect the integrity of their work.

Which shouldn't surprise anyone, due to...them being humans.

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Re:23andMe lays off 100 people as DNA test sales decline by endorphone on Friday January 24, 2020 @07:44AM (#22137591)
It sounds like you read an absurd fan fiction. The notion is absolutely ludicrous for a variety of reasons that are too boring to get into here, but it is absolutely remarkable the nonsense parroted about 23andme on HN.
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