LetThereBeLight

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by LetThereBeLight 3y ago
Burlap and Barrel I believe has a good reputation with their spice sourcing. https://www.burlapandbarrel.com/products/turmeric
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by LetThereBeLight 3y ago
Your story reminds me of this segment from Mr. Wizard that I saw as a child. This kid eats an apple while doing a hand stand, and I remember being amazed by it. https://youtu.be/bC6jJnVe1LI?t=1072 (starting at 17:52)
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by LetThereBeLight 3y ago
A large issue is that PIs have no training on how to manage people nor is there much protection for grad students (and practically none for postdocs). It is surprisingly common to hear stories of sexual harassment, or international research
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by LetThereBeLight 4y ago
By "robots" they mean algae cells coated with a drug.
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by LetThereBeLight 4y ago
Double-blind is not all that feasible unless preprints, conference posters, and talks were also all done anonymously.
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by LetThereBeLight 4y ago
Anyone interesting in learning more about Gorbachev's life, I recommend watching Werner Herzog's Meeting Gorbachev.
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by LetThereBeLight 4y ago
Funny to see this pop up, it's from 2008. I worked with Martin for quite a few years and we spoke about this article at one point. If I recall, the intended audience of this article is primarily incoming graduate students.The point be
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by LetThereBeLight 5y ago
I agree, there are a variety of plotting library options in Julia but they aren't nearly as developed/robust as matlab (e.g. quiver plots). There are a number of plotting functions that have completely changed how they work across
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by LetThereBeLight 5y ago
It is striking to me that this article doesn't discuss the negative impact such a technology will have on actors and translators. In fact, the author makes the surprising claim that there is a shortage of translators and voice actors,
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Obituary for Ned Seeman, Inventor of DNA Nanotech(nature.com)
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by LetThereBeLight 5y ago
Should add 2020 to the title. This is the relevant paper: https://www.pnas.org/content/117/4/1853 I am curious to hear what HN thinks of calling these things robots. These are frog embryos that have been surg
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by LetThereBeLight 5y ago
Sorry, I should have been more clear in my post. I meant to say that, if I no longer want to support Apple (or Google) because of their behavior, are there any reasonable smartphone options available? It seems to me that this is the only wa
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by LetThereBeLight 5y ago
My question after reading this article is, what can I do as a current iPhone user? Is there a reasonable alternative phone out there that can run the same apps but that isn't effectively controlled by Apple or Google?
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by LetThereBeLight 5y ago
More specifically, this paper is focused on the social sciences. That's not to say that this isn't present in the basic sciences either. But one other thing to note here is that these headlines about a "replication crisis&quo
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by LetThereBeLight 5y ago
It is $10 because the money from individual kits is being used to subsidize the foldscopes for classroom kits. See "Why the difference in price between Deluxe Individual Kits and Classroom Kits?" in the FAQ: https://www
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by LetThereBeLight 5y ago
For those interested in understanding more detailed discussions there is an article by the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists: https://thebulletin.org/2021/05/the-origin-of-covid-did-peop... Perhaps the most interestin
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by LetThereBeLight 5y ago
I think the main complaints about VAR in football have been the amount of time these decisions take and the inconsistency of the rulings. Instead of the constant play we used to have, now we see players stand around as the screen shows line
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by LetThereBeLight 5y ago
I know that this site mentions MIT's Introduction to Computational Thinking course, but the hyperlink doesn't send me there. For those interested in seeing Pluto in action I highly recommend checking out the course notebooks here:
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by LetThereBeLight 5y ago
In the event people are interested in a higher budget microscope, the openFrame is a very nice modular system [1]. [1] https://www.imperial.ac.uk/photonics/research/biophotonics/i...
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by LetThereBeLight 5y ago
This is correct [1]. > Why the difference in price between Deluxe Individual Kits and Classroom Kits? >Our mission is to bring bring affordable scientific tools to everyone (not just communities who have the resources - but everyone).
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by LetThereBeLight 5y ago
This is a cool company that started out of QB3. One of the co-founders was a postdoc at UCSF working in regenerative medicine before starting wildtype. I think these wetlab incubator spaces near universities is really key to getting more bi
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by LetThereBeLight 5y ago
I think it is a shame that the 50+1 rule (which states that at least 50% of the team's voting rights must be held by club members) is only instituted in the German League. I don't think any fans actually want this super league to
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by LetThereBeLight 5y ago
The current publication system is very odd. Mostly government money is being used to fund research, then professors are asked to review a manuscript (who may just hand it off to a grad student or postdoc) without any compensation for their
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by LetThereBeLight 5y ago
Let's not forget that all the grain those cattle are eating were grown in nitrogen fixed soil produced via fossil fuels. Nor that roughly 40% of the world's crops are used to feed cattle. Or the other detrimental environmental eff
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by LetThereBeLight 6y ago
This is still subject to Landauer's principle, at best it will cost kT ln2 energy per bit erased.
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by LetThereBeLight 6y ago
That is interesting, I have had the exact opposite experience. People saying that genes and their regulatory circuits are all that matter and that proteins are boring byproducts of that. I guess it is a matter of what sub-community you find
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by LetThereBeLight 6y ago
To anyone interested in early space flight and the Apollo missions, I strongly recommend reading Michael Collins's memoir Carrying the Fire. It is quite amazing all the training that the astronauts had to go through so they could manua
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by LetThereBeLight 6y ago
Indeed, if you look at startup fellowships for scientists that currently exist, fellows don't have to give up IP or equity. Calling this program a fellowship in this context is highly misleading.
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by LetThereBeLight 6y ago
I use Libro.fm and am happy that at least some of my money ( 15%) is going to my local book store.
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by LetThereBeLight 6y ago
>If physicists adopt this humble mindset, and resist their craving for certitude, they are more likely to seek and hence to find more even more effective theories, perhaps ones that work even better than quantum mechanics. I don't b

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