cixin

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by cixin 8y ago
A bit weird but they also used to do "Service Packs" which seemed reasonable. Do they still plan to do service packs or this the new way forward?
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by cixin 8y ago
The approach is interesting, but I'm not sure it works for everybody. I tried the Heisig method, but I found that while I could get good at flashcards, they didn't really stick. Probably helps if you are also exposed to Kanji on a
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by cixin 10y ago
Off the top of my head: I wonder if astronauts are on lower calorie diets than usual. Lowering calorie intake is one of the few well known ways that lifespan can be increased. Will have to see if there's any research correlating low ca
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by cixin 10y ago
Interesting. Looks like the Google Play store was also embargoed at one point: ‪ http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/28/4669004/google-opens-play-... I wonder what exactly is going on. Trump administration loo
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by cixin 10y ago
Yes mostly the number of base pairs. Large repeats can also cause issues finishing a genome.
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by cixin 10y ago
Your pay doesn't seem massively outside current industry norms. If I were you I'd probably do two things: 1. I'd try and save enough money for a couple of years runway in case I wanted to do my own thing/start consulting
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by cixin 10y ago
Not sure, but for me it's more that the selection is better, I don't think you can get Westworld (series) on amazon yet for example.
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by cixin 10y ago
We don't really understand how most of the treatments we have work. We have data, we have in many cases some ideas, but we don't know. Take Psoriasis as an example, doctors are still prescribing coal tar based treatments. I guess
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by cixin 10y ago
Realistically, what harm can the experiments described in the article do to the general population? It's so hard to do anything, even design diagnostic tests, that requires FDA approval that personally I'd avoid any startup that h
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by cixin 10y ago
Why not use iTunes for pay per view/purchasing content? Their library seems very comprehensive. I'm currently using Netflix and iTunes. I also have a prime account, but there's rarely anything I want to watch (the exception b
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by cixin 10y ago
Hmm.. this is significantly more than 100MUSD (630MUSD). I'd love some examples of good plays in this area (that is, those that resulted not just in acquisition but viable products). This area being life science tools/diagnostics.
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by cixin 10y ago
I'd love to have more insight into how this happened. It seems like there's a pattern of high profile failures of highly funded science-based startups. From the outside the science seems faulty from the start, the management team
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by cixin 10y ago
Again, just FYI, you're not a PLC (which stands for public limited company, and means you can sell shares to the general public) you're incorporated as a private limited company.
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by cixin 10y ago
Wow, I wouldn't be so confident in putting all this personal information out it the open. But this was a great read. It's both sad, worrying, and slightly comforting that Mirai is run by a bunch of kids. Gives me hope that these i
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by cixin 10y ago
Congrats guys! But "Thank you all for being a part of this adventure with us!" Needs to go here: https://ourincrediblejourney.tumblr.com
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by cixin 10y ago
I think it possibly because they've created a few new accounts. New accounts on HN can only post so many comments before they start getting marked as [dead] automatically I guess this is to prevent spam. To be honest, creating multiple
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by cixin 10y ago
Your website says your a non-profit, but you're incorporated as a private limited company. Just FYI, in the U.K. Non-profits are generally incorporated as companies limited by guarantee. If you are really not seeking profit for shareho
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by cixin 10y ago
It possibly lies beyond their reach, and ultimately we may be fighting a losing battle. But there are two point really: 1. I think it's worth fighting (and they have had some success). 2. May telecoms vendors have volunteered more info
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by cixin 10y ago
> Its easier to just buy a phone from a company who can't comply with such ridiculous claims from the US government. I think there's value in challenging the US government on these issues. It also helps set the tone in general.
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by cixin 10y ago
The other issue for me actually is that while I might like to drop into a shell sometimes I don't really feel Android phones offer me much in that regard either. Android is far for a standard Linux/UNIX system. And it's hard
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by cixin 10y ago
In case the author reads this, and as I can't comment there: Thank you. Debian is an awesome and somewhat under-rated distribution. Being a maintainer always seems like a thankless and slightly forgotten role. Thanks for having the per
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by cixin 10y ago
I don't really feel my data is locked in to any great degree. I don't use iCloud for backup. I use my own mail provider. What lock-in are you referring to? I think it would be pretty painless for me to move to Android if I wanted.
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by cixin 10y ago
Nice talk, there are many similarities to the memory deduplication attacks previously posted (also from the CCC). They present a few cache based attacks. The first is a method to setup a covert communications channel between 2 processes by
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by cixin 10y ago
Well, php is still hugely popular. I think it's not an unreasonable choice (though I personally don't enjoy using it, I can see the business case). Go feels like a much smaller, similar language though. For me, one of the key feat
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by cixin 10y ago
It's not a hugely popular opinion, but I'm still happier with the iPhone than any other phone currently on the market. Not only do I find it nicer to use (which is somewhat subjective), but I still feel that Apple are standing up
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by cixin 10y ago
Interesting! I wonder if you just use one AirPod if the latency stays the same? Guessing, that if there's no need for them to sync with each other there's the potential for reduced latency.
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by cixin 10y ago
Wow awesome! It's partly these little optimizations that keeps C/C++ going. I've never considered that const might have a performance benefit (and mostly just use it as a compile time check). But will consider it in the futur
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by cixin 10y ago
This is HUGE news and really interesting. To recap, GRAIL was created largely by Illumina to help drive sales of their sequencing instruments. Illumina lead (>80% market share) the DNA sequencing market. However the market is still mostl
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by cixin 10y ago
Go moving from 54th to 13th most popular is pretty astonishing. I'm personally pretty happy with that, because for all its faults it does feel like a fun language to program in, for reasons I can't quite put my finger on. I'm
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by cixin 10y ago
Using lisp always seems attractive. However, in Bioinformatics, the reality is that many users are still using Perl. It would be get to have them migrate to, modestly more readable languages. Outside of scripting, alignment and other perfor

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