jkimmel

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by jkimmel 6y ago
Overleaf is one of my favorite tools. Thanks for building such a wonderful product!
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by jkimmel 6y ago
Notion thankfully does support LaTeX, but only in equation mode (e.g. `\[...\]`, not `$...$`). Just type `/math` in a Notion document to bring it up.
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by jkimmel 7y ago
The book "Pacific" by Simon Winchester has an educational description of this event, contextualized in the broader story of how the DMZ came to be.
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by jkimmel 9y ago
France already has multiple unmanned subway lines that manage to do okay. My bet is cameras and a non-trivial chance of vandals getting stopped at the next station would be sufficient protection against this.
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by jkimmel 9y ago
> even going so far as to pay a nanny I really like this idea as a way to expand access to startup opportunities. Have any acceleartors/incubators experimented with offering child care? I imagine that economies of scale could make
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by jkimmel 9y ago
There were several bills in the CA Leg this year that passed thanks in large part to YIMBY support. See: SB2 - Subsidized housing bond SB35 - Streamlining construction SB167 - Housing Accountability Act enforcement, written with help from Y
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by jkimmel 9y ago
Sanders proposed a prize system for pharmaceuticals. It's an interesting alternative to patents for rewarding innovation in that space particularly, which is entirely patent dependent. https://www.govtrack.us/congress&#
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by jkimmel 9y ago
This is definitely an Umami Burger problem. I've had it there and at Cockscomb down the block, and it's infinitely better at the latter location.
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by jkimmel 9y ago
As a former Orlandoan, I would pull Orlando from that list based on public transit. Transit in Central Florida is basically non-functional, and not likely to change anytime soon. The region is entirely car-centric, and there is a strong cul
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by jkimmel 9y ago
Likewise for SF, their estimate is $1250/month, which will rent you a garage or a converted living room with a curtain separating it from the kitchen in the far reaches of the city. As a grad student, this is about my budget for housin
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by jkimmel 9y ago
> Short of a drug that provided a permanent cure for opioid addiction itself, I'm not sure what sort of solutions can be pursued by scientific/tech research, as opposed to addressing the root social causes. People have actually
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by jkimmel 9y ago
There's no reason storing information in a population of DNA molecules is fundamentally unstable. Yes, mutations occur. Randomly. This means that if you sequence a set of DNA molecules the consensus sequence can still render the proper
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by jkimmel 9y ago
There is a set of assumptions in your argument that I believe are false. 1. Unregulated water use that allows for production of export cash crops will continue This could easily be fixed by regulating water use properly, such that farmers h
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by jkimmel 9y ago
If SF housing politics has taught me anything, it's that the nastiest of human behavior is revealed by parking disagreements :( I never understood the residential parking permit argument anyway. Public dollars built the road, which now
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by jkimmel 9y ago
Agricultural land is often connected to 19th century water rights in CA, allowing nearly unlimited access to ground water and a set allocation of running streams at very low cost. Access to ground water is so unrestricted that the entire Ce
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by jkimmel 9y ago
CA exports a large portion of its agricultural products, including several top exports that are very water intensive to grow (again, almonds, walnuts, dairy & beef). Moreover, current irrigation methods in the valley are not ideal for w
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by jkimmel 9y ago
Only ~10% of California's water use is residential/urban (varies a little bit year to year) [0]. The majority of non-environmental water is used to grow cash crops in the central valley, like almonds, which take 1 gal/almond.
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by jkimmel 9y ago
In George Church's book Regenesis, he recounts the interesting story of resurrecting the Pyrenean Ibex by somatic cell nuclear transfer and surrogate pregnancy in a closely related species. The source article is a great read [0]. The a
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by jkimmel 9y ago
Likewise, I'm very impressed with the early article selection. The site itself is beautiful, and interactive figures like the one at the top of this link are incredibly helpful. Overall -- huge fan!
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Self-driving Ubers back in action in SF following Arizona crash(mercurynews.com)
1 points by jkimmel 9y ago|0 comments
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by jkimmel 10y ago
The CA legislature uses a good deal of intent legislation. I assume the purpose is to formally announce the beginning of legislative development process, allowing stakeholders to become involved.
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by jkimmel 10y ago
Harry Reed reduced the threshold for confirming non-Supreme Court nominees to a simple majority, preventing a filibuster. The Senate was locked 50-50, in which case the Vice President becomes the deciding vote.
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by jkimmel 10y ago
I am deeply saddened to read this. I apologize, on behalf of the country. Please know that the majority of people in the US do not support this policy. We want to see you reach your potential. We want to benefit from the talent you would br
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Scientists must fight for the facts(nature.com)
302 points by jkimmel 10y ago|144 comments
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by jkimmel 10y ago
Quite nearly so. You have to remember the time constraint on drug profitability (~15 years for a US patent on a new molecular entity). A new antibiotic would be held in reserve except in exceptional circumstances. Even if it was put to use
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by jkimmel 10y ago
> The situation in the clinical biotech companies I worked at was never that bad because of HIPPA compliance and more focus on networked services like lab databases but still atrocious. I can attest that academic biotech labs are still p
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by jkimmel 10y ago
> If you stood up in the middle of a geology lecture and tried to start an argument about Roe v. Wade This is a false premise. I've spent my week at a large scientific conference. We have continually had panels re: our role and res
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by jkimmel 10y ago
> but even still, that adds only another layer of testing to ensure that your techniques for converting the raw data to structured data are sound enough to be reproduced. That's actually not correct. What if your validation method
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by jkimmel 10y ago
You don't need to be a direct party in a contract to be affected by it. You can insure against possible negative outcomes of someone else's contracts. e.g.) Party A and Party B sign a contract that Party B will pay Party A $X by s
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by jkimmel 10y ago
There is single large window displaying text, with lots of space between the lines. At the top, there are tabs with the names of different books. It looks like you can scroll in the large window displaying text to read a book. Also at the t

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