rakhodorkovsky

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Prediction of protein structures and interactions using a 3-track neural network(science.sciencemag.org)
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by rakhodorkovsky 5y ago
Aspirin binds to PPARα to stimulate hippocampal plasticity and protect memory [1] Low-Dose Aspirin Upregulates Tyrosine Hydroxylase and Increases Dopamine Production in Dopaminergic Neurons: Implications for Parkinson’s Disease [2] [1] htt
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by rakhodorkovsky 5y ago
Perhaps arrogance should be added to what it takes to be successful. I'm only half joking; I do think a certain kind of arrogance is conducive to success. Not the kind that screams insecurity and turns off your teammates, rather the ki
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by rakhodorkovsky 5y ago
I admire pg; I don't admire his essays, even though in broad strokes I agree with them. I feel his choice of style works against him; that's where I disagree. Write like you talk, but if you talk like pg writes you lose your audie
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by rakhodorkovsky 5y ago
Can you elaborate on your last paragraph or point me somewhere?
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by rakhodorkovsky 5y ago
clicked on the private key link; haven't laughed this much in days
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by rakhodorkovsky 5y ago
Switzerland has had programs giving methadone and heroin to addicts for more than 20 years now. They've been a success; heroin use has plummeted since it's peak in the 90s. One reason for the success is that giving out free produc
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by rakhodorkovsky 5y ago
If universities were serious about social mobility they would open up their programs, and allow anyone to take the examinations students enrolled in the programs have to take to get their degrees and award equivalent degrees to anyone who p
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Is There a Case for Legalizing Heroin?(newyorker.com)
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Stay at home Denver (2020) [video](youtube.com)
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Nil-by-mouth foodie: A chef who will never eat again(bbc.com)
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by rakhodorkovsky 5y ago
It's the critical question. The time frame is critical for reasoning about alignment and what to do now. If you expect AGI to happen tomorrow, you throw up your hands in despair or exhilaration, if you expect it in a hundred years, you
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by rakhodorkovsky 6y ago
Could you expand on your concerns? How should we go about addressing them?
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Pharmacological enhancement of memory or cognition in normal subjects [pdf](dx.doi.org)
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Physical Principles for Scalable Neural Recording [pdf](arxiv.org)
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The Ground Zero of Organismal Life and Aging [pdf](cell.com)
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by rakhodorkovsky 6y ago
Can you give me a source on ~200 people controlling 40t USD?
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by rakhodorkovsky 6y ago
What is it that the ML people have to understand about the clinical system before they can be effective?
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by rakhodorkovsky 6y ago
Could you point me to some of those expert takes on autonomous driving?
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by rakhodorkovsky 6y ago
In Germany it's common for larger, well performing companies to retire older, less productive employees by way of 'Abfindungsprogramm' - programs that offer these employees generous monetary compensation (up to ~2-5 annual sa
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by rakhodorkovsky 6y ago
I just down the eggs; I've even come to like the taste. It's for the mental acuity, but I'm happy for any benefits I can get, such as a higher white blood cell count and more brown adipose tissue, the loss of which is associa
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by rakhodorkovsky 6y ago
Nicotine is also protective against Parkinson's.
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by rakhodorkovsky 6y ago
Salmon roe at 50g per dose thrice a week works nicely for me. See https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5596017/ and https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6399499/