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by schrodingersCat 4y ago
This article is an ouroboros of self-citation and speculation. The lead author, McCullough, is a known proponent of Hydroychloroquine, denier of asymptomatic spread of covid, and a paid, invited speaker at right wing and anti-vaxx conferenc
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by schrodingersCat 5y ago
I'm a little confused why the NHMFL home page ended up in my hacker news RSS feed, but I received my PhD here and thus feel obligated to comment and upvote...
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by schrodingersCat 6y ago
PhD in molecular biophysics here (did virology rotation in grad school also). There's not enough time to go into how bad the "science" is in this paper. Evidence is cherry-picked, and circumstantial at best. Lots of non-sequi
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by schrodingersCat 12y ago
The major (and really only) criticism of Finder is a lack of an "address" bar. I would really like a bar where I can change directories quickly instead of doing ALL navigation using mouse clicks. Yes, I know you can invoke a Com
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by schrodingersCat 12y ago
In the terminal (iterm2 of course), I find vim with the solarized theme ( http://ethanschoonover.com/solarized ) combined with he right plugins to be a beautiful and useful text editor. In the gui, I really love sublime text
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by schrodingersCat 12y ago
I assume you want a desktop computer? Dell has great hardware support for debian/ubuntu and RH/Cent OS. I (think) you can purchase a desktop without an OS from their SMB store. Definitely get something with a spinning platter and
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by schrodingersCat 12y ago
The subreddits r/netsec and r/crypto can be helpful
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by schrodingersCat 12y ago
I posted an edit to my original comment. I meant that the equivalent defining of a function (in zsh) does work, but zsh -c won't run the function unless you permanently add the function to your env.
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by schrodingersCat 12y ago
Good call. I posted an edit to my original comment. zsh -c won't run the function outside of the current session. The "extra step" needed to add functions to the environment variables seems to make zsh much more secure than b
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by schrodingersCat 12y ago
I just tried this in zsh 5.0.6 (x86_64-apple-darwin13.3.0). It reports vulnerable as well. edit: Yes, this feature works when formatted correctly for zsh as "function ls () { echo vulnerable }". However, I was wrong in that zsh -c
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by schrodingersCat 12y ago
I went ahead and recompiled a patched version of system bash as described in this SE thread: https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/146849/how-do-i-re... . Thanks!
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by schrodingersCat 12y ago
New rfid applications would be great and by means pursue them! The reason I think this is a great problem for CV is that right now, only a nurse would be able to tell if there is a puddle on the floor from a leaking IV, patient's puke,
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by schrodingersCat 12y ago
Sexual selection is a huge area of research in evolutionary biology. You don't have to like the wikipedia article, but a quick search on google scholar on the term reveals over 2M+ results. Check it out. Peter's description of s
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by schrodingersCat 12y ago
A little off topic, but am I still vulnerable? I'm running OSX mavericks 10.9.5, use zsh as my default shell, and have a patched version of bash build from homebrew repo set as secondary in /etc/shells (on the occasion I need
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by schrodingersCat 12y ago
This really depends on how practical you want to get. One of the biggest problems in hospitals is (lack of) staffing. Having a robot that could go around the rooms and check on low-level, treatment related problems would be a huge improveme
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by schrodingersCat 12y ago
While the fact that cross-over during meiosis does in fact contribute to increased genetic diversity leading to resistance to disease, parasites, and other adaptational advantages, one still needs to answer why did sexual reproduction evolv
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by schrodingersCat 12y ago
Its generally understood that traits that encourage reproduction regardless of whether or not they encourage fitness will outperform other traits ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_selection ). This is why you will
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by schrodingersCat 12y ago
This paper makes a 0th order assumption that there is an inherent advantage to sexual vs asexual reproduction. There are certainly advantages to both, but the author is correct that the answer may come out of addressing complexity. Algori
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by schrodingersCat 12y ago
There may be a story behind this post as it feels quite personal, but this is a pretty good composite of bad management behaviors. I see this more of a collage than a specific rant. I could be wrong, but I've seen one or more of these
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by schrodingersCat 12y ago
Or things behind a paywall
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by schrodingersCat 12y ago
Of course this is not universally true, but there is definitely a culture problem within the field. Furthermore there's a repeatability problem in a ton of biological research. More time has to be spent repeating findings even at the
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by schrodingersCat 12y ago
I haven't read all the responses, so I hope I am not repeating anyone's insight. I'm finishing my PhD in biophysics, and I wanted to share my perspective from conversations I've had with my boss/PI and other investi
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by schrodingersCat 12y ago
Feedly + Reeder on OSX
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by schrodingersCat 12y ago
I hate to be the cynical one here, but the countries with the power to stop this outbreak aren't going to start taking it seriously until more people from western nations start dying. It is true, it will be really bad if it is not stop
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by schrodingersCat 12y ago
Any word on what site(s) were hacked leading to this leak? I don't reuse any passwords so I'm not very concerned, but I'm the kind of person who just likes to be sure
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by schrodingersCat 12y ago
Just from a users perspective, this approach sucks. Ever tried to install a package on an older Ubuntu box only to find that the binary for this version has not been updated in over a year? Then you find out why: installing the (old version
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by schrodingersCat 12y ago
Honestly, a feature for distraction free note-taking / writing would be nice with better formatting support than the standard app. I always think evernote would be a great idea for writing rough drafts of memos or articles but I very q
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by schrodingersCat 12y ago
Thank you for posting this. I do not personally work with animals, but I knew there must be a way to convert doses between mice and humans given how often my colleagues test drugs on rats and mice.
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by schrodingersCat 12y ago
There may be pharmacokinetic reasons for using these higher doses in mice. The rate at which drugs absorb through the blood brain barrier, are metabolized by the liver, and are eliminated by the kidneys are all factors one must consider. No
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I am not a monster and I am not unreasonable(retractionwatch.com)
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