theobon

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23andMe licenses its own drug compound to Spanish firm Almirall(bloomberg.com)
70 points by theobon 7y ago|74 comments
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by theobon 7y ago
It isn't just the detection algorithm that is tuned to benefit big corporations. The end to end process is asymmetric with automated issuance of copyright claims which need to be manually disputed which appear to be automatically rejec
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by theobon 7y ago
This is well understood by pain researchers and the article explicitly mentions that they are trying to find solutions that address chronic pain without impacting the pain responses you are referring to. "The team bred genetically engi
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by theobon 7y ago
While not networked to the national police I expect that many commercial security cameras do have facial recognition to identify suspected thieves and VIPs along with tracking movement habits through the store which is shared with advertise
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by theobon 7y ago
"While their model is far from uncovering the full mystery of vision, it is a step in the right direction" This penultimate paragraph directly contradicts the headline. I know that writers don't have much control over their h
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by theobon 7y ago
For those who want to guide to reading the lawsuit check out this annotated version by Katherine Wu[1]: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ac136ed12b13f7c187bd... [1] https://www.katherinewu.me/wri
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by theobon 7y ago
The most interesting tidbit for me was how similar the news breakdown was between the two sources: New York Times and The Guardian. The largest deviation was 3.4% for suicide coverage but almost everything was within 1%. Perhaps these examp
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by theobon 7y ago
Meta-analysis is a sound principle but undermined by selection bias. This is why every meta-analysis includes selection criteria for which studies are incorporated into the analysis. Unfortunately publication bias is systemic and biases the
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by theobon 8y ago
This should only happen for user requested auto-completion. For example typing "g" <tab> "g" <tab> would result in Google in the provided example. This is very beneficial in code completion or navigating file
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by theobon 8y ago
"The girl and boy each have male and female sex chromosomes — in other words, each twin has some cells that carry an XX pair (female) and some that carry an XY pair (male)." They are both genetically ambiguous and present differen
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by theobon 8y ago
Contact binaries are fairly common. Expected to make up about 10-15% of NEOs. My layman's understanding of how Kuiper object contact binaries develop is mutual capture during the early life of the solar system and angular momentum deca
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by theobon 8y ago
Wouldn't that require that the school provide the loan? If the debt is not held by the school then they are not impacted by bankruptcy. I like the theory of what you are saying but I'm not sure I want schools to become creditors.
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by theobon 8y ago
The existence of an address is public. The relationship between an address and a hacker news account is typically not public. Providing this link can make doxxing significantly easier.
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by theobon 8y ago
The maintenance fee is $100 a month for each week of timeshare you own. So if you want to use the time share 4 weeks a year you pay $400 a month. After selling all 52 weeks the company is collecting $62,400 a year.
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Bitcoin’s blockchain tainted with links to child abuse imagery(nakedsecurity.sophos.com)
2 points by theobon 9y ago|1 comments
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by theobon 9y ago
You are assuming that harassment was direct, sending messages to the accusers. My impression is that this was a group chatting privately about the accusers either making fun of them or coordinating actions. While this can be done through ot
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by theobon 9y ago
Feels disingenuous to use the end-to-end CO2 generation for the battery but only the burn costs of diesel.
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by theobon 9y ago
There are multiple cases where someone can be obligated to sell for a particular price. Eminent domain is the most obvious example but Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory Licensing [1] is more applicable. Patent laws creates a temporary monop
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by theobon 9y ago
For a company about to spend ~$250,000 on the ability to fabricate 3d models in house "3D Printing Solution" does message better. A 3D printer is just an expensive tool that requires expensive software and expensive people to make
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by theobon 9y ago
Do you have a source for these rumors. This is the second comment I've seen on this post suggesting this but I can't find any supporting evidence. According to Patreon's blog posts the unbundling was entirely related to the &
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by theobon 9y ago
Typically these are worded as part of support & maintenance and is triggered by failure to meet that obligation. Acquisition, merger, spin-out, JV or bankruptcy would not trigger it provided support is maintained. Also, the force majeur
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by theobon 9y ago
Every jurisdiction I'm aware of considers using your phone while stopped at a red light the same as while driving. Apple enabling this behaviour within a feature specifically designed to support safe driving laws would be illogical.
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by theobon 9y ago
Sure there is some data companies are collecting of that form but typically it isn't Personally Identifiable Information and even when it is that isn't what people are worried about with the Yahoo breach. Yahoo was "gifted&qu
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by theobon 9y ago
http://ncase.me/trust/ is a great explainer that explores that question. How do different strategies compare depending on number of repeat interactions, population diversity and noise.
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by theobon 9y ago
We are barely able to simulate a simple reptile brain and you are asking for complete understanding and simulation of any human body. I think you are vastly underestimating the complexity of biological system.
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Artificial intelligence used to predict suicide(qz.com)
1 points by theobon 9y ago|0 comments
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by theobon 9y ago
The "vote with your dollars" narrative is becoming a common way of dismissing peoples concerns without consideration. It reinforces the plutocracy. I voted by voting! Purchasing from companies whose ethics you agree with makes sen
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by theobon 9y ago
In may be easier for employers because they can fire under-performing employees easier. Most of the hurdles for firing someone are due to lack of safety-net. With UBI those regulations should be looser.
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by theobon 9y ago
I'd love to see this replace the current multi-bin setups I see most places. The ones where you spend so much time trying to figure out which is the right bin that inevitably some people just dump everything in the easiest location. It
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by theobon 10y ago
feature request: Ability to change playback speed. Eg 0.5x, 1.5x, 2x

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