tomkinstinch

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by tomkinstinch 2y ago
Looking forward to the day when FreeCAD is a viable and stable option for free parametric CAD. There are a few free options for direct modeling, but not for parametric design. As far as commercial software goes, my current favorite CAD soft
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by tomkinstinch 2y ago
I Contain Multitudes , by Ed Yong https://edyong.me/i-contain-multitudes
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by tomkinstinch 3y ago
For anyone with a UDMP looking to disable remote access via UniFi servers, the setting isn't under the Network application, it's part of the higher level console management: Console Settings (menu on left) -> Advanced (heading)
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by tomkinstinch 3y ago
Depending on the wavelength, Spectralon (sintered PTFE powder) is a bit better. At least until it gets dirty.
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by tomkinstinch 5y ago
I wonder if a pump like this could be made smaller using a perfluorocarbon liquid like FC-70 (Perfluorotripentylamine)—nearly double the density of water, higher boiling point, non-flammable, and would not impart water vapor to the compress
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Quantifying the importance/timing of different routes of SARS-COV-2 transmission(bdi-pathogens.shinyapps.io)
1 points by tomkinstinch 6y ago|0 comments
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by tomkinstinch 7y ago
The Apple Store sells both and will let you compare the two models if you ask nicely (with new/clean AirPods). I found AirPods have noticeably better noise cancellation (for me) than the QC35s, but YMMV. Subtle but better. It's ha
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Myriscope for scanning (bio|a)rxiv articles(myriscope.com)
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by tomkinstinch 7y ago
Indeed; a good library is a long-tail institution. The Harvard Library system has a large collection of books at the various on-campus libraries, but an immense catalog of infrequently accessed books at a "depository" warehouse
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by tomkinstinch 7y ago
The coolest solution I've read about to note the producer is to emboss a hologram in the metal, though perhaps with enough care this too could be faked or copied: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinebar
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by tomkinstinch 7y ago
Helpful tip, thanks. Here's the Safety Data Sheet (SDS) in case anyone is curious what's in 3M 38983 General Purpose Adhesive Remover[1]: Mostly methyl acetate, with some naptha, xylene, and a small amount of ethylbenzene. Definit
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by tomkinstinch 7y ago
Hot water "hydronic" heating with radiators is very common in the US as well, at least among homes in the Northeastern US constructed before the 1960s. It's a shame more new construction does not use hot water heating in conj
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There's no such thing as a free watch (2017)(topic.com)
162 points by tomkinstinch 8y ago|88 comments
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Cook My Meat: heat diffusion through meat over time(up.csail.mit.edu)
226 points by tomkinstinch 8y ago|66 comments
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There's no such thing as a free watch [pdf](jennyodell.com)
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Cook My Meat: heat diffusion through meat over time(up.csail.mit.edu)
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by tomkinstinch 8y ago
A more detailed description is included in this publication from the author credited for the first photo: http://www.ufrgs.br/paleotocas/Frank_et_al_2012.pdf
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by tomkinstinch 8y ago
It's worth mentioning that the package manager component of anaconda is released as a separate (small) install: miniconda[1]. It includes only Python and the package manager, and not all of the 700+ packages installed as part of a full
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by tomkinstinch 8y ago
They may be withholding physical samples, but some sequence data appears to have been released[1(eight segments of the virus from one patient),2(sequences from the last ten years)]. Sequence data like this is helpful for genomic epidemiolog
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by tomkinstinch 8y ago
Rochester, NY. Very affordable real estate, many of the prime areas of the city and suburbs are served by gigabit fiber, and between local universities and industry a surprising amound of technical talent is present in the area: some recent
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by tomkinstinch 8y ago
Rochester and Buffalo are this affordable, and have the added benefit of being in New York State.
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by tomkinstinch 8y ago
If you're interested in atomic history and the Manhattan Project, a great book is Richard Rhodes' The making of the atomic bomb (ISBN: 1451677618). It's ~900 pages of history, from the personalities of the scientists involv
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by tomkinstinch 8y ago
Python environment headaches have been largely solved for me thanks to Miniconda[1]. Not only do the environments isolate dependencies, they can easily use different versions of Python, and can include arbitrary binary packages too. It help
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by tomkinstinch 8y ago
Yes, like us, fungi are opisthokonts, but where collagen is the mammalian structural protein used for making leather, fungal hyphae are principally comprised of chitin—structurally closer to the polysaccharide cellulose of the mentioned &qu
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by tomkinstinch 8y ago
The community of microbes resident on skin (or rather, their metabolites) has also been shown to influence attractiveness to mosquitos[1]. Interestingly, some taxa were associated with decreased attraction, which the authors of the linked s
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by tomkinstinch 8y ago
A group upstairs at the Broad Institute built out a system to use Jupyter notebooks for analysis of genomic data, with backend computation happening on a Spark cluster[1]. Science on large datasets can happen via interactive notebook. In a
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by tomkinstinch 8y ago
I've been using balls of crumpled up aluminum foil held with tongs. My father grills more often than I do and I bought him a dedicated tool for grill cleaning from a craft fair; it's a brass disk on a stick, with various grate pro
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by tomkinstinch 9y ago
We can help the humble Monarch butterfly by planting milkweed seeds: https://www.thebutterflyfarm.com/free-milkweed-seeds-0
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by tomkinstinch 9y ago
The podcast 99% Invisible has an episode about the history of shopping malls. As conceived by Victor Gruen, a European immigrant, malls originally included these everyday places. He imagined them as "third places" for the suburbs
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by tomkinstinch 9y ago
While it will certainly be hard to contain, there are historical precedents for containing disease outbreaks where small mammals are the vectors. A notable case is the Bolivian hemorrhagic fever, caused by the Machupo virus, where an outbre

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