MrDrDr

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by MrDrDr 1y ago
I think it would be better to describe this as an ‘organelle’ transplant as it would be easier for people to understand and discuss. Yes there is a donor (egg) and yes the new child will pass on the mitochondria to her children. But calling
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by MrDrDr 1y ago
Newton also (allegedly) lost Hooke’s portrait when the Royal Society moved. The two did not get on.
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by MrDrDr 1y ago
I found the following paper helpful in understanding the evolutionary pressures on a species ( https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abg5391 ). It's possible for two different genetic ancestries to arrive
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by MrDrDr 1y ago
Thank you for posting this. Someone had told me this and attributed it to Clausewitz - so I've never been able to track it down. I've used it to make the case that laziness is not always a bad thing - i.e. lazy people find it easi
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by MrDrDr 2y ago
https://www.aeinstein.org/
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by MrDrDr 2y ago
I can agree with this. Growing up in the UK, with an Irish mother, I was taken to funerals as a child that I really did not want to attend. Like the author I now always go the funeral, and have found it strange this attitude is not more per
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by MrDrDr 2y ago
Yeah - I realised after I posted this, it could have an impact on the economy.
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GCHQ Christmas Challenge(gchq.gov.uk)
15 points by MrDrDr 2y ago|4 comments
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by MrDrDr 2y ago
Reading this after another article about a pre-historic discovery, made me feel 4000 years was not that long ago. This got me thinking, how long is enough before its ok to dig up our dead?
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by MrDrDr 2y ago
The Origins of Virtue - Matt Ridley ( https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Origins_of_Virtue ) The book provides an evolutionary argument for altruism. It significantly changed the way I thought about human behaviour and
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by MrDrDr 2y ago
My favourite UK/US words are the ones we share but have different meanings - e.g. nonplussed
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by MrDrDr 2y ago
Its a very interesting problem and I suspect it will be very difficult to separate your ethical beliefs from your business model. However, if what you have, is genuinely novel and ‘works’, I think you need to decide on the vision of your bu
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by MrDrDr 2y ago
Tragically, I can’t imagine something this nuanced cutting through our social media today - the authors point, as valid as it was then.
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by MrDrDr 3y ago
The paper shows a correlation between the observed ‘brain waves’ and the ‘toxin removal’. From the abstract: ‘These waves are a plausible mechanism to explain the correlated potentiation of the glymphatic flow through the brain parenchyma’
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McDonald's customers unable to order after systems outage(bbc.co.uk)
32 points by MrDrDr 3y ago|75 comments
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by MrDrDr 3y ago
Not sure how the fixes the leap year? The Egyptian calendar was also easier, but still drifted: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_calendar perhaps they could put all the extra days at the end if the year as a ho
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Ancient City Found in the Amazon(bbc.co.uk)
10 points by MrDrDr 3y ago|0 comments
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by MrDrDr 3y ago
Can you share which make/type? I’ve found the Oxo tea ball to be the simplest tea brewing device - very easy to clean and easy to travel with: https://www.oxo.com/twisting-tea-ball.html
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Procurement Destroys Armies(youtube.com)
2 points by MrDrDr 3y ago|0 comments
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by MrDrDr 3y ago
I agree - but I also think the opposite does not make a good society - a society where everyone can act with anonymity. I was quite impressed with Matt Ridley's book 'The Origins of Virtue' ( https://en.wikipedia.or
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by MrDrDr 3y ago
I agree with the sentiment of what you are saying. I agree with Mr Atkinson (and Obama apparently) that the solution to speech that causes offence is more speech. The problems as I see it are twofold. The first is that 'more speech&#x2
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by MrDrDr 3y ago
Some interesting research in this area from the uk: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10410236.2020.1...
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by MrDrDr 4y ago
I agree with both sides on this point. Responsibility lies with the individual AND the system (society). Edwards Deming said "A bad system will beat a good person every time", but I think history has shown exceptional people can
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by MrDrDr 4y ago
This is very good - got me spending more time playing than I intended to and I will definitely share - well done. Maybe consider the wordle - one game a day/ share your score with your friends on social media approach - so your users s
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by MrDrDr 4y ago
I agree with you. Getting started (and getting other people to start) requires motivation, wherever that might come from. But seeing things through takes discipline - and the two are not the same.
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by MrDrDr 4y ago
I took more than 3 years to write up my thesis. It was the most depressed I have ever been. There are many good comments here and I hope they motivate you. The advice that worked for me came from a professor in the depart (who was not my su
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by MrDrDr 4y ago
I have spent a lot of time working with front line users and engineers in requirement gathering. I recognise the situation you are describing. Part of the problem (IMO) is that some people ‘think out loud’ when answering a question and use
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by MrDrDr 4y ago
Thanks for asking this question, I've found the discussion interesting. I have also noticed the negative long terms affects of alcohol and much like you I find it difficult not to drink in certain social situations (am in the UK). I ag
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The most incriminating evidence against Hans Niemann(youtube.com)
2 points by MrDrDr 4y ago|1 comments
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by MrDrDr 4y ago
I have moved between phases of high productivity and high procrastination. IMO a system and routine are great if you have a goal you genuinely want to achieve. The more time it takes to achieve the goal (I’m thinking 5+ years) the more help

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