Read_the_Genes

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by Read_the_Genes 15y ago
A search for Toxoplasmosis on G-scholar reveals that this parasite is in fact a problem for immune compromised patients and infants. Although I do not think WebMD is a reliable source, another comment here cites them to indicate that infec
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by Read_the_Genes 15y ago
And why should we trust you (or Google etc) with our data? Perhaps you (they) will exploit our ignorance and manipulate our preferences? Not everyone in the world can be assured their human rights and exposing personal information can lead
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by Read_the_Genes 15y ago
Dr. Agrawal has some good pdf's available from his website: http://stanford.edu/~mukul/tutorials/index.html Here is a link to a 161 page pdf on QFT and QED (Warning: direct pdf download): stanford.edu/~mukul/tutorials/Quantum_Optics.pdf I
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by Read_the_Genes 15y ago
We all have tumors in our bodies, not cancer. Cancer is when the tumor metastasizes, and begins to grow out of control. Perhaps instead of hoping for a silver bullet to cure cancer, determine when/if your body is full of tumors, and do eve
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by Read_the_Genes 15y ago
Thank you for linking to this interesting discussion on Reddit. Their discussion lacks a few key points. First, inflammation is an important cause of cellular (and DNA) damage. The standard weapon used by your innate immune system is supe
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by Read_the_Genes 15y ago
I tried using this, but it left me with the impression that it was unprofessionally done. 1. The board is not correct. The black square must be in the left corner. While this may seem like a small quibble, it changes the patters so that s
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by Read_the_Genes 15y ago
Interesting that they use this strategy. Essentially, high variance is good when the expected value of the game is negative. It increases the chances of success in a bad situation. The maths of this can be found in the article "A Rule of
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by Read_the_Genes 15y ago
Unfortunately you are correct, we are not really sequencing the genome. We are simply reading short segments of DNA, and comparing that to a reference sequence to find point mutations (eg. changes from G to C). We cannot easily determine
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The thermodynamics of negative entropy: bounds on heat generated by computers(nature.com)
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by Read_the_Genes 15y ago
Forgive me if my surfing time is limited. I would appreciate links to these conversations, if you have them.
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by Read_the_Genes 15y ago
The biggest problem with Wikipedia is not that entries about current politics may be biased by national/religious propaganda. The real problem is when the political propaganda influences the scientific entries. For example here I loosely r
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by Read_the_Genes 15y ago
Can anyone recommend a P2P VoIP other than Skype? I suspect that it wont be long until MS "improves" Skype and it becomes useless.
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by Read_the_Genes 15y ago
This is a very well written blog, and the links to pdfs providing further detail are excellent. As pointed out in jane.pdf, and also be Ed Thorp elsewhere, betting with the Kelly criterion requires large amounts of capital. The reason is s
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by Read_the_Genes 15y ago
The smartest man in the room is a fool if he makes others look foolish. -Ancient Chinese proverb
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by Read_the_Genes 16y ago
The answers on HN are better and have more variety than SE!
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by Read_the_Genes 16y ago
This journal is going under: http://daviddobbs.posterous.com/journal-of-cosmology-going-o... From Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/fy4w5/journal_of_co... I think it is safe to ignore articles published in this journal.
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by Read_the_Genes 16y ago
Most studies use raw p-values. This, coupled with "exploratory analyses" which are not mentioned in the research, leads to a high false discovery rate. Alternatives include using simulations to estimate false discovery rates (this can be d
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by Read_the_Genes 16y ago
This is similar to other models of courtship behavior. Essentially, females prefer males that invest in their relationship because they are more likely to remain in the relationship. This same phenomenon can be found in all sorts of thing
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by Read_the_Genes 16y ago
Sorry to be so harsh, but this analysis is really lacking. If you want to learn more about how to hedge bets, read about things like moment theory or the Kelly criterion. Also, taking a measure like variance would be much more meaningful th
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by Read_the_Genes 16y ago
I agree, this math is terrible. Just. Terrible. Please no one believe this post, it uses dubious statistics.
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by Read_the_Genes 16y ago
Thank you much for crafting this finely worded commentary!!! One point to add: Many economists assume equilibrium in their models. Often, economists will invoke [Nash] equilibrium as the resting state of the economy. This simplifies thei