Snail_Commando

9 ms·

31.
The Right Way and the Wrong Way to Privatize Science(theatlantic.com)
2 points by Snail_Commando 12y ago|0 comments
32.
Unravelling the mystery of silk(abc.net.au)
1 points by Snail_Commando 12y ago|0 comments
33.
by Snail_Commando 12y ago
A bit of tactical advice: good conversations start with context. Your blocks of text didn't read like someone engaging me in conversation, they read like a political flyer stuffed under my windshield wiper.
34.
by Snail_Commando 12y ago
This should at least have 2013 appended to the title. But that supposes that 14-month-old news of a temporary response to customer complaints over a mediocre video game (which have been covered ad nauseam) should be on Hacker News in May 20
35.
What is it like to be a bat?(organizations.utep.edu)
1 points by Snail_Commando 12y ago|0 comments
36.
by Snail_Commando 12y ago
It would likely be deployed only near human settlements, which cover a relatively small portion of Earth's land surface area. Mosquitos would still be able to breed unabated in, say, protected land in the United States and Canada. Not
37.
The Great Works of Software(medium.com)
1 points by Snail_Commando 12y ago|0 comments
38.
by Snail_Commando 12y ago
I wonder if an advanced aquatic species could/would make use of hydrothermal vents to harness the some of the transformative properties of fire. Hydrothermal vents lack the property of mobility, yet have the properties of persistence a
39.
Deep Intellect: Inside the mind of the octopus(orionmagazine.org)
297 points by Snail_Commando 12y ago|104 comments
40.
by Snail_Commando 12y ago
Wow, this book seems cool. I plan on checking it out. However, I couldn't help but think that this book presumes a certain amount of knowledge that I think would likely be absent by the time the book is recovered. I'm probably mis
41.
by Snail_Commando 12y ago
Check out 'alantutorial' if you're into bizarre yt/web things.
42.
by Snail_Commando 12y ago
> In some environments, I could see it being much more useful It is very useful in laboratories. On demand printing of labware with custom geometry is wonderful. Also, it enables certain geometries and properties that would be very diffi
43.
by Snail_Commando 12y ago
This book isn't directly related to all of OP's comment, but it addresses emergent, meta-properties of systems---which seems to me to be an important component of OP's (outstanding) comment. The book is an exploration of comp
44.
by Snail_Commando 12y ago
> The approach may work a while. But then I am sure some mutant gene will eventually emerge in the wild-type populations that will inhibit the synthetic kill gene. > That's how Nature works. More accurately, "That's how
45.
by Snail_Commando 12y ago
I think it's more likely to be a design decision. If you try to model a large real world area, some people will immediately notice how it is unlike reality; so the constraints of computational power, design skill, and developer ability
46.
by Snail_Commando 12y ago
This might be a situation where a story merge feature would come in handy. In a "merged thread" the title could have more than one link value (but still have a canonical (by mod standard) top ranked url.) And the discussion could
47.
by Snail_Commando 12y ago
I've been using this library, it's quite nice.
48.
by Snail_Commando 12y ago
> ...I'm not sure it ever will. A lot of the power of the reproductive system is in the DNA, and this simulation does not model DNA. I'm not sure what you mean by the last sentence. Not incorporating a full simulation of geneti
49.
by Snail_Commando 12y ago
> That's all been doable for a long time, using controlled breeding. We do it all the time with animals; look what we've done to dogs. The only difference genetic engineering brings is how quickly it can be done. Selective sexu
50.
by Snail_Commando 12y ago
Also, the "outrage tourist". Which was an eloquent way of summing up a significant chunk of 2013. Although, at this point, the outrage tourism might be part of the 'markov comment' background radiation of hacker news.
51.
by Snail_Commando 12y ago
>I think it's not quite that simple... I'm not sure where you are disagreeing with me. I wasn't really trying to simplify anything. I was just saying that genetic clones already exist. Identical twins are clones. They ar
52.
by Snail_Commando 12y ago
> somatic cell nuclear transfer isn't really cloning because it doesn't include the mitochondria. That really depends on how you define "cloning". It absolutely can be considered therapeutic cloning, and it would serv
53.
by Snail_Commando 12y ago
For what it's worth, I wasn't advocating anything. I was just pointing out that cloning occurs every day. I was also hoping to highlight that deliberately cloned people are essentially the same as 'randomly/naturally&#x2
54.
by Snail_Commando 12y ago
> Impressive from a perspective of science, but also deeply unsettling to me. It's clearly only a matter of time before a human clone is created. Identical twins are "natural" clones. They are genetically identical. (Barri
55.
The Norwegian Government Keeps Book Publishers Alive(newrepublic.com)
2 points by Snail_Commando 12y ago|0 comments
56.
by Snail_Commando 12y ago
The job offers you are getting now are roughly fungible with initial job offers you will get in the future. Unfortunately, time isn't fungible. Every period of your life is unique. You can always go back and finish your degree, but you
57.
by Snail_Commando 12y ago
"...the great lock controversy of 1851..." That's so quaint. I wonder if "The Browser Wars", or something of its ilk, will have the same ring to it in 160 years.
58.
by Snail_Commando 12y ago
As I understand it, the toxicity is caused by the implementation of the LNP delivery system, rather than a factor inherent to LNP delivery in general. As there are LNP systems that have proven to effectively deliver to target. Basically, th
59.
Amino acid fingerprints revealed in new study(asunews.asu.edu)
1 points by Snail_Commando 12y ago|0 comments
60.
Social Progress Index 2014(socialprogressimperative.org)
1 points by Snail_Commando 12y ago|0 comments

More ›