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by aheilbut 13y ago
It wasn't Patch. He built up advertising sales at Google starting in 2000.
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by aheilbut 13y ago
Initially, these new genome editing techniques are going to be (and already are becoming) extremely useful to more efficiently set up genome-wide screens and do basic science to discover new targets and understand the biology of cancer. App
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by aheilbut 13y ago
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/16/business/last-car-plant-br...
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by aheilbut 13y ago
There is long-established precedent for compelling the provision of testimony and/or physical evidence within our legal system. Do people seriously think that USB sticks have some special privilege?
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by aheilbut 13y ago
I guess I'm dating myself, but didn't we used to call that the phone book?
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by aheilbut 13y ago
CherryPy doesn't get enough love.
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by aheilbut 13y ago
So a quad 24 Ultra HD setup would be just right..
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by aheilbut 13y ago
Teaching is important, but in science, very few people do a PhD with the primary intention to teach. It's about the research, yo, and prestige that is mostly somewhere between your head and the literature.
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by aheilbut 13y ago
I use NX / Nomachine quite a bit, and while it generally works, the latency is still annoying. It'd be nice if there was a better way to transparently synchronize an entire VM and run things locally, since CPU and storage are so c
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by aheilbut 13y ago
Although being Sweden, there's a quick and efficient train from the airport to downtown.
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by aheilbut 13y ago
Does anyone have the ($600!) 39-inch Seiki 4K display? If so, do you like it?
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by aheilbut 13y ago
There are a lot of issues flying around that are being inappropriately mixed up for all sorts of political purposes. The Begley 'study' is impossible to assess, because they didn't report what the studies were, nor any of the
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by aheilbut 13y ago
I'd feel better if LinkedIn would be more transparent about the data they have collected on my network and how they make predictions, and would allow me to delete such information if I wish, because I find some of their "People yo
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by aheilbut 13y ago
I am on this internet thing a lot, and I have never once heard of or seen a link to bre.ad
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by aheilbut 13y ago
jsPlumb may be more suitable for what you want.
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by aheilbut 13y ago
My point is that by saying that "more patients on the drug died", they're implying that the drug was itself killing people. With 35 patients, the 2% difference is about one person. They stopped the trial because the drug wa
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by aheilbut 13y ago
They don't report whether that difference was significant though, do they...
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by aheilbut 13y ago
Methamphetamine is already an FDA-approved prescription drug, called Desoxyn.
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by aheilbut 13y ago
Also, Science is run by, um, the AAAS, which is "an international non-profit organization dedicated to advancing science around the world by serving as an educator, leader, spokesperson and professional association" Couldn't
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by aheilbut 13y ago
Many machine learning methods parallelize extremely nicely.
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by aheilbut 13y ago
Imagine the type of machine learning we could do on 384 low power 1GHz cores.
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by aheilbut 13y ago
And even if it is, consider using Spark/Shark instead.
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by aheilbut 13y ago
The brain has bilateral symmetry. Don't try that trick cutting along a different axis. Also, they don't talk much about motor function and vision.
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by aheilbut 13y ago
We're evolved not to think about all that too much.
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by aheilbut 13y ago
Minsky talked about the 'society of mind' involving competition between many autonomous modules a very long time ago; funny that he isn't even mentioned. The brain-as-computer analogy needs more qualification than it is usual
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by aheilbut 13y ago
I hope he's using one of those USB condoms with his memory stick.
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by aheilbut 13y ago
It's not really the MOOC that enabled this; it's that principal who deserves the kudos.
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by aheilbut 13y ago
They say that there were ~5000 such searches per year, which makes them extremely rare occurrences given the hundreds of millions of people crossing the borders in a year.
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by aheilbut 13y ago
Holmes has a set of lectures on Udemy about building a team, if you want to learn how to put together a board like that: https://www.udemy.com/the-essentials-of-team-building/
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by aheilbut 13y ago
Exactly. When it started, it was completely online and automated, and the fees they charged were reasonable, considering that the system provided leads, helped with scheduling, and allowed the commercial part of the transaction to be polit

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