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by bbgm 17y ago
Hmmm, we barely understand how human biology works, and won't be able to cure most current deadly diseases in that time. The more we learn about human genetics, the more we realize the less we know. In other words immortality is only 20 yea
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by bbgm 17y ago
Haven't written anything meaningful in a while, but you can find some of my material on Soundcloud http://soundcloud.com/dnm/sets/all-music-1 Recently switched to Ableton Live after many years of Cubase. Make extensive use of Reaktor, Ko
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by bbgm 17y ago
In a similar vein, I've always admired D. E. Shaw. who still publishes single author theory papers. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/110562316/abstrac...
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by bbgm 17y ago
Doesn't sound as novel as they are tying to make it out to be. Certainly very cool, but neural nets have been around in this space for some time.
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by bbgm 17y ago
I believe the fault here, at least in most third world countries, lies with society and associated expectations. My grandmother never approved of my decision not to become an engineer, but go into the hard sciences instead. The quality of
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by bbgm 17y ago
I miss liner notes. I still rarely buy individual tracks, being much more partial to the album and musicians/bands who can record albums. I've heard enough people think this is backward. Me, I might actually buy some music on iTunes fina
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by bbgm 17y ago
Not exactly the same goals, but http://your.flowingdata.com/ is simpler and quite useful for things like tracking weight, etc.
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Running a webserver on ARM Processors? Not yet, but there is some potential(perspectives.mvdirona.com)
18 points by bbgm 17y ago|7 comments
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by bbgm 17y ago
Related to the whole Backblaze discussion http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=797995 and the Sun Thumper followup http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=803136
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by bbgm 17y ago
At least a couple of pharma companies actively use Gluster. Haven't used it myself, but have heard some stories (not positive) about the stability
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by bbgm 17y ago
Wow. I am glad he survived. My father was charged by an African Cape Buffalo in Tanzania several years ago and the results weren't pretty. I shudder to think what might have happened if it was an elephant
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by bbgm 17y ago
When you have families every hour counts. It does matter if I get in late on Monday, even though I am perfectly find hacking away in the lounge
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by bbgm 17y ago
That is kind of what the Faculty of 1000 does today. Essentially picks papers regardless of source that they feel is significant. Perhaps in the future that will be the role of Science, Nature, etc with papers getting published all over t
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by bbgm 17y ago
1. I have introduced people to each other, often via requests. Just recently I used it to pass on a request from a former colleague inviting another former colleague (at different companies) to speak at a conference. 2. I have got at least
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by bbgm 17y ago
Don't disagree on that point at all. I don't think the credit system is going away. Academics need some incentives to do what they do. If not money, it has to be credit, or some other system. It's frustrating, and one reason I went stra
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by bbgm 17y ago
Because that's not how you get funded. Your funding/tenure, etc are related to where you publish, how often you publish, etc. It's a systemic issue, a system designed for a different era which just does not translate to today's science
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by bbgm 17y ago
It just might http://www.viddler.com/explore/CameronNeylon/videos/9/ http://www.viddler.com/explore/CameronNeylon/videos/8/ These are related to sessions at Science Online London held over the last few days. Of course as Cameron notes,
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by bbgm 17y ago
The "are you a permanent resident" question comes into play when the company thinks it will need to spend money on helping you becoming one, or in changing jobs. Many don't want to do that, so if you aren't one, you're out of the running.
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by bbgm 17y ago
It was much easier to get a green card when I applied (pre 9/11) than it is today. I know some people with amazing qualifications, successful track records, who've been in the green card process for years. Plus the "are you a permanent re
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Is XML bad for Big Data? Mike Driscoll thinks it is(dataspora.com)
8 points by bbgm 17y ago|0 comments
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by bbgm 17y ago
delicious, pretty much since the day it started. Probably would not be using it that heavily without the Firefox plugin. Ctrl-D is one of my more used actions.
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by bbgm 17y ago
Jon Udell once reminded me that scientists are people. In other words some percentage of people are good storytellers and similarly for scientists. We've all been guilty of gross generalizations but one would hope Discover would do bette
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Fill up that station wagon for the return journey(aws.typepad.com)
1 points by bbgm 17y ago|0 comments
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by bbgm 17y ago
Jonathan Eisen's response to the recent PR around Helicos previously discussed on HN http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=754997
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Putting some reality into genomics hype(phylogenomics.blogspot.com)
3 points by bbgm 17y ago|1 comments
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by bbgm 17y ago
Ignite Seattle (which has since spread to other cities) is a wonderfully fun event of Pecha Kucha style talks. If one comes to your area, you should not just attend, but submit a talk as well http://www.igniteseattle.com/
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by bbgm 17y ago
I took a trip to Europe, first trip in years without a laptop. All I had was my iPhone and at no point did I feel disconnected. Was able to follow the Wimbledon final, check out webcams to see mountain conditions, keep tabs on places I us
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by bbgm 17y ago
Different format, slightly different crowd, but if you are interested in the life sciences, the Friendfeed room is a great community http://friendfeed.com/the-life-scientists
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by bbgm 17y ago
I've been in enough situations where direct messaging on Twitter has the best and most efficient means of communication to dismiss Twitter not serving a need. Yes, the utility of Twitter is almost always overblown by the media, but we shou
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by bbgm 17y ago
Not at all. Not a CS guy, but research was some of the most fun (and trying) times of my life. Figuring how things work, or how to make them work better is a ton of fun. It's not for everyone, sure, but all scenarios have their pros and c

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