biofox

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by biofox 5y ago
But stadia is the plural of stadium. I don't understand.
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by biofox 5y ago
This is the one thing I hate about software. I don't want to have to re-learn how to use a re-invented wheel every couple of years. I just want to use robust, time-tested tools to solve problems, like in virtually every other field of
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by biofox 5y ago
Partially. People forget that science is also REALLY hard. I have personally had to retract results I presented at a conference after not being able to replicate my own findings -- and I was following best-practices and being scientifically
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by biofox 5y ago
This is due to the warped incentives in Higher Education. Universities get more tuition fees from accepting more students, and achieve better in national rankings by having higher graduation rates. Professors are stuck in the middle: asked
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by biofox 5y ago
(1) Do ground-breaking work in your 20s or 30s; (2) spend 30 or 40 years promoting it; (3) win!
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by biofox 5y ago
Weinberg's book should be required reading for all scientists and engineers.
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by biofox 5y ago
Shulgin was a gateway into psychedelics and the study of consciousness for me, however my overconfident use of psychoactive drugs ended up giving me PTSD. I'd advise anyone interested in this area to be cautious, and only work with exp
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by biofox 5y ago
Wasn't Alan Turing English and middle class?
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by biofox 5y ago
A large part of the problem is that we have no idea what the proteins do, and how, where, and when they interact with one another. It's like trying to understand Linux from just looking at the /bin directory. Simply having the exe
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by biofox 5y ago
I've been here a little longer than 15 months. My advice: just smile and be polite. Arguing helps no one. If you have useful knowledge, share it and make the world better. If something is contentious, present facts and argue in good fa
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by biofox 5y ago
In which case, I've been using that term incorrectly for a long time. What's the correct use? Can you give an example?
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by biofox 5y ago
Misogynist is a little anachronistic here, given this was the societal norm.
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by biofox 5y ago
They lay eggs on my fruit, and in my plant pots... Not cool
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by biofox 5y ago
As a perfectionist, this line of thinking has been life changing for me... but I still regularly forget to follow it. Another variant I like is: "Good enough, is good enough".
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by biofox 5y ago
I used to build entire sites in photoshop. It produced horrendous mark-up, but streamlined the whole design process, and allowed for really beautiful graphic designs. Haven't done web development in well over a decade, but I assume fro
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by biofox 5y ago
Dry socks win battles
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by biofox 5y ago
> no hand-waving, use of any parentheses, or references Not a fan of Lisp?
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by biofox 5y ago
To me, it just highlights that there really ought to be some basic comprehension and reasoning test for jurors.
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by biofox 5y ago
I've seen nonfunctional mesh masks worn by people protesting mask mandates.
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by biofox 5y ago
Well... now I feel extremely self conscious.
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by biofox 5y ago
There are some images, text, some fancy JS menus, and some small animations. With the exception of the embedded videos, there's nothing here that can't be done with some static pages.
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by biofox 5y ago
I can recommend the one published by the AMS.
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by biofox 5y ago
The QAA and BCS have a set of national benchmarks and course descriptors that degree programmes have to follow if they want to be validated or accredited. There's a lot of flexibility within them for specialist modules, but some key to
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by biofox 5y ago
I actually have quit amphetamines this week due to side effects. I feel like I can't function without them, but they're making me unwell. What a dilemma!
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by biofox 5y ago
They certainly do take advantage of complex interactions. The perfect example of that is ephaptic coupling, where neurons interact with each other through the local electrical fields they induce -- and stuff like this is lost in modelling a
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by biofox 5y ago
Knuckles also cut an opponent's face to shreds which prevents a fight dragging on.
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by biofox 5y ago
People are being conditioned to apply NNs to every problem, regardless of their suitability. Having to only think about a single tool makes everything easier.
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by biofox 5y ago
Got to make it sound groundbreaking to make people care. "It even has new and improved instant-pause audio control" /s
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by biofox 5y ago
It seems like such a waste of energy. Is it possible to harvest the dry brush material and burn it for power generation?
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by biofox 5y ago
Unfortunately, I feel this way with most new cars, regardless of the manufacturer. I'm not sure if it's me who's being unreasonable, or them, but I don't like it.

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