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by blaufast 6y ago
This one looks like it makes money which is strange
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by blaufast 6y ago
Yes it is very possible. It is very expensive to verify that you did it correctly and that it works as intended. Genetics are not like code so unless you are copying previous work expect a very long road
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by blaufast 6y ago
That was a mistake
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by blaufast 6y ago
This contains much too little discussion of the feed algorithms.
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by blaufast 6y ago
James Nestor’s new book ‘Breath’ may be useful to you if you suffer from fitful sleep. His research into and experiments with breathing may give you some easy fixes to help improve your sleep.
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by blaufast 6y ago
Agreed. If Tech cares about the diversity as much as it claims, it’s hard to think this would damage ones career.
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by blaufast 6y ago
It’s about time this started happening! Facebook employees of HN, how about joining him?
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by blaufast 6y ago
Mental disturbances from hashish and psychedelics, while similar symptoms, are completely different internally. I wouldn’t rule out psychedelics based on that experience.
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by blaufast 6y ago
This comment is so dissonant with the average experience in academia it reads like sarcasm
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by blaufast 7y ago
Having worked at cutting edge biotech,startups and FAANG I wholeheartedly defend the interview process, and believe you would too if you ever switched over for a while
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by blaufast 7y ago
I should add that I found it during a journey similar to yours, and still use it as a reference.
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by blaufast 7y ago
The book “6 Pillars of Self Esteem” is excellent. It’s research based and actionable.
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by blaufast 7y ago
The secret? They’re junk! There is only upside for Church, who will get a piece of every company. If they fail, he has nothing to lose. One of A16z’s past biotech stars was uBiome. The science there was bad from the beginning but investors
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by blaufast 7y ago
It resembles academia. The company is very penny wise and pound foolish, toxic behaviors aren’t managed, the (5!) founders are basically dead weight, and hours are expected to bleed into evenings and weekends. There’s an inversion of resour
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by blaufast 7y ago
There are zero profitable syn bio companies in the world because even simple projects are too slow and costly. Ginkgo doesn’t value it’s employees, and doesn’t have secret sauce. I think the next company, that Ginkgo diaspora found or flee