drb493

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by drb493 2mo ago
This project has been ongoing for about 25 years now: https://foldingathome.org/faq/how-it-works
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by drb493 7mo ago
I'd discourage claiming any biological process is "solved." But to your point: No--AlphaFold is an amazing machine learning approach to predicting protein structure but Folding@Home is still immensely useful for simulating ho
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by drb493 7mo ago
The distributed compute part of the project has turned off but data analysis continues. I know what you mean these types of projects inspired me to contribute as a young citizen scientist. A different domain, but https://foldinga
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by drb493 3y ago
While the other recommendations are great, they are more psychologically focused. Check out Eric Kandel's "In Search of Memory". I really can't recommend it enough. He talks about his early work with aplysia and contemp
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by drb493 3y ago
J&J tries to weasel out of paying compensation. If a half-trillion dollar company can't afford to pay restitution to its victims then maybe jail-time for the executives involved would be a more palatable option.
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by drb493 3y ago
Seaman for dreamcast utilized a microphone in which you would talk to your fish (that also would develop to grow a human head). It relied on voice commands. You could praise it, scold it, order it to clean its tank. In response it would ins
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by drb493 3y ago
Kudos to the editors for taking a stand. Absurd cost for publications was a major reason I left academia as a postdoc. Senior scientists with large grants and salaries write it off as a business expense but paying 2-3k for a paper is insane
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by drb493 4y ago
If one's goal is a revolution of thought, than perhaps being immersed in the past process is ultimately constraining. Deference to past authority is an easier road to follow than direct inquiry into one's own experiences. If human
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by drb493 4y ago
Ask and ye shall receive....a stabilized version of the link https://imgur.com/gallery/PImiVMC
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by drb493 5y ago
BF Skinner approached the military during WW2 with a proposal to use pigeon-guided missiles. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/bf-sk... There are also programs to train dolphins to search for naval