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by flobosg 3y ago
This distinction ( temblor or terremoto ) is made in Chilean Spanish lexicon as far as I know, but might be a general feature of the Spanish language.
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by flobosg 3y ago
The Wikipedia article lists some criticisms about the hypothesis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandmother_hypothesis#Critici...
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by flobosg 3y ago
“Survival” and “fitness” of an individual are two separate concepts. The latter is directly related to the amount of potential offspring (and thus reproduction), the former is not.
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by flobosg 3y ago
> I'm not sure I understand what biogeography has to do with their point which seems to mainly be about the passage of time. Individuals in different biogeographical niches can have distinct “passages of time” in their immune system
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by flobosg 3y ago
That claim seemingly stems from a misinterpretation of the paper’s discussion, since no mechanisms are proposed or mentioned there: > The evolution of the vertebrate immune system occurred in geographically limited populations. Before ma
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by flobosg 3y ago
Ah… the good old spacer.gif days…
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by flobosg 3y ago
Regarding “nanoplots”: they are essentially sparklines, aren’t they?
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by flobosg 3y ago
Related: A Brief History of Drone – https://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2018/12/a-brief-histor...
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by flobosg 3y ago
Related, from last week: More than 2M research papers have disappeared from the Internet – https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39589626
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by flobosg 3y ago
He was truly a master of panelling and composition, as this video about the Dragon Ball manga explains: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFFru4q_4H8
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by flobosg 3y ago
The article reminded me of Mixbox ( https://scrtwpns.com/mixbox/ ), which implements pigment-like mixing of colors aimed at digital painting.
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by flobosg 3y ago
Similar story here: I played it until ~10 years ago, when a PhD got in the way. I might get the Steam version now, thanks for the reminder!
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Does gear matter?(arun.is)
30 points by flobosg 3y ago|64 comments
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Daft Social: Anti-social social network for minimalists(daftsocial.com)
180 points by flobosg 3y ago|80 comments
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by flobosg 3y ago
> They had an actual nazi conference with afd higher ups attending, discussing these topics. The article in question: https://correctiv.org/en/top-stories/2024/01/15/secret-plan-...
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by flobosg 3y ago
This post comes to mind: What happens when you donate your body to science – https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33206364
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The 1944 CIA Guide to Sabotaging Meetings (2021)(authenticcomms.co.uk)
39 points by flobosg 3y ago|28 comments
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by flobosg 3y ago
> Having pushed a git commit says nothing about whether the person pushing it has enjoyed doing so intrinsically or as a means to an end. Case in point: the Hacktoberfest fiasco.
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Slow Change Can Be Radical Change(lithub.com)
2 points by flobosg 3y ago|1 comments
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by flobosg 3y ago
One cool application of dynamic programming is the pairwise alignment of nucleotide/protein sequences: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequence_alignment * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Needle
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by flobosg 3y ago
I would say it is partially true. Expression of a gene (or even changes in its expression levels) may affect detrimentally the product of other genes. But, on the other hand, these changes can be compensated (for instance) by “beneficial” e
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by flobosg 3y ago
.nb files are Mathematica notebooks.
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The Slow Frontier of Genetic Choice(kk.org)
18 points by flobosg 3y ago|30 comments
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by flobosg 3y ago
Playing around with video game ROMs using a hex editor to edit strings and sprites was one of my first forays into programming.
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by flobosg 3y ago
List of projects using Fortran: https://github.com/Beliavsky/Fortran-code-on-GitHub
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by flobosg 3y ago
Besides Last.fm, 4chan’s /mu/ board ca. 2010 was one of my go-tos to discover new music. I found many gems there that I wouldn’t have known otherwise. Other great source of information are festival line-ups, especially if they boo
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https://archive.is/1dnWe
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Diagram Website – An Internet Map(diagram.website)
2 points by flobosg 3y ago|0 comments
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by flobosg 3y ago
(2020)
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by flobosg 3y ago
> a new tip about every 3-4 minutes nonstop Pipetting and changing tips are a matter of seconds, not minutes.

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