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by folli 7y ago
The last two (look at table 1) are interesting in such a way that its almost scientific misconduct akin to photoshopping a picture in a scientific paper. They blasted the inserts, but apparently couldn't find any matches to HIV, so the
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by folli 7y ago
Read the paper, they actually only match 2 inserts, the other two inserts are modified by the authors in such a way that they are made to match (Table 1). Both inserts 1 and 2 also match to Streptococcus phage, but a bacteriophage would of
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by folli 7y ago
#2: replicating their BLAST search is easy: https://blast.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Blast.cgi?CMD=Get&RID=398N4CS... and it shows that the matches of these short inserts are completely by chance and don't constitute any sta
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by folli 7y ago
Sorry, but it's very easy to verify that these claims are crap by replicating their study, i.e. doing a simple blast search of the insert sequence against the virus database. Here's the result of the first insert: https:/&#x
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by folli 7y ago
The gene pool of a species is much more dynamic than you assume in your scenario. Combinations, deletions, mutations, introduction of new genes from other species is very common on biological timelines. To put it as an optimization problem:
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by folli 7y ago
What's a James Bond shower?
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by folli 7y ago
Meh, the most likely outcome of such experiments is that the introduced gene will vanish from the gene pool midterm.
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by folli 7y ago
This is being tried: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysoperla_carnea However it seems hard to get them established.
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by folli 7y ago
Just a heads up: on mobile (Android Q) clicking on 'Get started using Reddit' gives me an 'No apps can perform this action' error from the OS. I have the reddit app installed, so most likely the link tries to open the ap
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by folli 7y ago
As a hobbyist, thank you for your sympathy
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by folli 7y ago
I hate that I can't use Xcode on Linux.
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by folli 7y ago
The aim was to create a simple and lightweight (<5MB) app that displays which parts of the world are in the night, in the day and in the twilight (look at the help section to get an explanation what the different types of twilights mean)
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Show HN: Day and Night Map for Android(play.google.com)
2 points by folli 7y ago|1 comments
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by folli 7y ago
Rational if they export below the average of other EU nations, not rational if they export above the average of other EU nations.
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by folli 7y ago
Sun Locator predicts the sun's position at a specific location during the course of the day. The 3D Terrain Simulator is the newest feature, which simulates the lighting conditions in mountainous terrain. The user can fastforward the t
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Show HN: 3D Terrain Sun Simulation for Android(youtube.com)
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by folli 7y ago
The ability to translate "Geek Boy" language to whatever relevant occupational language the counterpart uses, is probably one of the most valuable soft skills one can have. Having worked as a bioinformatician on the interface of w
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by folli 7y ago
Universal healthcare won't help you there, since it also requires a stringent cost-benefit-calculation, e.g. the British system is very (in)famous for this.
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by folli 7y ago
Counterpoint: I prefer the abridged version. Dumas was originally paid by number of pages and it shows IMO.
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by folli 7y ago
I like the advise to not shoot down the drones, as this can cause a battery fire. Seems very US-American to me.
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by folli 7y ago
A unionized crane operator gets 200k annually? Wow!! https://www.kareerday.com/reviews/crane-operator
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by folli 7y ago
Then you should do some mental activity to find a physical activity that you like.
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by folli 7y ago
n=2, but still cool examples
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by folli 7y ago
A good start: https://thebookofshaders.com/
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by folli 7y ago
Cool idea! If I may ask: how do you plan on monetizing this?
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by folli 7y ago
What's your point? That this is okay?
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by folli 7y ago
Coffee is Switzerland biggest export in terms of foodstuff. https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/international-coffee-day_most-c...
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by folli 7y ago
You don't always need physical pointy implements to achieve this, as a lot of religious buildings in different points in time show. Sometimes the threat of eternal damnation is enough. Remember that the pharaos in ancient Egypt did hav
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by folli 7y ago
Sun Locator predicts the sun's position at a specific location during the course of the day. The 3D Terrain Simulator is the newest feature, which simulates the lighting conditions in mountainous terrain. The user can fastforward the t
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Show HN: 3D Terrain Sun Simulation for Android(youtube.com)
1 points by folli 7y ago|1 comments

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