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631.
by folli 8y ago
Passive immunization might indeed be a feasible option, but of course requires timely detection.
632.
by folli 8y ago
But I think it's fair to say that our current technological progress would at least lag a couple of centuries behind without armed conflict and the resulting need to be faster/more destructive/better protected/better arm
633.
by folli 8y ago
The only thing I can think of right now regarding a database of confirmed avalanches, is the list of confirmed fatal avalanches in Switzerland, regularly updated: https://www.slf.ch/en/avalanches/destructive-avalan
634.
by folli 8y ago
You can usually infer chromosome copy numbers from the median coverage rate.
635.
by folli 8y ago
It's probably easier to screen for existing bacterial strains that do such a job, instead of designing them.
636.
by folli 8y ago
That's true in the long run, however in shorter time frames there's no reason that a gene drive couldn't establish itself in a local population. You bring up viruses; the aim of a virus is survival, and wiping out its host is
637.
by folli 8y ago
CRISPR is most likely more versatile in that in can be used for gene knockouts directly (introduction of frameshifts by microhomology-mediated end joining) and in in other models (e.g. in plants not only in eukaryotic cells as adenoviruses)
638.
by folli 8y ago
Why would the environmental cost of cremation be higher than of burying? The required land for a cemetery alone has a huge environmental cost.
639.
by folli 8y ago
Or be used directly as Soylent Green.
640.
by folli 8y ago
Sounds like obvious advice in theory, but in practice you will run into a lot of problems. Google's Play store has a quasi-monopol on Android app sales, alternative app stores make up a small fraction in the promille range.
641.
by folli 8y ago
This has a (not so surprising) resemblance with the current state of app development for Google's Play Store. This is discussed e.g. here: https://www.reddit.com/r/androiddev/comments/9n88wv/the_futu
642.
by folli 8y ago
The chinese government is probably not interested enough in credit card numbers to warrant involvement.
643.
by folli 8y ago
Even though it's controversial, I think this comes close: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_marshmallow_experimen...
644.
by folli 8y ago
So if you invert its output, it will be more accurate than a rng?
645.
by folli 8y ago
Given the hygiene standards in the middle ages, humans were very much exposed to poop of all kind of sources, so I doubt that additional exposure would be of any benefit.
646.
by folli 8y ago
Assuming that there are no infectious pathogens in sh*t, which is laughably wrong.
647.
by folli 8y ago
How would any other system prevent this?
648.
by folli 8y ago
Tourism is part of traveling. Surely, you don't think traveling is ludicrous.
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Ask HN: Those making $500+/month on side projects in 2018 – Show and tell
227 points by folli 8y ago|151 comments
650.
by folli 8y ago
I feel like this is some meta-level test for the reader. Pseudo-profound bullshit statement: "Bullshit-sensitivity predicts prosocial behavior"; can the reader distinguish this bullshit paper from a profound paper?
651.
by folli 8y ago
The Colorado and New Mexico buildings are from the native population.
652.
by folli 8y ago
Can you compare the quality of living in such a city to the Australian standard?
653.
by folli 8y ago
“Strong population growth is a key contributor to economic prosperity” This is the main ingredient of any pyramid scheme.
654.
by folli 8y ago
"The market can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent."
655.
by folli 8y ago
Reminds me of the dead butterflies: http://emilydamstra.com/news/please-enough-dead-butterflies/
656.
by folli 8y ago
You haven't read the content, then.
657.
by folli 8y ago
The date itself is already a universally unique identifier (provided there is never more than 1 issue per day).
658.
by folli 8y ago
How does a chemical environment replicate and mutate?
659.
by folli 8y ago
I'm not sure I understand what you mean, but does this help: https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/hosting-static-website
660.
by folli 8y ago
The current fashion is subgenes (domains): https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3258039/

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