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by gilleain 8mo ago
You could even have your 'news agent' print your news every day on some cheap paper. Like a 'news periodical', shall we say.
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by gilleain 8mo ago
I think this is 'Reaction-diffusion models' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reaction%E2%80%93diffusion_sys... The idea iiuc, is that pattern formation in animals depends on molecules diffusing through the growi
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by gilleain 9mo ago
Toads and frogs are another pair like this, where there is no clear distinction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frog
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by gilleain 9mo ago
Oh! I really liked the essay - the idea that French 'analysis' was seen as a dangerous modern invention and contrasted with 'synthetic' geometric understanding of the world had political implications is fascinating. Ther
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by gilleain 9mo ago
Neat in theory, but in practice ineffective. Those who might read multiple large exerpts from a book would actually seek out the source. Do as you wish, however I doubt this will have the effect you want here.
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by gilleain 9mo ago
Yes, the Titin example is completely ridiculous. On the one hand, the protein Titin is one of the longest sequences. However you can form a 'word' out of any protein or DNA (or other macromolecue or polymer) this way. The key prob
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by gilleain 9mo ago
Yeah, fair point. I was just not sure if they have enough troops to take the parliament in any meaningful sense (not that this stuff should really be taken seriously). Of course, if there are pipers involved, then everyone better watch out
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by gilleain 9mo ago
> "army trucks are rolling down the Royal Mile" Apart from anything else, where are they rolling 'down' from? The castle? I mean I know it's technically a castle, but it's not like there are a bunch of troop
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by gilleain 9mo ago
The poisions? Buphanidrine : https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Buphanidrine and Epibuphanisine https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/substance/349793761 which are nearly identical compounds (it
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by gilleain 9mo ago
I love 'Avril 14th', I had not connected it before to Satie (who I've only just heard of, my poor musical background knowledge). I see the similarities in the balance of sweetness and dissonance (I suppose). A friend told me
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by gilleain 9mo ago
I believe you, but is that not a strange position to take on music? Appreciating it artistically, but not liking listening to it? Am I right in saying you like the _idea_ behind the music rather than the music itself? That's almost as
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by gilleain 9mo ago
Uhm. If I understand correctly, you are saying that some people are pretending to like his music because it is over the top and showy rather than actually good or enjoyable? While it is possible these fake enjoyers exist, I'm fairly ce
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by gilleain 10mo ago
Funny you should say that. I was reminded of Paracelcus who had the idea 'Only the dose makes the poison'. He was thinking that low doses of poisonous substances could be curative ... similar to this idea of using chlorine dioxi
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by gilleain 10mo ago
Also, if you bought an album, that meant getting some tracks you liked, and some you did not. Oddly enough I bought Suzanne Vega's self-titled album with 'Cracked' on it (off a guy in a stall off Brick Lane, only a fiver), an
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by gilleain 10mo ago
> “I’ll sue you,” the door said as the first screw fell out. Joe Chip said, “I’ve never been sued by a door. But I guess I can live through it.” From Ubik
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by gilleain 11mo ago
You get Flubber?
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by gilleain 11mo ago
"It's not your fault" (also the graph theory examples in the beginning are really simple. Good Will Hunting is not really great as a math movie. I preferred 'Proof' with Paltrow, Hopkins, etc)
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by gilleain 11mo ago
Actually, this is described well in reverse here : https://armory-rasa.tumblr.com/post/151872673763/drawing-wit...
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by gilleain 11mo ago
Interested in what Iain's method might be, but the method I like is: 1) Draw the 'skeleton' as a connected (simple?) graph in the plane 2) Place crosses at the midpoint of each edge 3) Connect the crosses with shortest (non-c
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by gilleain 11mo ago
> The brakemen have to tip their hats And the railway bulls are blind There's a lake of stew and of whiskey too You can paddle all around it in a big canoe In the big rock candy mountain
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by gilleain 11mo ago
A bit harsh, but I see what you mean. It is tempting to try and fit every description of the world into a rigorous technical straightjacket, perhaps because it feels like you have understood it better? Maybe it is similar to how scientist g
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by gilleain 11mo ago
So i can only speak from my own experience of the last 5 years of trying (and often failing!) to accurately copy or otherwise create various drawings. Very rarely do I start completely from scratch, but usually adjust the drawing so much th
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by gilleain 1y ago
Indeed, poking holes in the metaphor is like putting a pin in a balloon, rather than knocking it out of the park by addressing the real argument.
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by gilleain 1y ago
As the Simpson's quote goes : "Oh Ralphy, why are you always so curious about Daddy's Forbidden Cupboard of Mysteries? ..."
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by gilleain 1y ago
You could literally just look the naming convention up in wikipedia: > Paracetamol is the Australian Approved Name[170] and British Approved Name[171] as well as the international nonproprietary name used by the WHO and in many other cou
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by gilleain 1y ago
Very true. I refer to it by the InChI : InChI=1S/C8H9NO2/c1-6(10)9-7-2-4-8(11)5-3-7/h2-5,11H,1H3,(H,9,10) Or the key Key:RZVAJINKPMORJF-UHFFFAOYSA-N
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by gilleain 1y ago
"Hello, yes this is the government robot ..."
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by gilleain 1y ago
That's Daedalus is it? Went to look up how your project is doing, and had to go through github stars - might be worth putting a link to it in your HN profile? Assuming you don't mind making that link explicit :)
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by gilleain 1y ago
Agreed on both points - I did enjoy it, but boy if you are not used to David Mitchell's humour, or are not a native English speaker, or for various other reasons ... this book could be hard going. It got better, but the first few chapt
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by gilleain 1y ago
Well, figure a) shows a ribbon representation of the fold (as helices and strands) of the protein 7QSW ( https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbe/entry/pdb/7qsw ) which is RubisCO ( https://en.wikipedia.org/w

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