jashephe

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by jashephe 11y ago
It may not have been expressed the most clearly, but the intention was not quite as you describe. Shelter, clothing, and modern medicine all confer enhanced fitness — I was attempting to suggest that increased lifespan does not.
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by jashephe 11y ago
Indeed. From a biological standpoint, it's important to realize that an indefinite lifespan, as a life history trait [1], does not confer evolutionary fitness. The fact is that organisms do not appear to evolve to a maximal lifespan
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by jashephe 11y ago
While this is the default behavior, you can, at least in Xcode 7.2, check "Automatically trim trailing whitespace" and "Including whitespace-only lines" under "Text Editing" in Xcode's preferences.
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by jashephe 11y ago
Not sure why you're being downvoted; this seems like a totally legitimate concern. Depending on the efficiency, you might end up just moving the pollution to a different location.
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by jashephe 11y ago
The Nat. Neurosci. paper lists author contributions at the bottom (Gariépy is J.F.G). > S.W.C.C and M.L.P. designed the research and wrote the paper. S.W.C.C. and J.F.G. performed the research and S.W.C.C analyzed the data.
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by jashephe 11y ago
> It's very hard to Figure out what a random piece of DNA will do just from the sequence. While it's certainly true that it's hard to determine the function of a DNA sequence from scratch, it's considerably easier to
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by jashephe 12y ago
> "Do you really think these extensive intelligences do stop terror?" I was under the impression that stuxnet had a demonstrably negative impact on the capacity of the Iranian nuclear program to enrich uranium. Of course, ther
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by jashephe 13y ago
From your own statement, I think we can deduce that the NSA isn't too happy with having its picture taken. It's a pity that I can't source this specifically, but I vaguely remember reading in either James Bamford's &quot