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by jdnier 12y ago
From the paper's abstract (published by Nature Medicine, 08 December 2014): "These preclinical studies suggest that, so far, this unimolecular, polypharmaceutical strategy has potential to be the most effective pharmacological app
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At one point in the video he suggests (with a laugh) the name imagin-ary to go along with binary, ternary, n-ary, etc.
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What a huge list! There are many new titles coming in 2015.
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by jdnier 12y ago
Here's another explanation from the Postgres docs with additional examples: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/static/queries-table-expr...
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by jdnier 12y ago
My favorite large regex for testing sites like this (Regulex link was very long, so here's a tinyurl): http://tinyurl.com/ovmvphg Original paper: http://www.cs.sfu.ca/~cameron/REX.html
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by jdnier 12y ago
Except that arrow is simple-minded when trying to parse date strings (compared to dateparser or delorean[1]). By default, it only tries to match a few patterns. You'll see a lot of this: arrow.parser.ParserError: Could not match
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“Sightseeing” Map for Philae(univ.smugmug.com)
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"Global Fishing Watch is the product of a technology partnership between SkyTruth, Oceana, and Google that is designed to show all of the trackable fishing activity in the ocean."
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Sqitch: Sane database change management(sqitch.org)
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It's a veritable book.
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Building Web Applications with Django and AngularJS(thinkster.io)
7 points by jdnier 12y ago|2 comments
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This is the interface I want on my TV!
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From the article: "Hatfill: When the SARS epidemic happened, Singapore came very close to being wiped out. People don't realize this. And over there, if you chew gum or spit on the street, they cane you. Singapore had this under c
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by jdnier 12y ago
"What [Dr Hatfill] does know, at a depth that can rival any scientist’s knowledge, is Ebola."
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21 Days: Steven Hatfill Warns Against Ebola Complacency(theatlantic.com)
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Instaparse, a parsing library for Clojure, tries to make context-free grammars "as easy to use as regular expressions." It uses an EBNF input format that should be familiar to many programmers. https://github.com/E
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by jdnier 12y ago
My first exposure to programming was The TeXbook by Donald Knuth (back in 1990). I still remember marveling at how he always managed to come up with perfect names. Little did I know then (and experience has since delivered plenty of fails)
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by jdnier 12y ago
A great exposition, and worth it just for the introduction to "schrödinbug". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heisenbug#Related_terms
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by jdnier 12y ago
Because these relatively small reactors can be made to tie in with existing gas turbine power plants. They can ship these replacement fusion plants all over the world. http://aviationweek.com/blog/high-hopes-can-compact
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by jdnier 12y ago
The dynomak paper abstract ( http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0920379614... ) makes it all sound conceptual/simulated.
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by jdnier 12y ago
Yeah, that seems to imply they've already achieved a sustained fusion reaction. Seems like that would be big news on it's own.
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by jdnier 12y ago
Heh, heh. Lego minifigure comparison (although probably not a TripleE): http://instagram.com/p/q_yDmLiL1F/
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by jdnier 12y ago
It also seems positively weird that Apple's support pages and this security update aren't delivered via https.
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by jdnier 12y ago
So how were any of you able to watch this? ("Sorry Because of it's privacy settings, this video cannot be played here.")
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by jdnier 12y ago
The web server has stopped responding. More details about the project here: http://www.pugo.org/project/pshttpd/
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by jdnier 12y ago
These highlights (with pictures) are coming in real-time and save the bother of trying to watch video.
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by jdnier 12y ago
Apple's web site has a curated set of "live" posts giving details. http://www.apple.com/live/2014-sept-event/
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Coffee Mysteries the Bean’s Genes May Crack(smithsonianmag.com)
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I have noticed this occasionally on weekends, when the luxury of a nap is more practical. I'll have a small late-morning coffee, feel cozy/sleepy, then nap briefly and wake up refreshed. Seemed crazy at the time. I'd guess yo
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Ancillary to the sad news, for a fictional treatment of cryopreservation (circa 1993) -- one that I couldn't help think about as I read that email/release -- Gregory Benford's novel, Chiller, works through many of the thought

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