jkimmel

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by jkimmel 12y ago
I haven't heard of this being attempted, though I would surprised to find that it hasn't. However, one reason it might be avoided is due to the potential negative effects tracking [1] strategies may have on some students. In my pu
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by jkimmel 12y ago
This is really remarkable. I've used Transcriptic in a research setting for a while now. From a user's perspective, it's like looking into the future, and it's awesome. From the business side, this makes YC a more attrac
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by jkimmel 12y ago
I'm bullish on SpaceX when it comes to launch systems and vehicles, but to the best of my knowledge they haven't demonstrated any expertise in Life Support Systems. The hardest part about getting to Mars isn't flinging a meta
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Why Colleges Haven’t Stopped Binge Drinking(chronicle.com)
2 points by jkimmel 12y ago|1 comments
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by jkimmel 12y ago
>For instance, a lot of citations in my field (theoretical CS) are "attribution citations" that point the reader to the original paper that introduced a concept or proved a result This is also common in modern biology. As the r
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by jkimmel 12y ago
This paper has a lot of misleading information that I don't have time to parse out at the moment. I'm relatively well versed in aging literature, and right off the bat, citing the SENS hypothesis before anything a bit more validat
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by jkimmel 12y ago
http://imgur.com/cMshOJx Screenshot for anyone who isn't seeing the new page.
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by jkimmel 12y ago
just wanted to let you know that I love your application!
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General Motors Street Car Conspiracy(en.wikipedia.org)
4 points by jkimmel 12y ago|0 comments
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by jkimmel 12y ago
Usually, the big biotech production plants look a lot like breweries. Giant bioreactors that look like fermentors are hooked up to complex control valves moving fluid from one to the other in the various steps of a complicated process. My b
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by jkimmel 12y ago
At least in Orlando, the new Bank of America ATMs have a slot loading mechanism that takes your card in automatically (as in, you gently place the card in the slot and a motorized mechanism pulls it in). I wasn't sure of the reasoning
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by jkimmel 12y ago
>If you don't have a statistically significant sample size and a control group, you are conducting bad science. I would argue that a sample of 1 with no control is not worthy of being called science.
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by jkimmel 12y ago
>I don't really understand how they can afford tuition + room + board but need the $140 (less taxes) a week, but as it turns out this is very common. As a student, maybe I can shed a little light on this. There are a few reasons wor
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by jkimmel 12y ago
The US News rankings have a lot of factors which can easily be gamed and/or probably aren't relevant to ranking an institution based on quality. One that comes to mind is including the "Easiness" factor from RateMyProfes
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by jkimmel 12y ago
I found this to be very insightful, as I am not familiar with the cited research. It brings to mind my own memories of growing up, and how being told how "smart," I was could actually act as a hindrance. As the article notes, I wa
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by jkimmel 12y ago
>What's the benefit of being able to say you're a YC founder? Being able to attach the YC brand to your resume is probably very helpful when seeking investment for a new venture or applying for a job at a BigCo. Although I have
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by jkimmel 12y ago
I entirely agree with you -- it is far too trivial to place adolescents into distinct subpopulations. However, I think this study did a pretty good job defining the traits of youth they tracked, see the abstract: >Pseudomature behavior—r
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by jkimmel 12y ago
>Basically, people fortunate enough to be born with the aptitude for higher education get a 50% premium for their efforts. I think a minor edit makes this statement more accurate: Basically, people who complete higher education get a 50
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by jkimmel 12y ago
Tangentially related: the recent "Humans of New York," blog/book [1] and the various other spin offs [2][3] seem to thrive on this same experience. Something about breaking the ice and making human connections seems to strik
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by jkimmel 13y ago
You're indeed correct that Moto attempted something similar with the Atrix. As a onetime Moto Webdock owner though, I'll attest to the fact that the grandparents dream is far from realized. At the time, the phone was simply too un
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by jkimmel 13y ago
I'm currently considering graduate school, and have unfortunately read too many stories quite like this. Do you have an idea of how prevalent this kind of micromanagement is for peers in your cohort? Do you just have a particularly unr
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by jkimmel 13y ago
>lab equipment that's air-gapped because it only works on some obsolete OS that's horribly insecure. Just to emphasize how prevalent this is, I work in a 5 story life sciences research center with hundreds of personnel. All o
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by jkimmel 13y ago
HN discussion from some months ago. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6012254
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by jkimmel 13y ago
another typo, $33,000 should be $333,000. also, you may want to find a value for unique visitors to Times Square every day. The first thing I thought about while reading was how many of those 10^6 people are commuters who would walk past
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by jkimmel 13y ago
You're barely older than me, and I can't begin to fathom how I would handle that situation. Your actions demonstrate incredible selflessness, and a startling degree of competence in the face of something no one your age should hav
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by jkimmel 13y ago
>If you already have prior programming knowledge and know at least one programming language, joining this camp is silly As someone in this group, I'd have to disagree with you. I work in a life sci research setting, and am usually t
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by jkimmel 13y ago
Another student here with my two cents. Your course website looks very clear, easy to use, etc. (also, I like the approach you seem to be taking with the material, I learned from the same book and always thought the convergence test guesswo
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by jkimmel 13y ago
I work in the life sciences. You would be amazed at what proportion of researchers have no conceptual understanding of what a p-value actually is.
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by jkimmel 13y ago
Is there a level of public outcry regarding the pollution? I realize that criticism may be somewhat muted given the nature of the PRC government, but I can't imagine a city as large and cosmopolitan as Shanghai merely accepting this le
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by jkimmel 13y ago
Just out of curiosity, did you apply to Georgia Tech's Online Masters when it opened a few months ago? It will be interesting to see how they treat candidates with primarily industry credentials/experience, given that an online de

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