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by polyfractal 15y ago
Yeah, fair point. And hey, this guy built a mass-spec in his garage, so a lot can be done in a non-academic environment: http://benkrasnow.blogspot.com/2011/03/diy-scanning-electron...
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by polyfractal 15y ago
While Shulgin was certainly a very cool fellow and did exceptional research, he also had a pretty unique situation. Being friends with the head of the DEA he was able to get a DEA license to work on scheduled compounds. Your average Joe wo
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by polyfractal 15y ago
Just a few thoughts: -A lot of content on the web is already chunked into readable, bite-sized pieces since people don't like reading big paragraphs. Do we need to distill those down even further? -How do you deal with differing opinions o
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by polyfractal 15y ago
Not a technical journal per se, but this site looks* like an impressive resource: http://www.theweatherprediction.com/ *I know nothing about weather prediction
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by polyfractal 15y ago
Veyron is right. While newer software may be less buggy, it isn't always. New features may break old features, or break other pieces of software. Older software is usually vetted and proven functional in the particular corporate environm
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by polyfractal 15y ago
I haven't actually read the book, and some of his tips may be useful, but I stopped reading when I saw this in the book synopsis: "How Tim gained 34 pounds of muscle in 28 days" I'm a biologist and I'm calling bullshit on this claim. It is
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by polyfractal 15y ago
Very interesting, thanks! I admit I just made up 10k as a number, I have no idea what libraries typically spend on various acquisitions. I've contacted my alma mater's library asking similar questions. Would you mind an email from me abo
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by polyfractal 15y ago
Excellent, thanks everyone for the advice! I think I could easily produce a barebones beta and just push it to grad students (the intended user) for free, see what happens. If people adopt it, perhaps I can investigate adding bells/whistles
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Acadamia niche, limited customers - worth a startup?
5 points by polyfractal 15y ago|7 comments