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Python for Android(linuxjournal.com)
7 points by pvnick 12y ago|1 comments
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by pvnick 12y ago
The magnesium source in that brand is listed as "magnesium citrate/oxide." Citrate is great, but oxide is relatively useless as per the study I referenced. Without knowing the exact ratio of the two it's difficult to say
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Chronic excess alcohol consumption also leads to magnesium deficiency [1] [1] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1844558
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Travel. You are in exactly the position I'd like to be in when I graduate (I'll be 26). Use AirBnB or hostels and go anywhere you'd like, living in a country for a month or two before moving on. Work from coffee shops or wher
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I'm afraid I don't have an answer for that, sorry! If you're truly interested I can ask the guy when I see him this week.
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One of the classes offered in my major (biochemistry) is "Python Programming for Biology" which is generally the first exposure that most of my peers get to programming, and I tell anyone who will listen how important that class i
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The release of this source code does not match Snowden's modus operandi, which is to avoid releasing technical details which would allow other governments to construct similar surveillance systems. Bruce Schneier and Glenn Greenwald be
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Schneier, Greenwald: Seems clear there's a second NSA leaker [twitter](twitter.com)
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ChromeOS with crouton to run ubuntu in chroot. It really is pretty neat (and cheap!!!)
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>Am I the only person that gets annoyed when I read "an order of magnitude" and the article doesn't mention whether it’s binary or decimal I thought I was the only one! Seriously, that kind of ambiguity is on par with the
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by pvnick 12y ago
+1 for Gandi.net, they are really good. I was checking out their site, looking for a domain service. I had heard a bit about them, and then I saw their motto, "Gandi.net - no bullshit." So they got my business.
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Ah, there you go, that makes sense. Now I just need to get an iPhone ;)
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What a great idea! I've been using Balsamiq for a few years now, but I usually sketch my idea out on paper before translating that to the editor manually. I would kill for this kind of hot-linking functionality for general web apps wit
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by pvnick 12y ago
Sorry, I should have included more information: http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/blue-waffle I recommend against just googling it. It's used as one of those "gotcha" images for unsuspecting internet users.
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I like the idea, it seems really helpful, but just as a warning if you call your site Waffle and blue is the prominent color, especially on the logo, you're going to cause people to make connections that shouldn't be made...
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by pvnick 12y ago
As with every other Mozilla story posted over the past couple weeks, this may end up getting flagged/controversy-filtered off the front page quickly. Dang, if that happens, could we possibly get an exception? I'm tired of everythi
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I'll have to ask him for specifics when I see him again because I wouldn't want to regurgitate inaccurate information, but it's not nearly as bad a job as you might think, and nobody's making near minimum wage. Everybody
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I expect them to receive a lot of resistance from federal and state governments. I have a friend that works for UPS, and the union-enforced inefficiency stories he tells me would blow your mind. It's literally the gangster behavior tha
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by pvnick 12y ago
Well, considering various 3-letter-agencies' interest in online games [1], I would guess... defense contracting? [1] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/09/nsa-world-of-warcra...
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Not to speak too poorly of Mark, because he's just human and I'm sure he makes many tough decisions under stress, but I was just thinking today about how he represents how not to found a company. Particularly his approach to equ
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Not sure what you mean by targets, are you talking about enzymes and drug discovery?
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Everybody: "All these ATPs must be coming from something very similar to glycolysis." Peter Mitchell: "Guys, I think the concentration gradient is responsible" Everyone: "Shut up Peter" Later, as Peter was acce
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Great! This is why I went back to school to get my biochem degree. I was a data scientist working with hadoop + mahout at a startup and I said "this is going to revolutionize medicine." When I get my masters in biomedical engineer
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by pvnick 12y ago
I remember seeing one of Bob's posts earlier about how he struggled to finish this. Congratulations to him, I know how difficult it is to complete big projects (they say there's the first 90%, then when the finish line is in sight
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This is great for Amazon. Looks like they're attempting to be the primary outlet for premium big-name content producers, while Netflix is trying to be the primary outlet for their own content, which has the HBOs and Showtimes shying aw
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I agree with your (and the parent's) sentiment wholeheartedly, and I'm really upset that this has become the case here and on Reddit. The surveillance is a critical issue that should be talked about ad infinitum until adequately
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Oh, that is really cool. From the FAQ: >Candidate teams are limited to five members. They must be genomic researchers, entrepreneurs, startups, or early-stage companies from academia or industry that aim to take their promising NGS appli
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Hiring criteria at First Look Media: "Not white. Not male."(firstlook.org)
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Unfortunately, the reality is that one of the first questions they probably asked Chris when vetting him for interim CEO is "Are you or have you ever been an opponent of same-sex marriage?"
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I remember reading an article a few years ago about Larry Ellison owning the second-largest yacht in the world [1] but having to downsize because it felt too large and lonely, like an empty mall. I feel like that's a good metaphor for

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