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by robbiep 7y ago
They get a bunch of the science wrong, but some of it right in that typical popsci way. For instance, it is possible to isolate the DNA sequence that codes for the functional and variable domains of the antibody. But, it’s not possible to j
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by robbiep 7y ago
Yes. Found this out the hard way, which was rather stupid of me. Funnily enough it was because someone else ‘demonstrated’ waterproof by throwing me their phone when I was in a pool, and taking underwater photos with it. Then I was amazed
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by robbiep 7y ago
And the world will be a different place in another 50 years, but did the golden age that all our parents thought was coming in the 60s materialise to their expectations? let's temper ours lest we grow disappointed and jaded. Change is
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by robbiep 7y ago
So did everyone in the 60s and at other periods. The world changes, but it’s no revolution. I’ll believe it when I see it, I remain cautiously optimistic but have my doubts as to whether the ‘millennials’ will be able to pry themselves away
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by robbiep 7y ago
... you’re describing an IQ test?
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by robbiep 7y ago
These have been over the runoff drains around bondi, tama, bronte and coogee for as long as I can remember (at least 10 years) so I’m surprised this is being reported as ‘new’
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by robbiep 8y ago
The medical profession is aware, they just aren’t scaled up for use in any meaningful sense - essentially to be able to meaningfully fight bacterial infections with phases a hospital or clinic would need to type the bacteria and screen it a
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by robbiep 8y ago
https://xkcd.com/505/
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by robbiep 8y ago
That’s also why there are trading halts built into all major exchanges, so if something triggers a large fall, there is a circuit breaker in the decision process of 18-48 hours for people to process and digest information
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by robbiep 8y ago
Look up the sheep prion disease scrapie. It’s been around a lot longer than mad cow (1700s) and likely continues to arise spontaneously. The protein structure needs to have a mutation which gives it a propensity to occasionally misfold. Tha
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by robbiep 8y ago
Thermodynamics. Certain proteins have a propensity to Misfold, this is driven by the folding conformations as well as by Heat Shock Proteins. The underlying genetics that drive amino acid sequence are the basis for this. In the best known p
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by robbiep 8y ago
There is an inflammatory correlation as well, it may be simply that. I have been out of the AD literature for about 6 years but back in Med school read every major paper from the 80s onwards. The flip flop between tau and AB as the causativ
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by robbiep 8y ago
This is correct, IgG has a half life of about 21 days; generally this is good for 3 months of immunity
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by robbiep 8y ago
But we do . Look at SpaceX. Landing Rockets, crew dragon going to be half the cost of starliner. It’s just that LargeCorp eventually has the profit motive as the overriding goal and stops being innovative. It’s schumpters creative destruct
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by robbiep 8y ago
I haven’t had an arial lead for my tv for a long time but have an Apple TV and so have actually been watching commercial tv through that (the tv app aggregates all shows so you can use it as a bit of a TV guide, and it seems to come preload
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by robbiep 8y ago
Well we’re a small team so that’s easier, and like I said it’s a trial. So we shall see!
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by robbiep 8y ago
Like all complex pathologies, it is multifactorial, there is no single pathway
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by robbiep 8y ago
We have a remote team and have recently implemented a rule/trial of no slack after 10am until 4pm - so everyone can organise, everyone has enough work to do during their 6 hrs to continue if the need to ask a question then have the aft
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by robbiep 8y ago
It mentions it in the article - working (short term) memory
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by robbiep 8y ago
Existing EMRs are AWFUL and are a major contributor to clinician burnout (0). Simply put, all the different workflows don’t easily map to lots of different forms... paper is so much more versatile. Emrs have a good place though on frequent
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by robbiep 8y ago
In my experience with Muslim families, they have often been the hardest families to deal with (exactly as you describe for Christian families) because they adamantly demand absolutely every measure to be taken
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by robbiep 8y ago
You’re missing the point of why MCAS was implemented in the first place - for type certification & to avoid retraining. Essentially it was an emulation layer to make what is effectively a new plane behave like an old plane. And now 300+
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by robbiep 8y ago
Largely timestamping. Accuracy to a high level (leap seconds) is irrelevant. Aware of 2038 problem, assume we will have some fun along the way to there along with the rest of the unix world!
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by robbiep 8y ago
These may help significantly, but may also not move the needle at all
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by robbiep 8y ago
Doses required for ketogenic bladder are in the order of >1g/day for prolonged periods (months to years). These doses are fairly incompatible with a regular productive life and are of little concern to the regular or occasional recr
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by robbiep 8y ago
I have a question, that was partially addressed in some comments in the last Timezone in Databases article earlier in the week - What do people think about using Unix time in databases?
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by robbiep 8y ago
> I would venture to say that 90% of what doctors learn in med school does not get outdated. > A doctor in her 20's will treat 80% of the diseases in the same way when she's 70. this is patently untrue. I'm in my 6t
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by robbiep 8y ago
We don’t have a bill of rights, but we’re hardly a totalitarian state. Nanny state, maybe.
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by robbiep 8y ago
These groups all exist on ‘general platforms’ - ie Facebook and reddit. But it doesn’t help the situation- in fact, it may worsen it. People end up only connected to people that share their viewpoints; and specific discussions in groups or
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by robbiep 8y ago
You’re implying that agency is the element that is most desired. Ie if a human crashes and kills themselves/others, it is ok, because someone is at fault. If the car is anywhere from slightly to quite a lot safer, but accidents that re

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