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by shiven 12y ago
Being a PostDoc has its highlights, but mostly, it sucks, especially in life sciences, due to pathetic pay, unstructured hours and the suckiness is generally impossible to convey to someone who has never been one. Just 'cause it's
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by shiven 12y ago
Precisely!!! Why does no one talk about the Uber drivers who are now making money and have gainful employment? Everyone seems to imply as if it is only Uber's CEO who is getting rich by taking away the taxi driver's livelihood,
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by shiven 12y ago
what will happen to the taxi drivers They will go the way of the buggy-whip makers[0], as once happened when cars (that these taxi drivers now drive) replaced the horse-drawn carriages. [0] http://www.thefreedictionary.com/
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by shiven 12y ago
Now if only those "safe" cars were as fuel-efficient as the kei cars, no one would have to pick one vs the other. I feel Tesla is the only trailblazer doing the right thing in terms of evolving cars further. Granted, they are astr
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by shiven 12y ago
Thank you for explaining that! So, theoretically OSX could use this paradigm assuming PyParallel is (re?)written making use of GCD? How likely do you feel this will happen and sooner/later?
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by shiven 12y ago
Could someone more knowledgeable please comment if this is Windows only? And if yes, could the mods append (Windows) to the submission title?
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by shiven 12y ago
Thanks for the ringing the gong of facts. Now tell us what have you done that has saved a single anonymous kid's life? Go on.
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by shiven 12y ago
What's so hard in making money off 0days? Especially in this day and age of SilkRoute clones and Cryptocurrencies. I was under the impression that a big reason why 0day exploits are not popping up all over is because the folks who disc
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by shiven 12y ago
Two more for the list: Sinfest: http://sinfest.net Why you should check it out: Great illustrations. Mid-to-Long story arcs, with single shorts thrown in full color panels on Sundays. And it is SFW. Questionable Content: http:&
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by shiven 12y ago
Thus my disappointment that someone on HN might also inhabit that camp. Yeah, I hear your disappointment. But, HN is not (and doubt ever was) a homogenous community. It would be pretty boring and even more of an echo chamber if it were. R
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by shiven 12y ago
Giant Monoliths are (understandably) not looked upon kindly on HN. Move fast & Break things is the mantra here. ;-)
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by shiven 12y ago
Please! Not that horrible, horrid poop called XML. Keep it away from my beloved deployment/management tool. The world has plenty of other bloated packages that will gladly not care if they are bogged down with XML, just leave ansible a
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by shiven 12y ago
I've been a big fan since the days when it was free! Since I do CG as a hobby, can't afford the full version just yet. But, someday, I'd love to!
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by shiven 12y ago
One of my favorites: Indigo http://www.indigorenderer.com
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by shiven 12y ago
True! I prefer the more geo-neutral term: desi !!!
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by shiven 12y ago
Fascinating! Thanks for posting this. So many of the anecdotes remind me of my days starting out in the wet lab, coming from Bioinformatics (and prior to that medicine)! Brings a smile to my face looking back!
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by shiven 12y ago
As an example of why Python 2 is going to be the primary Python for me due to circumstances beyond my control, the following two are examples of open-source "Python" software I (and a huge percentage of the structural biologist
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by shiven 12y ago
I'd love for that to happen! But I always thought Uber/Lyft's equation worked only due to idle cars and underemployed humans, at least in a large part?
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by shiven 12y ago
Or, I see the ever-widening gap with my own eyes? Not requiring the use of my ears at all.
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by shiven 12y ago
A future with no taxis! No Lyft or Uber either. Less and less humans tied up doing work that can be done by a "bash script"[0]. I look forward to this! [0] Or highly advanced AI for that matter. Same final impact.
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by shiven 12y ago
Now that is as straight from the horse's mouth as it gets! Another science casualty on the altar of misinformed press.
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by shiven 12y ago
As far as I am concerned, a mere user, hacking python for 'academic research' in multiple aspects of structural biology and bioinformatics, I have yet to see a single practical argument for switching to or even investing time in l
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by shiven 12y ago
... now I live in a 5000 sq ft mcmansion, and everybody else lives in 1000 sq ft houses. So what did you do so special that you get a 5-fold increase in your living area and what did others do so wrong that they got a 2-fold increase only
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by shiven 12y ago
I wish this was actually true. But is even a 5000 dollar ticket going to matter to someone sitting on 50 million in cash? I strongly doubt it.
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by shiven 12y ago
And get an exclusive car ordering system setup right in the museum foyer!
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by shiven 12y ago
WTF is with that low-contrast red on red text? Couldn't read beyond the first few sentences. Is there a legible version of this somewhere? I'd love to actually read it.
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by shiven 12y ago
Hell, I'd donate money to see an oatmeal museum!
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by shiven 12y ago
Perhaps you have some facts to support the Australian argument; but generally older tech is supported and propped up by entrenched interests, focused on their own profit margins, public good be damned.
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by shiven 12y ago
Adblock Plus has gone partly rouge, at least for the hardcore anti-ad crowd, ever since it started taking money from and "allowing" certain advertisers to get through without blocking. Adblock Edge is not known to have such issu
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by shiven 12y ago
Now the math only argument is a bit of an anti-straw-man, ain't it? 2+2 == 4, always, so the underlying math is sound. But two bikes, a car don't make!

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