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by siganakis 15y ago
Thanks for that, I'll check them out. From my work there are 2 key advantages that using a column oriented approach bring: 1. There is far less storage required to represent data in a column oriented database due to the ability to compress
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Why are column oriented databases so much faster than row oriented databases?(siganakis.com)
139 points by siganakis 15y ago|42 comments
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Compiling .Net (C#) on Red Hat Enterprise Linux without Mono installed(siganakis.com)
2 points by siganakis 15y ago|0 comments
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by siganakis 15y ago
My understanding is that its not the gene that is patented, but the processes surrounding the isolation of it, or the actual isolated product. There would be no patent infringement if you sequence an entire genome (including BRCA1 and BRCA2
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by siganakis 15y ago
I'm clearly in the minority, but I'm not sure I would really be that attracted discounted sky-diving. If I ever try it, I want it to be with some delta force or SAS guy who is VERY well paid.
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by siganakis 15y ago
The scans that that companies like 23andme complete are for common SNPs (single nucleotide polymorphisms), not full DNA sequencing, which is much cheaper but provides only a sample of your genotype. Research scientists use the same technolo
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by siganakis 16y ago
One of the things that cancer is good at is switching "on" telomerase (enabling the cancer to spread), so naturally working out how to switch "off" telomerase in cancer tumors has actually been one of the key vectors in cancer research.
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by siganakis 16y ago
Learning about the four elements is useful if one approaches it from the perspective of learning about how such models are built. Its not always about the outcome, but rather the process of reasoning.
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by siganakis 16y ago
Its also an excellent way to think about your app. What are the core things your app should be doing from a data perspective? Expose those things in an API. Making the API available over REST or as a Web service is extremely simple, and it
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Evolution of Lean: The MEAN Start-up(growingdata.com.au)
2 points by siganakis 16y ago|1 comments
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by siganakis 16y ago
With regard to #2, if your friends aren't on Facebook or Twitter, they are probably even more unlikely be on this new service. I think that this problem is pretty much solved by mobile phones (sms, call). In terms of discovery of casual eve