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Similarly, conda envs can break in weeks due to package changes.

Even if you remove build versioning and all transitive dependencies from your env (making it less reproducible...) they will break pretty damn quick.

Hell, we found an intranuclear parasite that didn't even have its own ATP synthase, glycolytic pathway or any other obvious way to generate ATP.

If you haven't already read it I highly recommend "The Poor Had No Lawyers" by Andy Wightman [1]. It can be a struggle to convince people to read a book on the history of Scots property law but it is a really fantastic book. Manages to balance detail without ending up stultified and provides a lot of context behind the current state of land reform in Scotland.

[1] http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Poor-Had-No-Lawyers/dp/178027114...

Elections for the devolved Scottish Parliament.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Parliament_general_el...

2L of green tea can have as much caffeine as 1L of coffee, although exact amounts can vary massively depending on various brewing methods for each and the exact coffee or tea.

Cached copy as I'm not getting a response from that page:

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:U3-ruJk...

It isn't a charity as far as I can tell (or at least does not have UK charitable status): the only registered charity with Chagos in the name is the Chagos Conservation Trust[1].

This means that UK Chagos Support Association does not have to follow charity law (i.e. be open about their work among other things), have a purpose considered as "charitable" [2], be run my trustees that don't personally benefit and/or be run independently. However, they could still be doing these things but be unable to register as a charity due wanting to do things that are prohibited as a charity e.g. "benefiting interests of a narrow closed group" or "campaigning for a change of government" among others [3]

(Of course it is open to debate whether many actual charities properly fulfil the stated requirements)

[1] http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfC...

[2] https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/what-makes-a-char...

[3] https://www.gov.uk/how-to-set-up-a-charity-cc21a#step-1-deci...

There was recently an online mini-conference mostly about the MinIon (involving the CTO of Oxford Nanopore and a few of the researchers involved in the MinIon Access Program).

People may be specifically interested in the first and second talks with the corollary of both being likely biased towards the MinIon:

- 1st is by Clive Brown (ONP CTO) and discusses the MinIon platform, background to the Nanopore technology, analysis platforms and the future PromethIon expansions - https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Ut...

- 2nd has Nick Loman (one of the MAP researchers but admitted 'fanboy') discussing the performance on the MinIon in his lab in 'real world' conditions - https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Ut...

Not sure that is totally fair, especially as Oyster allows you to go into negative balance over a journey as long as you have enough for the minimum fare on your card when you touch in.

I'm getting flashbacks to a long project where we had 4 centers testing different versions of a certain bit of kit (all 4 for TRL3-5, then a review selecting one for TRL6+).

Feel like I could write a book on the bullshit that occurred and that was just one fairly minor project. Suffice to say, lots of disingenuous 'helping' that was really just working out where exactly in the back to place the knife.

Ah I remember this paper - there was some pretty amusing back-and-forth sniping that emerged from it (ignoring the slightly more respectful alternative viewpoints and disputations at the time e.g Firn et al [1] and Trewavas' reply [2]).

Several years later Alpi et al [3] took (a 36 author) swipe at the original Trevawas paper linked above and the discussion/field (e.g. [4]) it provoked. Essentially "no you are wrong and we all agree". Then, never one to be deterred by anyone else, Trevawas replied with this letter [5] as did Brenner [6].

All in all it was quite an amusing little academic slapfight.

There was quite a nice New Yorker article talking the general idea of the "plant intelligence" thing if anyone is interested [7].

[1] - http://aob.oxfordjournals.org/content/93/4/345

[2] - http://aob.oxfordjournals.org/content/93/4/353.long

[3] - http://web1.sssup.it/pubblicazioni/ugov_files/302981_2007_23...

[4] - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1360138506...

[5] - http://www.linv.org/images/about_pdf/Trends%202007%20Trewava...

[6] - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1360138507...

[7] - http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/12/23/the-intelligent...

Is it just me or does naming a plotting lib after a common prob/stat concept seem like a bad idea. Makes it a bit of a pain to search for information about.

Most probably convert some of that commute time into leisure. Audiobooks, podcasts, radio possibly.

Hey now, British sockets are the best: integrated switch, grounded, fused plugs, bomb-proof, cable is flush to wall and its much harder to accidentally pull out the plug.

EasyJet is akin to Tesco Value - its shit but you generally know what you are getting. Ryanair on the other hand is like dumpster diving - you COULD get a cheap meal but if you aren't careful you'll get food poisoning.

I've had success shifting my bioinformatics students that want something graphical but with more of a statistical framework to Rstudio or minitab.

You did remind me of this amusing paper from a few years ago though: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2105/5/80

I'm a big fan of the Google Now cards that pop-up with live flight details and information like when I have to leave in order to get to check-in on time with current travel conditions. It seems to be getting this straight from my gmail account.

Using shift-click to open in a new window is a fairly standard behaviour in most browsers these days isn't it? Then again I guess it wasn't intuitive in this case.

Edit: I should note that the above is actually a genuine question.

This reminds me of an interesting article I read about Doctors being more likely to refuse cancer treatment - on the knowledge of trading quality of life for a shorter period rather than hanging on for longer.

http://thehealthcareblog.com/blog/2012/08/06/how-doctors-die...

In the absence of any readily apparent data I'd posit length of holding a licence is most likely a better marker than age on the probability of an insurance claim. Considering the proof of age is via the driving licence which also has this information (as well as a record of any penalty points) this would surely make more sense to use and involve no increase in background checks.

I was helping a friend move, unfortunately couldn't get insurance on the rental car without a huge excess due to being narrowly under 25. She had no issues. I've had a licence and been accident-free for 7 years longer... I had to physically grab the steering wheel 4 times in the 500 mile journey to prevent us crashing.

Could you not just use Superglue for a temporary fix before treatment?

Queen's counsel.

Expensive top flight barristers* with lots of experience (10-15 years minimum) that are recommended and appointed QC by the Lord Chancellor. They take precedence over other barristers and tend to be very expensive, experienced and with a proven case history and reputation. You can tell them because they get to wear silk gowns (sometimes being elected is known as "taking the silk")

Kinda the barrister equivalent of being elected to the National Academy of Sciences or a Fellow of the Royal Society.

* Barristers are one of two types of lawyers in the UK (the other being solicitors) they do most of the court-room advocacy etc.

So I take it Microsoft is also going to disable their spam filters?

My other observation with the same corollaries is that UK students tend to be better at getting on with things as GENERALLY they have been given more independence and have been treated more as adults during their undergrads. US university can feel a bit like high school++ at times (e.g. compulsory gen ed, I've even seen classes take attendance, constant exams with an average grade instead of a few big end of degree exams, homework, etc.).

This is why I'm getting a bit annoyed with all the "visiting North Korea" stuff. You are directly funding the regime.