biophetik

I'll definitely have to try this out, and from the benchmarks the results look impressive. In the documentation I noticed there was a dependency on tensorflow. I get why it's needed, but it would have been nice to figure a way without it. As an annoy user, it's very easy to use, from install to the API. Looking forward to the continued discoveries in approximate nearest neighbor tech.

Created these awhile back. They worked pretty well and you can add sand for more weight. https://youtu.be/PQKsyqQPRpc

Short answer. Money. You might like this podcast episode from planet money https://www.npr.org/2020/03/06/812943907/episode-977-wheres-....

Protein folding is part of it. The other is finding which parts are antigenic to the immune cells. Epitope mapping is a common method to screen small bits of the proteins to see if any are hits for immune cells to recognize and kill. There are algorithms that can take the RNA/DNA, predict proteins, and then guess a percentage of those that may be important. But you still need to synthesize those in mass quantities and start testing each. Once you have candidates you then test them in mouse models (typically) to see if they actually provide an immune response. If interested check out the iedb. https://www.iedb.org/

Magnetic bead filteration is commonly used to filter immune cells, but they are expensive. I used to work for a lab that did this on a daily basis. Common problems with it were getting enough cells to run the assays, and the process of extraction is damaging to the cells. So you need a lot of starting material and then after that they don't stay alive for very long. You can treat and freeze after isolation but thawing only decreases the amount of healthy cells.

One of the main reasons (most likely) is that these antibodies are already purified and in stock in the laboratories. So I'd be relatively easy to start researching the binding sites to SARS-COV-2. And since there is a relationship between the 2 viruses you can get useful information even if it's not perfect.

I also live in San Diego and see these cameras everywhere. I understand the reason for "safety" and other tech related improvements (I think they mention real time parking availability), but at what cost to private data. What I really want is data to back up all these claims.

I've used their tools in the past and they're very helpful. Glad they are getting funding but I'll be interested to see how the monetize.

Another to check out is http://www.pivpn.io. Very easy to setup and use.

I've witnessed plenty of people nabbing scooters in rental trucks or vans during the morning in San Diego. Probably 10-30 stacked all over. It occurred to me how scooters not only are a mode of transportation, but now a resource that people rely on for extra cash.

Seems completely justified but oddly weird to me. I haven't witnessed it yet, but I wonder if there have been fights over territory/scooters.

Pretty much sums up my thoughts exactly. There was a good reply all episode about this very thing. https://www.gimletmedia.com/reply-all/109-facebook-spying

I'm surprised that the author went with the vapor glove over another version of the trail glove.

I was another one of those that loved the first version. Ran them through multiple spartan races, half marathons, etc. They lasted a good 2 years before the sole really started to wear through. I remember looking for the next version during that time and seeing they were not continuing with the line. But they must have changed their mind, because they eventually came out with the trail glove 2.

I'm currently running with v2, with about a year of minimal wear on them, although it's mostly been weight training and 4 mile runs. They also seem to be continuing the line as it's now on v4. It would be interesting to see if there is any consistency on wear through the versions.