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I would feel even better if there was a Shutdown-Everything at $20 threshold.

Bah, yes that was a (now corrected) typo.

When speaking of biology, assume we know less than we think.

I am in pharma, though not tied to Alzheimer's research.

A narrative of this-one-theory-being-kept-down-by-the-man is attractive, but a bit thin in practice. The amount we do not know about anything in biology (especially the brain) is staggering. Few researchers are willing to make definitive statements owing to our ignorance in the space. Biological research is the closest one can come to direct manifestation of Murphy's Law.

Many are invested in the amyloid hypothesis, but only because it is the most compelling target to date. Everyone knows the emperor has no clothes. If/when better evidence comes to light, the field would move accordingly. Until that time, pharma companies will keep throwing billions of dollars at abeta hoping that their compound will have an effect where others have failed.

Edit: corrected typo pointed out from below

Granted, I am in my own little bubble, but at $WORK (pharmaceutical company where 90%+ people have a phd), there is nothing but enthusiasm for getting vaccinated. I wish there was a breakdown between disciplines - STEM vs humanities.

As an aside, according to random internet site, 1.7% of Americans have a phd.

I do the same. It is nice because I not only add a bullet point, but I can also keep in-line comments to remind me what the project was years down the road.

  %\item{Built internal dashboard for foo}
  % this was that awful project for <person> where they changed the requirements at the last second and yada yada...

Which is still missing a key feature - I want to be able to independently clear history/cookies on a per container basis.

Give me a 'garbage' container for general browsing that is flushed by default, but bespoke Netflix/Github/etc containers that retain cookies forever.

Still not great leaving it up to manufacturers. Would have loved if it was a flat XX/100grams plus an additional column of XX/package.

You are assuming they want all of the guests to attend. Plenty of family and friend obligations that become socially awkward to snub.

Destination wedding will eliminate some percentage of guests who "do not matter", which has the side benefit of reducing the venue expense.

>...or screen recording malware that can extract company data.

I have idly wondered how trivial it would be to exfiltrate data through HDMI. HDCP strippers exist and would let you record the output with perfect fidelity (1920x1080x3 is a lot of data). Simplistically, could compress data files, push through hexdump, paginate at chosen rate, and done.

There is an active PEP[0] for defining lockfiles.

0: https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0665/

>Asking too many question during an interview isn't a thing.

Not so sure about that. I recently interviewed where I asked something along the lines of, "So what would my daily responsibilities look like?" They refused to tell me what I would be doing day-to-day. No specifics on technologies, platforms, would I be helping internal/external groups, etc. Could not even get them to elaborate on specifics in the job posting itself.

The reddit thread raises a good question I have often wondered. What is my best option for an application level firewall? I want to deny network connections by default and specifically enable who can speak to the outside world.

It is my understanding that it is incredibly difficult to keep water pure. Transporting it any amount of distance from the source is likely to leech quite a few minerals from the available pipes.

>Anyone who has ever cultured cells on any scale can attest to the amount of water needed at any scale in terms of washing, rinsing, diluting, sterilizing, feeding, etc.

There is an enormous difference in scale and efficiency between a lab scale process and an industrial one. Researchers (myself included) do what gets the job done quickly, not necessarily balancing the budget at the same time.

I am more impressed that people would confess to thinking of leaving their position to an internal survey. I have no confidence that a company sponsored survey will be confidential and 'worrisome' results would not be shared with my direct management.

>but that just means infrastructure got built in Wisconsin.

Quite a bit of the infrastructure goes nowhere -it only benefits a factory built out at that location. As a Chicago resident who sometimes visits Milwaukee, I will personally note that the interstate construction was horrible and ripped up roads that had been completed just a few years prior.

To say nothing of the people that lost their homes to eminent domain.

I tried Dvorak for some time and did find it more comfortable. I even got up to a semi-decent typing speed. My big stumbling block was the number of applications that have non-configurable keybinds.