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Re:Cryo-electron microscopy breaks a key barrier on Thursday June 04, 2020 @07:58AM (#23415457)
I thought an individual atom has been imaged before, at least roughly. Anyway, this is fantastic science. I'm excited to see how imaging atoms affects our understanding of quantum mechanics and atomic structure in general.
Re:Bangalore has 12M residents and only 385 Covid-19 cases on Thursday June 04, 2020 @07:53AM (#23415405)
> Apart from contact tracing, testing the right people helped the state keep a check on the spread.

I see this sentence a little problematic

I'm kind of hoping this puts the nail in the coffin with researchers trying to separate the psychedelic effects from the anti-depressant effects so that they can turn it into some kinda pill people have to take every day.
I wonder what's the correlation between this and people being underpaid. I'm fortunate enough to have my own house after graduation so I don't have to pay rent. But I have friends that don't have this luxury and man, they are struggling. Besides eating and rent they can't afford anything else in a month. No question here what's giving them these feelings
Re:Amazon in advanced talks to buy Zoox on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @03:01AM (#23320166)
I guess they are playing for a portfolio approach. With investments in a bunch of different companies, in-house drones, and robotics research. Very interested in how they integrate them into Amazon, if at all.
All jokes aside, the Theremin is actually quite a remarkable instrument when played correctly. Also remarkable is his listening device, "The Thing", hung for seven years in plain view in the US Ambassador's Moscow office and Soviet agents eavesdropped on secret conversations. Used the same principles as RFID.
Seems like every major tech company bows in front of the Chinese government. This is really scary
Re:Caffeine: A vitamin-like nutrient, or adaptogen on Monday May 25, 2020 @04:08AM (#23299075)
If you:

1) Cite only the positive studies

2) Don't make any claims about effect size (i.e. correlation strength & predictive strength)

You can basically make this point about literally any substance with enough studies on it. Ranging from melatonin to insulin, to idk... probably not mercury? So I guess that's a strike against 1 and 2 being fully generalizable.

Re:Implementing simple cooperative threads in C on Monday May 25, 2020 @04:04AM (#23299059)
This looks like more work and more opportunities for bugs than protothreads.
Re:Pelorus Jack on Monday May 25, 2020 @04:00AM (#23299041)
The most brilliant part:

Occupation - Dolphin

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