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Nice post by Serge.
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For the pythonistas out there

A very nice reference for Python 2.4. Good to keep handy.
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More expertise

Following up on expertise, it seems like throwing darts at a stock ticker is as good as using mutual funds. I wonder if someone has worked out the expected return from using a random fund compared to random stock choices...
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Viruses/Germs vs genes

A virus makes you fat?
A virus makes you autistic?
A germ makes you gay?
A germ makes you schizophrenic? (Remind me not to go near cats).
Maybe, maybe not, but viruses/germs are ubiquitous and genes are not the be all and end all.

Also I would like to take this opportunity to coin the word "germes" for foreign DNA/parasites that have effects that seem indistinguishable from genetic. For good measure, I also coin "germome", and "germetics", and "germealogy" (yes, that's how you spell it).

Start using these words immediately.

The best place to work...

is Genentech, apparently.
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Brains are Bayesian

Economist article
Nature paper

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NASA uses humans to find craters on Mars. I wonder how this would work for tumors, or other cell classification tasks....
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