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a_dy | 14 years ago | on: Show HN: Smozzy (for Android/T-Mobile) - browse the web without a data plan

Great. Now make an app that does the opposite :)

a_dy | 14 years ago | on: Strategy: Run A Scalable, Available, And Cheap Static Site On S3 Or GitHub

Google still lets you do free site search.

Here's an example: http://octopress.org/

a_dy | 14 years ago | on: 23andMe finds Parkinsons only 24% heritable

* Parkinsons found only to be 24% heritable using genes known to be associated with Parkinson and also not taking into account epigenetics

a_dy | 14 years ago | on: Biohacking at SHDH45-Google

If you use Homebrew, you can install blast (brew install blast). However, it takes forever to compile :)

a_dy | 14 years ago | on: Biohacking at SHDH45-Google

I don't understand. Google showed you how to use BLAST?

a_dy | 14 years ago | on: Why scientific programming does not compute

I can attest to this.

a_dy | 15 years ago

"Why that f*ing hipster gets laid more than you."

http://www.sotmclub.com/blog/id/2

I lost interest after reading this blog post. What does it have to do with socks? Does having weird socks make someone a hipster? Does pretending to be a hipster get someone laid and wearing weird socks somehow enables this?

a_dy | 15 years ago | on: XY Combinator: Y Combinator for Dating

No, it just works differently for women.

a_dy | 15 years ago | on: I want to get a job in bio-related programming - what should I do next?

I forgot to mention: people in academia are accustomed to having their data analyzed for free. Now that that's no longer feasible: they're learning how to pay for it ;)

a_dy | 15 years ago | on: I want to get a job in bio-related programming - what should I do next?

I am a grad student in Bioinformatics, and I have my BS in Biology.

I'd say that the field is limited by computer science, not biology. Especially in the high-throughput sequencing field. Currently, the acceleration of DNA sequencing data production is out-pacing Moore's law. It costs more to analyze DNA sequences than to generate them. Also, for some reason, CS people don't seem to be that attracted to bioinformatics.

So, I'd suggest stating focused on CS and Statistics. The biology that you would need to learn in order to understand current hard problems is easy to pick up.

Have you looked at Counsyl?