Most scientists who purchase antibodies believe the label printed on the vial, says Rimm. “As a pathologist, I wasn’t trained that you had to validate antibodies; I was just trained that you ordered them.”
http://www.nature.com/news/reproducibility-crisis-blame-it-on-the-antibodies-1.17586
Special Report: 50 Years of Moore’s Law
http://spectrum.ieee.org/semiconductors/design/the-death-of-moores-law-will-spur-innovation Its glorious history & some benefits from its death (eg more open hardware)
“We can talk to the animals because HP speak Big Data” @ Brussels Midi spotted by @Helen_Pritchard – See more at:
http://augmentedecology.com/post/90841184643/talk-to-animals
The Man Who Broke the #Music Business http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/04/27/the-man-who-broke-the-music-business An original conduit for the #MP3 & Napster boom, the dawn of digital piracy
Annals of Technology APRIL 27, 2015 ISSUE
The Man Who Broke the Music Business
The dawn of online piracy.
BY STEPHEN WITT
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“Against this Barnum-like theatricality, spontaneous gestures stand out. There’s a poignant scene in which Durst is found not guilty of his neighbor’s murder: he turns to his lawyer and says, uncertain, “Did they say ‘not’?” The most unsettling example comes in the fourth episode, when Jarecki suggests that he and Durst take a break from discussing his testimony in Texas. Durst has confirmed that his lawyers hinted that he could answer specific questions about the dismemberment with “I don’t know”; that way, he’d sound less coldhearted. As soon as the filmmaker leaves the room, Durst, who is still wired for audio, lowers his head and mutters a sentence to himself. “I did not knowingly, purposely lie,” he says, and then pauses, considering, to add a word: “I did not knowingly, purposely, intentionally lie. I did make mistakes.”
Durst was rehearsing the interview, the way one might rehearse one’s testimony—but does that make him seem more guilty or just more realistic about documentaries? His lawyer tells him that his microphone is hot. Durst is fascinatingly unconcerned. He says again, “I never intentionally, purposefully lied. I made mistakes.” Then, with the shrug of an honest man, he adds what might be the tagline for the series: “I did not tell the whole truth. Nobody tells the whole truth.”
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Robert Durst’s New Trial
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/03/23/what-about-bob
Related to the Jinx
related to blood sugar level
http://www.theguardian.com/science/shortcuts/2014/apr/15/hangry-stupid-made-up-word-angry-hungry
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“I am a noisy introvert. My sister Randi made up that phrase and it describes lots of people I know. Lots of writers seem to be introverts who love to now and then be on stage. Lots of radio people too. I covet large amounts of time alone, and I’m most comfortable and very happy when I’m alone, but obviously there’s another side to me because true introverts don’t end up with their own national radio shows.” “}}
http://lifehacker.com/im-ira-glass-host-of-this-american-life-and-this-is-h-1609562031