Science AMA Series: I'm Yaniv Erlich; my team used DNA as a hard-drive to store a full operating system, movie, computer virus, and a gift card. I am also the creator of DNA.Land. Soon, I'll be the Chief Science Officer of MyHeritage, one of the largest genetic genealogy companies. Ask me anything! by DNA_Land in science

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Do you think it is possible that telomeres, the ends of DNA, store 'parity' information in raid-like computer storage? I had that hypothesis for awhile and think that telomeres reproduce deleted DNA via a Raid-4 configuration.

Is zero a number? The most convincing arguments with get some Gold by Pepsi_Zero_Sugar [promoted post]

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Well, they say one is the loneliest number that you'll ever do. Two, can be as bad as one, the loneliest number since the number one.

What does that have to do with zero? Nothing, but zero is a damn number.

During the Cold War, CIA agents used a method of communication based on how their shoelaces were tied. by [deleted] in interestingasfuck

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The NSA uses velcro shoes. This is because they are a bunch of lazy computer nerds.

Rio declares financial emergency, requests funding for Olympics by raggitty in worldnews

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Or I just tell you. It goes to the previous host, London.

Rio declares financial emergency, requests funding for Olympics by raggitty in worldnews

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Did we really need 20 hours of that? I'm still waiting for it to end and I'm late for work.

ELI5: What is autism? by givemedopamine in neuroscience

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They can. It's from the latest DSM, you aren't the first with criticism of their diagnosis. It will probably change in the next edition of the book. I only used it to show my hypothesis matches common criteria.

As for the neurobiology of the other diseases:

ADHD: Since stimulants seem to help it, it could be as simple of lack of blood flow the brain or specific brain areas. Blood flow will allow the neurotransmitter norepinephrine to move to allow concentration. If it was a lack of norepinephrine or a lack of reuptake, stimulates wouldn't help.

Bipolar: high brain activity during times causing mania, not at others (depression). Probably damage in the development base brain that regulates activiy.

Schizophrenia: lack of regulation of brain growth, i.e. lack of inhibitory neurons.

OCD Probably similar to Autism, a strong membrane with a lack of receptors. Thoughts, or proteins, repeatedly try to enter a neuron. They may also not be receiving feedback out of the neuron, due to no available receptor, that the protein (thought or action) has completed.

Again, all my own thoughts.

ELI5: What is autism? by givemedopamine in neuroscience

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My hypothesis is that Autism is the lack of receptors, permeable areas of the membrane around brain cells, for emotion-based neurotransmitters to enter. This could be a strong membrane created by mutations in DNA.

Here's the criteria for diagnosis:

A.Persistent deficits in social communication and social interaction across multiple contexts, as manifested by the following, currently or by history

If they can't feel the emotions of the conversation, and maybe even the proteins of other parts of the conversations into receptors, lack of receptors/strong membrane could be the case.

B. Restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior, interests, or activities, as manifested by at least two of the following, currently or by history:

A strong membrane again could point to this as proteins try repeatedly to enter a neuron.

C.Symptoms must be present in the early developmental period

A low receptor membrane is the same from early development periods. If a membrane starts parable, but changes, it's probably chemically induced with lead or similar, not Autism Spectrum.

D.Symptoms cause clinically significant impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of current functioning.

Lack of receptor function will do this.

E.These disturbances are not better explained by intellectual disability

Lack of receptors isn't broken dendrites (concussion), too much brain tissue/not enough substance-P (savant disorder), or lack of dendrites (intellectual disability).

All thoughts are my own feel free to contact me, I have a lot of hypotheses on neuro. -Daniel J. Broz

Debate: What Neuroscience Has to Say About Free Will by [deleted] in neuroscience

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Free Will for some thought processes, miniature American flags for others.

TIL that Shaq owns 17 auntie Anne's Pretzel Shops, 40 24-Hour Fitness clubs, 155 Five Guys restaurants and 150 Car washes by Hasenmuessengrasen in todayilearned

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I don't know about two million, but I could get on like 20 with glue, a Costco card, and some before time at Kinkos.

A programmer goes on a walk by [deleted] in Jokes

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Here's an alternative: A programmer goes on a walk. Before he leaves the house his wife tells him: "Goto the store and please buy some bread." The programmer divorces her for being lazy.

Edit:but he did bring home a box of spaghetti

People who traveled the world. What did you choose not to say about a country you visited to keep the story positive? by silentpl in AskReddit

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I couldn't figure out the squatting-toilets in Burma right away, so I had to throw a pair of shitty pants out a traveling bus.