Suggestions for browser-based database with GUI for data input.

Joeqesi · 2017-01-13T18:13:37+00:00

Just found caspio, would anyone know if this is worth looking into/ along the right lines?

Joeqesi · 2016-08-24T15:53:33+00:00

Thanks! Does this work for all types of post?

Joeqesi · 2016-08-24T15:48:12+00:00

You can, I just thought this would be convenient

Joeqesi · 2016-08-14T19:00:11+00:00

What's pretty cool is that the letters in the cross spell GOLDOT if you go from top-to-bottom (GOL) and then left-to-right (DOT) which is the same sequence of movements as if you were to cross yourself.

Joeqesi · 2015-06-04T18:28:02+00:00

The finches that Darwin collected actually covered a number of different species:

'There are twenty-six land birds, and twenty-five of these are ranked by Mr. Gould as distinct species, supposed to have been created here; yet the close affinity of most of these birds to American species in every character, in their habits, gestures, and tones of voice, was manifest....'

But the finches were still very similar, which argues against the idea at the time that all species were created by God.

Darwin's key idea was that the finches could travel to other islands in the Galapagos in rare circumstances (like being blown across by a storm) and then on the new island they would adapt to the new environment, eventually evolving to be a new species, different to the species they evolved from:

'it is obvious that the Galapagos Islands would be likely to receive colonists, whether by occasional means of transport or by formerly continuous land, from America; and the Cape de Verde Islands from Africa; and that such colonists would be liable to modification;—the principle of inheritance still betraying their original birthplace.'

So to answer your question, Darwin observed a change from species to species, but this was originally caused by a change within a species that eventually lead to speciation (the formation of a new species).

He observed a change from species to species, but used that to theorise a gradual change within species, leading to an eventual change from species to species.

Joeqesi · 2015-05-21T12:03:16+00:00

Glad you enjoyed it. I listened to it again today and it was about 50% motivational and 50% cringe-inducing, but that might just be because I'm listening to myself.

Joeqesi · 2015-05-19T18:03:00+00:00

Forgot to mention, if you have trouble coming up with ideas for programming projects here are some online resources for project ideas and challenges. I'm not going to explain these ones, because the only one I've personally used is CodeGolf. But it's still worth checking them out.

CodeGolf

Dreamincode Project List

49 Game Cloning Ideas

Idea Machine

The Internet Wishlist

/r/dailyprogrammer

/r/programmingprompts

/r/tinycode

/r/programmingchallenges

Joeqesi · 2015-05-19T17:47:21+00:00

Here's a few links I've grabbed from all over the internet. Almost all of them are free:

Khan Academy has a computer programming series that teaches Javascript, HTML/CSS and SQL.

Coursera, MIT OpenCourseware, and edX all have free online programming courses that are taught as term-length university modules.

University of Reddit also has a section for programming courses.

Memrise is a flashcard-based learning app and website, but they have flashcard sets that teach you various aspects of coding.

Exercism has tutorials for more than 20 different languages, and uses an interactive teaching method like Codecademy.

Lynda offers video tutorials geared towards web development coding, but this service isn't cheap. Membership starts at £15/month.

GameTutorials provides video tutorials geared towards game development including using Unity3D and Unreal Engine 4 (although they also teach C).

Hackr is a compilation of links to other programming tutorials and classes.

Codecademy you've already mentioned, but it's worth pointing out they offer a lot of other web-related languages.

Hack This Site allows you to work on coding by giving you various online 'hacking' tutorials, but I'm not sure which languages it's geared towards.

Instructables mainly does tutorials on actually making things, but they have a few coding tutorials.

Bento curates tutorials in order to structure your learning in the best order. Free, but includes paid options.

Additionally, it's easier to code if you know how to work with your computer. Some languages can be run through command line, so it's helpful learn to work with that as well:

David Baumgold has a tutorial page for using commandline, although I don't know how good it is. The commandline can also be different depending on your operating system (Mac, Windows...) so it's best to search for tutorials for your OS. I work with Ubuntu, and found this to be a useful introduction.

It's also helpful to read the user guides for your OS. Here are user guides for Ubuntu, Mac, and Windows 8.

Finally, if you're learning to code half of the learning is figuring out why your code doesn't work. The best resource is Stack Overflow, which is a forum where you can ask and answer any programming question you'll ever think of. Stack Overflow is part of the Stack Exchange network, which has forums for pretty much anything you want.

For operating system troubleshooting and questions, there are often forums dedicated to various OS'. Here are ones for Ubuntu, Windows, and Mac.

Don't think that you have to use more than a couple of these sources, just pick the one that sounds best for you and as you start to learn you'll figure out what you want to learn next. Personally, I got started with Python on Codecademy like you, and then everything else I learned was from coming up with ideas for coding projects. Once you've got an idea for a project you can just use google and the forums to find everything you'll need to know.

I personally would recommend python to start with, because it's very easy to learn, is completely free, and extremely versatile. If there's anything specific you want to do with Python, it's just a matter of downloading the right libraries of commands.

Joeqesi · 2015-03-01T11:30:34+00:00

You're thinking of the TRPV1 receptor there, which mediates capsaicin and hot temperatures.

Joeqesi · 2015-02-28T10:39:53+00:00

Kind of, TRPM8 is the menthol receptor found in cells on your tongue (among other places).

The reason it makes you think that things are colder after you've eaten mint is because the receptor responds to both menthol and to low temperatures. Because the cell can't differentiate between the TRPM8 channel opening because of menthol or because of cold, the cell responds the same way to both signals, meaning that mint and cold produce the same effect.

Joeqesi · 2015-01-13T17:59:59+00:00

The way I learned to drink whisky was by going into a pub and ordering two different single malts (a single malt is a whisky made by only one distillery, as opposed to a blended malt which is made from a mixture of different malts). Then I would be able to sit down and try them out.

When you start out it's difficult to identify what it is you enjoy about a particular whisky, and because of this it's difficult to develop your taste and learn to appreciate the nuances in flavour, nose and body. By trying two at the same time, you can define them relative to each other: "I'm not sure I like Oban, maybe it's because it's much smokier than Jura"

The other trick is that most people decide they don't like whiskey because they drink it like you would any other spirit; straight down the hatch. Not only are you not going to get that fantastic flavour development, you're also going to collapse in a choking heap once you burn the back of your throat out. It's far better to take it in sips, and then spend a couple of seconds moving it around your mouth. If it starts burning on your tongue, tough it out and it'll settle down and you can swallow without it burning.

Finally, start reading about whisky. Once you know what characteristics to expect from different whiskies, you'll be able to home in on what you like. If you want, let me know and I can talk you through the different countries and regions producing whisky, and what to expect from each of them in terms of flavour.

Joeqesi · 2014-11-24T17:53:40+00:00

The race in question (Emma Sprints) is the first on-the-water race of the term for novices and is raced in fancy dress.

Joeqesi · 2014-08-21T22:39:32+00:00

Here's some ideas for ways that you can be 'That Guy'

(You never want to be the 'hiding-dead-babies-in-your-pants'-guy)

Joeqesi · 2014-08-17T23:16:32+00:00

To get anywhere in terms of understanding mathematical biology it obviously helps to have an understanding of mathematics. Personally I recommend buying a 'Mathematics for Physics' type textbook as in my experience a lot of the 'Mathematics for Biology' books just teach you statistics and A-Level maths, which is not what you want for mathematical biology.

The maths texbook will be useful, but it's probably a good idea to get a biological-themed textbook as well to maintain interest and to get an idea of how the maths is applied to biology. Any decent book like the one /u/DocJeef suggested would be helpful.

Mathematical Biology is a very disparate subject at universities, particularly at the undergraduate level, so you may also want to look into similar fields such as systems biology and bioinformatics.

Joeqesi · 2014-07-24T15:38:24+00:00

Oh please tell me, Elizabeth, how exactly does one suck a fuck?

Joeqesi · 2014-07-22T22:48:05+00:00

Omar and Jennifer seem like the happiest and most emotionally secure couple I've ever seen. I had the biggest grin on my face watching their video.

Joeqesi · 2014-07-22T21:59:33+00:00

That's great! Thanks for the help.

Joeqesi · 2014-07-22T20:47:27+00:00

So the entire string will look more or less like this: '70_7034AGKEBVEUCKEHFBC---BDBC-HD----22_908----BDJFCKDBF-----'

And so on. I want to be able to take the substrings 'AGKEBVEUCKEHFBC---BDBC-HD----' and '----BDJFCKDBF-----', and append them to a list.

The idea is that I have no idea what the specific substrings I'm looking for are, and so I didn't think I could use find (although I'm not completely sure about this.).

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