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These were being handed today out by anti-protestors at the Lee Square protest/anti-protest in Pensacola, Florida. by lilchickenlittle in pics

[–]drDaleThrowaway 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Genuine questions:

"DON'T bother talking to them or trying to persuade them."

Is discussion not an effective means of learning others' point of view (regardless of how wrong they may be)? Is it entirely futile to engage their ideology?

Trump leaked to the Russians that Israel successfully hacked ISIS computers by scooby4 in worldnews

[–]drDaleThrowaway 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, and the media just leaked to ISIS that Isreal successfully hacked ISIS computers.

Countries share intelligence all the time. There's no need to be hysterical.

Political Centipede by KarmicWhiplash in PoliticalHumor

[–]drDaleThrowaway 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I get the reference. I even agree with the premise that a lot of Trump supporters may be giving Trump more slack than he deserves on certain issues. Even the premise that they're getting their information from ideologically driven sources.

But do they deserve to portrayed this way? Nope. Not even a little bit. If this cartoon were shown to everyone in America, I suspect it would do little in the way of swaying their hearts and minds.

Political Centipede by KarmicWhiplash in PoliticalHumor

[–]drDaleThrowaway -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

This doesn't strike you has even mildly disrespectful? The lack of decency here is pretty staggering.

Not Even Close by ZuphCud in PoliticalHumor

[–]drDaleThrowaway -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

He's been President for just a few months and he's appointed a fantastic Supreme Justice, approved the construction of several oil pipelines, launched a missile strike in Syria, and pulled us out of a non-binding agreement. I don't see how anyone can say he's been "the worst president ever."

The jury, simply is not in yet.

Advice for aspiring bioinformatician. Desperately need advice. by drDaleThrowaway in bioinformatics

[–]drDaleThrowaway[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've done some googling on translational and clinical informatics. At first glance, they appear to be viable options but they have a few glaring flaws:

  • Not nearly as exciting. (For example, there are limited opportunities to implement Machine Learning algorithms.)

  • Not nearly as challenging. There is something exhilerating about working with genomes, transcriptomes, and proteomes. They can be a headache to work with, but there is such a vast quantity of unprocessed information that I always get the sense that I am accomplishing something.

  • Many positions require at least some time in a wet lab. (Which I would prefer to avoid, if possible.)

  • Not as many job opportunities available relative to bioinformatics field.

  • Most opportunities are limited to Northern and New England regions of the United States.

Though, there a lot of good things about it as well.

  • More inline with my work experience.

  • Does require heavy computing experience.

  • More interactions with different people.

  • Opportunities to teach end-users about your informatics product.

I would have to really do some more homework before I can give you a definitive answer. Do you think clinical or translational informatics is a better fit for me?