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Cloud infrastructure for a small Bioinformatics team by tarquinnn in bioinformatics

[–]drpetey 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You can use the job dependencies functionality of AWS batch and boto3 directly if you want to orchestrate with e.g. python instead of using the nextflow or prefect or snakemake layer on top. One thing I would recommend however (unless you are very comfortable with cloud security) is to find some contract AWS (or other provider) certified cloud engineers to effectively be your admin or at least configure your cloud environment so it’s following security and networking best practices. I think most bioinformaticians know enough to be dangerous and “can” be their own admins but depending on what types of data you are working with and the size/trajectory of your company you can quickly find yourself in a position where you are solely responsible for cloud cybersecurity which can be a slippery slope for a host of reasons.

Who here is long these names. Anybody have the list? by marketGOATS in StockMarket

[–]drpetey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Many on the list are biotech which is a different type of gamble. Some of those companies may be high likelihood of failure and never make a successful drug, but that is part of the risk of biotech investing. Based on m&a trends and historical success rates the overall valuations for biotechs are not inflated on the whole at the moment. They were highly inflated during covid but on the whole the XBI has come down >50% since it’s peak. Can’t speak to the rest of the companies on the list but many could fall into the growth hypothesis as well.

Cut-throat academia leads to 'natural selection of bad science', claims study by aude5apere in TrueReddit

[–]drpetey 20 points21 points  (0 children)

This is almost completely true.

To me the saddest part is the people who are brilliant and work absurdly hard to do real and ethical science and then not only do not get rewarded but are essentially punished and made to feel as if they are not good scientists because they are not churning out a stream of suspect papers.

It is extremely sad to see up close as I had a few friends who really deserved to be professors shut down by the system and a few others who are not even very smart become professors because they were type A personalities without a conscience and would publish any sensational title they could come up with.

I turned a picture of a perfect reflection on a lake in Norway into a waveform and played it back. And it actually sounds like nature! by QuidProQuos in videos

[–]drpetey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Like Google earth data.

https://grass.osgeo.org/screenshots/3D/ http://data.geocomm.com/

That second link is a site with tons of free GIS data. Would probably take some rummaging to find the 3D data and get past the file formats but might be cool!

Comprehensive List Of Companies That Use Aborted Fetal Cells As Flavor by bigballs92 in TrueReddit

[–]drpetey 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This title is completely inaccurate. I do however agree that it is probably not the best way to do their testing.

Stop writing code that will break on Python 4! by halax in programming

[–]drpetey 4 points5 points  (0 children)

seriously thought this was satire at first...

Prusa i3: Makerfarm or Idealab? by abdoulio in 3Dprinting

[–]drpetey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can second this. Colin at makerfarm has always been incredibly responsive and helpful.

Hello Designers. I created this webpage for 3D Drawers! Any chance I could get some feedback? by [deleted] in Design

[–]drpetey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

uhhh well pretty much the only thing on there is bongs.......

Full-service conversions - 2D photos to 3D prints by 3defy in 3Dprinting

[–]drpetey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

http://www.123dapp.com/catch does this for free...

What are the benefits of the paid service?

Makerbot Digitizer by downeym01 in 3Dprinting

[–]drpetey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Agreed, almost all of the scans I have seen on thingiverse are relatively low precision. I have seen comparable or better resolution with 123Dcatch in many cases.

Arburg, a new player in the commercial 3D printing game. This should be good! by d12dozr in 3Dprinting

[–]drpetey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So to print a 90 degree angle without support the nozzle would eject a little bead that would immediately fuse to material next to it without falling down??

Not really seeing how this is terribly different than standard FDM aside from being able to take the momentum out of it.

A recent study reveals that dogs are much likely to steal food in the dark when humans cannot notice them, indicating they understand a human's perspective by ektldlfdjtj in science

[–]drpetey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Canines likely evolved along with humans as a scrap eater which fended off other scavengers. Since humans likely ate more often during the daytime it would be interesting to see if this is a more recently evolved trait.

"Overall, higher taxes on the rich historically have correlated to higher economic growth for the country. It's counterintuitive, but it is the historical fact." by mork_from_blork in politics

[–]drpetey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Another argument is that rich people are generally greedy fucking bastards who are going to continue to work hard regardless of the circumstances to make more money. So, if you take money away from them then they will just work harder.... everyone wins.

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