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23rd August 2010
“The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.”
— Bertrand Russell
Only marginally related: Dunning-Kruger effect
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23rd August 2010
“The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.”
— Bertrand Russell
Only marginally related: Dunning-Kruger effect
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26th May 2010
Викладену нижче влаÑну позицію вважаю найправильнішою (Ñ– викориÑтовую з 2007 року).
ÐŸÑ€ÐµÑ„Ñ–ÐºÑ Ð¼Ñ–ÐºÑ€Ð¾ в українÑькій мові Ñ”, Ñ– позначає певну кратніÑÑ‚ÑŒ (10-6) чиÑлової величини (а також проÑто щоÑÑŒ маленьке) – тому його можна зберегти при перекладі першої половини Ñкладного Ñлова microarray. Цей Ð¿Ñ€ÐµÑ„Ñ–ÐºÑ Ñ‚Ð°ÐºÐ¾Ð¶ входить до ÑиÑтеми одиниць СІ.
Рот Ñлова арей (Ñк вживають деÑкі автори) в українÑькій мові немає. Також немає ÑенÑу його запозичувати, оÑкільки Ñ–Ñнують переклади (Ñлова-еквіваленти). Один зі Ñловників пропонує такі варіанти перекладу Ñлова array українÑькою (у різних контекÑтах):
Я пропоную викориÑтовувати термін мікромаÑив (та похідний від нього мікромаÑив-екÑперимент). Цей термін має перевагу над вживаним у РоÑійÑькій Федерації “микрочип-ÑкÑпериментом”, оÑкільки “мікрочіп” або проÑто “чіп” – це уÑталений термін електроніки, де він позначає кремнієвий електронний елемент з виÑоким Ñтупенем упаковки напівпровідників; натоміÑÑ‚ÑŒ “маÑив” – це Ñ– набір/ÑпиÑок [даних], и [двомірна] Ð¼Ð°Ñ‚Ñ€Ð¸Ñ†Ñ [даних/ознак/зондів/будь-чого]. Відповідно, мікромаÑив – це маленька Ð¼Ð°Ñ‚Ñ€Ð¸Ñ†Ñ Ð°Ð±Ð¾ маленький набір [олігонуклеотидних/кДÐК зондів]. Додатковим аргументом проти викориÑÑ‚Ð°Ð½Ð½Ñ Ñлова чіп вважаю його запозиченіÑÑ‚ÑŒ.
ВикориÑÑ‚Ð°Ð½Ð½Ñ Ñ–Ð½ÑˆÐ¸Ñ… варіантів перекладу Ñлова array або не відповідає Ñуті об’єкту, або має неоднозначне трактуваннÑ. Ðаприклад, мікроматрицÑ: в молекулÑрній біології Ð¼Ð°Ñ‚Ñ€Ð¸Ñ†Ñ – це ланцюг ДÐК, з Ñкого іде Ñинтез, а в ширшому значенні – взагалі будь-Ñка модель, з Ñкої виготовлÑÑŽÑ‚ÑŒ зразки. (Звичайно, Ñлово Ð¼Ð°Ñ‚Ñ€Ð¸Ñ†Ñ Ñ‚Ð°ÐºÐ¾Ð¶ Ñ” Ñинонімом Ñлова маÑив у значенні двомірний маÑив / двомірна матрицÑ, але Ñлово маÑив не має – наÑкільки мені відомо – альтернативних трактувань у молекулÑрній біології). РозглÑдати інші варіанти перекладу Ñлова array не вважаю за потрібне, оÑкільки вони ще менш вдалі за матрицю.
Таким чином, вірним перекладом терміну microarray Ñ” Ñлово мікромаÑив.
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5th December 2009
For about 2 weeks now, I am every day alerted of the suspicious behavior of some computer/server from the Google’s IP range:
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13th November 2009
A nice report on the cost of bruteforcing variable-length and variable-complexity passwords using cloud computing services (e.g. Amazon’s EC). There’s a kind of a tutorial in their previous post.
Slow DoS attack with just 1 computer against a number of web servers, including Apache: slowloris. There is a solution for Apache, packaged for RedHat and also available for Debian.
Finally, there’s Go programming language. The most inspiring promise to me personally is the ease of execution parallelization with language’s built-in syntactic constructs. That is something highly desired. Also, I like that it is a compiled language. However, it might be 10%-20% slower than pure C. Let’s see how it grows.
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31st October 2009
Starting October, 30, there is a 3-week quarantine in all primary and higher bodies of education in Ukraine – to limit the spread of the infection.
A total of 80k people were registered with respiratory infections (not classified by flu type). Several small samples tested for A/H1N1 (which is the cause of swine flu pandemic) indicate that 30-50% of all cases could be swine flu (with other cases being “seasonal flu” – that is, previously known influenza types and subtypes). It is reported that ~37 died since Monday, with symptoms matching those of swine flu. Most of the statistics come from the Western regions of Ukraine, which were the first to face rapid daily temperatures decrease – which could have been the trigger of massive infections.
Today I’ve seen a number of people in Kyiv’s underground railway wearing medical face masks (or just pulling their scarfs up to cover noses). Drug stores were literally stormed for anti-virus medications, immune system stimulators, medical face masks, vitamins, etc.
If not the virus, then panic is definitely in the air. I do not recollect seeing something like that before.
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7th October 2009
Today Google celebrates the invention of the barcode.
To help in this celebration, you can make a barcode with your site’s address (there is at least one more at barcodesinc, but at the moment of writing it is painfully slow).
I find these parameters nearly optimal:
If you wish, you can also exactly replicate today’s Google logo – which says “Google”, as you could have guessed.
You can place this barcode on your “souvenirs” – pens, cups, t-shirts. Many phones now have barcode scanners (e.g. Nokia E71), so put this code onto your namecard.
Read on to learn about matrix barcodes.
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25th July 2009
DIYbio is
an organization that aims to help make biology a worthwhile pursuit for citizen scientists, amateur biologists, and DIY biological engineers who value openness and safety.
DIYbio also has a google group, where a wide range of questions – from bio-patents to DIY gel electrophoresis shopping list and model organisms is dicussed. There is also a DIYbio/biohacking FAQ.
Today for me is the day of discoveries. I learned about the International Open Space Initiative (to give robotics enthusiasts a way to send their tele-controlled and/or intelligent robots to the Moon and Mars), about the DIYbio and biohackers, about OpenManufacturing (which doesn’t seem to have produced enough content to link to), Open Source Medicine (ouch!), BioBrick Assembly Kit (with an assembly manual), OpenWetWare, and a whole bunch of other awesome and inspiring community efforts, which do not belong here.
Do you feel the wind of change?
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