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Similarly, conda envs can break in weeks due to package changes. Even if you remove build versioning and all transitive dependencies from your env (making it less reproducible...) …

Hell, we found an intranuclear parasite that didn't even have its own ATP synthase, glycolytic pathway or any other obvious way to generate ATP.

If you haven't already read it I highly recommend "The Poor Had No Lawyers" by Andy Wightman [1]. It can be a struggle to convince people to read a book on the history of Scots pro…

Elections for the devolved Scottish Parliament. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Parliament_general_el...

2L of green tea can have as much caffeine as 1L of coffee, although exact amounts can vary massively depending on various brewing methods for each and the exact coffee or tea.

Cached copy as I'm not getting a response from that page: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:U3-ruJk...

It isn't a charity as far as I can tell (or at least does not have UK charitable status): the only registered charity with Chagos in the name is the Chagos Conservation Trust[1]. T…

There was recently an online mini-conference mostly about the MinIon (involving the CTO of Oxford Nanopore and a few of the researchers involved in the MinIon Access Program). Peop…

Not sure that is totally fair, especially as Oyster allows you to go into negative balance over a journey as long as you have enough for the minimum fare on your card when you touc…

I'm getting flashbacks to a long project where we had 4 centers testing different versions of a certain bit of kit (all 4 for TRL3-5, then a review selecting one for TRL6+). Feel l…

Ah I remember this paper - there was some pretty amusing back-and-forth sniping that emerged from it (ignoring the slightly more respectful alternative viewpoints and disputations …

Is it just me or does naming a plotting lib after a common prob/stat concept seem like a bad idea. Makes it a bit of a pain to search for information about.

Most probably convert some of that commute time into leisure. Audiobooks, podcasts, radio possibly.

Hey now, British sockets are the best: integrated switch, grounded, fused plugs, bomb-proof, cable is flush to wall and its much harder to accidentally pull out the plug.

EasyJet is akin to Tesco Value - its shit but you generally know what you are getting. Ryanair on the other hand is like dumpster diving - you COULD get a cheap meal but if you are…

I've had success shifting my bioinformatics students that want something graphical but with more of a statistical framework to Rstudio or minitab. You did remind me of this amusing…

I'm a big fan of the Google Now cards that pop-up with live flight details and information like when I have to leave in order to get to check-in on time with current travel conditi…

Using shift-click to open in a new window is a fairly standard behaviour in most browsers these days isn't it? Then again I guess it wasn't intuitive in this case. Edit: I should n…

This reminds me of an interesting article I read about Doctors being more likely to refuse cancer treatment - on the knowledge of trading quality of life for a shorter period rathe…

In the absence of any readily apparent data I'd posit length of holding a licence is most likely a better marker than age on the probability of an insurance claim. Considering the …

I was helping a friend move, unfortunately couldn't get insurance on the rental car without a huge excess due to being narrowly under 25. She had no issues. I've had a licence and …

Could you not just use Superglue for a temporary fix before treatment?

Queen's counsel. Expensive top flight barristers* with lots of experience (10-15 years minimum) that are recommended and appointed QC by the Lord Chancellor. They take precedence o…