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"When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure."[1] These coding challenges used to be a very good measure of ability, but now applicants are just memorizing the …

That's nothing. One of the largest banks in North America (BMO), limited passwords to 6 characters. Worse, for compatibility with telephone banking the characters were mapped to di…

Well, Apple has Braeburn Capital but they're probably much more risk-averse. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braeburn_Capital

Yes, most have a low-temperature cycle and the rest can often be configured to include the option.

I don't buy it. A crisis that causes the world's countries to isolate themselves from each other does not stimulate cooperation. In fact I'd argue the opposite - it highlights the …

This article is a bit - or maybe a lot - callous, but it makes some good points. Shutting down the economy is not free of human costs. People will lose their livelihoods and some w…

It's worth nothing that this machine is very low throughput - the larger one only takes 4 samples and you have to use their proprietary disposable cartridges. edit: as pointed out …

It's mostly a commercial decision. Reagents have very high margins and recurring revenue is more attractive than large one-time purchases. Illumina does this with genetic sequencin…