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I'm the longevity working group lead which will be evaluating the projects. Please AMA.

Most people who will be qualified will already have lab space wherever they are.

I have ample lab space and the team to execute here in St. Louis. Also, I have a family. YC's "move to the bay area" requirement makes sense for software startups, but less so for …

Do you have to move to the Bay Area? I'm a professor at WashU and am interested, but I live in St. Louis.

I'd be curious to learn more about what you know about this. Could we have a conversation? I'm a professor at WashU can you email me? timrpeterson@wustl.edu

Not much seeing much output from that initiative which I signed btw.

When I'm developing or filling in forms, often I just type random characters for testing purposes. My pattern of finger activity tends to involve the keys "asdf", though I see alot…

Pretty interesting experiment by Radiohead. Kinda bored with their music but I'll be curious to see how this plays out. Should start conversation and the value of always being conn…

I actually wrote this comment 2 days ago. It's interesting that HN corrects this to "2 hours ago" to fit the post timeline, which was also originally 2 days ago. Note, the original…

Because they can and academic scientists don't do anything to change the status quo.

Really interesting read. I had no idea. Hope it gets some up votes so that more knowledgeable people will comment.

Problem: Organizations want to increase their diversity. Currently, finding underrepresented people is a hunt-and-peck process fraught with legal risks. There is no way to efficien…

Interested to know how Twitter let their momentum tail off starting mid-2013. Does anyone know the missteps?

Thanks for saying this. I agree the flexibility is huge. Pay for freedom! (Or rather don't get paid, :)

So how does customers!=market

Best suggestion list I've come across. Please Twitter think about this stuff.

Yes. Cmon man. You're being overly literal. I'm just starting as a professor in biomedical sciences, where you probably know the terribleness reaches its peak. I'm also nearing 40 …

Except, they treat their researchers like total crap. Taking 2/3 of all grant money for overhead? Salaries for 45 year olds with 20 years of experience that are the same or worse a…

The key issue is getting funding. The funding agencies like the NIH need to set the rules. Proposal: Funding agencies should require publishing in open access pre-print servers and…

Yea slowness is what led me back to Sublime. I tried for months, I really did.