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Re: Ask HN: What interesting thought did you read on HN but couldn't find later?

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Post by amacbride »

earlyriser wrote: post #7

Some article 2-3 years ago about discovering a new "code" inside the DNA code, with a comparison like writing in the fore edge of a book.

You may be thinking about some work that was done regarding mutational effects on conformation and expression. (Molecular biologists have known about it for a long time, but this was an interesting information-theoretical approach from a group of physicists.)

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-confirm-a-second-lay...

Re: Ask HN: What interesting thought did you read on HN but couldn't find later?

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Post by codebeaker »

An article about EV vs. ICE was posted, written from the perspective of an EV being the natural way of building things (few moving parts, little heat loss, etc) and that this ICE was an intricate machine of thousands of parts channeling the spirit of fine watchmaking or Jules Verne.

I found the perspective refreshing but have never been able to find it since.

Re: Ask HN: What interesting thought did you read on HN but couldn't find later?

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Post by ernsheong »

codebeaker wrote: post #12

An article about EV vs. ICE was posted, written from the perspective of an EV being the natural way of building things (few moving parts, little heat loss, etc) and that this ICE was an intricate machine of thousands of parts channeling the spirit of fine watchmaking or Jules Verne. I found the perspective refreshing but have never been able to find it since.

Try out https://www.pagedash.com to help save pages you read for reference later! (Maker here)

Re: Ask HN: What interesting thought did you read on HN but couldn't find later?

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Post by qop »

ernsheong wrote: post #13
codebeaker wrote: post #12

An article about EV vs. ICE was posted, written from the perspective of an EV being the natural way of building things (few moving parts, little heat loss, etc) and that this ICE was an intricate machine of thousands of parts channeling the spirit of fine watchmaking or Jules Verne. I found the perspective refreshing but have never been able to find it since.

Try out https://www.pagedash.com to help save pages you read for reference later! (Maker here)

All of these apps are essentially the same. I have to click some extra button or drag and drop some extra thing, and then when your service disappears I have to grab my export and figure out how to import it to the next one.

What does your product offer over the hundreds of other sites that do exactly the same thing? Have you innovated in this space?

Re: Ask HN: What interesting thought did you read on HN but couldn't find later?

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Post by ahmedfromtunis »

An article about some species of octopuses that have a relatively high IQ, but since the parents die before their offspring comes to life, every generation have to relearn everything from scratch.

IIRC, the lack of inter-generational communication deprived this species from developing to the level its IQ permits.

I wish I can find that piece again!

Re: Ask HN: What interesting thought did you read on HN but couldn't find later?

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Post by qop »

bobberkarl wrote: post #16

A blog post about specific advertisement targeting on facebook. Something along the lines of specifically making ads for some identified users.

There was a post the other day about a guy who targeted Reddit's CEO by essentially doxxing him and using geo targeted single shot ad runs with the guys name in big letters. Was that it?

Re: Ask HN: What interesting thought did you read on HN but couldn't find later?

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Post by ernsheong »

qop wrote: post #15
ernsheong wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Try out https://www.pagedash.com to help save pages you read for reference later! (Maker here)

All of these apps are essentially the same. I have to click some extra button or drag and drop some extra thing, and then when your service disappears I have to grab my export and figure out how to import it to the next one. What does your product offer over the hundreds of other sites that do exactly the same thing? Have you innovated in this space?

I tried to offer a one-click solution (no additional drag and drop). It also tries to capture the page as you saw it in the browser, HTML and all (more faithfully than Evernote, at least).

See related thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15653206

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