Maybe it's just me but this looks like major link bait no offense.
Gamers Unlock Protein Mystery That Baffled AIDS Researchers For Years
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Re: Gamers Unlock Protein Mystery That Baffled AIDS Researchers For Years
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It is less "computation" and more "pattern matching/processing", something computers are really bad at, but people are relatively good at.
How is pattern matching not computation? The fact that you don't notice the underlying computational complexity is just a measure of how freaking good humans are at pattern matching.
It is true, at its core it is a form of computation. Though it blurs the line a little- the human brain isn't exactly pushing around numbers.
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#23Earlier quoted context omitted.
How is pattern matching not computation? The fact that you don't notice the underlying computational complexity is just a measure of how freaking good humans are at pattern matching.
It is true, at its core it is a form of computation. Though it blurs the line a little- the human brain isn't exactly pushing around numbers.
to be fair your computer isn't exactly pushing around numbers either. your computer does the same thing your nervous system does: push around electrical signals.
Re: Gamers Unlock Protein Mystery That Baffled AIDS Researchers For Years
#24For anyone interested in games incentivizing people to engage in research like this, I just saw a talk this morning that mentioned PhotoCity: www.photocitygame.com. It's a game to encourage picture taking of landmarks; the researchers then collate these into a 3d model.
There's also Eterna http://eterna.cmu.edu/ - I think it was on HN some time ago. (also biology-related)
looked interesting, but they want my email before they'll let me even try the tutorial. Disappointing.
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#25Earlier quoted context omitted.
Ah. So these people are responsible for japanese, greek and formulas in my capchas.. they should really have a "I can't type this" button for more efficiency.
The top button out of the three (⟲) in the column is it.
Is it really? I thought it only gave a new capcha, without me giving a reason.
I mean, there is a difference between being unable to read a word because it's so mangled and not being able to type something because I don't have that typeset installed / can't read the language.