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Submission + - Creating bacterial 'fight clubs' to discover new drugs (vanderbilt.edu)

Science_afficionado writes: Vanderbilt chemists have shown that creating bacterial "fight clubs" is an effective way to discover natural biomolecules with the properties required for new drugs. They have demonstrated the method by using it to discover a new class of antibiotic with anti-cancer properties.

Comment Re:a bright future (Score 1) 40

You don't seem to understand what you have written.

You claimed that this prototype aircraft "makes it very clear that it's entirely possible" to replace fossil fueled aircraft with solar powered aircraft. The only thing that Solar Impulse has made clear is that a solar powered aircraft can be flown; there is nothing to indicate that a solar powered aircraft of any design or any efficiency can possibly replace fossil fueled aircraft as you claimed.

Submission + - Taiwan water park powder explosion injures hundreds (bbc.com)

bswarm writes: More than 500 people were injured when fire ripped through crowds at a party at an amusement park outside Taiwan's capital Taipei.
Saturday's incident at the Formosa Water Park is believed to have happened when a coloured powder ignited after being discharged onto the crowd.
Apparently they forgot about the fire hazards of fine powder or dust. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

Comment Re:Another great Scalia line (Score 3, Insightful) 1083

In both cases he ruled that the laws made by legislatures should be respected; specifically the US is a federation of states and the states have wide autonomy to govern themselves.

And please, get over the fact that Gore lost. He was out in California and New York giving speeches in front of friendly crowds that ran up his popular vote while Bush was in the swing states trying to win the electoral count If presidents were elected by popular vote the campaign would have tried to maximize the popular vote, but presidents are elected by those autonomous states, not popular vote..

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Submission + - Why Don't Software Developers Use Static Analysis Tools to Find Bugs? (viva64.com)

An anonymous reader writes: Using static analysis tools for automating code inspections can be beneficial for software engineers. Such tools can make finding bugs, or software defects, faster and cheaper than manual inspections. Despite the benefits of using static analysis tools to find bugs, research suggests that these tools are underused. The research explains why developers are not widely using static analysis tools and how current tools could potentially be improved.

P.S. This article has earned more than 80 points at Hacker News: https://news.ycombinator.com/i...

Comment Re:Hmmph. (Score 1) 152

the benefit of offloading is primarily for the cell carrier, and NOT for you

I'm not so sure about that. When you connect to a hotspot you get the benefit of much higher bandwidth. And by using more hotspots and fewer towers your cell bill is (presumably) lower than if your carrier tried to provide that level of service with towers only.

Comment Re:Not sure what my employer is doing wrong (Score 1) 179

several of our Software Engineer jobs have been open for over 2 months and they are still open.

Vacancy duration is a different problem. This study was about Interview duration.

My guess is we don't pay enough - or people presume we don't pay enough.

More likely your HR department is bottom feeding, only sending you candidates who are asking for below average salaries.

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