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more ideas.
author Robert McIntyre <rlm@mit.edu>
date Sat, 30 Jan 2016 11:49:46 -0800
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17 #+begin_quote 17 #+begin_quote
18 There's no end to what a man can accomplish if he doesn't care about 18 There's no end to what a man can accomplish if he doesn't care about
19 getting credit. 19 getting credit.
20 #+end_quote 20 #+end_quote
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22 - sperm fitness correlation :: it's evolutionary advantageous for a
23 species' sperm to fail to function exactly when the fetus they
24 would create would fail. But it's really hard to make this
25 functoinal correlation happen because the sperm cell only
26 expresses a small subset of the genome. To the extent that thei
27 correlation effect exists, we can reverse it to find
28 "interesting" genes. My guess --- look for genes physiccally
29 next to sperm coding genes.
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31 - spinal repeater/relay :: a VERY fine mesh of directional paths,
32 much finer than the width of a spinal axon, which can connect a
33 bundle of nerves that has been cut together.
21 34
22 - auto book ::handwritten by machine; illuminated. Like old medieval 35 - auto book ::handwritten by machine; illuminated. Like old medieval
23 books. Use a model of handwriting so the letters are different. 36 books. Use a model of handwriting so the letters are different.
24 37
25 - url resolver :: pick the longest vaid url that's a rooted substring 38 - url resolver :: pick the longest vaid url that's a rooted substring