The trials delivered some success [...] but when high-doses of the drug were linked with increased rates of cancer in animals, GSK decided to scrap further development of the drug for humans.
Is there some indication of a new approach without the increased cancer risk? Not seeing it from the Verge article, though I could have missed something.
We're building a savings app for people that struggle to save money. How you ask? We're using a new form of investment called prize-linked savings (new to the US as of 2014). The simple explanation is that you trade part of your interest for the chance to win from a prize pool of everyone's interest.
As a software engineer at Long Game you'll be joining a small team of engineers and will have full exposure to all aspects of our product development processes.
We're looking for developers that enjoy building fun mobile UX and/or engineers with considerable finance experience.
I keep trying to take these guys seriously, but every time they put AI/AGI as top level threat and I just can't take them seriously after that. I really enjoyed yesterdays article on this topic: https://backchannel.com/the-myth-of-a-superhuman-ai-59282b68...
You can take a look at some startups that sell nootropics. But after going through many natural supplements and prescribed medications, I realized that everyone is different and respond differently. I personally get high blood pressure within days of taking certain nootropics. Certain other ones causing me to be more explosive and agitated. Some natural herbs caused shortness of breath within hour, etc. All these things are very individual so I would not bet on any startup with magic pill to cure everyone. Took me a while to find something that works for me. Maybe there should be startup that guides you through these experiments to find what works for you individually.
But that's sort of is my point, it's all statistical, that's why they have medical trials for years before FDA approves new drugs. We sort of know what is happening in the brain, it's lacking one neurotransmitter or the other and all the drugs/supplements basically either provide it or pretend to be one. Another approach I've seen is to stimulate certain hormones, but again it's individual because some people might have excess of one hormone and lack of the other. Relaxation and meditation is basically natural way to balance certain hormones (reduce cortisol in particular). Or sun exposure gives you vitamin D (which is technically a hormone) and it's been studied to help with depression, but some people need more of it than others etc. I recommend you to pick up a book on nutrition before jumping into this space, one of the easy to read books is Ultramind Solution by Dr Hyman. Hope this helps.
not the fastest but IMHO most practical way is through http://www.usaco.org/ training program @ http://train.usaco.org/usacogate, it's free and it will teach you to code and use most data structures and algorithms you'd ever encounter
Senior engineers = a little older = probably have family = harder to make the move to another country
I've been on H1B since about the time I graduated and it was no brainer to start new life in US. Had I stayed and started my family and career in Canada, it would've been much harder move to US and it probably wouldn't be worth it because my wife wouldn't be able to work etc etc
"Fresh water, of which icebergs are made, is less dense than salty sea water. So while the amount of sea water displaced by the iceberg is equal to its weight, the melted fresh water will take up a slightly larger volume than the displaced salt water. This results in a small increase in the water level."
While icebergs are "ice in the sea" they are formed from terrestrial glaciers. Ergo, they are not sea ice. Sea ice is formed from the freezing sea surface from water that is already part of the ocean.
You're technically right in some way though: sea ice is highly reflective. When it melts the surface albedo changes and the ocean absorbs more heat, which does increase its volume and contributes to greater warming (see: ice-albedo feedback).
Interesting analogy but there is a difference though. Government can somewhat regulate gun sales (proof of identity, no hospitalization due to mental illness, etc). If you apply that to tech companies then we are about to see some regulation in who can and who can't use those services.
