“After the virus enters a human cell, our ribosomes attach to its RNA strands and glide down them like a roller coaster car running along a track. As the ribosomes pass over the genetic letters, they build proteins with corresponding structures. Scientists suspect that the loops of RNA may throw the roller coaster car off its track and then guide it to a spot thousands of positions away. Other loops force the ribosome to back up a bit and then move forward again. This little hiccup can cause the virus to make entirely different proteins from the same stretch of RNA.”
— Carl Zimmer, “The Coronavirus Unveiled“
Some things I noticed 10/11/2020:
- “There’s a glass ceiling on evil“
- “first transmit reference image; rather than pixels, send locations of key facial points GAN on receiver uses to reconstruct subsequent images“
- “with no way of informing populace other than thru his feudal elites, average peasants had no idea there’d been legal change in their rights.“
- “Wang Mang had bit the bureaucratic hand that fed him, and then expected it to pass the message on.”
- “In some resolutions involving low-ranking officials, the Overall Deputy Ombudsman can be the final check in the anti-corruption agency“
- “Justice Ginsburg upheld a law that provided for copyrights to cover works created in other countries that were not covered by U.S. copyright“
- “The distinction between a program and an API makes intuitive sense to computer programmers; it’s far from obvious to Supreme Court justices“
- “Apple has had an interesting history working with security researchers; their vulnerability disclosure program is massive step in right direction“
- “It’s very important that you know what the shape is, so you can develop the right chemistry to bind to that shape“
- “compensation and benefits will change and vary depending on the company’s own geopay scale“
- 林原めぐみ 『 Trust You 』