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paluteron Show HN: Mito – Write Python/Pandas faster by editing a spreadsheet, in Jupyter

Seems pretty cool. Does this only work in Jupyter?

paluteron I made the DNA tricorder from front page HN. AMA

Yeah machine vision as well as, in the case of crops, various IoT sensors would be useful

paluteron I made the DNA tricorder from front page HN. AMA

This is theoretically possible but practically the cost would be too high for an average consumer to do this right now. Right now, to learn about an organism's DNA, we'd have to first (1) sequence the DNA (actually read the raw DNA in) and (2) analyze the sequenced DNA. iGenomics is free and so the "DNA tricorder" software is free. However, the most affordable DNA sequencer as of now is the Oxford Nanopore MinION (https://nanoporetech.com/products/minion), which starts at about $1000. Oxford Nanopore is working on a more portable, and hopefully more affordable version, called the SmidgION (https://nanoporetech.com/products/smidgion) that they hope to have out within the next few years.

I'd estimate we are about 3 - 5 years away from hitting the point where ordinary people start to own DNA sequencers.

Worth noting, while DNA could be useful here, there's likely more affordable ways to differentiate between plants today.

paluteron Casually meet other hackers over video call (hop on whenever)

Great coincidence!

I am using open-source video call platform Jitsi, which from my experience only worked fully reliably with Google Chrome (user feedback has been about issues with Safari/Firefox).

Great feedback with the desert cart :)

Interesting thing to think about with the meta topic! What is your perspective on that?

paluteron Casually meet other hackers over video call (hop on whenever)

What sort of protections are you referring to?