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Claude discovers a novel enzyme system with CRISPR-like repeats

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  1. evolarjun · · focus · HN ↗
    It is odd (or maybe not) that they decided to publish a marketing whitepaper rather than a more traditional journal submission + preprint. The work does appear to be sufficient for a publication, though there's a good chance a reviewer will rip into them for some of the assertions they make, but given the topic I'm sure the paper will be accepted regardless.

    The market for entry-level programmers has already declined, but at least they were somewhat in demand and made reasonable salaries. Now what happens to post-docs who already make almost nothing and often get treated like crap?

    1. stets · · focus · HN ↗
      Medical advances are more important than post docs
      1. Iggyhopper · · focus · HN ↗
        Post docs is the base that AI was born from...

        We still need post docs. What will change is their specializations.

        That's why nobody writes their paper on gravity or polio in 2026.

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