octern

San Francisco, CA

Age: 34

I'm a hybrid programmer / web designer / psychology researcher. I'm currently doing internet-based psychological interventions with a University of California health research lab, trying to help folks learn skills for creating positive emotions and coping with stress effectively.

I also help non-technologically-inclined researchers and administrators manage and collate large datasets. Munging unruly text files may not be glamorous, but you'd be surprised how often it's what gets the science done.

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comment Pinging servers in Python
Note: May fail if ping is in a different location. Use whereis ping to get the correct path.
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comment "device not configured" error when attempting to reach specific websites
It doesn't appear to even be trying to load the site. Also note that I get these anomalous error messages when I use ping, so I don't think it has to do with the content of their web pages. I've also verified that these sites respond to pings normally using a different computer.
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comment "device not configured" error when attempting to reach specific websites
@Buscar웃 Thanks for the suggestion; I've added a list.
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asked "device not configured" error when attempting to reach specific websites
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comment How can I select with exception in mySQL
I'll be interested to see how you do that! I know subqueries are considered less elegant than self-joins so there's probably a better solution out there.
May
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comment How can I select with exception in mySQL
My answer got in a few seconds earlier, but yours has better formatting. It's a toss-up.
May
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answered How can I select with exception in mySQL
May
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awarded Yearling
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awarded Yearling
Apr
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comment How are new people created from the DNA of an aged person. i.e. Why are we young?
Telomeres shorten with every cell division. Telomerase is an enzyme that adds extra copies to the ends of telomeres, extending a cell's lifespan. The assumption that telomeres only ever get shorter is incorrect (though that doesn't invalidate the rest of your question).
Apr
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answered Continue a PHP While loop Breaks it instead
Apr
14
revised Confusion on using RETURN inside functions on PYTHON
Made it a little more obvious.
Apr
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revised mysql LOAD DATA INFILE with auto-increment primary key
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revised Why sometime query take 3 second for complete job
fixed list formatting
Mar
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reviewed Reject suggested edit on Determine if Session variable exists in php
Mar
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answered Why do some people find vegetables so repellent when evolutionarily they should find them an attractive and thus tasty food?
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comment what's an ethics-friendly way to measure the protocol of electric shocking mice?
Just thinking, perhaps you could test different levels of current with mice that are restrained in ways that are not potentially lethal. You could observe their behavior and look for movements that would be lethal for head-fixed mice, and take that as a sign that you need less current.
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