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19 points by hangsi | 3 comments
James Somers' 2014 blog post arguing for using the 1913 Webster's Dictionary instead of modern dictionaries for its richer, more literary definitions.
390 points by jsomers | 123 comments
An essay by James Somers and Edwin Morris explaining how a single E. coli cell forages for nutrients through chemotaxis.
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300 points by Munksgaard | 90 comments
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482 points by jsomers | 197 comments
An essay by James Somers and Edwin Morris explaining how a single E. coli cell forages for nutrients through chemotaxis, framed as an elemental form of intelligence.
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444 points by cal85 | 164 comments
James Somers' 2015 blog essay arguing that working quickly matters more than it seems; the page loaded as a 500 server error.