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Does any know of a Algorithm that allows for a figure like this image?
Does anyone know how to create an algorithm capable of making the figure just like in the picture, when given a set of specific points (3D array)
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Should a Biotech company invest in developing its own software? [closed]
Working in a Biotech company, there are many opportunities for automating the processing of information. There are also many software solutions e.g. LIM systems, ELN's etc. to fit those specific ...
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Does any well-known license require to make modifications available when only derived *output* is published?
Is there a way to make sure that modifications to free software are released even when no binaries of modified code are conveyed? Though it may sound odd and from what I understand, e.g., GPL requires ...
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Python potential for science applications? [duplicate]
I'm a beginner in programming. I am learning Python as a hobby. However, after reading some things in what concerns, for example, its speed, I asked again myself if I should really learn Python or ...
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What are your techniques for storing numpy structures in django database fields and how do you serialize them for http?
I want to publish a small web project that is supposed to contain some of my research results to present it to the scientific community. All my analysis I ran so far have been written in python ...
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Minimize useless tweaking of a numeric app
I'm developing a numeric application (nonlinear optimizer), with a zillion knobs to tweak and rising.
It's not my first foray into this domain, but this time there are even more variables in the code ...
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I don't understand why algorithms are so special
I'm a student of computer science trying to soak up as much information on the topic as I can during my free time. I keep returning to algorithms time and again in various formats (online course, ...
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Which license for a scientific software [closed]
Me and a friend developed an advanced scientific visualization application and would like to understand which licensing should be better for us both in terms of income maximization and as possibility ...
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Are there any scientifically rigorous studies of coding style principles?
Is a coding style principle - e.g. the single-exit principle - really a good thing? Always, or just sometimes? How much difference does it really make?
Whatever your opinions, these are obviously ...
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Have you ever had doubts about doing a software opensource or commercial? [closed]
I'm doing my final grade work in the college, and for the first time, I feel motivated in a project and my program looks promising (at least for me).
In one hand, I like to make it opensource to all ...
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Recommendations for books for learning computer science on your own? [closed]
Can you guys recommends which books are best, to learn what's taught at most undergraduate and graduate computer science programs. Specially by the specific areas (like AI, Software Engineering, etc).
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is there any future with computer programming without the knowledge of science? [closed]
my main subjects are commercial studies and computer applications.I dont have knowledge of science. Is there a good career which involves both the subjects.
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Does anyone work in / know much about programming jobs for scientific / medical research?
Sometimes I get a bit disillusioned with the types of projects that I work on as they are just basically business apps that aren't exactly groundbreaking and are usually redundant as far as other ...
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How do I transition from physics and math to programming?
I'm a physics PhD with little actual programming experience.
I've always liked programming and played around with BASIC, Pascal as a teen, but the extent of my experience writing complex programs ...
