— Lists of Shows, for my own record — What do I love to do during the time when I can’t run or work? Let my brain relax (and dinner is always better) with some hulu or surfthechannel! Favorite shows are in italics! Currently Watching The Bachelorette TED (always,... Read more
Hi, I'm Vanessa, a Principal Computer Scientist.
Building schedulers, containers, and cloudy things, with a love for learning and new experiences. -- about me
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— Thinkers and Muscles - Why We Have Both — This is absolutely fascinating. http://www.childandfamilypolicy.duke.edu/calendar/Conferences/geneintera… The val/met polymorphism on the COMT gene, which has been known about for quite some time. If you have the val allele, you have a lot less dopamine in your prefrontal cortex, which means that... Read more
— Brain Burp — In three days I will graduate, and in three days I will probably be seeing a lot of people for the last time, at least as familiar friends… because the next time will most likely be for a quick moment... Read more
— Life States — There are three possibilities: You are either good, trying to get good, or you’ve given up. If you place yourself in the first and are convinced that you’ve learned and mastered it all, or even just one domain, then you... Read more