> Every company I've worked at has used open source code. Only one of them open sourced their code.

Did they have code worth distributing and opening for contribution? It seems like most code I encounter in enterprise environments doesn't really fit those needs.

I would say one or two had something they could have made available.

The one place I worked that did open source code, it was decided very early on it was to be open sourced so it built in a way to make it open source.

Seems like a good start, but there are a lot of interesting offerings in the introduction that really don't exist in the content so far.

Maybe finishing one of the more advanced chapters would be enough to lure people who are more experienced to check back on progress / pay / whatever you want traffic for.

We already can...?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic_biology

Depends on what you mean by "can". From the Wikipedia article:

"A living "artificial cell" has been defined as a completely synthetic cell that can capture energy, maintain ion gradients, contain macromolecules as well as store information and have the ability to mutate. Nobody has been able to create such a cell."

Completely synthetic, no, but I think that overlooks a lot.

I think syntactic biology is still very far from creating lifeforms from atomic or molecular precursors.

Xenobots, for example are made using harvested stem cells

Collaboration is an interesting choice of words

From the privacy policy:

> We may collect the following information from you in order to provide our Services:

> ....

> Your child’s first name;

> Your child’s age or birthday;

Why?

My co-founder handled the privacy policy so I've pinged him to provide a response. We'll get back to you as soon as possible!

EDIT: lynndotpy was right; it's required by law under COPPA if we have users under 13. It's the same reason that sites ask people for their age/birthday to check if they're under 13.

We want kids to be able to learn to cook too!

Still don't understand the "Your child" part. Does COPPA require the parent to sign up on behalf of their kid or something?

Yes, COPPA and the implementing regs require parental notice and affirmative consent: see 16 CFR Part 312, particularly §§ 312.4, 312.5

https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-16/chapter-I/subchapter-C...

I believe because they're targeting users under 13. I also saw this and got very concerned, until I read the beginning but of the Privacy Policy.

I'd love a clarification, say, that they don't somehow do this for adult users of the app.

> I believe because they're targeting users under 13.

This. The average age of people who watch cooking shows is ~11.

Citation needed. I do not believe that number, 11, is close to correct for median or average.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/228950/cable-tv-networks...

https://www.marketingcharts.com/television-13719

https://brandongaille.com/40-captivating-food-network-demogr...

https://corporate.discovery.com/discovery-newsroom/food-netw...

https://www.thinkwithgoogle.com/marketing-strategies/video/m...

Where'd you get that number from? That's pretty interesting

Makes it easier to sell your firstborn if they have that information already /s

*Correction /s

There isn't some magic bar of comprehension or indecipherable encoding. People will gravitate to acquire what they desire, regardless of prereqisites.

What, and mandate you have some authorization to maintain your ability to access software or to use electronics of any sort that doesn't have a compliant application store?

Nope, just ban importation of such devices. Existing ones will join the waste heap soon enough, and then why bother banning the activity if any device capable of it is inherently contraband?

I imagining a post-apocolyptic plot... nodes of dense dendridtic clusters consisting of low-range meshes connected to eachother via hijacked defunct, satellite ISPs

In ultimate dystopia, invite-only mesh(ish) networking, WAN Parties

13% of the population is on opioids, 6% are on gabaergic/genics, and 17% are on monoamine reuptake inhibitors of some form. There is plenty of room to grow.