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Elaine Cortez

@ Corno @lemm.ee

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  • Do you pronounce "Data" as "Day-ta" or "Dah-ta"?

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  • I pronounce it both ways. This sometimes strikes people as odd, but I will use both American and British spellings, units of measurement, and pronunciations depending on what I vibe with at the time.

    This is entirely different when I'm speaking in Spanish though, as I'll always use Mexican Spanish pronunciations.

  • If there was a movie that represented you the most, what would it be?

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  • I took this quiz and got Mean Girls!

    "You got: Mean Girls

    All you want to do is fit in! Maybe it's just with the wrong crowd. You are easy-going and fun to be with, but at times people take advantage of that fact and mistreat you. It may be frustrating, but everyone is different! And you gotta remember that!"

  • Stem cells reverse woman’s diabetes — a world first

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  • The whole field of stem cell research really excites me because it has so many potential applications. This is amazing news and makes me all the more excited for similar breakthroughs in the future!

  • Do you donate money? How, why, why not?

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  • Yes, mostly to research charities.

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  • Yup, that's how it should be across the board. That's how it is with modern airliners. The redundancy of having each system be controlled by multiple computers is nullified if a hacker can get to control all of them, including the ones which are safety critical, just by hacking one. I honestly don't blame you, I love the internet but there really are situations where something really doesn't need to be connected to the internet.

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  • Why does a car need to be connected to the internet? A reliable rule of conduct in aeronautics is that systems which are deemed critical to safety are air gapped from the systems which are connected to the internet, so in the event that those systems are compromised by malware or hackers, the safety critical systems won't also be compromised.

    Why is it seemingly taking automotive manufacturers so long to catch on to this principle? Before anyone mentions downloadable features, I do not see that as a means of justification. Like with videogames, if you're paying good money for a product, that product should already be finished by release. Hiding content that should already exist on a car is egregious and the normalisation of it incentivizes manufacturers to release vehicles that are incomplete and should not have been released in their current state.

  • What candy flavors are always cast but are never the star?

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  • Grape. When I am eating Skittles they are consistently the last remaining ones in the bag...

  • What's the latest image in your download folder?

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  • what is the worst idea you ever had?

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  • When I was little, I enjoyed "inventing" things, or drawing designs for things, mostly consisting of aircraft or space ships. One of them was a sub that was constructed out of transparent inflatable plastic, similar to a Zorb ball, so you'd have an unobstructed view of the ocean. It was tear drop shaped and the appeal of the Zorb ball construction was that it'd be comfortable to lie in as you roamed the depths of the ocean. As I got older I learned more about physics and realised what a terrible idea that would actually be.

  • Movie(s) with best soundtrack?

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  • Good question. The reason the sun is burning in space is because it is very spicy in space.

  • What music do you use for concentration?

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  • How do you eat kiwifruits?

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  • Wait, this isn't how everyone else eats them?

  • What do you want to do when you retire?

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  • Go to Hawaii.

  • OceanGate’s ill-fated Titan sub relied on a hand-typed Excel spreadsheet

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    What was your last refund? Why did you get your last refund?

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  • Kerbal Space Program 2.

    Tons of performance issues, bugs and I was generally not satisfied with the game even though I've put probably thousands of hours into the first game, which always ran perfectly on my computer. Believe me, it takes a lot for me to not enjoy a physics-based game and I really wanted to like it.

  • OceanGate’s ill-fated Titan sub relied on a hand-typed Excel spreadsheet

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  • There were so many things relating to this incident that bewildered me. The titanium end caps were stuck on using glue, by hand. Also, while carbon fiber is great at handling tensile loads at 14 PSI, it's not so great at handling compressive ones at 5500 PSI. For such a delicate mission, the whole thing seemed unprofessional in so many ways.

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  • What is the feeling of having sudden pain in the head when woken by an alarm?

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  • The threshold for experiencing pain in response to a sound is 140 dB and your typical alarm would sound well below that, so this is a situation where a visit to the doctor wouldn't hurt!

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    What's the most interesting or your favorite amino acid and why?

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  • Tryptophan. It is a biochemical precursor for important neurotransmitters, vitamins and hormones such as melatonin, serotonin, and niacin. There happens to be very high concentrations of it in milk and eggs, both of which I love a lot. It can have sedating effects and make you feel chilled out!