Talk:2299: Coronavirus Genome 2 - Revision history

108.162.229.176: I'm dumb ... edited my nickname because of a typo. Nikch ²+ -> Nickh ²+

2020-05-03T18:52:23Z

I'm dumb ... edited my nickname because of a typo. Nikch ²+ -> Nickh ²+

108.162.229.176: Possibile reference to GenomeTweet series?

2020-05-03T18:50:15Z

Possibile reference to GenomeTweet series?

Gunterkoenigsmann: /* Just out of interest: Could one tweet DNA data disguised as a png image? */

2020-05-02T10:42:09Z

‎Just out of interest: Could one tweet DNA data disguised as a png image?

Kynde at 06:59, 30 April 2020

2020-04-30T06:59:20Z

172.69.34.132: Cmt

2020-04-30T06:38:04Z

Cmt

Lupo at 05:23, 30 April 2020

2020-04-30T05:23:07Z

Lupo at 05:20, 30 April 2020

2020-04-30T05:20:33Z

172.69.35.67: unexpected punchline

2020-04-29T16:53:15Z

unexpected punchline

Hkmaly at 22:06, 28 April 2020

2020-04-28T22:06:34Z

In vivo veritas at 16:14, 28 April 2020

2020-04-28T16:14:33Z

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 All of these were made by Jennifer Harrison @GeneticJen.<br/>
 I've found them thanks to geneticjen.com/genometweet-the-first-genomes-on-twitter (its source is off-line now and not archived by web.archive.org) 20190820 post.<br/>
-''Have a nice day! Nikch ²+, --[[Special:Contributions/108.162.229.176|108.162.229.176]] 18:50, 3 May 2020 (UTC).''<br/>
+''Have a nice day! Nickh ²+, --[[Special:Contributions/108.162.229.176|108.162.229.176]] 18:50, 3 May 2020 (UTC).''<br/>

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	: Haven't seen it either, it is almost Thursday in PDT. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.34.132\|172.69.34.132]] 06:38, 30 April 2020 (UTC)		: Haven't seen it either, it is almost Thursday in PDT. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.34.132\|172.69.34.132]] 06:38, 30 April 2020 (UTC)
	::Seems he have missed a release. Although it it still Wednesday for three more hours in Hawaii and a few more hours near the date line... --[[User:Kynde\|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde\|talk]]) 06:59, 30 April 2020 (UTC)		::Seems he have missed a release. Although it it still Wednesday for three more hours in Hawaii and a few more hours near the date line... --[[User:Kynde\|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde\|talk]]) 06:59, 30 April 2020 (UTC)
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		+	Could be a reference to GenomeTweet series of accounts done by Jennifer Harrison @GeneticJen between 2013 and 2014?<br/>
		+	There are been posted - in "CTAG" non-compressed - format on Twitter HIV ''(HIV-1, 20131030-20131030)'', E. coli ''(GenomeTweet @GenomeTwee, 201307__-20131208)'', yeast ''(S. cerevisiae, GenomeTweet - Fungi @GenomeFungi, 201310__-20140318)'', nematode ''(C. elegans, GenomeTweet Nematode @GenomeNematode, 201311_-20140121)'', and fruit fly ''(Drosophila melanogaster, GenomeTweet - Fly @GenomeTweetFly, 201311__-20140203)'' genomes.<br/>
		+	The human genome is [was?] underway.<br/>
		+	All of these were made by Jennifer Harrison @GeneticJen.<br/>
		+	I've found them thanks to geneticjen.com/genometweet-the-first-genomes-on-twitter (its source is off-line now and not archived by web.archive.org) 20190820 post.<br/>
		+	''Have a nice day! Nikch ²+, --[[Special:Contributions/108.162.229.176\|108.162.229.176]] 18:50, 3 May 2020 (UTC).''<br/>

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 :: <code>xz -9e sequence.fasta</code> compressed the SARS-CoV-2 genome from 30 kb to 9 kb. Impressive, but not nearly enough to fit in a single tweet. Perhaps the entire genome could fit within an image? Then use OCR to convert back to text. [[User:In vivo veritas|In vivo veritas]] ([[User talk:In vivo veritas|talk]]) 16:14, 28 April 2020 (UTC)
 :::Well, you can just tweet a link to another website where it is given as text... easier than actual compressing. --[[User:Lupo|Lupo]] ([[User talk:Lupo|talk]]) 05:23, 30 April 2020 (UTC)
 When ''I'' started reading it, I fully expected the punchline was going to be something about emailing viruses, and/or something about virus checkers letting it get through undetected. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.35.67|172.69.35.67]] 16:53, 29 April 2020 (UTC)

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	Is the wednesday comic missing? It should be Thursday now in Randalls time zone as well...--[[User:Lupo\|Lupo]] ([[User talk:Lupo\|talk]]) 05:20, 30 April 2020 (UTC)		Is the wednesday comic missing? It should be Thursday now in Randalls time zone as well...--[[User:Lupo\|Lupo]] ([[User talk:Lupo\|talk]]) 05:20, 30 April 2020 (UTC)
	: Haven't seen it either, it is almost Thursday in PDT. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.34.132\|172.69.34.132]] 06:38, 30 April 2020 (UTC)		: Haven't seen it either, it is almost Thursday in PDT. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.34.132\|172.69.34.132]] 06:38, 30 April 2020 (UTC)
		+	::Seems he have missed a release. Although it it still Wednesday for three more hours in Hawaii and a few more hours near the date line... --[[User:Kynde\|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde\|talk]]) 06:59, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

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	Is the wednesday comic missing? It should be Thursday now in Randalls time zone as well...--[[User:Lupo\|Lupo]] ([[User talk:Lupo\|talk]]) 05:20, 30 April 2020 (UTC)		Is the wednesday comic missing? It should be Thursday now in Randalls time zone as well...--[[User:Lupo\|Lupo]] ([[User talk:Lupo\|talk]]) 05:20, 30 April 2020 (UTC)
		+	: Haven't seen it either, it is almost Thursday in PDT. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.34.132\|172.69.34.132]] 06:38, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

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 : I'm wondering what an LZW-type compression scheme could do to sequences, especially with the propensity for repeating sequences (at least outside viruses). And with a known short alphabet you could pre-tune it to work with just four "literal" items and free up a lot more (starting shorter) "dictionary" slots right from the get-go. Not gonna reduce to single-Tweet lengths, even if you could transmit your encoded prompts all across the unicode character sets rather than in 7ish-bit or nearly-8-bit data only. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.158.211|162.158.158.211]] 12:22, 28 April 2020 (UTC)
 :: <code>xz -9e sequence.fasta</code> compressed the SARS-CoV-2 genome from 30 kb to 9 kb. Impressive, but not nearly enough to fit in a single tweet. Perhaps the entire genome could fit within an image? Then use OCR to convert back to text. [[User:In vivo veritas|In vivo veritas]] ([[User talk:In vivo veritas|talk]]) 16:14, 28 April 2020 (UTC)
 When ''I'' started reading it, I fully expected the punchline was going to be something about emailing viruses, and/or something about virus checkers letting it get through undetected. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.35.67|172.69.35.67]] 16:53, 29 April 2020 (UTC)
 Is the wednesday comic missing? It should be Thursday now in Randalls time zone as well...--[[User:Lupo|Lupo]] ([[User talk:Lupo|talk]]) 05:20, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

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	When ''I'' started reading it, I fully expected the punchline was going to be something about emailing viruses, and/or something about virus checkers letting it get through undetected. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.35.67\|172.69.35.67]] 16:53, 29 April 2020 (UTC)		When ''I'' started reading it, I fully expected the punchline was going to be something about emailing viruses, and/or something about virus checkers letting it get through undetected. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.35.67\|172.69.35.67]] 16:53, 29 April 2020 (UTC)
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		+	Is the wednesday comic missing? It should be Thursday now in Randalls time zone as well...--[[User:Lupo\|Lupo]] ([[User talk:Lupo\|talk]]) 05:20, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

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	: I'm wondering what an LZW-type compression scheme could do to sequences, especially with the propensity for repeating sequences (at least outside viruses). And with a known short alphabet you could pre-tune it to work with just four "literal" items and free up a lot more (starting shorter) "dictionary" slots right from the get-go. Not gonna reduce to single-Tweet lengths, even if you could transmit your encoded prompts all across the unicode character sets rather than in 7ish-bit or nearly-8-bit data only. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.158.211\|162.158.158.211]] 12:22, 28 April 2020 (UTC)		: I'm wondering what an LZW-type compression scheme could do to sequences, especially with the propensity for repeating sequences (at least outside viruses). And with a known short alphabet you could pre-tune it to work with just four "literal" items and free up a lot more (starting shorter) "dictionary" slots right from the get-go. Not gonna reduce to single-Tweet lengths, even if you could transmit your encoded prompts all across the unicode character sets rather than in 7ish-bit or nearly-8-bit data only. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.158.211\|162.158.158.211]] 12:22, 28 April 2020 (UTC)
	:: <code>xz -9e sequence.fasta</code> compressed the SARS-CoV-2 genome from 30 kb to 9 kb. Impressive, but not nearly enough to fit in a single tweet. Perhaps the entire genome could fit within an image? Then use OCR to convert back to text. [[User:In vivo veritas\|In vivo veritas]] ([[User talk:In vivo veritas\|talk]]) 16:14, 28 April 2020 (UTC)		:: <code>xz -9e sequence.fasta</code> compressed the SARS-CoV-2 genome from 30 kb to 9 kb. Impressive, but not nearly enough to fit in a single tweet. Perhaps the entire genome could fit within an image? Then use OCR to convert back to text. [[User:In vivo veritas\|In vivo veritas]] ([[User talk:In vivo veritas\|talk]]) 16:14, 28 April 2020 (UTC)
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		+	When ''I'' started reading it, I fully expected the punchline was going to be something about emailing viruses, and/or something about virus checkers letting it get through undetected. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.35.67\|172.69.35.67]] 16:53, 29 April 2020 (UTC)

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 :: [https://www.facebook.com/paul.zy.zhang/posts/921162404972081 I did.] ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. [[User:In vivo veritas|In vivo veritas]] ([[User talk:In vivo veritas|talk]]) 01:54, 28 April 2020 (UTC)
 ::: Although, I wouldn't be surprised if someone's beaten me to the punch. [[User:In vivo veritas|In vivo veritas]] ([[User talk:In vivo veritas|talk]]) 03:32, 28 April 2020 (UTC)
+:::: I would be very surprised if someone didn't already posted it days before this XKCD was drawn. -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 22:06, 28 April 2020 (UTC)
 I find it pretty funny that while you can't tweet it, per a recent twitter discovery, you could set that genome as your official gender on twitter (proof of character limit, as an example: https://twitter.com/FaxonFury/status/1254775943664504832). [[Special:Contributions/172.69.22.110|172.69.22.110]] 09:03, 28 April 2020 (UTC)

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	: Timgor also made a series of tweets, not just one. Cueball gave up on Twitter too easily. --[[User:NotaBene\|NotaBene]] ([[User talk:NotaBene\|talk]]) 12:02, 28 April 2020 (UTC)		: Timgor also made a series of tweets, not just one. Cueball gave up on Twitter too easily. --[[User:NotaBene\|NotaBene]] ([[User talk:NotaBene\|talk]]) 12:02, 28 April 2020 (UTC)
	: I'm wondering what an LZW-type compression scheme could do to sequences, especially with the propensity for repeating sequences (at least outside viruses). And with a known short alphabet you could pre-tune it to work with just four "literal" items and free up a lot more (starting shorter) "dictionary" slots right from the get-go. Not gonna reduce to single-Tweet lengths, even if you could transmit your encoded prompts all across the unicode character sets rather than in 7ish-bit or nearly-8-bit data only. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.158.211\|162.158.158.211]] 12:22, 28 April 2020 (UTC)		: I'm wondering what an LZW-type compression scheme could do to sequences, especially with the propensity for repeating sequences (at least outside viruses). And with a known short alphabet you could pre-tune it to work with just four "literal" items and free up a lot more (starting shorter) "dictionary" slots right from the get-go. Not gonna reduce to single-Tweet lengths, even if you could transmit your encoded prompts all across the unicode character sets rather than in 7ish-bit or nearly-8-bit data only. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.158.211\|162.158.158.211]] 12:22, 28 April 2020 (UTC)
		+	:: <code>xz -9e sequence.fasta</code> compressed the SARS-CoV-2 genome from 30 kb to 9 kb. Impressive, but not nearly enough to fit in a single tweet. Perhaps the entire genome could fit within an image? Then use OCR to convert back to text. [[User:In vivo veritas\|In vivo veritas]] ([[User talk:In vivo veritas\|talk]]) 16:14, 28 April 2020 (UTC)