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blog.microryza.com
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blog.microryza.com is the company blog at blog.microryza.com, writing about science and startups. Since 2013, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked posts are from the blog of Microryza, a YC W13 company crowdfunding scientific research. The one comment questions the founders' research experience and the funding model; it does not discuss the writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
What Hacker News says?
From their profiles ( https://www.microryza.com/about ), few of the founders present experience in real research, I doubt a team with little domain expertise aiming to change the game. They did not see the real problem with scientific funding system: to figure out how to spend the money effectively. It seems they were science undergraduate with experience in iGEM (science competition but not real research). Founders…
Comment linking /why-is-microryza-for-profit/
on “Microryza (YC W13) Is A “Kickstarter” For Scientific Research”Submitted Why is Microryza For-Profit? as a story · 9 points
HN discussionSubmitted Case study of two crowdfunded science projects as a story · 7 points
HN discussionSubmitted Small vs Big Science as a story · 7 points
HN discussionSubmitted Crowdfund a R03 as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Opensourcing our genetic destiny as a story · 2 points
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