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Learning about DNA by converting your name to DNA

rsvidal — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 17:16:39 +0000

Article URL: https://www.dnamyname.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46722114

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

New comment by rsvidal in "Ask HN : What side project are you working on?"

rsvidal — Wed, 19 Aug 2015 15:51:38 +0000

These look great. Nice website too. Shared with bicycle-riding friends.

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rsvidal — Thu, 20 Mar 2014 20:35:22 +0000

Managed to purposefully lose with 627 points. Lowest I've managed to lose by. :)

New comment by rsvidal in "Elsevier Has Bought Mendeley"

rsvidal — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 20:59:25 +0000

There are plenty of reference management tools. Papers, RefWorks, Endnote, JabRef, Zotero, colwiz, readcube, and more. Here's a comparison table at wikipedia (probably not super up-to-date but worth taking a look): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_reference_managem...

New comment by rsvidal in "Mendeley users revolt against Elsevier takeover"

rsvidal — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 20:50:46 +0000

Yeah, Greenpeace is a VC funded for-profit company. Yeah, good analogy. :-)

New comment by rsvidal in "Mendeley users revolt against Elsevier takeover"

rsvidal — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 20:48:48 +0000

"We are committing to implementing Mendeley’s existing product development roadmap, and giving the company the space to “let Mendeley be Mendeley.”" - http://elsevierconnect.com/elsevier-welcomes-mendeley/

New comment by rsvidal in "Mendeley users revolt against Elsevier takeover"

rsvidal — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 19:00:35 +0000

Why the use of the past tense? Mendeley still has all those features and more. :) Also, the open API we provide allows for building third-party applications like Android apps and such. But I digress. :)

(Disclosure: I'm part of the Mendeley team)

New comment by rsvidal in "Mendeley users revolt against Elsevier takeover"

rsvidal — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 18:44:57 +0000

Mendeley is not going to stop working all of a sudden. It's still the same tool, developed by the same people, with the same roadmap and vision ahead.

New comment by rsvidal in "Mendeley users revolt against Elsevier takeover"

rsvidal — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 17:40:56 +0000

We're here and ready to not be destroyed. From the looks of it at the office, it's work as usual. By that I mean, building a great tool and resource for researchers. :)

New comment by rsvidal in "Mendeley users revolt against Elsevier takeover"

rsvidal — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 17:37:47 +0000

They are not leaving. This one person left, a while ago. Correlation or causation, I can't speak for him.

New comment by rsvidal in "Elsevier Has Bought Mendeley"

rsvidal — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 05:09:47 +0000

Integration of Mendeley with Elsevier's Scopus and ScienceDirect is very much on the roadmap. The desktop app is going to continue to see more attention. Some great features coming to our next release. We've totally rewritten the iOS app and will be working on an official Android client soon too. Support for win/linux/mac is to continue too. :)

New comment by rsvidal in "Elsevier Has Bought Mendeley"

rsvidal — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 04:59:15 +0000

There's a large comparison table of the many reference management tools out there on wikipedia. It's not very very up-to-date but will provide for some good links and overview: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_reference_managem...

New comment by rsvidal in "Elsevier Has Bought Mendeley"

rsvidal — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 04:57:53 +0000

I'm sorry you have such sour feelings about Elsevier. I can't really comment much about that. However, I can speak for what I know from Mendeley and I can tell you that we have projects planned that span farther than the one year abyss you mention. We're excited and looking forward to maintaining our company culture, work ethic, and the ultimate goal of building a useful tool and resource that helps our users.

New comment by rsvidal in "Elsevier Has Bought Mendeley"

rsvidal — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 04:52:08 +0000

We are going to continue with our current roadmap. We're going to provide more features, more content via integration with Scopus and ScienceDirect and we even have a rewritten iOS app coming out soon. More resources will allow us to provide the necessary attention on the various key features in mendeley. Like the open API that will continue to be open and provide access to our catalog (which is also being improved!). I don't think you've miscalculated. However, I'm obviously biased.

New comment by rsvidal in "Elsevier Has Bought Mendeley"

rsvidal — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 03:14:57 +0000

Sorry to read that you had issues with Mendeley. A quick look at that link and I can see that many of the issues you highlight are related to citation styles. We have made some good progress there with our citation style editor. We have also made plenty of improvements since that post. If you felt that some of the problems were limiting your research, we have a support team (support@mendeley.com) and also points of contact on twitter (if that's your thing). As for software engineers, we have a very talented and expert team but we are proud to say that we will be adding to the team soon so that we can improve and iterate more rapidly and solidly.

New comment by rsvidal in "Elsevier Has Bought Mendeley"

rsvidal — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 03:09:52 +0000

Ok, you are reading too strongly into my words. I was trying to keep a light tone. I apologize if that wasn't what came across. Anyhow, we do control our roadmap and we have plenty of exciting work ahead of us.

New comment by rsvidal in "Elsevier Has Bought Mendeley"

rsvidal — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 02:12:05 +0000

You can easily synch your Zotero library into Mendeley (check preferences). Mendeley is (in my biased opinion) easier to use with a better user interface. It allows you to read, annotate, collaborate in groups, etc. Sync to the web so you can run Mendeley on multiple operating systems (and even mobile apps). While not always up-to-date, here's a large comparison table of reference management tools: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_reference_managem...

New comment by rsvidal in "Elsevier Has Bought Mendeley"

rsvidal — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 02:00:51 +0000

No, it isn't. We're still committed as ever to producing a great research tool and resource for our users. We will keep pushing for that and will certainly accelerate the pace with more resources.

New comment by rsvidal in "Elsevier Has Bought Mendeley"

rsvidal — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 01:59:49 +0000

We're in it for the long run. So no worries. I also need it to finish my degree, so there's that too! :) (Btw, notice that you now have double storage!)

New comment by rsvidal in "Elsevier Has Bought Mendeley"

rsvidal — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 01:58:50 +0000

I don't want to comment on a comment, so I'd prefer to point you to Mendeley's official blog post on this topic here: http://blog.mendeley.com/start-up-life/team-mendeley-is-join...

If there are more questions, we have put together a couple questions and answers here: http://blog.mendeley.com/press-release/qa-team-mendeley-join...

Finally, if there are still lingering questions, we're more than happy to answer them here or directly with us on twitter @rvidal / @mendeley_com / @mendeleysupport And there's always email: support@mendeley.com :)