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Did you see Eric Raymond having a completely normal one about novel Coronavirus? http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=8587 http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=8587

• UncleOxidant 7y ago
  He seems nice. (wow, what a huge amount of fear mongering and conspiracy theories there)
• newnewpdro 7y ago
  ESR should stick to writing jargon files.
  • plapetomain 7y ago
    I think he pretty much fucked that up to...
    • ggm 7y ago
      Hear hear! Ego overdrive.
• _jal 7y ago
  An excellent example of how expertise and reasoning ability in one domain does not necessarily transfer to another. That humility is hard for engineers is something I try to remind myself daily.
  • mhh__ 7y ago
    https://xkcd.com/1570/ https://xkcd.com/1570/
• 8bitsrule 7y ago
  Meanwhile ... the news on the Lieber story[0], which first appeared 5 weeks ago, has gone silent. Interesting coincidence. Of course, on Reddit it's been combined with Epstein. BTW, in case you run across it, here's what 'BSL-4' means.[1] [0] https://www.npr.org/2020/01/28/800442646/acclaimed-harvard-scientist-is-arrested-accused-of-lying-about-ties-to-china https://www.npr.org/2020/01/28/800442646/acclaimed-harvard-s... [1] https://consteril.com/biosafety-levels-difference/ https://consteril.com/biosafety-levels-difference/
• plapetomain 7y ago
  uh...yeah... esr is basically Alex Jones if he were half as articulate and twice as ugly. I read the post because I’m an idiot with too much time to kill. But basically it makes many extraordinary claims, in complete contradiction to reputable sources such as the CDC, supported by likely doctored “evidence” from internet trolls. Later in the comments see him expertly proclaim that a video on YouTube is evidence of “chorea” which looks nothing like chorea. What a dipshit.