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by 001sky 12y ago
"This idea that computers are for boys became a narrative. It became the story we told ourselves about the computing revolution. It helped define who geeks were and it created techie culture." The facts seem to (rather) be that co
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by 001sky 12y ago
On the author of this piece, some useful context http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/20/books/the-hot-zone-author-...
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by 001sky 12y ago
Common sense is priceless.
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On the Quarantine Period for Ebola Virus(currents.plos.org)
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Waste from Ebola Poses Challenge to Hospitals(nytimes.com)
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Ebola-Infected Health Worker Took Flight from Cleveland to Dallas 2 Days Ago(nytimes.com)
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by 001sky 12y ago
Yep its stereotype / baiting but always possible an ounce of truth[1]. the worst mistakes to make are ones that let other people typecast you. so maybe its semi-constructive. eg, how many instances of "team"? cmd+f=(team)=1 _
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Why Are Americans So Fascinated with Extreme Fitness?(nytimes.com)
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by 001sky 12y ago
Isn't the breach in protocol using anything under BSL 4? The problem is there is no way to ensure BSL 4 outside of a couple specialist labs. So the protocols are basically dumbed down to the lowest common denominator. "Only 15 BSL
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Tracking India’s Bureaucrats Becomes a Digital Dashboard Venture(nytimes.com)
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by 001sky 12y ago
You don't enhance your moral authority by adopting a position of weakness and subservience. In general, on the topic of peace, there is never peace through weakness. Wether you need violence or not to exert (your) strength is a wholly
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by 001sky 12y ago
Strategic provocation =P
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by 001sky 12y ago
Yes, it's a classic false dichotomy. The options are not (monopoly, competition). A "the neverending competition that cannot be won" is best avoided--there is nothing redeemable about this "pure antithesis" to monop
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by 001sky 12y ago
This is, I think, absurd. And investment banker will tell you that eliminating your largest competitor just prior to an IPO will give you a material valuation premium delta. In other words, you are going to price up the company (or not take
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IMF warns ultra-low interest rates poses fresh financial crisis threat(theguardian.com)
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by 001sky 12y ago
There are two kinds of people in the world: (1) Those who say 'this is stupid'; and (2) Those who say "oh, i get it" Rarely do they coincide empirically.
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Offgassing of VOCs from inexpensive vulcanized tire and tool rubber (particularly from "made in china" manufactured goods) can vary greatly. This can be empirically varified at any hardware store or home depot. Ingestion or incorp
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by 001sky 12y ago
Humans are rarely stupid, unfortunately. Better to remain 'agnostic'
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Google Can Read Your Emailed Bills and Remind You to Pay Up(blogs.wsj.com)
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by 001sky 12y ago
The point is that they are worth x if not buying them out would lower FB stock by X. Thats a wholly distinct notion than the company (per-se) being worth X. People are overly fascinated by valuations tied to $$$ signs, and under-appreciate
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Proposals for £600m floating cycle route over River Thames in London(independent.co.uk)
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by 001sky 12y ago
Ebola is in the various fluids discharged by coughing and sneezing (its in the article). The problem for the urban areas is that ebola seems to persist (as long as its in a fluid) and its so infectious (small threshold exposure). The two ma
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by 001sky 12y ago
We're in an election year...pretty much explains everything
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by 001sky 12y ago
There are a very small number of places in the world that safely handle these types of pathogens. Most of them are military or off limits to the public.
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by 001sky 12y ago
"Those monkeys were dying in a pattern that was certainly suggestive of coughing and sneezing — some sort of aerosol movement," Bailey said. "They were dying and spreading it so quickly from cage to cage. We finally came to
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This awesome dissection of Internet hyperbole will make you cry and ... .(theguardian.com)
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by 001sky 12y ago
This is well said (and understated). Next thing you know you need (them) to "get me that meeting" with the decisionmaker. Er...who do you thin makes those decisions?
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by 001sky 12y ago
can you please stop trolling this guy? wtf (this is clearly personal attack here)
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by 001sky 12y ago
Reddit opening themselves up to legal discovery would be a bad, bad move.
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by 001sky 12y ago
People were hating them and here is change. The financial system very efficiently bankrupted the Auto industry, no problem.

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