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by 2skep 4y ago
No mention of how many kids go to this school and how big is its catchment. I don't buy the: "Lupiano eventually arrived at a single linking factor between himself, his wife and his sister: they each attended Colonia High School i
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by 2skep 5y ago
People on the flight were vaccinate OR tested negative. Not both. Don't yet know if the cases were in the tested negative group or in the vaccinated group.
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by 2skep 7y ago
Can I please ask you to consider the problems with the chart you have shared? The vertical axis is percent increase not actual increase. It is helpful to have that context before you load your argument on it.
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by 2skep 8y ago
What would you prefer? A surgeon who expects a poor outcome of your surgery: a)decides to not operate on you? b)decides to operate on you nonetheless? I am in camp a
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by 2skep 9y ago
Actually, I never understood this. Is demand and supply matched and this is just the lag in the system (ie 6-8 weeks remains 6-8 weeks forever) or demand is greater than supply and this number will grow. If it is the former then there doesn
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by 2skep 9y ago
This thread is just endless collection of n=1 observations. This is how it goes = - I eat meat and I am healthy - No, I am vegetarian and I can run faster than you - No, I eat meat but I also eat peas and I can read better than you. You kno
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by 2skep 9y ago
I don't recognise that as Ockham's (Sic) razor reasoning. In fact it may be the exact opposite of that
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by 2skep 10y ago
I think as a non-US person, I think it may also be time to pay attention to executive powers in the US political system. It is one thing to have a system that will only rarely elect a nutjob but not having any safeguards once a nutjob is el
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by 2skep 10y ago
I think the article is making a valid point and your response is not the classic opposition but a more thoughtful sounding version of the taboo. :-) Study of a average 5% statistical difference of a population would considered a valid scien
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by 2skep 10y ago
Other Kiwis I know have reported receiving great treatment in France. Some have pointed out that they still feel a bit guilty about this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinking_of_the_Rainbow_Warrior
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by 2skep 10y ago
Of the 7 that did, only 3 were re-elected. Maybe because they were unelectable in the first place :-)
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by 2skep 10y ago
As a result of majority voters voting in favour of Brexit and to recover the democratic deficit and negotiate UK's exit from the EU a new PM has been appointed who did not support Leave. She was selected by Westminster which is largely
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by 2skep 10y ago
Enough has been said about bad treatment by border guards about every country on earth so don't need to repeat it but I had the following exchange with a Canadian visa officer. Visa Officer:Your Name? How can I help you Me: Dr XYZ. I
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by 2skep 10y ago
This article is a very good example of the genre of science reporting I find very uninteresting and even boring. The way the writer builds up to the punch line by weaving in his own life and by overemphasiaing the trope of the 'maveri
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by 2skep 11y ago
You may have misunderstood. I was not trying to explain the $5000 gap. Administrative costs is one example of the cost difference. Research shows that 'socialised' health systms spend up to $ 800-900 less per patient per year on
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by 2skep 11y ago
I think this is a good example where the usual association government run = bureaucratic ; privately run = straightforward breaks down because bureaucracy/non bureaucracy is not a function of the economic model but that of the inheren
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by 2skep 11y ago
Diwana is popular among vegan students from SOAS. There would be no point going to Raavi for vegans :-)
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by 2skep 11y ago
You get points for knowing Raavi Kebab near Euston
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by 2skep 11y ago
This is precisely why every time someone pitches a business idea to me using a story I flag it as one that requires addition validation of facts. Not because I think all story tellers are charlatans (some definitely are)but because I want t
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by 2skep 11y ago
There are other platforms that do that. Take a look at Kiadis which can identify activated T cells and kill them and then reinfuse rest of white cells back into the patient.
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by 2skep 11y ago
I would not imagine 23andMe handing out a table with people's names in one column and their genetic info in next. And their terms and conditions clearly say that. However, with the changes cited, they are lowering the level of protecti
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by 2skep 11y ago
A number of changes to their terms of service over the last few days indicate that the change in their business model may have come at the cost of user data protection. See recent change diluting privacy protections enjoyed by their users.
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by 2skep 11y ago
I bet they didn't randomise for brand of deodorant and diet which makes this research almost meaningless.