BillyTheKing

12 ms·

91.
Valneva Reports Positive Phase 3 Results for Inactivated, Adjuvanted Covid-19(valneva.com)
2 points by BillyTheKing 5y ago|1 comments
92.
by BillyTheKing 5y ago
exactly.. the 'only' billion dollar mistake in JS in regards to null is that typeof null === 'object' => true
93.
by BillyTheKing 5y ago
any sort of networking sounds terrifying from a security perspective... Unfortunately (or fortunately) it's also a corner-stone of computing in general
94.
by BillyTheKing 5y ago
lovely article! another one of those letters that weirdly fascinates me is Beta, in modern Greek it's pronounced as a V whereas when we read Ancient Greek we usually pronounce it as B. There was an excerpt somewhere where one Ancient G
95.
by BillyTheKing 5y ago
the crucial bit of information is missing here.. we'll never get rid of covid, but was the second infection less severe than the initial one? or did both of those people have to visit the hospital twice
96.
by BillyTheKing 5y ago
the fact that this theory is still around after more than a year and not completely debunked is quite telling by itself. I thought this was a complete conspiracy theory last year, but the longer it sticks around the more likely it does beco
97.
by BillyTheKing 6y ago
the good old programming testing rule: the number of bugs you will find in a piece of software is proportional to the number of bugs you already found
98.
by BillyTheKing 6y ago
tbf, hiring good technical talent is generally very hard and pretty time-consuming. You won't find great talent by just looking at 1-2 proposals and speaking to 1-2 people, just as you wouldn't find good talent by just interviewin
99.
How do I start my new venture? The factory playbook(diamondsintherough.blog)
2 points by BillyTheKing 6y ago|0 comments
100.
by BillyTheKing 6y ago
I used to be of the same opinion, but I gotta say that Fukushima really did have an impact on me (on the long-run, it didn't have an immediate impact). But I have been wondering, if an incredibly advanced nation such as Japan faces ver
101.
by BillyTheKing 6y ago
those are fair points, but I specifically tried to avoid saying 'do not eat meat', I said it's something that we should reduce or cut down. Those don'ts that you listed unfortunately conflict... most people weren't
102.
by BillyTheKing 6y ago
my biggest take-away from our current covid-crisis, and now this event (let's hope it doesn't grow into a full-fletched pandemic, I'm really done with those for now) is simply that I believe we've really reached a scalin
103.
Russia reports first human cases of H5N8 bird flu(bnonews.com)
22 points by BillyTheKing 6y ago|22 comments
104.
by BillyTheKing 6y ago
I feel like you might be overthinking this a little ;) it's simply that commonly and (mostly) ironically Mose's commands are seen as the corner-stone of Christian societies. And since the fact that ein Herr Doctor is always right
105.
Landing pages: A first step towards venture validation(diamondsintherough.blog)
1 points by BillyTheKing 6y ago|0 comments
106.
by BillyTheKing 6y ago
first of all, while Pfizer might just be producing at their factory in Belgium, that vaccine is produced in multiple factories in Germany by Biontech, most notably in Marburg (which is going to become Biontech's largest production site
107.
by BillyTheKing 6y ago
I sometimes feel we all take ourselves a bit too seriously in this industry. At the end of the day we're building little machines that can execute bits and bytes of software written by people in the same industry, it's all a lot o
108.
by BillyTheKing 6y ago
and calling it a 'government' really does seem like a stretch :)
109.
by BillyTheKing 6y ago
Efficiency is the opposite of robustness. Autocracies always appear stable until suddenly they don't anymore and break apart or fail in some other way. While democracies seem inefficient and at times quite volatile, they are significan
110.
by BillyTheKing 6y ago
In fairness, I think WhatsApp's value proposition is and was as little more than 'just' oh wait, sms etc. is completely insecure. I don't think the majority really cared about that (especially since end-to-end encryption
111.
by BillyTheKing 6y ago
the most likely explanation is just age-distribution. The vast majority of our covid-fatalities are older than 70, most are 80 or older. To make things worse, many of them live in retirement homes which turn into death traps once the virus
112.
by BillyTheKing 6y ago
doesn't the regulatory framework allow such changes though? afaik we aren't doing any phase 3 trials for the annual flu shot, or are we? (genuine question) But if we aren't, couldn't we just expand this to also take into
113.
by BillyTheKing 6y ago
also, those owners could still be second passport holders and therefore EU citizens (regardless of their residence). So it's somewhat premature to simply assume that because they currently reside in the UK they're not eligible any
114.
by BillyTheKing 6y ago
that 62% number is for symptomatic cases, I think it was around 50% for asymptomatic cases - the different efficacy-rates are fairly comparable
115.
by BillyTheKing 6y ago
the just tried to fit in numerous trials into a single trial, whereas Biontech/Pfizer and Moderna were super clear about their trial-architecture and data (same 2-dose regime, given 3 weeks apart), we seem to have a ton of small trials
116.
by BillyTheKing 6y ago
the 62% efficacy rate was for symptomatic cases, which makes those numbers comparable to the Biontech/Pfizer one. I think it was around 50% effective in stopping asymptomatic cases, which is also pretty good. But that main number comes
117.
by BillyTheKing 6y ago
they always seem to find additional data supporting this or that. Idk, to me it seems like their reporting is literally all over the place, how did they confirm 95% effectiveness? what's the trial-size, is it also 30k participants like
118.
by BillyTheKing 6y ago
well I hope there will always be that 5% left that you can't answer yet, and that you find interesting enough to learn more about. At the end of the day, that's probably the best way to learn more maths and get a deeper understand
119.
by BillyTheKing 6y ago
yea, I agree - this is being shared a lot on threads about cryptography on HN but, anyway, I'll just share it again, can't harm. The (fantastic) challenges on http://cryptopals.com/ do a pretty great job in explai
120.
by BillyTheKing 6y ago
I find it fascinating that the web changed just about every industry out there, apart from the one it set out to change - academic publishing.. It's still an oligopoly, with the same, small number of players acting as gatekeepers

More ›