DanBC

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by DanBC 6y ago
Meat == food, not just flesh. This is a very old definition for the word. It's also still used to describe the bits of nuts that we eat ("coconut meat"). meat, n. 1. a. Food in general; anything used as nourishment for men or
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by DanBC 6y ago
> Here in western Europe it's unheard of. Completely untrue. https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/11/09/conversion-therapy-ban... https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/graham-linehan-t
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by DanBC 6y ago
Where is that the advice? In the UK it's very much saying that you must wear a mask indoors and maintain as much distance as you can.
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by DanBC 6y ago
Yes, but it's not in "websafe" 216 colour or super compressed jpeg.
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by DanBC 6y ago
It's not an appeal to authority. It's pointing out that the overwhelming scientific and medical consensus is against this trio.
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by DanBC 6y ago
The full title is "Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on primary care-recorded mental illness and self-harm episodes in the UK: a population-based cohort study". The results are complex: fewer people than expected are being diagnose
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Effects of Covid-19 pandemic on primary care mental illness and self-harm(thelancet.com)
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by DanBC 6y ago
Who on that list is a "renown epidemiologist"?
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by DanBC 6y ago
Also, pardoning Turing makes it easier to get pardons for people who had similar convictions but who are still alive. Pardon for Turing - 2013: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25495315 Turing's law, pardon f
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by DanBC 6y ago
> No, they are often (though very, very far from most often) used in reverse because people forget which is which. Even in that case they have very distinct intended meanings, and are not equivalents. Isn't this just another way of
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by DanBC 6y ago
> the poor messaging around masks. Your advice is going to kill people. > I for one have been double masking n95's for a while. 1) You don't have the equipment to check that those are actually N95s that meet the spec 2) You
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by DanBC 6y ago
If you're going to do this make sure you put them on in the correct order. The surgical mask goes on top of the N95. Not like this: https://twitter.com/jane_whitelaw/status/1334653360683839488... Or like this
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by DanBC 6y ago
> They are not equivalent They are often used as equivalents. Descriptivism is better than prescriptivism if you want to understand language as it's actually used.
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by DanBC 6y ago
In the UK "binge" is defined as > 8 units of alcohol in a single session for men > 6 units of alcohol in a single session for women Assuming the beer is 5% you'd need to drink 1.6 litres to hit 8 units of alcohol.
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The process to licence a piece of music for use in a YouTube video(twitter.com)
3 points by DanBC 6y ago|0 comments
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by DanBC 6y ago
> Signal is just a messaging client. It's pushed as a secure messaging client, and so when it doesn't meet the standards for that people will mention it so potential users have the information needed for a risk assessment.
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'By Africans, for Africans': Woman pioneers facial recognition(news.trust.org)
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The 'invented' free speech crisis(politics.co.uk)
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'I was scammed out of £17,000 on Instagram'(bbc.co.uk)
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by DanBC 6y ago
Yes, exactly like that. > We concluded that household use of face masks is associated with low adherence and is ineffective for controlling seasonal respiratory disease. "Do masks work, if you use the right type of mask and wear it
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by DanBC 6y ago
> Further, mask-wearing was already a well-established practice in medical settings to prevent the spread of respiratory disease from practitioners to patients We don't see much benefit there, either. See the "clean surgery&qu
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by DanBC 6y ago
> but that's because there was no randomized control trial performed to check mask effectiveness against SARS variants, and how could there be? The argument was not "we can't do tests because this is new", the argumen
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by DanBC 6y ago
Can you link to the papers that were available in March 2020 that showed that masks are effective? Use any definition of "mask" and "effective" you want, but preferably effective should include some concept of "prev
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by DanBC 6y ago
> What EU laws ensure the human right to encryption? Article 7 of the Charter of fundamental rights of the European Union: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:12... > Article 7 &gt
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PhotoFit Me – Would you make a good eye witness?(open.edu)
2 points by DanBC 6y ago|0 comments
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> Find that hard to believe. Thoughts? It's not a controversial point. We know that people with schizophrenia smoke; they smoke more cigarettes than other smokers; they smoke more of each cigarette than other smokers; they inhale de
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> No they just tell the travellers to keep travelling and they deny medical care because the little sod isn’t worth it to them. In England anyone can get primary care and A&E care without charge. > You do understand that socialize
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It's ludicrous to suggest that the wealthiest author of the 21st century, who can get articles published in any news outlet of her choice whenever she likes, who could get interviews broadcast on any UK tv channel, is somehow "b
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by DanBC 6y ago
We could re-write > Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is characterized by [...] restricted interests and repetitive behaviors. as > ASD is characterized by an ability to focus intently on an area of special interest, developing an unusua
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by DanBC 6y ago
Also, maybe it'll mean those dormitory towns and villages will get new businesses that serve coffee and food.

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