KarlKemp

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by KarlKemp 7y ago
Here’s a bit on that French doctor who started this particular craze: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/03/didier-raoult-hy... He doesn’t believe in evolution, nor climate change. At the end of January
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by KarlKemp 7y ago
> I’m not saying Boeing released COVID-19 That’s pretty much what you said before, though. I. e. „That’s the point of these global crises.“ Either it’s a conspiracy or not, make up your mind.
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by KarlKemp 7y ago
The doors are (one of) the problems.
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by KarlKemp 7y ago
I’d guess people wouldn’t want this news. At least in the abstract, the policy isn’t absurd. The test for Huntington’s (a genetic disease that is 100% fatal and usually starts in your 30s or 40s) might be a good analogue. You’d think every
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by KarlKemp 7y ago
There were also a lot of studies a few years ago that people like to invent unnamed studies to support any inane idea that they just thought of to support their preconceived views.
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by KarlKemp 7y ago
A fitting username if there ever was... Seeing the replies in this thread, I’m wondering if the narrative that only incompetent people need leaded solder might not be quite powerful in convincing people. More so than any warnings about heal
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by KarlKemp 7y ago
Not just illness. Elimination of lead is a prime suspect for the decrease of violent crime over the last 40 or so years.
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by KarlKemp 7y ago
I still remember the glorious days when “party” meant dropping acid and a bunch of people getting naked in the spare room. Ah, the glorious days of...February. But, sure, WebRTC. Let’s give it a shot.
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by KarlKemp 7y ago
I’m not going to believe that without a good source. Testing in Germany is at 5000,000/week now, so anyone admitted to hospital would definitely be tested. A friend of mine here in Berlin had symptoms. They called and a team came to th
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by KarlKemp 7y ago
You might have noticed ICUs are swamped and nurses are working around the clock? Hospitals do charge for that.
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by KarlKemp 7y ago
There is no discussion if electric cars release “more smog than gasoline cars” just due to the fact that “smog” isn’t any specific substance. It’s a phenomenon that depends just as much on the wind direction as on air quality. In less liter
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by KarlKemp 7y ago
Next we have natural gas, which doesn’t emit anything with an impact on your health (and is also somewhat better, although far from perfect, in its impact on climate).
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There’s certainly exploitation happening, but it’s just as true that these were relatively good jobs for those that did them based on costs of living in their home countries. As such, this practice has been important to reduce differences b
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by KarlKemp 7y ago
How are their options today limited by that decision? It’s not like there is some class of expert fruit pickers that was decimated and would take years to train again. Unless they had the power to deny their domestic workforce whatever othe
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by KarlKemp 7y ago
Search for images or videos of asparagus or strawberry picking. Or try holding small bottles of water in each hand, bend over with your arms stretched out, hold for 8 hours.
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by KarlKemp 7y ago
Zero risk of starvation. The labor-intensive produce at this time of year (and the next 3 months) is mostly asparagus and strawberries. Grain & corn is all machines. If there’s a second wave, or it takes very long, olives could become a
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by KarlKemp 7y ago
You missed the part where it was always migrant labor that did this work? The article is specifically about the fiasco of not letting in these people. Or, more accurately, these people saying “no thanks” to the prospect of working for min
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by KarlKemp 7y ago
In that case, I should probably tell you that it’s a good idea to wash your hands. Check any news outlet to know why, and you’re likely to also read about zoom in some article.
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by KarlKemp 7y ago
Wood is easily degradable under the right conditions, but that isn’t a major problem for us. I’m almost certain, for example, that 99% of plastic in use today is in environments that are too dry for bacteria.
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by KarlKemp 7y ago
Scott Alexander has a good post on this, and he convinced me of a “good faith” explanation for the recommendations against (or, more accurately, “not in favor of”) face masks: https://slatestarcodex.com/2020/03/23&
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by KarlKemp 7y ago
You’re suggesting copyright is obsolete because technical means of protecting content are so easy to circumvent. That’s absurd, considering laws protecting rights that are easily protected by, for example, physical means are entirely unnece
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by KarlKemp 7y ago
It’s a nightmare with the crowd that was so in love with Quinines the last few days. The argument is, basically, “I believe in science, but not during a crisis”. I guess that saying about foxholes and atheists isn’t entirely wrong. At its c
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by KarlKemp 7y ago
I’ve seen nurses and doctors on Twitter mention that “every patient needs to be fixated, as they experience a feeling of drowning or asphyxiation and try to remove the tube” I’m not sure if that experience is caused by the ventilation, or b
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Of not, this also contradicts the article‘s scenario of going on vacation. Only days with some browser use are counted.
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I don’t remember ever seeing this usage pattern in the wild? As far as I understand, it would always have resulted in data loss whenever users chose to clear browsing data. There also wouldn’t have been any natural way for backups or synchr
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by KarlKemp 7y ago
I, too, remember how this opinion was repeated as nauseam about a decade ago. It didn’t make much sense then, and even less now. Nobody today expects identical rendering: people are used to responsive websites, native widgets etc. The probl
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by KarlKemp 7y ago
The relevant Github issue is also quite memorable: https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/9#issuecomment-41... I wonder if the author might be willing to reconsider. He should have newfound appreciation
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To store water in case civilization ends, obviously.
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>> How about a little FUCKING unity? > only dumb-fucks would vote for Biden >> Relax a bit. > HE GOT IT DONE Notice something?
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Packaged fruits and vegetables are usually cheaper than pick-from-pile. Because it somewhat limits your choice. Peppers are a good example: nobody buys green peppers if they can avoid it. That’s why they sell sets with red/yellow/

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