Pyramus

16 ms·

421.
by Pyramus 6y ago
> Who can we trust? I've spent the last couple of weeks working my way through the spectrum from healthy skepticism to conspiracy theory with regards to Covid-19 (on Twitter mostly). One of the patterns I find really interesting is
422.
by Pyramus 6y ago
Another way to skin the same cat: Safety is not a binary variable even though we have this mental model of safe/unsafe. In fact safety is continuous ranging from high risk (unsafe) to low risk (safe). With more information (more trials
423.
by Pyramus 6y ago
I would like to understand how parent thinks our current situation is anything like Nazi Germany. It's bizarre. I assume they are angry and feel wronged. Do they know the comparison is flawed but just want to make a point? Do they have
424.
by Pyramus 6y ago
> The attitude was basically: it's only a disaster in China, outside China it's not serious. Your comment is on point. I'm certain that many European countries benefitted from the escalation in Italy and pictures of army t
425.
by Pyramus 6y ago
Thank you for the references!
426.
by Pyramus 6y ago
So what you are saying is that it may take a lot of time, bloodshed or decline before the righteous ideas prevail. Now, let me ask you this - are you okay to sacrifice your life for a righteous idea? So why should 10 million Jews, Polish, C
427.
by Pyramus 6y ago
> If one side truly is righteous, it will prevail through open discussion and logic. Unfortunately that is not always how it works out. In Germany in the 1930s the idea that Jews/non-Arians have conspired against Germany and should
428.
by Pyramus 6y ago
Your argument/trope fails for a simple reasons: "They" don't exist. * Here on HN we censor each other. * The US censors basic nudity. * Germany censors denying the Holocaust. * The patent office censors inventions. * Sci
429.
by Pyramus 6y ago
> The real question is, how influential would it be without all the legislation to suppress it? I had exactly the same thought. The argument is deeply flawed. > Social norms matter, and legislation can reinforce those norms. Brexit is
430.
by Pyramus 6y ago
YMMV and there will be definitely be people like yourself, but from my own experience and the research I've read, this is exactly what mindfulness meditation is targeted at: 1. The ability to detect the mind wandering off. 2. The abili
431.
by Pyramus 6y ago
Yes, simply placing the infected tissue in your mouth can infect you. The exact role of fomite transmission of SARS-CoV-2 is still unclear (in any case we do not eat one another) however we do know it is minor relative to respiratory drople
432.
by Pyramus 6y ago
That's a reasonable argument. But it requires a very high level of understanding of (bat) corona-viruses in general with a majority of corona-viruses that exist having been sequenced etc. From my (limited) understanding we only know ab
433.
by Pyramus 6y ago
"Increased ACE2 expression in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients who are overweight compared to those not-overweight was observed [3], indicating that SARS-CoV-2 is more likely to enter the human body in obese people
434.
by Pyramus 6y ago
"Considerable suspicion" is over-selling it in my opinion. The arguments I've heard go along the lines of 'the virus is surprisingly well adapted to humans'. This reasoning, however, is text-book survivor bias: Give
435.
by Pyramus 6y ago
How is this controversial? Humans have an innate bias to trust members of their own social group more than strangers and it takes effort to correct this bias. When under (perceived) threat this in/out thinking is exacerbated.
436.
by Pyramus 6y ago
Exactly. Plus there will likely be (small) additional benefits from reduced transmission for other diseases that are spread through respiratory droplets and aerosols.
437.
by Pyramus 6y ago
The study you linked shows that obesity is linked with more severe outcomes, not higher infection rates. I know at least one study that shows infection rates did not change with co-morbidities, see Fig 6b in https://www.nature.co
438.
by Pyramus 6y ago
From what I've heard and read Wall St was heavily involved - I'm not sure why you think this would be a compliance issue?
439.
by Pyramus 6y ago
I'm a Tesla skeptic like parent but I believe parent is right: Tesla has advanced the EV market by maybe 3-5 years. You are correct about timings. What you are missing is 1) Adoption and perception. The public and mainstream media love
440.
Short Thesis on Delivery Companies(twitter.com)
2 points by Pyramus 6y ago|1 comments
441.
by Pyramus 6y ago
This is a fascinating example of 'if you have a hammer, all you see is nails'. It seems odd that this has been published at all - but then again, it is most likely to be published in journal that is not domain-specific. The author
442.
by Pyramus 6y ago
That couldn't be further from the truth. Theranos survived for 15 years. Wirecard 22 years. Enron 10+ years. Fraud gives you a massive competitive advantage. Not too along ago I thought of Musk as a misunderstood genius, now I'm p
443.
by Pyramus 6y ago
Here's a selection of tweets for you, by a celebrity many still trust and consider a "scientific genius": @elonmusk Mar 6, 2020 The coronavirus panic is dumb https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/12360
444.
by Pyramus 6y ago
Let's not forget that Tesla is well aware the car doesn't "drive itself" and have classified AP/FSD for legal/liability reasons as a level 2/3 system. From a marketing perspective however, robotaxis are ju
445.
by Pyramus 6y ago
> They want Tesla to fail so that they can profit. A more realistic take is: They think Tesla is massively overvalued and should be held accountable for fraudulent corporate behaviour. > He has also been a charlatan on COVID. Kind of
446.
by Pyramus 6y ago
Came here to say exactly the same. I would add the capacitative touch screen as another crucial factor that made the iPhone UX so popular.
447.
by Pyramus 6y ago
From the article and his papers it seems he never changed his opinion, but that he was being misrepresented 180 degrees, and that you, in good faith, believed that was his position. I also don't see evidence he claimed it is only gen
448.
by Pyramus 6y ago
Fascinating how classic research from the 40s has been turned on its head completely. Would be interesting to see parent's response.
449.
by Pyramus 6y ago
$721M from tax credits. It's more than Tesla made from selling cars, ever.
450.
by Pyramus 6y ago
I've worked on detecting sleep stages from accelerometer data and it should work in theory (loss of muscle tone) but it doesn't in practice (still there are muscle twitches). You need more modalities like heart rate, and a very se

More ›