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by Reelin 7y ago
Yeah I was wondering about that myself. There are 5 participating locations listed, but even then it's a large sample size and an aggressive time frame. On the other hand, just about any healthy adult who recently came into contact wit
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by Reelin 7y ago
> The best chance of HCQ working is very early, ideally before or directly after exposure. Adding to this, there are at least two reasonably sized ongoing trials of HCQ with appropriate randomization and blinding in North America alone (
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by Reelin 7y ago
I'd add that it's essential for throwaways, which are sometimes necessary for open discourse depending on the account and topic. Many highly active HN accounts are semi-professional, linking to off-site profiles. The green seems t
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by Reelin 7y ago
> such as the legal requirement to carry your phone at all times In such a hypothetical scenario, how is making this (currently opt-in) framework mandatory any different from requiring you to install a government provided app? Such a gov
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by Reelin 7y ago
In an open model, the extent to which abuse is possible would be determined entirely by the authentication requirements (or lack thereof) imposed by the entity operating the server the user selected. That being said, another commenter linke
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by Reelin 7y ago
> The local government would have to submit the keys as you mention and act as moderators for that region. There's a big difference between a centralized and decentralized model here. * Centralized, there's a single (or only a
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by Reelin 7y ago
Is there an official document somewhere? Also, how does it compare to DP-3T? ( https://github.com/DP-3T/documents ) ( https://ncase.me/contact-tracing/ ) Edit: Apple's preliminary specification w
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by Reelin 7y ago
Why use a centralized model? Allow users to subscribe to a data source so that any entity can push their own dataset. This is also important because it keeps the framework usable under a variety of adverse and unusual circumstances. An aid
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by Reelin 7y ago
Why wouldn't the patient provide their framework info (if they so chose) at the time of sample collection? Then the medical authority could report it to the local government on the patient's behalf in the event of a positive test.
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by Reelin 7y ago
Having a standardized framework is a good thing provided it meets certain minimal security and privacy needs. The idea is to enable end users to proactively collect useful data without making the potential for government abuse any worse tha
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by Reelin 7y ago
This. I can't see moving my head and making gestures with my hands ever beating tiled windows and good keyboard shortcuts. I don't want a VR enabled workspace (ie I don't want my windows to move when my head moves), but I mig
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by Reelin 7y ago
It probably would be a cure all, but the computers are still _way_ too slow!
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by Reelin 7y ago
In a way, it is. I've occasionally encountered it on county and state government websites in the US.
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by Reelin 7y ago
Refusals should only matter if they correlated with infection (or lack thereof). I don't see why that would be the case here though.
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by Reelin 7y ago
> the chemicals to make the tests are becoming a little scarce until Chemical manufacturers catch up To the best of my knowledge this isn't true. Only specific product lines by specific manufacturers are approved for clinical use by
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by Reelin 7y ago
Can surveillance testing not be done using standard laboratory reagents (ie not FDA approved)? (I suppose the rather invasive sample collection protocol might pose a bit of an issue though.)
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by Reelin 7y ago
Could you instead sterilize the garlic before use? Moisture level generally has strong effects on microorganism survival. Another example is B. cereus spores (can be present in rice) which can remain viable in boiling water for extended per
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by Reelin 7y ago
> trivially tied to your full name For a government perhaps, but not your average person. This is similar to claiming that my ISP provided IP address is trivially tied to my full name because someone could subpoena it.
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by Reelin 7y ago
According to this page (I didn't verify it myself), salmonella is quite difficult to dry sterilize. ( https://www.foodsafety-experts.com/food-safety/salmonella-se... ) > Salmonella is very difficult to kill when
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by Reelin 7y ago
> that's a different matter I didn't intend to go into I don't think you can avoid it though. What if I personally choose not to associate with people I view as activists? Surely that's my right? What if I start a sma
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by Reelin 7y ago
I hadn't considered the local tax aspect. I understand that many areas are projecting large shortfalls in the near future, so I suppose there could be some issues. I guess it would probably depend on how the education taxes were levied
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by Reelin 7y ago
Wow, that's terrible IMO. Public schools are quasi-governmental entities with largely fixed costs. Aren't the taxes getting paid either way? Doesn't regulation require a specific number of school days per year? And there are
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by Reelin 7y ago
> A very good example of this is the tipping system ... So all the stakeholders are happy. As a recent example in my state, a local establishment raised wages, raised prices, and strictly disallowed tips. I thought it was a great idea, b
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by Reelin 7y ago
> doesn't have any terms which stop payment because the schools close during the year And so they shouldn't! In many (most?) US states, the public schools are unconditionally funded by the state based on student enrollment figu
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by Reelin 7y ago
> any company working "in favor" of the government but not "for it" could very well restrict free speech I don't follow what you're trying to say here? A private company can do as it pleases because an emplo
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by Reelin 7y ago
The "seven words" only applies to _broadcast_ mediums (television and radio) because of the limited shared medium thing. I'm not sure I agree with the reasoning, but that's life. More generally, protections against the g
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by Reelin 7y ago
Steroids are an entire class of chemicals that have a specific pattern in their structure. Hormones are signalling molecules that get transported throughout your body. Steroid hormones are chemicals that are both a steroid and a hormone. No
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by Reelin 7y ago
> I assume there are formulas to determine how substrates and reagents will react with each other? Well there are things we've experimentally tested, and things we haven't. Most reactions fall into the latter, and we can only m
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by Reelin 7y ago
Yes, but good luck interpreting the output if you aren't an accomplished synthetic organic chemist.
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by Reelin 7y ago
> but how do researchers even figure out how to make these reactions happen? Disclaimer: I'm terrible at organic chemistry. As with software engineering, you develop a general sense (I didn't) of what might work and what probab

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