XFrequentist

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by XFrequentist 11y ago
Not exclusively, but indeed the two main vectors for both dengue and chikungunya are Aedes aegypti and aedes albopictus. Several other species are at least somewhat capable of transmitting these viruses.
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by XFrequentist 11y ago
I'd love to see the TPP text annotated on Genius (or a similar site). Is that a thing?
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by XFrequentist 11y ago
I'm struck that with a tiny bit of research you could figure out yourself if/how they accounted for the possibility of luck (hint: they did).
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by XFrequentist 11y ago
Are you presuming Tetlock et al didn't think of this? That seems pretty unlikely, given what they're studying.
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by XFrequentist 12y ago
My understanding is that deer are required for long-distance transport of black legged tick populations, but are not absolutely required to complete the full two-year life cycle.
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by XFrequentist 12y ago
Yeah, that really should have been discussed in the article...
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by XFrequentist 12y ago
You're right, this work is an advance along precisely the lines I claimed were needed. Time to update my opinion!
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by XFrequentist 12y ago
I meant that I hadn't yet read the original scientific publication [1] (I have now), not that I hadn't read the Guardian piece. I also wouldn't agree that I was refuting the headline, I was just giving background. The scienti
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by XFrequentist 12y ago
Sweet! I haven't read the article (or even the abstract) yet, glad to hear that they were able to nail down a recommendation. Thanks for letting me know.
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by XFrequentist 12y ago
Aspirin's reduction of cancer risk has been on relatively solid epidemiological footing for a long time, it's simply not a big enough protective effect to balance the risk of bleeds etc: http://www.uspreventiveservicest
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by XFrequentist 13y ago
It was actually "technically correct" - he said "if the number of samples is low". You're correct about the general case, of course.
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by XFrequentist 13y ago
Many genera of mosquitoes _can_ spread disease: anopheles, aedes, culex, culiseta. Your risk depends on where you are, how often you're bitten, the prevalence of infection among mosquitoes, etc etc.
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by XFrequentist 14y ago
I don't understand how you possibly missed the sarcasm (it's literally a line-by-line restatement of the grandparent), especially given that you quoted the final part. What on earth did you interpret that to mean?
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by XFrequentist 15y ago
I also accidentally submitted a dupe (sorry). You also need a search function. Looks great though, and nice idea.
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by XFrequentist 16y ago
It's tricky: there is often monitoring of interim results for exactly this reason, but there are some good theoretical reasons to think that halting a trial on the basis of good interim outcomes in the experimental group could bias the resu
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by XFrequentist 16y ago
"Throw us in ice-cold water every day and we’ll sprout subcutaneous fat for insulation" What? Everything I know about physiology and the effects of cold exposure make me believe that this is the opposite of the truth.
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by XFrequentist 16y ago
I don't program (aside from SAS/R statistical programming and LaTeX). I'm planning on learning how. I have the feeling that there is a lot of potential good that an epidemiology-oriented hacker could do. Problem is, I have no direct externa
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Ask HN: Advice on a public health project.
2 points by XFrequentist 16y ago|1 comments
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by XFrequentist 16y ago
First on the list: Learn to spell "San Francisco".
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by XFrequentist 16y ago
Sebastian Marshall == lionhearted
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Ask HN: What should I do in San Fransisco?
1 points by XFrequentist 16y ago|2 comments
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by XFrequentist 16y ago
Recommended: http://www.zapreader.com/ Now that I'm used to it, I find I retain more this way than linear reading.
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by XFrequentist 16y ago
"Living in a very sanitary environment like the US can (potentially) weaken your immune system." There are lots of vague hypotheses like this floating about, but IMHO[1] they're pretty flimsy. The fact that you don't have immunity to variou
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by XFrequentist 16y ago
You should spread the logical core of your arguments out over several thousand conversations. That should make the arguments much more potent.
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by XFrequentist 16y ago
Interesting, I'm in kind of the opposite situation: I recently asked my very excellent girlfriend of 5 years said question. I procrastinated so long at least partially due to residual trauma from an early parental divorce (plus the subseque
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by XFrequentist 16y ago
Related: The Daily Mail Oncology Ontology Project http://thedailymailoncologicalontologyproject.wordpress.com/
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by XFrequentist 16y ago
Suggest that the following would be better wording, as it expresses the same point without emotionally charged turns of phrase like "spend more on murderers" and "those with mental illness roaming our streets": 2. It is unfortunate that we
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by XFrequentist 16y ago
That sounds like a good goal indeed. Looking forward to reading it!
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by XFrequentist 16y ago
From the final chapter: "Programming as a profession is only moderately interesting... You are much better off using code as your secret weapon in another profession. People who can code in the world of technology companies are a dime a doz
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by XFrequentist 16y ago
The potential upside of this type of research is worth the risk of loss of anonymity. I would post my genome to a public website if it would help advance medical science. [Disclosure: I participated in public health genomics research in gra

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