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by apatters 6y ago
Nothing in modern US politics comes even close to libertarianism. Libertarianism opposes all regulation of business unless it is in concert with the non-aggression principle (i.e. don't kill, steal, commit fraud, etc.). Libertarian t
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by apatters 6y ago
This seems pretty reasonable to me. Ultimately there are many reasons that lockdowns and blanket bans on assembly and commerce can't continue, aside from the collateral damage and the legal questions, anyone who thinks they're eve
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by apatters 6y ago
Why do people use Reddit for political or controversial discussion? I think everyone knows by now that it's a circle jerk. There are plenty of other forums out there and you can set one up in 5 minutes.
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by apatters 6y ago
Don't know how I missed that, I've updated my link!
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I was delighted when I saw that Gemini is maintained by someone on SDF (named Solderpunk, never heard of him before). This seems as good a time as any to plug https://sdf.org , a great little community which has the feel of a 90s
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by apatters 6y ago
> Looking much higher than that. 80+ is 15-20% and 70-79 is 8% The percentages you're citing are from the Chinese CDC [1] and represent the case fatality rate. They don't represent the infection fatality rate, let alone the
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by apatters 6y ago
What specific evidence would you be expecting to see in December or January? The infection fatality rate for this disease is probably below 1%, and we don't know what percentage of the population is infected. We don't truly know h
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by apatters 6y ago
It seems like you're having trouble either understanding or believing how bad some mothers actually are. What about the ones that leave their baby in a dumpster? If that kid grows up does it have an obligation to try and maintain a rel
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by apatters 6y ago
It is simply incredible that you've reduced the argument for lifting lockdowns to "getting a mocha latte grande whatever." I have never seen an argument made in such bad faith before. The US has just suffered its largest job
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Very interesting insights
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So did the WHO. They have been excoriated by millions for supposedly saying you shouldn't wear a mask. But from the beginning they were advising that you keep your distance from others, cough into your sleeve, and wear a mask if you g
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by apatters 6y ago
I'm not convinced. Even if only one person at the company has access to support, he's going to have more people asking him to submit tickets about their problems when there are 2,000 users vs 100.
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by apatters 6y ago
The epidemiologists at JHU certainly understand this stuff better than I do, but a couple things about this article stood out to me. Is there an epidemiologist out there who could comment? - The herd immunity threshold depends on the reprod
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by apatters 6y ago
> The thing that's crazy is that the cost to the SaaS provider has nothing to do with the number of users. Surely their support costs scale with the number of users? This might explain some anti-growth behaviors, support is expensiv
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by apatters 6y ago
Yes, the browser is where cookie management should happen, we call the browser the user agent for many years, it is the piece of software which is meant to represent the user's best interests when surfing the web. Unfortunately these
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by apatters 6y ago
His argument is faulty, but the fact of the matter is that Deliveroo owns the relationship with the customer. It's ultimately Deliveroo's job to make sure good food shows up in the right place at the right time. Failing that in a
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by apatters 6y ago
The solution to this, or at least the first step, is simple. It's to recognize that Google is an illegal monopoly, contact your representatives and demand enforcement of the antitrust laws on the books. This is already in process, 48 s
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> a lot of this open world has been written, discussed and built for the english-speaking world. That's true on the software side, but on the hardware side, China has a much more vibrant hacker culture, mainly because they're n
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by apatters 6y ago
Is this a bad thing? Birth rates in developed countries are low as is. Take away the free day care and they will likely drop further.
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Even when I use the web link I get stuck at the paywall and can't read this. I thought pages that require login were banned from HN?
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Why do you think these conditions exist in Pakistan? Hint, it mainly has to do with the actions of certain Pakistanis. The rest of us are not "allowing" anything, we are basically powerless and irrelevant aside from maybe our trad
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by apatters 6y ago
Thanks! No witch hunts yet, but I don't think a lot of people saw the comment. At the outset of the infection surge and subsequent lockdowns I was saying stuff like this and being crucified for it. We should have followed the Korean mo
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They are more likely to commit suicide as well.
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by apatters 6y ago
Giving people money isn't going to restore consumer confidence. People are afraid to leave their homes. Even when the government starts easing restrictions, they'll still be afraid. They will buy groceries, pay for rent and Netfli
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by apatters 6y ago
The author doesn't understand the virus and makes many dubious statements about it. > Catching this virus is a bit like playing a round of Russian roulette. You’ll probably be fine, but you could end up dead. This is a poor analogy.
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With an older population, a problematic medical system, and being caught totally unprepared, isn't Italy the worst case scenario? I don't think it would be representative of what's going to happen in other countries from here
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by apatters 6y ago
This is a great comment, thanks. So isn't there an argument in favor of infecting more people sooner in order to increase the immunity rate of the population, particularly if those people are at lower risk of complications for the dise
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by apatters 6y ago
What's your source for 2%? A recent study which was featured on Hacker News estimated the infection fatality rate at 0.66%. [1] I have seen a number of studies putting the case fatality rate at 2-3%, but this number cannot be general
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by apatters 6y ago
It seems like both the perception of and response to this pandemic are not reflective of reality. What am I getting wrong here? - Around 200 million Americans will eventually get it, barring extraordinary events (like a vaccine arriving in
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How do I create a dwebsite?

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