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Even with a Vaccine, We Still Need Rapid Tests to End Covid-19(forbes.com)
3 points by blendo 6y ago|0 comments
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Ultrasound in Air(physicstoday.scitation.org)
3 points by blendo 6y ago|0 comments
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California’s new contact-tracing app: What you need to know(latimes.com)
3 points by blendo 6y ago|1 comments
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by blendo 6y ago
Sign-up details at https://covid19.ca.gov/contact-tracing/
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by blendo 6y ago
Oracle XE is free for production use, but it only makes sense if a) you are already familiar with Oracle, and b) you have a very small data set: “Oracle Database 18c XE supports up to: 3 Pluggable Databases 2 CPUs for foreground processes 2
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by blendo 6y ago
Cadillac shipped DSRC in the CTS sedan: https://media.cadillac.com/media/us/en/cadillac/news.detail.... Volkswagen is shipping DSRC in their latest Golf: https://www.cnet.com/roadshow&#x2
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Fed. system to track hosp. beds and Covid-19 patients provides questionable data(sciencemag.org)
29 points by blendo 6y ago|6 comments
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by blendo 6y ago
Tarof in an intersection: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XAvzW1WZsN4
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Turning the Body into a Wire(spectrum.ieee.org)
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by blendo 6y ago
We could put the tax on each tire. $1 per tire for a Miata, $100 per tire for an 18-wheeler. Just look at the tire load rating. Also, tax based on tire speed rating, to capture the 0.5 m v^2 energy.
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by blendo 6y ago
Original title: States Are Getting Ready to Distribute COVID-19 Vaccines. What Do Their Plans Tell Us So Far?
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States Getting Ready to Distrib Covid-19 Vaccines. What Do Their Plans Tell Us?(kff.org)
2 points by blendo 6y ago|1 comments
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by blendo 6y ago
> I wonder how much climate has anything to do with it. I'm going to opine that climate in SF helps a lot. I've lived in SF 25 years. All summer the uniform is long sleeve shirt w/under shirt. Light jacket for evenings&#
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by blendo 6y ago
These charts compare overall death rates over time, by country: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/excess-mortality-p-scores ... It appears that since September 2020, Sweden’s death rate has been about 5-10% LOWER than
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by blendo 6y ago
See charts comparing overall death rates over time, by country: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/excess-mortality-p-scores... It appears that since September 2020, Sweden’s death rate has been about 5-10% LOWER than
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by blendo 6y ago
Hard question! 1) PG&E 2) NorCal/Sierra timeshares 3) NorCal/Sierra municipal districts
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California Will Burn(chico.newsreview.com)
2 points by blendo 6y ago|2 comments
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by blendo 6y ago
Some background: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonbrett/2020/03/27/how-a-us-... “In the Senator’s plan, everyone would be allowed to set up a digital dollar wallet that would be called a ‘FedAccoun
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by blendo 6y ago
My personal belief is that a non violent first offense should NEVER result in jail time. Yep, Bernie Madoff should have walked, albeit with a felony strike and ruinous restitution. The alternative is our current gulag. [EDIT] And the subjec
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Michigan rolls out new app to alert people of Covid-19 exposure(freep.com)
1 points by blendo 6y ago|1 comments
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by blendo 6y ago
“Similar coronavirus exposure apps also are being used in Virginia, Arizona, New York, Alabama and New Jersey. MI COVID Alert will be compatible with those apps as well.” By “compatible”, does that mean positive notifications can propagate
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Northwest co-op builds for a local food future beyond big ag(hcn.org)
1 points by blendo 6y ago|0 comments
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One big flaw in how Americans run elections(politico.com)
4 points by blendo 6y ago|0 comments
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Evolution of Ski Shape(skiinghistory.org)
2 points by blendo 6y ago|1 comments
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by blendo 6y ago
In 1988: "Franko’s calculation was straightforward: “Choose the radius of the turn — 10 meters, for example. Choose the speed you want to ski — 5 meters per second for example. Calculate the centrifugal force and the lean angle, as for
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by blendo 6y ago
> The regulatory environment in the Heath Care industry is based on the premise that any change risks patient safety. I understand your point, but surely, simply REPORTING the current OS patch level is not, in and of itself, a change ris
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by blendo 6y ago
Bad health IT is a public health issue. Perhaps it’s time for hospitals to regularly report their OS versions and patch levels to our local health departments.
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by blendo 6y ago
If I saw/heard correctly, it requires human (possibly remote?) intervention once every 5 to 10 miles. So not yet autonomous. Separately, I believe GM is committed to car-to-car communication via DSRC/wi-fi (and some Cadillac mode
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Why Does the U.S. Have Three Electrical Grids?(spectrum.ieee.org)
151 points by blendo 6y ago|152 comments
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by blendo 6y ago
“Yet ah! why should they know their fate? Since sorrow never comes too late, And happiness too swiftly flies. Thought would destroy their paradise. No more; where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise.” Thomas

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