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by buboard 7y ago
Indeed i worry that these measures on the south don't work because of this: https://i.imgur.com/AuTw89a.png Physical distance is a major determinant, as people naturally in times of crisis tend to stick together or eve
482.
by buboard 7y ago
Maybe the authorities should start sending sham tests that always test positive. Honestly what difference would the test make if they keep meeting people. Even after the event, they expose themselves to infection
483.
by buboard 7y ago
Patents are one way for the state to select who will become rich and who won't. There is little justification for "intellectual property" in a free market.
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by buboard 7y ago
Perhaps they can again secure plasma from immune people, which is the up-and-coming current cure. Keeping that transfusion equipment busy If i was uberrich, i d probaly station my megayacht somewhere in the quiet but open sea and watch th
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by buboard 7y ago
Tinder should have shut down a week ago. Random hookups are a transmission vector
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by buboard 7y ago
ok we get that, but over here you can't even find masks or gloves anywhere. Wouldn't it be better if we didn't get the disease at all, so those workers won't have to wear the mask ?
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by buboard 7y ago
that is ... sad? I was hoping that the audience here would do a more critical reading of news , so the info at the frontpage would at least be useful. Plus we need to motivate hackers to create solutiosn for this crisis. I think HN is unde
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by buboard 7y ago
this assumes the existence of magical economic systems with infinite reserves in other planets. The economy is people, its a dynamic system, it doesn't actually have reserves
489.
by buboard 7y ago
the test kits would be positive when it's too late to stop this highly contagious virus. PCR tests are needed, which means, every day submitting a spit sample in some collection space, and get the result at night. It's not impossi
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by buboard 7y ago
i dont think that s fair. in an efficient market, profit margins are slim for the benefit of the consumer, which means businesses are not super profitable and need to invest continuously.
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by buboard 7y ago
the entire year 2020 is cancelled in general
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Ask HN: Is HN Indifferent to Covid19?
6 points by buboard 7y ago|13 comments
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by buboard 7y ago
risk tolerance changes in times of crisis though
494.
by buboard 7y ago
no it isn't . there are lot of research labs that can do the test. the problem is safety, not the test itself.
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by buboard 7y ago
things you could do, if the browser supported them
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by buboard 7y ago
Perhaps we need an open source effort for this? The main obstacle is sample collection and safety handling. given however the demand for testing, maybe a group of scientists could come up with specifications for ad hoc sample testing center
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by buboard 7y ago
the biggest fear is the handling of the samples and the possibility to get infected. Is there a way to make this completely automated? I know institutes in many countries have asked to perform PRC but the part of submitting samples en masse
498.
by buboard 7y ago
So if you re going to have to "learn" active record, why not learn SQL instead?
499.
by buboard 7y ago
This is where VR is needed
500.
by buboard 7y ago
i was thinking, if this ends up being long term, better make full spacesuits for everyone
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by buboard 7y ago
containment is a very ineffective tool, as is the wooden cart wheel. The fact that we don't have a more effective response other than containment should be extremely worrying. What if this was a more dangerous terrorist bioattack? Thes
502.
by buboard 7y ago
home work and education is technology. it might have not been build to save the environment , but it could save it. None - zero - of the remote solutions were advocated by politics, in fact management and politics is hostile to it as has
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by buboard 7y ago
In retrospect, Thiel was, and is right. We are facing a global crisis because we brushed away our most important problems and chose to profit from digital cats and emojis. Time does not forgive those who lag behind, and we are now facing a
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by buboard 7y ago
but it's too big to fail
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by buboard 7y ago
this could be e.g. in the form of food delivery vouchers etc, speficically aimed to keep small businesses running
506.
by buboard 7y ago
arent local businesses closing?
507.
by buboard 7y ago
then not everyone should get it
508.
by buboard 7y ago
this sounds tone-deaf. Much better to give that money to employees other companies who actually need it.
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by buboard 7y ago
firefox is (also) a developer tool. Blender is also used by a lot of game developers and thats why it gets a lot of attention. Gimp, inkscape and libreoffice not so much, and it shows.
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by buboard 7y ago
as a non-US person, the US can do much more than testing, (which is what most other countries can do). A cure, or a quick vaccine is what matters, testing is just a measure of how bad you are performing. Containment measures are necessary,

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