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by busyant 6y ago
> Still, I'm trying to figure out exactly what my issue is with evo-psych claims that I don't have with e.g. physics claims. Can you give an example of an analogous claim in physics that you have an easier time accepting? Not f
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by busyant 6y ago
> affiliate links Sounds well-intentioned, but it would be immediately gamed by every unscrupulous entity and ruin Wikipedia.
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by busyant 6y ago
> before it can form a sheet of ice. I think the person is just saying that pre-emptively salting the road (before snow/freezing rain actually lands) provides some additional level of safety because the road might spend less time wi
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by busyant 6y ago
> Why wouldn't you do this if you have the money? :-) I've had these fantasies, too and then I thought, "Why wouldn't you just leave a few cells and then have someone re-clone you?" The obvious answer is that you
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by busyant 6y ago
> I feel like ever since the printing technology became more available, the pace of evolution of languages has slowed down. This reminds me of the "universality" of the genetic code. That is, the "language" for transl
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by busyant 6y ago
> The FDA clearly has a goal of not tarnishing their reputation. I agree with this statement, but I think there is more to it. The FDA is not only concerned about its reputation, but also public trust. Don't get me wrong, my _gut_ t
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by busyant 6y ago
I had a similar experience. * I paid $20K out of pocket for a surgery that my insurer wouldn't cover. * This was supposed to pay for everything (surgery, anesthesia, hospital stay, etc.). * About 2 weeks post surgery, I got ANOTHER $20
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by busyant 6y ago
They regulate medical devices, too, so the literal name of the fda doesn't restrict their mandate.
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by busyant 6y ago
It would be interesting to know how they realized there were 3 different sections. In the video, he notes that 2 of the three sections have the same number of lines (10 iirc) and the 3rd section has only 2 lines. I wonder if it was just tri
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by busyant 6y ago
I see 2 opposing arguments here: Social media is engaging in censorship, which means our society is screwed. Social media _has_ to engage in this type of censorship because if they _don't_, society is screwed. I think both views are pr
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by busyant 6y ago
So, basically spot on. With these types of questions, I feel like if you're within 1/2 an order of magnitude, you answered correctly.
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by busyant 6y ago
> This paper nicely settles a debate between those [researchers] willing to accept that non-neuronal organisms are also capable of processing information and acting on that information, and those that stick to the idea that only neuronal
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by busyant 6y ago
I cheated on Lichess--once. Story: I got paired with someone rated 400 points higher than me (no idea why). The dude was destroying me, but somewhere in the middlegame, he let his guard down and exposed himself to a mate-in-one. For once in
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by busyant 6y ago
>You cannot allow religion and not allow conspiracy theories It seems like the reason for the ban is that the group "repeatedly posting content that violated our policies" I assume that if a religious group also repeatedly viol
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by busyant 6y ago
Sorry, but everything listed here is rank amateur stuff when compared to Blackboard Learn ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackboard_Learn ). First, the user interface is designed as if the programmers were incentivized
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by busyant 6y ago
> It's easy to miss that there was a lot of truly great art wrapped up with what we were taught was kitsch, camp, and schmaltz. I had a similar revelation seeing Don Rickles perform about 12 years ago. I went to see Rickles with a f
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by busyant 6y ago
I had a surface book2. I bought the accidental damage protection. A year after I bought it, I cracked the screen. Took me all of 60 min to get the problem fixed: 20 min to drive to the store. 20 min to get a replacement. 20 min to drive hom
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by busyant 6y ago
Precisely. There was a lot of press about a "secret" transformative invention w some mysterious tech related to transportation. Before it was revealed, I remember reading an article where the author said something like, "we&#
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by busyant 6y ago
I have a teacher friend named Mike Pence. He tells me that it's impossible for students to snoop on him because he is "google-proofed."
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by busyant 6y ago
I can tell you that we haven't pulled any of the tricks that you outlined (nor any other tricks that I can think of). I think we treat the tenants fairly. My wife's background checks are her way of assessing whether someone can ac
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by busyant 6y ago
> These stories that come out of the woodwork every time tenants are mentioned are why I’ll never be a landlord. My wife and I own a number of (8) rental properties. My wife manages them and we rarely have problems with tenants. I will t
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by busyant 6y ago
I think that was hyperbole to emphasize the imprudence of the takeover offer.
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by busyant 6y ago
If that's my primary concern, I wouldn't publish until I had the patents nailed down.
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I thought one of the main purposes of research publications was to allow others to reproduce/verify or refute your work. If you look at the methods section, here is what you get for a description of the magic plasma: 'We used a un
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by busyant 6y ago
> how is it that none of them have possessed a mutation which (in this case) endogenously produced the signalling molecules which Katcher is proposing as treatment? FWIW, I'm pretty skeptical of this announcement, but (assuming it&#
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by busyant 6y ago
I posted something (perhaps) related yesterday ( https://fdafaers.blogspot.com/2020/05/adverse-events-cases-i... ). I looked at putative drug-related adverse event case reports submitted to the US FDA. Interestingly
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Adverse Events Cases Involving Drugs Used to Treat Corona Virus Infections(fdafaers.blogspot.com)
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by busyant 7y ago
If you're taking requests... distinguishing Self vs nonself...what we know and what we don't.
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by busyant 7y ago
> Over 90% of the dead so far are old with comorbidites such as Hypertension and Diabetes What's your definition of "old"? I looked at your statista.com link and about 2/3 of deaths in NY are from people aged 75 and u
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by busyant 7y ago
> After many more months, I realized that crutch would not work after all, and was depressed. But then I had a different idea about the original technique. I went back to that, applied the new twist, and eureka! This sounds like it'

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