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by desine 5y ago
>The reproducibility crisis is real and affects more than "some studies in some areas". >"Peer review" rarely means more than "JSTOR search for something that supports my claim, quick skim for obvious errors,
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by desine 5y ago
>Good luck! I look forward to your references to peer-reviewed, reproduced, double-blind studies upending decades of well established medical science. Why is my burden of proof higher than yours? I at least linked one study in my siblin
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by desine 5y ago
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7996102/
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by desine 5y ago
At its heart stuff like this is no different than the jumps from punchcards you asm to c to python. You still need someone to solidify ideas into processes. The change is that the building blocks themselves become more complex.
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by desine 5y ago
It's not because of mask mandates, it's because every politician is invested in pfizer and moderna, it's because pharma has massive lobbying power, and because pharma companies make up much of the advertising revenue of the n
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by desine 5y ago
You're not alone in that sequence. I think a few of us here saw "effbot" in that email and felt our minds simultaneously trace back where we heard it as our heart sank. He was a big python contributor, it seems, but I wonde
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by desine 5y ago
Oh wow, it's all done using no 3rd party libraries too. Gonna bookmark this just to browse through later
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by desine 5y ago
I think you're missing the point.
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by desine 5y ago
Gary Webb showed journalists what their choices were, so if the CIA wants media influence, they get media influence. edit: Also Michael Hastings, according to some. Webb was pretty blatant.
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by desine 5y ago
Employer mandate, non-governmental :-/
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by desine 5y ago
I lost mine for the same reason last month. USA. Stay strong, friend.
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by desine 5y ago
>Even when the US had the gold standard, the US never had gold reserves that matched the dollars in circulation. The US Dollar is/was originally defined as a measurement of silver, and based upon the Spanish Real - the same coin you
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by desine 5y ago
The tradesmen likely know more about the logistical structure of a functioning society than most STEM employees, who too often live in ivory towers. The restaurant staff often know more about human nature and behavior than the Psychiatrist
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by desine 5y ago
I don’t know but my other comment about a certain hard asset I save in got a couple downvotes. I chalk it up to ignorance being bliss. Nobody wants to think about how easily they can lose it all
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by desine 5y ago
Your highest level reply did not imply you were willing to consider socialism as a factor. Socialism is a very large factor in this. Not in principle, but in practice. Is it possible for a fair, balanced, stable form of socialism to be d
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by desine 5y ago
Turns out there's a cost to guaranteeing a certain quality of life, without requiring the productivity that was previously needed to secure it. Capitalism has its faults, but for the day to day management of a population, rewarding th
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by desine 5y ago
While comparatively stable, the US Dollar is able to fall to the same faults that many other currencies have in history. There's only one form of money that's retained value for over 6000 years of human civilizatoin.
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by desine 5y ago
A sad reality is how true this is. Anyone who had built up savings 10+ years ago was already completely wiped out. The situation will not significantly change with this adjustment. The day to day for the common citizen of Venezuela is th
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by desine 5y ago
To be fair this is the norm for pretty much any rechargeable electronic device. Lithium chemistries in particular are sensitive to damage from over discharging. "5% battery remaining on the display" is pretty much never "5%
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by desine 5y ago
If you truly believe in freedom of speech, it makes sense to support companies who enable those ideals. I'm not familiar enough with the company/drama/story here, but if Epik does not do anything "problematic" othe
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by desine 5y ago
The proteins generated by the mRNA vaccines are shown to spread throughout the body, compared to the virus, which is mostly respitory and vascular.
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by desine 5y ago
There have never been mRNA vaccines widely distributed
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by desine 5y ago
Telling people their concerns are not valid also does not help
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by desine 5y ago
Not yet, but our clients are discussing it, which would trickle down to us. We're already short engineers and I'm certain we would lose a few more, which would put them both in a tight spot.
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by desine 5y ago
And I assume that you consider all the available variations as "well tested". Nice to hear that any personal concerns I have are not valid, and that you don't even need to read them to know that. Sad to see so many websites
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by desine 5y ago
So there's no possible valid logic for not wanting an mRNA vaccine. It's all completely "delusion" stemming from propaganda? Anyone who does not have complete faith at this point is in the wrong? Am I understanding you
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by desine 5y ago
> First, vaccines prevent infection in the first place so the virus never has a chance to replicate and mutate Ideally, yes, but in practice people still tend to develop a viral load, their immune system kicks in faster, and the result i
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by desine 5y ago
Out of curiosity, if you're onboard with previous typical vaccination, but hesitant to jump on board with mRNA treatments, what are you? Does that now fall under "anti-vax" in internet lingo? Is wise to group everyone under
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by desine 5y ago
Why do you think they would be cheap? Many of the relevant chips have been out of production for decades. Sure you can emulate a lot on a logic device like an FPGA, but those are still expensive compared to a microprocessor, and your engin
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by desine 5y ago
I would never use power tools on my motorcycle or car. On threading, nuts/bolts/screws should always be torqued gently into spec. On unthreading, I prefer to feel if there's significant resistance, warranting a cleaning&#x2

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