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by dfsegoat 5y ago
I cannot recommend the show and podcast 'Breaking Points', by Saagar Enjeti and Krystal Ball enough. They are top notch journalists who formerly hosted a daily news show called 'Rising' on The Hill, but left recently in
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by dfsegoat 5y ago
Per the article. The age group of concern "accounted for less than 9% of doses administered." Also, underreporting is a factor - not everyone knows about VAERS, not everyone goes to the Dr. for chest pain etc. I agree it's fa
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by dfsegoat 5y ago
They are alarming based on the measure of Observed vs. Expected cases. Observed (O) cases in that age group: 283 Expected (E) cases in that age group: 10-102 So at least double the top of the confidence interval, for expected.
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by dfsegoat 5y ago
It's a postmarketing surveillance system [1]. Not a controlled trial, so the true exposure vs. reported cases isn't known for these data from VAERS. > "There were 283 observed cases of heart inflammation after the second v
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by dfsegoat 5y ago
Meanwhile, USAF just fully designed and tested a 6th generation fighter [1] in record time [during 2020]: https://www.defensenews.com/breaking-news/2020/09/15/the-us-... They say the key to the record ti
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by dfsegoat 5y ago
> Human senses could not notice such small changes over the course of a lifetime or even over the lifespan of an empire. I don't disagree in this case. But I am continually amazed at how resourceful and technical past civilizations
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by dfsegoat 5y ago
This was an interesting and valid point. Container ship based freight looks to be a bit more fragmented: https://www.statista.com/statistics/198206/share-of-leading-... https://shippingwatch.com/ca
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by dfsegoat 5y ago
I totally get where you are coming from. I should clarify that historically, all of my new hires were pretty much fresh out of school, or transitioning to software dev from other roles. If I hired a dev with significant experience, I don&#x
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by dfsegoat 5y ago
You mean during the intro / "more hands on period"? I've not heard any negative feedback, but I think it requires a 'fine touch' - or you risk drowning people in information / tedium. If they get things th
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by dfsegoat 5y ago
> I was the happiest boss when I could let people just do their thing and come back with great results This is decentralized command, and really the best place to be. That's why I believe being a leader in software dev. is really a
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by dfsegoat 5y ago
Individual SES IP's have been [temporarily] blacklisted before. We hit this issue earlier this year with one spam filter/service, and you can find plenty of past examples in the SES forums. e.g. https://forums.aws.amazo
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by dfsegoat 6y ago
If I may ask, what resource(s) did you study from / use to help prepare you?
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by dfsegoat 6y ago
Note that the definition of "supplement" varies a bit internationally vs. the US in terms of regulatory landscape and safety [1]. For instance Canada is quite rigorous in their definition and licensing application process for supp
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by dfsegoat 6y ago
I am not at all involved in security, but from my novice understanding, they appear somewhat competent. Wiping of a US casino's IT infra in 2014: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/12/ira
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by dfsegoat 6y ago
Agreed. It's very over the top and just feels super cheesy and 'keyboard warrior'-ish.
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by dfsegoat 6y ago
> Success and "loving your job" have nothing in common in my experience. This was something I have been "feeling" to be true recently, but really needed some independent validation.
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by dfsegoat 6y ago
For spoilage etc., most of it would be insured, I assume, so insurance claims would likely be a solid proxy for estimating one aspect of impact.
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Billionaire Mark Cuban is building a digital art gallery for NFTs(theblockcrypto.com)
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by dfsegoat 6y ago
I always thought it was ASCII art, but apparently there are diffs: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANSI_art - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCII_art
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by dfsegoat 6y ago
We test rolling over the entire stack to another AWS DR region (just one we dont normally use) from S3 backups, etc. We do this annually and try to introduce some variations to the scenarios. It takes us about 18 hours realistically. Docume
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by dfsegoat 6y ago
And then when you have a natural disaster strike, you aren't necessarily guaranteed access to your home, even after disaster declarations are lifted: https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/fire-survivors-f
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by dfsegoat 6y ago
Yes. I know someone that knew the victim on the island. McAfee is really who is suspected by the local community, because they had frequent disagreements about property boundaries, if memory serves. Funny aside, McAfee also donated a bunch
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by dfsegoat 6y ago
pg_trgm is definitely what the doctor ordered when you get into more complex cases -- for us, that is pharmaceutical product names [1]. pg_trgm has really helped us with fuzzy matching on complex, multiword chemical names. https:/&#x2
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by dfsegoat 6y ago
They all work by increasing dopamine. But 'Addictive potential' does vary by drug, and by the person [1]. 'All substances of abuse self-administered by humans that can result in addiction are believed to exert their reinforci
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by dfsegoat 6y ago
The US tests many of it's reactors in Idaho Falls, Idaho (fairly cold). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idaho_National_Laboratory#Nucl...
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by dfsegoat 6y ago
I imagine this also increases the surface area of interactions resulting in removal firearms from people, for reasons of mental health status. Those people may, or may not deserve it. E.g. California has a statute for 'mandatory relinq
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by dfsegoat 6y ago
Yeah. It was a game changer with respect to being very obviously lightweight + purely functional, and it was very cool to me that it was available on linux and windows. It may have been the first cross-platform app I ever used. I forgot abo
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by dfsegoat 6y ago
Related: Fail-Safe (1962) is a fictional novel where attack codes are transmitted to a group of US bombers on airborne alert (standing by to attack the USSR) - due to the failure of an electrical component. I think it's still very re
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by dfsegoat 6y ago
> They should be brave and take the blame for it! Projection if I've ever seen it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_projection
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by dfsegoat 6y ago
Having watched the vid, he goes into specifics of why he thinks Oumuamua is 'not a rock' based on geometry and reflectivity. It was quite fascinating.

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