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by dsizzle 5y ago
One weird thing about the language, which seems contrary to this "most productive language" claim, is that it seems a bit complicated to use normal version control https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions&#x
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Went looking for later studies with larger population sizes and found this review https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S204908012... It's not that much larger -- I guess reinfections are har
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Indeed, small sample size!
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That link shows most (69%) have similar outcomes. 68.8% -- 19% had worse symptoms and 12.5% had milder symptoms. Small sample size, but even similar result is somewhat surprising -- I would've thought the 2nd infection would be weaker.
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By "move-to", not sure if you mean Chicago overall, or the north side in particular, but if the former Chicago is growing slower than the national average. 2% last decade (vs 8% nationally) https://chicago.suntimes.com&
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by dsizzle 5y ago
Was in the same boat 10 years ago. In my quest to replace AHK on MacOS, Hammerspoon is where I ended up. It's great.
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Because people can sometimes detect when someone is trying to manipulate them (we're having this discussion after all), and it might backfire?
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Right. For some reason the author thinks abolishing is easier? > Since we can’t change Yale, we have to tear it down. Maybe the author thinks a similar "revolution" would ripple to other Ivys?
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I thought initially "abolish" here is used to mean "reform" in the same way that many people use it in "abolish police". But then: > Since we can’t change Yale, we have to tear it down. Is abolishment really
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I'm surprised private schools have a lower default rate, since they cost more. I suppose people who attend private school come from wealthier families on average? For reference, those numbers are all higher than the typical mortgage de
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I'm surprised an article on hippo poop altering the local environment doesn't mention the unique (and disgusting!) way that hippos poop: by spraying it everywhere propeller-style with their tails! The usual explanation for that is
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Ha. We better read it while we can!
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Is this a sign that Fox is going more Trumpy/to the right? I wonder if it also signals that CNN is trying to appeal more to conservatives?
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No https://www.audacy.com/sports/ncaa-football/gallery/2021-hig... Yeah, “specific” would have been better.
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He says “most likely” and only 20% live in rural areas. Also there are other sources of heat in rural areas.
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Hm, now that you mention it, I guess my reaction is more against the parochial choice of content, rather than the appropriateness of the headline. But s/The state of Washington/Colleges/ would might work?
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by dsizzle 5y ago
OP doesn't comment on the air pollution from wood stoves, except to say it can be "cut in half". Half the pollution from wood stoves is still a lot of pollution. I'm reminded of this essay by Sam Harris https:/&#x2
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I feel like college coaches at good schools are probably overrated: players choose which team they play for, and school reputation is a major factor. Talent on pro teams on the other hand are much more equitable distributed due to the dra
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Yeah, the headline weirdly implies Washington is unusual in this regard.
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Yeah, I'm pretty receptive to this POV. "Manipulative" is carrying a lot of work in this discussion though. I'll just add one memorable example of where ads actually worked for me. I was frustrated by how thick wallets w
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Right. I mean you can opt out of specific ads to some degree. For instance, when we were in the process of launching a site, but the ad account was using the "bottom of the barrel" setting and we kept getting those "manscapin
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All else equal, sure, but wouldn't advertisers change the content and style of the ad knowing if it will be targeted or not? Can't broad and shallow be manipulative--"keeping up with Joneses"--while deep and narrow is pu
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Ha, I feel like people assign higher competency to agents they fear (in an extreme case “the CIA is reading my mind”).
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Hm, that’s a good counterpoint. I guess it depends on the nature of the “good” (“bad”? Ha) being advertised too? But even here, there’s still the possibility for a better world with targeting, given good intentions of the targeting system
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Is that a comment on modern day Antwerp, or some period covered in the article?
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All ads are a form of manipulation. I can see a case that targeted ads are less manipulative to the extent it presents you ads for products you’ve already shown a propensity for. Untargeted ads on the other hand would need to more manipul
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I didn’t know - I never really thought about it. What caused you to think about it?
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This video demonstrates that as well https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cNmUNHSBac
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Yeah, sounds terrible. I wonder what medical treatment he's seeking? My understanding is that there wasn't much you can do other than rest https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/concussion/di...
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I'm reminded of solving Laplace's equation in Excel. It makes some cool animations too https://www.av8n.com/physics/laplace.htm

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