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by dwd 6y ago
Does it respond appropriately when presented with a potential "switcharoo"?
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by dwd 6y ago
The vast majority wear masks and the operators wear gloves - and this is when there's not an active epidemic. You get the impression that a lot of people in Western society would rather risk infection than be seen wearing a mask - defi
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by dwd 6y ago
The initial 15 min rule (for whether you might get infected from close proximity to someone infected) was based on the idea that offices cycle their volume of air every 10 minutes, but casinos that allowing smoking may cycle their air more
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by dwd 6y ago
It's not that they mutate specifically to less dangerous versions; rather the subtle variations that don't kill their host before spreading persist while the ones that are rapidly fatal quickly disappear when containment measures
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by dwd 6y ago
I've posted this a couple of times, and while based mostly on my own anecdotal experience and basic research (I am not an epidemiologist), it still seems to fit the pattern of evidence gradually coming out. There were a spike in bacter
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by dwd 6y ago
I think the author was using 10 days as the average time for someone to get infected, develop symptoms, get tested and become a statistic.
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by dwd 6y ago
Except for the replacement Air Force One aircraft which are to be a modified 747-8s. https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/27179/exclusive-photos...
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by dwd 7y ago
Most cases were confined to clusters, and many of those originated from someone coming off a cruise ship. At the moment they easily have the resources to track down every case quickly, and with a million people signed up to the app that sho
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by dwd 7y ago
The Australian approach has been fairly good but this virus is persistent. Once the lockdowns kicked in the doubling rate dropped dramatically and new case numbers went from a peak of around 500 a day to 10-20 day for a population 1/10
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by dwd 7y ago
I've said this before, so apologies for repeating myself: Luck is making the better decision in a timely manner based on incomplete knowledge where each option appears equally valid. However, people generally are poor at calculating pr
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by dwd 7y ago
Probably the closest comparison would be the US to the whole European Union. Similar sized population, a broad a mix of left/right leaning states, some more affluent than others, that are largely operating independently. About two week
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by dwd 7y ago
I always wonder if in those situations where you find yourself rechecking it is related to this: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-walking-throu...
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by dwd 7y ago
Follow the money? Alex Jones for example sets himself up to profit from the conspiracy theories he pushes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2018/08/16/alex-jones-...
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by dwd 7y ago
Duty-of-care is usually interpreted as what would a reasonable person expect them to do in that situation. As long as they took all reasonable precautions and followed the safety protocols required for handling a pathogen of that type, then
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by dwd 7y ago
They present this as a conspiracy, but whether it escaped from the lab is a bit of a whatever in comparison to the coverup and the damage of suppressing the initial epidemic and playing it down after they were found out. No one is really sa
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by dwd 7y ago
Similar case with the Ruby Princess. It currently accounts for 10% of Australia's known cases (~600) and 30% of the deaths (20).
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by dwd 7y ago
Australia and New Zealand are well ahead on an exit path and following different strategies (NZ - eradication & Aus some form of containment) so expect the US and UK to be watching closely. The data from the Roosevelt will probably put
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by dwd 7y ago
The simple solution is delete before you add more specificity. Cut it back to the common denominator and cascade from there. Of course, you can sometimes inherit a system that is one big specificity mess.
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by dwd 7y ago
There was a spike in non-influenza related pneumonia cases prior to the outbreak, particularly in Australia where it's not flu season. My wife caught it in early March and developed mild bacterial pneumonia but tested negative for flu
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by dwd 7y ago
Another example is David Walsh, the founder of MONA in Hobart. I think I read this in his book, that his interest in art and antiquities started because he needed a way to move his cash winnings from gambling overseas back to Australia. You
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by dwd 7y ago
The graphic says it all https://www.asterix.com/
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by dwd 7y ago
Cacofonix the singer Impedimenta, Vitalstatistix's wife The list goes on... I recently gave away all of my scifi/fantasy novels to my nieces/nephews (my boys had read them all). The only books I now own are technical and my A
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by dwd 7y ago
And someone else in your household picks up one of those items a couple of hours later (not knowing it only recently arrived via delivery) and touches their eyes, mouth or nose...
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by dwd 7y ago
Did that, and had Lemming dreams for weeks...
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by dwd 7y ago
That'll be me... Daily one hour train commute, and my IP often changes a number of times as I switch from tower to tower, as well as drop out due to no signal in places. I also switch between networks as my mobile GSM and portable wifi
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by dwd 7y ago
I tend to mix introversion with having an overly active internal thinking process. I'm one of those people who pause before responding, because I'm thinking through my response before speaking, rather than blurting out the first t
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by dwd 7y ago
Given the demographics, is the 0.8% likely due to HN posters/readers being more at the introverted end of spectrum so slightly less inclined to engage?
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by dwd 7y ago
Was a Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal involved? Raise that with a "We apologise for the inconvenience".
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by dwd 7y ago
Yeah, there are times and situations where this is appropriate; now is not one of them. In the current circumstances a 40-70% chance of contracting, and a 5% mortality rate is neither low risk or low impact for an individual. If you estimat
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by dwd 7y ago
Naming a song Paranoid Android (my personal all-time favourite) was pretty obvious, though it is not about Marvin. I do dispute his opening statement - Ok Computer was their best album and one of very few albums that you can just leave on r

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