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by earthtourist 7y ago
Not an expert but shouldn't reheating be suggested for takeout/delivery food? It seems like a good idea to reheat food to 165F (74C) which is likely sufficient to deactivate the virus.
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Paul Graham just donated $1M to Flexport.org(mobile.twitter.com)
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by earthtourist 7y ago
Claiming that exclusivity is they key value is ludicrous. The key value of autonomous vehicle IP is the ability to autonomously drive vehicles. Unless you're a patent troll. In this case, the IP was never utilized in the marketplace ag
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by earthtourist 7y ago
That's been my question as well. Why doesn't spraying N95 masks with isopropyl alcohol work? 1. Spray mask with alcohol. 2. Place in the sun or under UV light. 3. Wait as many hours/days as possible before reuse. Seems better
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by earthtourist 7y ago
Sure, agreed. The point there is just that copying IP isn't that meaningful if it can't be effectively utilized. Many parties have presumably copied Boeing and Airbus IP related to their jets, and yet none have effectively utilize
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by earthtourist 7y ago
Not "stolen" but copied. Google was not deprived of anything whatsoever.
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by earthtourist 7y ago
The question in criminal cases should be: how many people's lives were hurt by the crime, and how severely? In this case, no one's life was the slightest bit injured. Uber is most likely too incompetent to be a real threat. Waymo
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by earthtourist 7y ago
Not a lawyer, but I wonder if you couldn't sue if they withdraw the offer. Seems like a case of detrimental reliance or promissory estoppel. Again, not a lawyer and surely depends on which jurisdiction you're in. Also, you could p
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by earthtourist 7y ago
I've been: 1. Opening cereal/cracker/other boxes with gloves on, taking out the bag inside the box, and recycling the box. I figure the interior bag hasn't been touched in days, typically, if it was ever touched by human
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by earthtourist 7y ago
This is just what the science tells us, no rationalization required! Everyone should exercise, sleep, and eat right to prepare for the coming battle inside our bodies :)
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by earthtourist 7y ago
We should all be very happy this is finally happening, even if it is a huge inconvenience. The important thing to remember is that society definitely will return to normal. It's just a matter of time. The math tells us that ~95% people
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by earthtourist 7y ago
Even if it is legally questionable (not sure it is, I'm not a lawyer) what jackass would bother suing over it? This is a completely reasonable order given the emergency situation. No reasonable person should object to it. (I did not do
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by earthtourist 7y ago
There is no vaccine. No one in the world knows when, or if, there will be one.
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by earthtourist 7y ago
Yes, dextromethorphan. Thanks.
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by earthtourist 7y ago
He was smart (if unstable) but overall a huge pessimist. Technology has reduced suffering to an incredible degree. It's created some of its own suffering, sure, but overall I'd much rather live today than any time in the past. And
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by earthtourist 7y ago
Another very rough way to estimate this: If COVID-19 requires 10x more hospitalizations than influenza, and peak influenza maxes out hospital resources, then we need at least 10x more capacity. Because there are so many variables, no one kn
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by earthtourist 7y ago
Any information on cough suppressants? Whether they're a good or bad for people with COVID-19? I've had my doctor recommend against cough suppressants in the past. But I've had trouble sleeping with a bad cough, and so if cou
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by earthtourist 7y ago
Depending on the rate of infection, there might be time for 20-80% of the population to be vaccinated before being infected. Whatever the number, it would be nice to save as many lives and as much potential long-term damage to people as pos
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by earthtourist 7y ago
Yeah, it explains why the testing isn't happening as well. Why bother doing surveillance testing if you've already surrendered to a 70% infection rate? There's no point. Better to just let people come to the hospital if they
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by earthtourist 7y ago
"the containment effort for individual cases is now over" Most countries didn't even attempt containment, as far as I can tell. Leaders seem to have surrendered to mass infection at the opening of the battle. It seems patheti
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by earthtourist 7y ago
1. Limit the infection rate as much as possible for the next 1-2 years. 2. Develop a cure (vaccine or therapy). 3. Return to our normal way of life. 4. Massively revamp our preparations for the next one.
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by earthtourist 7y ago
"this virus that's looking more and more like it's a little worse than the yearly flu." You're spreading ignorance. Every medical expert is saying it is 5-20x deadlier than the seasonal flu, because that's what
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by earthtourist 7y ago
A series of staged quarantines, combined with mass testing, should be able to keep it contained until a vaccine is (hopefully) ready in 18 months. There's really no great alternative to attempting to contain it. We will most likely tra
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by earthtourist 7y ago
Rather scary how massive apartment buildings in China, where most people live, are able to be turned into prisons so quickly.
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by earthtourist 7y ago
We could conceivably stop the spread in the US: Cancel school, declare a national quarantine, provide temporary basic income to workers without WFH ability, start mass testing, deploy the military, and more. It would require very drastic me
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by earthtourist 7y ago
This comment is a great example of the ignorance we face. "It's mostly in China" = I don't understand exponential growth. "the flu" = I don't understand that there's a 10-30x higher mortality rate and
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by earthtourist 7y ago
I hope my kids school closes, and I'm happy to make a commitment to spending a lot of extra time helping them make up the lost progress. My plan is to let them enjoy the time off, for the most part, and then spend the next n months on
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by earthtourist 7y ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkA9rz-1YoA
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by earthtourist 7y ago
You still haven't explained an alternative to my "false dichotomy". What exactly do you propose as a third option? What option requires "more will" from health officials that would actually stave off a mass infectio
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by earthtourist 7y ago
Sure, just explain why it's a false dichotomy so I can understand. 1. If we get to a 70% infection rate, and the mortality rate is (a low) 1%, that's 2+ million dead. 2. A vaccine is likely 18+ months away, which means it won&#x27

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