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by erhk 5y ago
Every sequence is distinct almost certainly. It just matters if the important parts of a sequence are changed or duplicated. So two versions which are sequenced as a certain variant may actually have many differences in practice. I will als
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by erhk 5y ago
Its also pretty challenging to publish research longer than 6 months when you only have 6 calendar months...
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by erhk 5y ago
Fortunately this is the trend for most viruses. I have seen no evidence that the delta variant was more lethal, but that it was more transmissible. I have also seen numbers from my locality sequencing that suggested lethality was significan
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by erhk 5y ago
There are many covid variants. Nu is simply the next letter in the alphabet Naming a disease after private intellectual property is a terrible idea. Im not sure what that would accomplish.
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by erhk 5y ago
Its know that most viruses trend towards increased transmissibility and decreased lethality. Killing your host is an awful strategy for continued existence if you don't have your own lipid bilayer.
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by erhk 5y ago
Call your local representative. Tell your neighbors about it. This is the real means to pressure legoslation.
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by erhk 5y ago
This is a weak facade to enact a change they want for other reasons. The real question is what the underlying reason is. I imagine likes will also depart soon as youtube trends toward netflix. I wonder what platform will replace it then
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by erhk 5y ago
Power grids regularly go negative couldn't there be money made from chemical production on hot and windy days
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by erhk 5y ago
Yeah, and most plants and bacteria and any life that is capable really. Adaption is not uniquely human, we are simply the first to accomplish it without speciation
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by erhk 5y ago
Yes well there have been many modern coronaviruses as well. The naming of nCov19 is intended to communicate thats this is a recent novel coronavirus first seen in 2019
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by erhk 5y ago
Much of homo erectus is similarly debated but OP treats factually
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by erhk 5y ago
The first blockchain will almost certainly be preserved for historic significance
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by erhk 5y ago
I wish that HN users had to disclose their potential conflict of interest when commenting. If google writes your paycheck or makes up a portion of your portfolio I want to know that when you are defending them online.
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by erhk 5y ago
This entire article reads like a vonnegut novel. Its so close to being self aware that i cannot tell whether it actually intends to be ironic.
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by erhk 5y ago
Can you cite where and by what mechanism covid impairs IQ or causes impotence
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by erhk 5y ago
Yes you did describe explicitly a thinkpad. Why is trackpoint a preference?
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by erhk 5y ago
How long have you lived in Portland?
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by erhk 5y ago
A lot has changed even in the past few years. The small bits of windows software which I was bound to is now covered by things like lutris
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by erhk 5y ago
Yes well lets have this outage again in that flavour in say... 11 months?
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by erhk 5y ago
AWS punishes its sysadmin teams for any downtime so there is heavy incentive to not report unless there is a community shaped gun pointed at your head. This is not a universal problem.
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by erhk 5y ago
AWS punishes its sysadmin teams for any downtime so there is heavy incentive to not report unless there os a community shaped gun pointed at your head. This is not a universal problem.
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by erhk 5y ago
They invest heavily into public opinion
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by erhk 5y ago
What is harmful
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by erhk 5y ago
Im frankly disappointed that most students introduction to programming is object oriented, and when that language is java im even more appalled. Computers are easier to understand if you start with assembly, and you actually tell students h
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by erhk 5y ago
There's a bit of smoothing too i would imagine
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by erhk 5y ago
Is this possible evidence for a food chain collapse at this time?
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by erhk 5y ago
Try telling them that youre indifferent. Maybe a lateral angle will work
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by erhk 5y ago
Disruption is a canary word to me now.
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by erhk 5y ago
Carbohydrates are not inherently unhealthy.
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by erhk 5y ago
>You could argue that overweight folks are also paying disproportionately more simply by buying more food than someone who weighs 20% less. No one ever likes my proposed tax on slower metabolism

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