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by flocial 6y ago
It's not so much the false information (lack of evidence for major claims) but the amount of anxiety it causes around sleep which is very counterproductive. The author makes it seem like you will never recover from the deleterious heal
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by flocial 6y ago
As a matter of fact this tradition of hanko is holding back many companies from telecommuting since they rely on getting hanko from the chain of management for critical and frankly some trivial internal decision making.
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by flocial 6y ago
From the article: "Of the 137 cases that have clinical and epidemiological information, 61 showed symptoms again, the KCDC said."
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by flocial 7y ago
NY and California are as different as two countries by most measures despite sharing the same language, culture and federal government. The way the pandemic is playing out in NY seems much more similar to Europe.
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by flocial 7y ago
http://archive.is/UWxPP
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by flocial 7y ago
The case of Germany is interesting due to the difference in BCG vaccination policy between the former East and West. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_coronavirus_pandemic_in_G...
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by flocial 7y ago
Fundamental principles of epidemic spread highlight the immediate need for large-scale serological surveys to assess the stage of the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic (soon to be on medRxiv) https://www.dropbox.com/s/oxmu2rwsnhi9j9c
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by flocial 7y ago
I think that once this crisis passes we will have an updated view on the true effectiveness of masks. All the Asian countries that flattened the curve heavily endorsed the wearing of masks. But there may be other factors at work rather than
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by flocial 7y ago
Even in mildly packed trains people are basically breathing all over each other.
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by flocial 7y ago
"- Last but probably very relevant: they have a completely different place of the elders in society. In Japan, the elders often live alone, sustain their life by themselves: it's a matter of proud. Even contact with their own kids
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Covid-19 Infection Fatality Rates(github.com)
3 points by flocial 7y ago|0 comments
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by flocial 7y ago
I wonder how long it'll take for someone to release a scraper to compile epubs from this.
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by flocial 7y ago
I wonder what the analogy of this breakthrough would be in terms of software. Seems like a sort of replicable testing/prototyping environment for further breakthroughs in the analysis of the virus rather than treatment itself. Hopefull
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by flocial 7y ago
Imagine posting this today: cite your sources, anecdotes are meaningless, n of 1, etc. It's interesting that "Many people claim coffee inspires them, but, as everybody knows, coffee only makes boring people even more boring."
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Banner Bear: Social Media Image Generator with API(bannerbear.com)
2 points by flocial 7y ago|0 comments
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by flocial 7y ago
I'm guessing he means the upgrade call to action or release notes (lots of updates to the app so some might consider it an annoyance who knows). BTW, thanks for the app. After Alien Blue died a slow painful death I was lost for a decen
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by flocial 7y ago
"In the summer of 2014 during my Computer Science degree I was lucky enough to intern at Apple as engineer on the Enterprise App Development team in Cupertino (long way from Eastern Canada), where I learned an absolute ton from some cr
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The Epidemiological Risk of Cruise Ships(nbcnews.com)
3 points by flocial 7y ago|0 comments
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On the Origins of the 2019-NCoV Virus, Wuhan, China(jameslyonsweiler.com)
2 points by flocial 7y ago|1 comments
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by flocial 7y ago
She legally changed her last name to Turing, claimed she was his daughter despite being of no relation, and stole Turing's possessions thereby endangering his legacy. What sort of kindness and respect does this warrant? I don't th
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by flocial 7y ago
I forgot about fruitarians. Thanks!
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by flocial 7y ago
It would technically be a plant of sorts. Or maybe it would make vegetables the new "meat" in terms of ethical concerns. Do vegans distinguish between something like carrots (where you basically kill the entire plant) and apples (
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by flocial 7y ago
"Oh and to be clear: Joy does have a barcode scanner. It picks up 99% of foods out there." That's nice to know (I looked for the info but couldn't find it mentioned on the landing or iOS app page). The community entries
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by flocial 7y ago
"Also, there are no community-entered foods. This is a feature in most cases." For me this is the only thing keeping me on MFP (also I don't live in the US so it's a big time saver). The barcode scanner is a godsend. The
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by flocial 7y ago
What works for me is continuous tracking. As long as you continuously track weight, body weight, activity (fitness monitors or the pedometer on your phone), and calories you will be able to make corrections based on the output (basically bo
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by flocial 7y ago
Good job, hope something like this gets traction with kids.
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by flocial 7y ago
"You probably have no idea who I am, but here’s all my contact info and what I do. Your payroll accounts have been hacked, and you’re about to lose a great deal of money. You should contact your bank immediately and have them put a hol
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by flocial 7y ago
This suite of tools looks like a fun way to teach kids programming while boosting their writing/storytelling skills and even a gateway into game programming.
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by flocial 7y ago
It chokes when there are a large number of changes too because it's cycling through all the individual diffs that are initially hidden. I honestly wish there was a sparse mode to keep the initial magit status buffer as minimal as &quot
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by flocial 7y ago
"The milk-producing animals cow, sheep, and goat were all domesticated between 8,000 and 10,000 years ago [20 ], and paleoproteomic analysis of dental calculus has shown that humans were consuming milk, most likely as cheese or other f

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