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by geomark 8y ago
"...drugs are becoming more deadly." I guess they are referring to street drugs(?) which are becoming more deadly for the reason you pointed out. At the same time the news is constantly full of stories about a rise in opioid overd
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by geomark 8y ago
I think a large number of those drug overdoses are legal drugs that come from big pharma. The abusers of those drugs certainly don't feel anything about the Meican drug trade.
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by geomark 8y ago
I've got a similar problem with chipmunks and the Marian plums I grow. The chipmunks start raiding the trees when the fruit just begins turning yellow and becoming fragrant. But all they do it take a bite and throw the still somewhat g
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by geomark 8y ago
State-wide that's true. But herd immunity is a local issue. So if your kid is going to a school where more than 10% of the other kids are unvaccinated then they won't benefit from herd immunity, despite the fact that the number of
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by geomark 8y ago
I was also a bit shocked when I saw how high the Personal Belief Exemption was in some counties. Above 5% unvaccinated pretty much destroys herd immunity. So most of northern California is a no-go zone for people who appreciate the value of
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by geomark 8y ago
In some areas the percentage of unvaccinated is quite high. See this map of anti-vaxxers by county http://rpubs.com/markdg/AntivaxxerHotspots It uses the Personal Belief Exemption for school children as a proxy for t
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by geomark 8y ago
I've visited and found it rather pleasant compared to 44 Celcius and 80% humidity like we often get in Thailand during hot season.
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by geomark 8y ago
Depends a lot on the type of rice. A couple of rice varieties have a higher glycemic index than pure glucose. A lot of people where I live are diabetic and don't understand why because they don't eat sweets. But they do eat large
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by geomark 8y ago
If I understand his explanation correctly, the math says the effect can't be identical because the difference in gravitional force is much too small to lift the water that much. It has to be squeezed from the poles to raise the water
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by geomark 8y ago
My anecdote is similar, re healthy competition. It's even less regulated here in Thailand, which is good for competition and consumers, but does lead to messes like this https://www.bangkokpost.com/media/content&#x
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by geomark 8y ago
Reminds me a lot of Thailand. We call it "Thai time". And it does seem to be worse in Bangkok than in rural areas. Despite the terrible traffic and resulting delays, Bangkokians are used setting out for a party at the time the par
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by geomark 8y ago
In my mind, global English style = how they speak English on the nightly news.
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by geomark 8y ago
Digital residency, not passports. Very different than citizenship.
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by geomark 8y ago
Thanks! I started my kid with Scratch. Then had him do some of the Hour of Code challenges on Code.org and then some of their courses (recommended). Did a couple Arduino projects programmed with ArduBlock. Now we are working with a VEXIQ ki
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by geomark 8y ago
Can you point me to that touch typing challenge that your 7 year old enjoyed? Very pertinent to my interests. Also, Python at age 7 seems pretty advanced. My 7 year old is pretty strong with block-based programming but I'm still trying
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by geomark 8y ago
That's great for people who have citizenship already. But if you start life as stateless then it may difficult even to access that server where the virtual nation is defined since you can't get internet access (i.e. buy a SIM for
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by geomark 8y ago
...yet the place I was born in ultimately decides the boundaries of the space I'm allowed to live in. But not some places. There is the rather awful condition of being stateless for some people, such as many people living in northern
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by geomark 8y ago
The IRS can now revoke your passport if they feel you owe more than $50k in back taxes. One could think of a number of reasons that could be quite bad for you. Like if you need to travel for business and suddenly cannot until you wade throu
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by geomark 8y ago
For some cost-prohibitive things such as surgery, you really don't have much choice, though. Go overseas. To one of the medical tourism destinations. The care is far superior and the cost a fraction. Cheaper than the insurance premiu
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by geomark 8y ago
I've seen numerous past comments on HN about horrible state of healthcare in the USA and how it would be better if it was more like the NHS. Then saw this recent report. I've only experienced the USA healthcare system and only rea
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NHS Operation Waiting Times Reach 10 Year High(theguardian.com)
3 points by geomark 8y ago|1 comments
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by geomark 8y ago
Thailand's population is around 68 million. So they are saying that only about a third of Thais are L1 speakers of Thai? That seems quite strange.
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by geomark 8y ago
Thai news reporting that the first two boys are out of the cave. No report yet of their condition. Edit 1: News media being kept away so they will be light on details for the time being. 2: Chiang Rai health dept head says the two are being
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by geomark 8y ago
Yes, it is discrimination based on sex and race. I think you are arguing that what matters is the feelings of the person when they discriminate. The intent is the same - choose one over the other because of their sex and race. But if they
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by geomark 8y ago
I've seen reports that locals are already preparing for disaster tourism to the area once the situation is resolved.
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by geomark 8y ago
I guess we must fundamentally disagree. The decision is based on the sex and race of the founder. That speaks for itself. Justification for it is based on history. All the other dressing up is just an attempt to avoid being labeled a racis
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by geomark 8y ago
I don't think that's an argument that it is not sexist and racist. It is expressly so. The argument you are making is that it is justified to be expressly sexist and racist to counterbalance past sexism and racism.
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by geomark 8y ago
Yes. Thai TV is currently reporting that the extraction operation has begun. The stateless kid (forgot his name), the only English speaker, will be the first one to make the attempt. They expect/hope he will emerge around 9pm Thai tim
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by geomark 8y ago
Many countries have arranged to do just that because they make a profit from it. The popular medical tourism desitinations provide world class care at a fraction of the cost of the same or inferior care in the US. The medical tourists pay c
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by geomark 8y ago
It's still a small group in control, so still an oligarchy. But the fact that there is a constant rotation of oligarchs makes it a little different, like maybe you could be the next oligarch.

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