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by gniv 6y ago
> We don't expect a coronavirus vaccine to prevent close to 100% of infections Why not? I would have thought we do. Most vaccines do (flu notwithstanding).
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by gniv 6y ago
My view: It's fine, as long as you disclose it in the review.
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University of Arizona Uses Wastewater Testing to Prevent Outbreak(twitter.com)
1 points by gniv 6y ago|0 comments
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by gniv 6y ago
This is supposed to roll out today: https://www.chromestatus.com/features/schedule
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by gniv 6y ago
I think that's the real answer to OP's question. Reducing the friction to buying stuff is a big deal.
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by gniv 6y ago
Turning your argument upside down: What stops the govt from printing money to bring inflation to 2%, hence financing the budget by indirectly taking from everyone's savings?
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by gniv 6y ago
> Switzerland has a wealth tax (of up to 0.3%) Do you have a source? Maybe they changed recently, but from what I've read [0] it can be much higher. For example in Geneva that source shows up to 0.94%. [0] https://www.exp
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by gniv 6y ago
Isn’t this standard practice in big corps? These trainings are usually contracted to third parties and they tend to have similar content with small customizations for each company.
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by gniv 6y ago
I read this recently and found it insightful, especially if you believe bitcoin is valuable: https://ofdollarsanddata.com/why-is-gold-valuable/
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by gniv 6y ago
This other study suggests 2000mg per day: https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/37/1/45.short
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by gniv 6y ago
... which you can combine with after:YYYY-MM-dd
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by gniv 6y ago
Or you just need to pay more for garbage disposal. In Zurich for example you pay per bag of garbage.
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Why I quit Google to become TikTok Famous(youtube.com)
2 points by gniv 6y ago|0 comments
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by gniv 6y ago
That's surprising. The only other suggestion I have is to create a new listing on Maps with your website, a service-area listing where you don't have to provide a public address, but you still need to give Google some contact info
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by gniv 6y ago
Have you tried marking the listing as "Spam, fake, or offensive"? (Under the "Mark as close or remove" menu). Those are treated specially, they don't go to the owner. Assuming of course that you know for a fact that
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by gniv 6y ago
> Oh, so they just pressured a news site into removing comments with the threat of demonization - that's so much better. Just wanted to save your freudian slip.
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by gniv 6y ago
> Google Meet had all sorts of connection quality issues When was this? Google Meet has gotten a lot better in the last few weeks.
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by gniv 6y ago
> Was this known early on about COVID? Yes. See for example this video from John Campbell from March 9: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5yVGmfivAk
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by gniv 6y ago
I just realized that the "UI" presented by the supermarket shelves as you walk by them is very dense and yet we are good at identifying things quickly. Short of a full VR experience, I haven't seen a similar UI on a computer.
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by gniv 6y ago
I've been hearing this "Intel is in trouble" story for many years now. Yet their stock doubled in the last 5 years. What gives?
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by gniv 6y ago
As another comparison point, Switzerland govt said the insurance companies will pay CHF 180 for a test. https://www.admin.ch/gov/de/start/dokumentation/medienmittei...
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by gniv 6y ago
Note that NYC has seen net outmigration for a few years now [1], so this could be just an acceleration of that trend. [1] https://nypost.com/2019/12/30/new-york-is-losing-residents-a...
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by gniv 7y ago
A local bakery spun up an online sales site for pickup or delivery. They sell cakes but also groceries. I bought flour and raspberries from them. When I went for pickup, they had dozens of bags prepared in the window. Clearly doing good bus
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by gniv 7y ago
> The ideal is (IMHO) CEO -> SVP (PA level) -> VP -> Eng Director -> Manager (of managers) -> Manager (of ICs) -> IC. That assumes a fanout of 7-8 at the current size of Google. I think that's too much at certain l
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Corona Model with a Varying Infection Rate(github.com)
3 points by gniv 7y ago|0 comments
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by gniv 7y ago
For certain jobs it's better to fire the workers so they can get unemployment benefits, rather than keep them without pay.
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by gniv 7y ago
Did you mean grainger.com ?
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by gniv 7y ago
I wonder if this is why the vaccine announced from Pittsburgh [1] is effective. Sounds like they adapted a SARS vaccine candidate. [1] https://www.upmc.com/media/news/040220-falo-gambotto-sars-co...
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by gniv 7y ago
It will be technically a recession, due to the current timing. March in Q1 and April in Q2, which means both quarters will see negative growth. We might still bounce back relatively soon, but yeah, it will be a recession no matter what. See
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by gniv 7y ago
I've heard this too. Here's an explanation that sounds plausible: https://twitter.com/yishan/status/1244717172871409666 https://twitter.com/yishan/status/1245066858597761024 If

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