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by jmckib 6y ago
We also don't know yet (or at least I don't) how easily asymptomatic people are able to transmit the infection, which is why I'm perplexed by this quote from the article. > “With regard to COVID-19, we’re learning that ste
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by jmckib 6y ago
Is there a video of the press conference somewhere? It's hard to make sense of these slides without any context.
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by jmckib 6y ago
It's also part of the reason you can't buy liquor at a grocery store in Oregon. If we really need more pointless jobs, I'd rather the state just hire some people to dig holes and fill them back up. At least everybody else wou
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by jmckib 7y ago
I'm sure it depends on your internet, but I tried hangouts again recently and it was unusable, video mostly frozen and dropping or muddling most of the audio. Zoom was crystal clear, dropping some video frames every few minutes but aud
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by jmckib 7y ago
Just in case anyone else was wondering, here's a web app where you can try WebRTC. https://appr.tc/
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by jmckib 7y ago
As much as I disagree with almost everything Carlson says, I have to give him credit for going against the grain on this and a few other issues in the past. Lindsey Graham also deserves some credit for calling up Trump and trying to convinc
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by jmckib 7y ago
You can cherry-pick different opinions from all over the spectrum. For example, Tucker Carlson took the virus pretty seriously early on, but he was one of the only voices on Fox News to do so. Views on the left have been more mixed. At leas
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by jmckib 7y ago
The question that this story doesn't answer (unless I missed it) is why hospitals are refusing to sign contracts right now when they are so badly in need of masks. Either that, or pay whatever price is necessary to get the factory to p
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by jmckib 7y ago
If healthcare was really a capitalist endeavor then it wouldn't cost $5k for three stitches. Prices would be transparent, there would be a free market with competition, and healthcare wouldn't be linked to employment. You can than
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by jmckib 7y ago
Looks like it hasn't been posted yet. This article came out today, this is the most recent article from that author, and google didn't turn up anything. It's strange how the end implies that part 2 already exists though.
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by jmckib 7y ago
Do you have any idea what other data sources they use? How do they do their minute-by-minute precipitation forecasts
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by jmckib 7y ago
How does Darksky do it's minute-by-minute precipitation forecasts, though? I only see hourly forecasts in the API. I'm guessing they are doing some of their own forecasting.
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by jmckib 7y ago
Not sure if it counts as hazard pay, but it says in this article that all Amazon fulfillment employees are getting a $2 raise through April.
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by jmckib 7y ago
I couldn't get it to work. When I click "Join movie party" it just opens another tab of the party page with a timestamp in the url. Also there appears to be a timezone issue? I have to input a time an hour ahead of what I act
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by jmckib 7y ago
Most of the development you'd do for Oculus is 90% the same with what you'd do for any other game, so I'd say yes, but you'll need to supplement with tutorials specifically for Oculus/Unity.
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by jmckib 7y ago
I haven't tried it, but there's a website where you can get hints for these adventure games, if you don't just want to follow a walkthrough. You've reminded me I need to give another shot at Grim Fandango. http:/&#
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by jmckib 7y ago
Toilet paper isn't an essential (as a lot of us are now finding out). Also nobody really needs to hoard like 50 packages of toilet paper, and if prices were allowed to increase to reflect demand then people would be less incentivized t
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by jmckib 7y ago
Letting supply and demand determine prices doesn't necessarily redirect goods from poor people to wealthy people; it redirects goods towards those that actually need them, because those people are willing to pay the higher price. If we
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by jmckib 7y ago
I was talking about newspaper journalism though, which seems to be as solid as ever. TV journalism, on the other hand, appears to have become more polarized, though there's still good programs out there. I'd definitely avoid opini
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by jmckib 7y ago
Found an article about it here: https://www.forbes.com/sites/stephaniedenning/2018/09/19/why... TL;DR: Bezos thinks the Post is an important institution for our democracy, and he believed he could h
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by jmckib 7y ago
I was also wondering why it's not being discussed much. It could be because HN is mostly non-political, although when I see political discussions come up there is a noticeable Republican slant.
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by jmckib 7y ago
I really doubt that, because any journalist with integrity would quit and make a stink about it, which would tank the Post's reputation. I would cancel my subscription the same day, and I imagine so would a lot of other people. Also, I
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by jmckib 7y ago
I'm assuming this is a case of unusually slow 4G, and not fast 3G? I travel frequently and I've noticed that sometimes my 4G speeds are very slow even when I have good signal strength, always in rural areas. I'm not sure what
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by jmckib 8y ago
Personally I would much rather watch someone play videogames than listen to someone play guitar, but that might be an unpopular opinion and I agree with you that actually writing music is more artistically creative than what you can do with
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by jmckib 8y ago
I'm sure you're well-intentioned and want what's best for your kids, but I'm going to push back a bit. My ability to play video games in general has improved over the years, and for me it's a source of pleasure. It&
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by jmckib 8y ago
Just realized I wrote basically the same comment as you. I wish my stepdad had yelled at them! It didn't even occur to me that I could complain.
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by jmckib 8y ago
For me it was often 90 minutes to get home, but about 30 minutes into the trip we would drive right by my house. Problem was, it was on the other side of the street, and they wouldn't let me cross. This was in middle school, on a stree
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by jmckib 8y ago
Juici is another amazing apple with Honeycrisp parentage, though I can barely ever find them. I believe they come out of Washington state.
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by jmckib 8y ago
I'm camping there next week! Anything I should make sure to see? I have heard there are wild horses but I'm not sure where to look for them.
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by jmckib 9y ago
So is this outdated now? > The review goes into four examples for which details are available, all of them complete wipeouts, and those would seem to serve as good proxies for the rest given that no curcumin trial has ever reported any c

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