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by jshevek 7y ago
Are you implying that China would hack the Taiwanese system and use the data to somehow identify dissenters within mainland China?
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by jshevek 7y ago
I'm not sure it's a valid claim, but the author implies there is a significant difference in the quality of the evidence: > In fact, scientists have already proposed that one such group of animals called loriciferans can do tha
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by jshevek 7y ago
Several comments seem to suggest this is not really an animal, and I don't yet understand why. Is that your intention? If so, why is this not an animal?
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A virus also lacks the ability to even duplicate its own genetic material without the help of a host cell. The set of features a virus lacks is much larger. On the other hand, all animals depend on another form of life to provide energetic
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by jshevek 7y ago
It is a fact that many embryos go through stages similar to portions of that organism's evolutionary history. This fact alone justifies the cautious phrasing of the great-grandparents comment, in my opinion. Since this fact is also in
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by jshevek 7y ago
There is a difference between (a) observing what happens for some organisms, and then saying it is "as if" X were the case, and (b) asserting that X must necessarily be the case. The parent comment is similar to the fallacy you me
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I think there are at least two discourse communities with opinions on the correct usage, and what is "typically" done depends on which you are interacting with.
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We benefit from having different levels of granularity in our terminology for different purposes. Noise and non-noise nurture (as you use the term) are sometimes, but only sometimes, worth differentiating between. Those who see a benefit f
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by jshevek 7y ago
I prefer text and voice over video, but for some situations video can be more time efficient. Several people can communicate aspects of their thoughts and opinions with facial expressiond (or head movements) simultaneous with one person ta
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by jshevek 7y ago
This is interesting. The same poster also moved the goalpost in a response to one of my comments. I hadn't yet read your comment, but also responded by noting the goalpost movement. The sad thing is, I had already clarified in my own
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by jshevek 7y ago
[That's called] moving the goalpost.
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Have you ever actually listened to any of his ad-libbed speeches in their original unedited form? Or do you let the media interpret his words for you? He makes exactly this kind of dad joke, and this way, with this pitch, very often in his
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by jshevek 7y ago
No, if you actually listen to him it's pretty obvious that he is joking. The general idea that we have unelected bureaucrats that some people think have too much power in our government is not the joke. Calling the State Department t
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by jshevek 7y ago
Why would the parent need to spin an obvious joke? Is the media pretending he was serious?
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> Wouldn't this be the most powerful moment for employees in 'essential' services to engage in worker strikes? Many would have no sympathy for workers exploiting a crisis like this.
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by jshevek 7y ago
You seem sincere, and unlike prior comments to be approaching this in good faith. Maybe you even welcome criticism as a means of improving your thought process. I don't mean to be cryptic, and certainly don't mean to be rude, I j
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by jshevek 7y ago
No. Here, as in several places, you make unwarranted assumptions about other's thought processes. Remember that "efficacy" is a matter of degree. I try not to spend too much time and effort on strawmen.
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by jshevek 7y ago
Your post does not address my point. That's okay, if you simply wanted to say the things you said. There are things you've said that I agree with, and things which I strongly disagree with. In a conversation, I like to be careful
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by jshevek 7y ago
You were wrong when you presented alleged evidence/argument that experts must necessarily disagree with the MD/statistician, above.
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Randomized controlled trial
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He is sharing his personal experience. He is not making unreasonable claims. His recommendation, to his friends, is not dangerous. No one should mistake this as an alternative to proper treatment.
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by jshevek 7y ago
This one study is weak, agreed. However, some form of chloroquine+iodine has been used successfully in South Korea. I don't agree with the "miracle" hyperbole, but there is reason to be hopeful.
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> there appear to be many experts who disagree with you to the point of acting out their disagreement at scale. Chloroquine has become a standard part of treatment for this disease in several countries, and its continued use seems to imp
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by jshevek 7y ago
I own several cloth facemasks, but it is important to remember that reusing a washable can sometimes be worse than nothing, as it can trap and hold the virus and lead to greater exposure than no mask at all.
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by jshevek 7y ago
Based on other comments here, it seems that the Remarkable is missing several features that some people enjoy in their eReaders. The only one I can cite definitively is the lack of backlight. I can't speak to other allegedly missing f
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Well I think it wouldn't be an 'inactivated' or 'attenuated' vaccine, but we have other vaccine types designed to trick the body into developing the readiness for an immune response. I don't know if they could
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That's what I was thinking. Especially if there is a genetic factor involved, and we can determine that only a small percentage of the population have it, then we could still achieve a level of herd immunity.
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If prior exposure to the virus itself won't give a person immunity, I would expect it would be much more difficult to create a vaccine to grant immunity. I wonder if the 18 month vaccine timeline I have heard mention would be affected
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> does such a device exist? That is the goal of this device. The original Remarkable was superior to the surface and the iPad, and according to their marketing the next one will be twice as fast.
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For what it's worth, I don't think my device has ever crashed. I wonder if there is a memory overflow bug such that different types of usage could lead to different crash frequencies? > No idea why this is here I agree it wou

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