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by jstgord 5y ago
.. and yet, its hard to explain the basic observational science of Ivermectin vs sars-CoV2 : Monash study, effect in vitro : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.antiviral.2020.104787 Pasteur Institute study, effect in guinea-pi
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by jstgord 5y ago
Are the Pasteur Institute scientists also crackpots ? Their recent study does show Ivermectin reduces symptoms, such as loss of smell, in Covid infected guinea-pigs : https://doi.org/10.15252/emmm.202114122 Then there
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by jstgord 5y ago
I feel people might be less immediately/aggressively/cynically dismissive of Ivermectin if they were aware of the recent Pasteur Institute study showing Ivermectin reduces Covid symptoms in animals : https://doi.org&#x
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by jstgord 5y ago
I thought the rebel-wisdom discussion was a pretty good way to try and bridge the divide and have a rational discussion. Whether Ivermectin works, should be a question science can answer, even if its a messy process.
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by jstgord 5y ago
Regardless of hype / opinions .. science can answer the question - I hope sooner rather than later. There seem to be plausible evidence Ivermectin works both to prevent Covid and treat in early stages : see, eg this meta-analysis of cl
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by jstgord 5y ago
Interesting take, from one of the early RNA vaccine pioneers : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwbmJnacbgs
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by jstgord 5y ago
There _is_ some evidence for Ivermectin being a broad spectrum anti-viral.. discussed here : https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/9/9/2100
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by jstgord 5y ago
Each on its own merits, rather than conflate the two ? There does seem to be some strong evidence for Ivermectin, such as the recent Andrew Hill meta-analysis : https://academic.oup.com/ofid/advance-article/doi&#
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by jstgord 5y ago
Fascinating proposed mechanism of action : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.antiviral.2020.104787 and early discussion of it as abroad-spectrum anti-viral, at least in-vitro: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409&#x2
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by jstgord 5y ago
I'm hoping that the current Oxford 'principle' trial will in time, lend enough social-proof to the existing weight of data showing Ivermectin efficacy in preventing spread and preventing death of Covid19. We need this treatme
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by jstgord 5y ago
compelling testimony.
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by jstgord 5y ago
Perhaps it should be backed by equivalent reserves of Gold .. like the actual USD was, once upon a time ?
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by jstgord 5y ago
xsv has been a real boon for wrangling large csvs.
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by jstgord 6y ago
I hadn't kept up with RISC-V .. but since last time I looked things have really advanced. For example, SiFive has essentially a viable PC running linux... and their component/module approach to configuring a new ASIC is likely to
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by jstgord 6y ago
why no ? Its a bad idea for the following reasons : - Bitcoin has an artificially constrained overly small blocksize, which effectively prevents holding more data on its blockchain [ maybe BCH or another variant with a larger blocksize woul
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by jstgord 6y ago
Your freedom to drive on any side of the road is constrained for the general safety of all citizens. Just as your freedom of speech is constrained to call out "fire" in a crowded space when there is none. I wonder why Benjamin Fra
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by jstgord 6y ago
I think this move by airbnb is gutsy, risky, costly and the right thing to do [ in these unusual circumstances ] I have been an early adopter of AirBnB and used them while living and travelling for a few years. More recently I've been
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Airbnb: We have canceled all Airbnb reservations in DC for Inauguration week(twitter.com)
1 points by jstgord 6y ago|4 comments
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by jstgord 6y ago
Does anyone have informed opinion about the usability / value / relevance / quality of the Neural network support on this chip ? Their page mentions spec with : • SiFive U74 RISC-V Dual core with 2MB L2 cache @ 1.5GHz
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by jstgord 6y ago
> "Even when we know that the information we are reading is false, we can still end up believing it" I'm not saying human perception is the 'solved problem' - if I know something is false, then can I also believe
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by jstgord 6y ago
This is a solved problem : don't BAN, but FLAG conspiracy theories and dangerous memes with a notice citing links to facts. I've enjoyed the somewhat balanced weekly covid discussions of youtuber Dr Chris Martenson / PeakPros
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by jstgord 6y ago
no. A better first-order approximation to reality, is "Billionaires Exploit". A second order approximation is that Billionaires exploit a) the political system by funding politicians indirectly so they will implement policies that
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by jstgord 6y ago
Another potentially _right_ solution is for programmers to have a union, and put pressure on employers such as google/amazon/facebook/apple to donate x% of their profits back to open source initiatives.
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by jstgord 6y ago
Reading this comment, it felt like you were describing the education system. I'm waiting for someone to write a best-seller on the "Heat Theory of Education" [ Knowledge, in a given domain, flows from a knowledge-hot person t
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by jstgord 6y ago
Dear Reddit, for the love of Mike .. PLEASE treat reddit as a web-first platform. You are killing the golden goose by trying to force people toward the app - by gradually removing features and usability from the mobile web site and constant
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by jstgord 6y ago
Have been busy building a basic working prototype for http://boxi.chat : a live shared whiteboard + chat, with markdown and latex support. some examples : http://blog.boxi.chat Also.. doing some paintings of internet