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by kenneth 7y ago
That's very scary! Very unlikely to be a coincidence.
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by kenneth 7y ago
So you're saying that the people who die in China don't matter… no big deal, as long as it's not happening in my country. Pandemics don't care about borders, anyways. There's a very high probability this will spread
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by kenneth 7y ago
This has already killed more people in mainland China than SARS has.
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by kenneth 7y ago
Especially in HK where people just don't have the space. Many people live with their families in tiny apartments for much longer in life.
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by kenneth 7y ago
Is it really that few fully recovered?
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by kenneth 7y ago
Indeed, but there's also very credible rumors saying that the number of dead patients in Wuhan is severely underreported. For example, this video shows someone walking around a hospital in Wuhan, where you see dead bodies in the hallwa
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by kenneth 7y ago
Statement and statistical model of the epidemic from HKU researchers. They're quite pessimistic. • Likely ~75k infections in China already • Chongqing likely the next big city to experience full uncontained outbreak • Drastic measures
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by kenneth 7y ago
I've been following this closely since Jan 2nd. This is looking like it will be far worse than SARS and MERS, and far harder to contain. I imagine it'll look a lot closer to the Spanish flu. I wonder what absolutely drastic measur
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by kenneth 7y ago
The Spanish flu has a similar mortality rate as this and managed to kill 5% of the world's entire population.
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Wuhan in lockdown as Beijing tries to contain deadly outbreak(scmp.com)
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China confirms human-to-human transmission of coronavirus(theguardian.com)
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Europe Is Ready for Its Own Army (2019)(foreignpolicy.com)
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by kenneth 7y ago
The Boring Company's FAQ is actually pretty helpful in understanding why their approach is innovative. In short: Small autonomous vehicles instead of big subway cars means you can change the model from one of big stations with big heav
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Video: Mexico's Most Active Volcano Erupts, Spews Ash Cloud Nearly 20k Feet(npr.org)
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by kenneth 7y ago
Good luck finding a counterparty that won't ask for a no shop clause. As a VC all our term sheets have legally binding no shop and confidentiality clauses. That's industry standard.
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by kenneth 7y ago
All tea originated in China. In southern Chinese dialects tea is called "Cha," which is where other languages got their "Cha" sounding word for tea, and this includes the Indian languages afaik. The northern dialects&#x2
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by kenneth 7y ago
It took me a while to figure out why one of my favorite Chinese dish, 卤肉饭 aka Lu Rou Fan, directly translated into "braised meat rice" when in english it's always "minced pork rice"
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by kenneth 7y ago
Except it isn't. You can debate the moral questions behind drug pricing. But it's entirely legal for pharma companies to set the price for the drugs to maximize their profits. It's logical.
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by kenneth 7y ago
How does Swiss Transfer make money? (As a Swiss, I love the sound of it. But need to figure out what their model is, otherwise surely if I'm not the customer, I'm the product)
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by kenneth 7y ago
I've been part of a company that would fire all but the very best right before that eight month mark where the probationary period ends. Keeping them past that just isn't worth the risk.
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by kenneth 7y ago
You misread. A course is 40h (20 classes), and it takes 10 courses to get reasonably conversational. i.e. 400h of class-time (not counting homework, study, and practice in the wild time)
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by kenneth 7y ago
Finally moving out of SF was the best decision I ever made. It only became clear once I was removed from SF for enough time. Fuck that place. Yeah, it's the home of technology, but it's slowly rotting and dying and it makes its re
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by kenneth 7y ago
I'm incapable of self-teaching a language. I need the external motivation from a set schedule, and the interaction with another human to keep me progressing. I moved to Hong Kong this year from San Francisco to do these classes (and be
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by kenneth 7y ago
As a native french speaking, the mandarin nǔ is one of the few things I actually find super easy. Helps that we have the exact same ü sound in french.
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by kenneth 7y ago
I'm currently learning Mandarin. My strategy so far has been to take intensive classes with a private teacher (a professional from a language school), 2h every day I'm in town. Each course is 20 classes (i.e. 40h), and after 10 co
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by kenneth 7y ago
I would hire a "fingerprint guy" who's entire job was to run around the office unlocking terminals. Pay him minimum wage and it's still cheaper than a couple extra terminals
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by kenneth 7y ago
Have been mugged at gun point in CA, didn't resist and gave them what they wanted. I no longer live in the the awful US, so I don't have to worry about these things anymore. Despite what the media say, Hong Kong is far safer!
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by kenneth 7y ago
The UAE is also nowhere near the Sahara desert, for what it's worth.
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by kenneth 7y ago
It happens naturally. Add freshwater into a bowl full of brine, let it spill over continuously and pretty soon you've got almost only freshwater left.
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by kenneth 7y ago
For Russia they usually say "the Kremlin." Also I always thought Westminster referred to the parliament, not the crown which would more typically be referred to by Buckingham palace.

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