kmonad

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by kmonad 5y ago
I do not understand your question in the first sentence, sorry. And I agree with your second sentence.
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by kmonad 5y ago
Every viral replication is an event that could yield a new variant. A new variant can lead to new problems. It is therefore of interest to limit viral replications. This, in addition to the health care system capacities, are crucial targets
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by kmonad 5y ago
groups of people who know just a little about a subject tend to cease questioning their reasoning, and a dunning kruger is born. groups of people with more knowledge tend to ask more questions before accepting a new position. therefore, a d
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by kmonad 5y ago
however, in a hospital setting they are required, by government mandate.
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by kmonad 5y ago
sadly, this is a pretty concise "nutshell".
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by kmonad 5y ago
Selection can drive evolution, and in a vaccinated body there exist other selection pressures than in an unvaccinated body. Variants which may by chance be suited well to strive in a new environment need to arise first. This will happen onl
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by kmonad 5y ago
I doubt your sincere participation in the argument unless you attempt to see differences between your scenarios.
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by kmonad 5y ago
the vast majority of viral replications take place in susceptible infected bodies, i.e. predominantly those of unvaccinated individuals. variants, therefore, mostly arise among unvaccinated. sometimes, by chance, a variant then may emerge t
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by kmonad 5y ago
maybe try once more, focussing on the differences rather than the similarities between the two scenarios.
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by kmonad 5y ago
it is the punchline at the end of the article. i found it confusing though, and to be honest, lurid---the article deals with the Sackler family, their greed, lies and ambition.
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by kmonad 5y ago
> But more importantly, read this book if you want to understand how profit in medicine corrupts medical professionals to the point that they can become perfectly willing to kill their patients, for the right price This last sentence see
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by kmonad 5y ago
+56% vs the S&P's +36%. This does not look "suspicious", from a purely statistical point of view.
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by kmonad 5y ago
Despite so much valid criticism about its inefficiencies, intransparencies, infighting, etc---in the grand scheme of things the EU really seems one of best governmental institutions for the "common people". At least relative to co
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by kmonad 6y ago
Why are immune / stem cell papers usually analyzing the %-ages of cells? To effect a physiological change, the total number of cells ought to matter more than their ratios. Are the totals constant (I do not believe so)?
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by kmonad 6y ago
"This discouragement, this is going to have a real impact on the Internet as we know it, which is increasingly going to move to a paid experience, which again, benefits Apple's bottom line," Satterfield said. The hypocrisy
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by kmonad 6y ago
The odds ratios should be reported because they are striking. They should also be accompanied by probabilities, nevertheless. I do not think this is an issue of counterbalancing, what would that even imply?
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by kmonad 6y ago
In articles where such emotional topics, e.g. the health of your baby, are discussed, I think it would be especially important to improve the reporting of statistics. Here, a scary sounding odds ratio is mentioned (children of mothers with
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by kmonad 6y ago
> I didn't foresee a desparate EU attacking a UK just going about it's own business. That's imo a narrative from AZ pitting EU against UK, fueled by a susceptible UK media. US articles on this appear a little more measured
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by kmonad 6y ago
Not sure I understand your second sentence, it might be saying what I am about to write. From reading several articles on the issue, the EU seems to demand that the slow-down in production be shared equally across orders. This puts AZ in a
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by kmonad 6y ago
I feel that I learnt something from this twitter thread. https://twitter.com/KralcTrebor/status/1354952686165225478
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by kmonad 6y ago
The internet from the 2000s is not what the internet is now, and I cannot see any "fearmongering" (a loaded word these days) in the previous comment. Your reply is not addressing the main point: that P believes there ought to be l
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by kmonad 7y ago
Can you be more specific? What's your worry. I have never seen outline before and am fairly happy with what it appears to be doing (strip articles off of rubbish autoplay videos/unrelated images/links to other articles I am n
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by kmonad 7y ago
This seems fantastic! I feel old and grumpy when I get angry at all the rubbish news website intersperse articles with. This seems a great solution.
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by kmonad 7y ago
I actually provided the context. It's just a silly thing to say, what ever the context.
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by kmonad 7y ago
> All diet is habit. We have the disadvantage of being born in a very rich country with food everywhere. And changing your eating desires takes years. Yeah, very tough. I mean intermittent fasting is probably a great choice to improve he
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by kmonad 7y ago
this looks a bit like an overweight but under-featured orgmode. but i might be missing something?
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by kmonad 8y ago
At 100$ median valuation, wouldn't that mean that facebook's value is inflated (the article states ~250$ per user)?
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by kmonad 8y ago
There are now also more and more established PIs who do not publish in the "usual suspects" journals any longer. That's all well and good for them. However, it does not work out for the grad students and postdocs. The way to
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by kmonad 8y ago
I might be wrong, but are you suggesting getting to LGA from LIC is ...inconvenient? I think in all of NY there is no relationship between neighborhood and airport that would be better? Not sure about public transport since I would think ev
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by kmonad 8y ago
a much fairer and better response than the snarky current top comment. who'd deny this is amazing?

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