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by lolc 6y ago
"Here's the game: whenever you wake up in the morning, you ask me whether the fortnight is over. And you count how many times I say no. Ok?"
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by lolc 6y ago
I understand you're saying that we wouldn't be in this situation if we didn't let the old getting infected. How do you suppose we could've "isolated every old folks' home" if everybody else had gotten infe
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by lolc 6y ago
The virus getting deadlier is a hypothetical scenario. Yes we can assume there is selection pressure for more benign strains. But that doesn't mean those strains will win.
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by lolc 6y ago
We are right now observing exponential spread of a virus. And we don't want to hit the natural end of exponential spread for this virus.
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by lolc 6y ago
The specific argument was that people didn't change their behaviour enough. The inevitable consequence being more cases. Inevitable as in "can't change it anymore, the cases are rolling in." I don't see how you arri
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by lolc 6y ago
Well but the NHS is the source of the data to begin with. And they communicate limitations along with the data. You can't just ignore those and use their data. You'd have to find another source that offers actually comparable numb
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by lolc 6y ago
I don't know what type of filtering is applied to detect radio-transmissions. If the detection equipment is not looking for microwave-attacks, they could indeed get filtered out as noise. But again, at intensities that induce the Frey
968.
by lolc 6y ago
Ah, that explains it. Obviously it's hard to protect against this outside.
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by lolc 6y ago
Such an attack cannot be hidden from detectors in the vincinity. There is far too much energy in the air for an antenna not to pick up on diffused and reflected emissions. On the other hand a fine, grounded mesh will protect just fine again
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by lolc 6y ago
What I don't get about this explanation is that I'd expect high-profile embassies to be at least monitored for radio activity or even shielded against it. But maybe I'm just expecting too much vigilance here.
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by lolc 6y ago
I was quite surprised when it started happening to me.
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by lolc 6y ago
> Relatedly, have there been proper double-blind studies for vitamin d injections & COVID outcomes? I think there was a study that saw improved clinical outcomes when a metabolized version of vitamin D was administered. Don't k
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by lolc 6y ago
> The researchers will administer nicotine patches to some of the participants for a period of 4 to 5 months, Wow. Hooking participants on nicotine for research seems like an extreme measure to research this. I know that nicotine-patches
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by lolc 6y ago
The wise will know not to answer when both choices are wrong.
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by lolc 6y ago
Yes, they say that the finds were replicated.
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by lolc 6y ago
I've thought quite a bit about how online reviews could be improved and this feature implements a lot of it. So for me, it was good.
977.
by lolc 6y ago
So what if instead of being on a hill, we accelerate the drones on launch straight up? Make them bullet-shaped so they don't lose too much momentum. If we lose the requirement of them returning on their own we could also simplify the s
978.
by lolc 6y ago
Looks more like the now permanent extension to the extension. They didn't come up with something better in the last years. Why expect that to change?
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by lolc 6y ago
Free will is a cultural concept, not a biological one. Consciousness may be driven by a biological machine, but development of our ego is influenced a lot by culture. Free will is faith in the sense that we learn the concept from our cultur
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by lolc 6y ago
Thank you for your thorough review. I'm collecting articles for my first issue of Journal of Procrastination but articles and reviews are hard to come by. Today has been a very successful day for me browsing Hacker News!
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by lolc 6y ago
It's nice to see a hack turn into an API extension that addresses the underlying problem.
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by lolc 6y ago
If we're looking at what things have control over our bodies, the Youtube Sidebar cannot be dismissed as inconsequential.
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by lolc 6y ago
Loading is already very complex and takes special knowledge and more and more software to balance the ship and keep the loading-process efficient. Dangerous goods are separated from the quarters as much as possible for example. I'm sur
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by lolc 6y ago
My little desk-computer has a pretty dirty audio path. I can turn up the audio to hear the chirps of the power regulators over the speakers; when the CPU is leaning on the PSU. Even just keystrokes in my editor cause a flurry of chirps as t
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by lolc 6y ago
What is indisputable libel here? Are you saying the author is lying about the facts?
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by lolc 6y ago
But if that megafarm says "We believe that AI should: 1. Be socially beneficial." then we can point to that when their behaviour is not consistent with it, no?
987.
by lolc 6y ago
Thanks for the correction! I did wonder whether it is wise to comment when I don't know anything about that model.
988.
by lolc 6y ago
Huge electromagnets. Perfectly tuned. With the power budget of a small town.
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by lolc 6y ago
I don't see why we should allow for the possibility that the ratio of cheaters would stay the same with or without the surveillance. That could only be true if the ratio of potential cheaters were so low that the threat of detection in
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by lolc 6y ago
Your nuance is lost to the author: "For an obsessed person, it’s always worth it."

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