manicdee

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by manicdee 6y ago
Posting a quote of a logical fallacy is breaking your own rules. Consider pointing out which rules you think are being broke and why (the “why” being the important part of that sentence). Note that the genetic fallacy is similar to Godwin’s
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by manicdee 6y ago
A more accurate description is: politician with financial stake in HCQ and no medical background cherry picks the one study claiming HCQ can be used to treat COVID-19, but the study is a third-party review of unverifiable and highly questio
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by manicdee 6y ago
“Old patch disabling Active State Power Management deleted, significant energy savings expected on some ancient hardware.”
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by manicdee 6y ago
So you wouldn’t plan an extra $3B in taxation to reduce inflation? Remembering that governments with fiat currencies don’t tax for income, they tax for constraining money supply.
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by manicdee 7y ago
We’ve known that pandemics were going to get more likely as international travel got faster and cheaper, and population density rose and absolute population numbers rose. These factors have been part of the horror stories that epidemiologis
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by manicdee 7y ago
Spreading out cases over time means what might have been a death in a crowded, overworked hospital is a recovery in a moderately challenged hospital where the concerns are fresh face masks rather than available hands.
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by manicdee 7y ago
No amount of panic is useful, not ever. A certain level of taking life and death situations seriously and doing the next right thing towards controlling the situation is required, from everybody. cf Anna, “The Next Right Thing” Frozen 2 ht
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by manicdee 7y ago
Depends on whether you prefer 20 seconds to open the jar and spoon out the amount you need, or five minutes to peel the garlic, press it, then clean the garlic press.
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by manicdee 7y ago
It’s a requirement that some time within the next seven days of app usage, the user interacts with the web app. This might cause trouble if the web app is simply a list of timers which the user interacts with passively (map of earth showing
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by manicdee 7y ago
Flooding the market also messes up the profiteers, who are now trying to return TP that they can’t sell for $10 a roll.
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by manicdee 7y ago
Dear GOP: if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear. (also please stop persecuting our media for publishing reports of atrocities in Afghanistan — if you don’t want to be punished for war crimes, don’t commit war crimes)
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by manicdee 7y ago
So few are available because they are hideously expensive. They are hideously expensive because so few are bought.
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by manicdee 7y ago
Testing only helps if sensible and sustainable transmission control protocols are in place. Shelter-is-place is absolutely unsustainable, and wholesale testing of the population is economically infeasible in a population the size of Califor
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by manicdee 7y ago
Same everywhere. Grocers are still going to be open.
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by manicdee 7y ago
Anticipate an amendment to the health order to clarify one way or another.
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by manicdee 7y ago
Are you in contact with people from the plant or do you use separate toilets, cafes, and supermarkets? Shelter in place is about preventing person-to-person spread of the disease through direct contact or via intermediary such as a bench, c
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by manicdee 7y ago
The short version is: it’s not an inessential business and it poses little risk. So balancing the economic impact of shutting it down versus the economic impact of workers on social isolation orders possibly getting sick, the better option
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by manicdee 7y ago
How do you feel about GM keeping factories open? Or Boeing?
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by manicdee 7y ago
While a significant portion of that 78% might be people who think a monthly income of X means they can service debts with monthly costs of X, there are also people for whom basic cost of living (mostly rent) is most of their income. An exam
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by manicdee 7y ago
It’s a commentary about available options meaning that beverage makers can not exploit a market without shrinking their own market. If they want to maintain revenue the suppliers will need to ensure they retain their market. In addition if
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by manicdee 7y ago
No true Scotsman? How about changing the measure of “no amount of money” because there will always be some amount of money sufficient to get you the healthcare you need — in some cases that will mean flying you out to a different country, i
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by manicdee 7y ago
Do those stats count all detections where the patient died, or all deaths where the cause of death was determined to be cancer? I can imagine in the USA someone who can’t afford treatment might end up committing suicide, thereby artificiall
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by manicdee 7y ago
Is this actually detecting COVID-19 or yellow rulers? https://www.ben-evans.com/benedictevans/2019/4/15/notes-on-a...
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by manicdee 7y ago
This is why nobody goes to the good place anymore. Such a pedantic concept of ethics means nobody can do any good.
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by manicdee 7y ago
He’s comparing mortality rates per capita. Consider that cars are an endemic condition with a vast amount of time and money spent keeping people safe while using them or being near them. If similar resources are deployed to protect people f
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by manicdee 7y ago
Current death toll in Italy is under 2000 nationwide (2020-03-15). Nationwide road fatalities are around 3,000pa. Italy is an example of the worst case scenario of poor management and susceptible population.
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by manicdee 7y ago
Or maybe in Musk’s view if we did at least as much for pandemics as we do for vehicle safety there wouldn’t be an issue? In a car you drive safely and wear a seatbelt. The government mandates certain standards for designs including braking
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by manicdee 7y ago
We already are infected by cars to the point that not having a car is considered special.
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by manicdee 7y ago
No, the logical conclusion is that we take simple precautions every time we get in a car (which is an endemic disease), which is what keeps the fatality rate low, and we can take simple precautions to keep a pandemic from killing people. Ca
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by manicdee 7y ago
We also have our freedoms limited by: - road rules - murder being a criminal offence - the concept of private property We give up some personal liberties so that everyone has equal liberties including the liberty to enjoy their lives to t

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