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by mieses 6y ago
they collaborated with ikea on a very, very cheap hackable speaker so their stuff is not always overpriced. maybe the exception that proves the rule. https://teenage.engineering/designs/frekvens-hacks
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by mieses 6y ago
misapplying quarantine powers to indefinitely transform everyday life is a new thing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_opportunism
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by mieses 6y ago
to prevent cavities, dentists should pull out all your teeth. if you object to this obvious remedy then you are clearly an irrational person.
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by mieses 6y ago
and probably less than a total of 5 deaths? why does the number of infections matter? a focus on the number of infections rather than suffering, illness or death implies a goal of slowing or preventing herd immunity and, by extension, prolo
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by mieses 6y ago
Mass surveillance is inevitable unless there is a push back against this stuff. Covid will accomplish what Patriot Act, social media, and smartphones weren't able to.
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by mieses 6y ago
normal != average. I didn't read the article. just guessing they confuse the 2 words.
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by mieses 6y ago
If the OP had led with the book titled "Debunking Howard Zinn" the post would have been flagged. Calling one truth and the other a lie puts us back to the beginning of the 20th c. Soon we will be chanting "viva la muerte&qu
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by mieses 6y ago
If one of two airborne transmissions remains within normal variation while the other drops significantly, then masks had an insignificant effect. The more plausible explanation is that mask wearing had a tiny impact on both covid and flu.
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by mieses 6y ago
The UK'S Office of National Statistics (ONS) just showed that since June, UK influenza deaths are higher than Covid deaths. If this is true, then wearing masks has no effect on deaths from airborne viral transmission. And it might e
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by mieses 6y ago
The comparison of the situations of the Uighurs and the African Americans is straight out of the CCP propaganda playbook. The Soviet Union used to run stories about racism in the US.
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by mieses 6y ago
It would be convenient if there was a database of cancelled people so those people could go on with their lives and operate outside cancel culture. For example, there could be institutions of higher learning that required applicants to demo
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by mieses 6y ago
you might like Foam https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrsCQ3pApTs https://github.com/foambubble/foam
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by mieses 6y ago
November 17 in China? https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/13/first-covid-19... Possibly in October.. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/china/coronavirus-... as e
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by mieses 6y ago
I'm sticking to the issue of consistency and honesty which you introduced and I'm avoiding all substance and value judgements in keeping with the dialectical style of the forum. The analogy was intended to help you understand why
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by mieses 6y ago
Abolition (abolishing something) can be an improvement, except when it's not. From one point of view, those reasonable anarchists and marxists are only seeking to "improve" the US. From the other point of view they are trying
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by mieses 6y ago
There are some relevant differences between Sweden and New Zealand. https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/04/21/sweden-coronavirus-anti...
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by mieses 6y ago
Is it wrong to have a theory that the virus is less lethal than widely assumed and to investigate this theory? Are scientists not allowed to investigate theories that are contrary to dominant political or religious dogma? What if they e
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by mieses 7y ago
your comment will get downvoted but this article will never get flagged.
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by mieses 7y ago
Both Vox and Gruber are political hits. The word "antibody" is not mentioned in either. Trump is correct that mass testing for cv19 infection without symptoms is useless. Mass testing for IgM and IgG antibodies is useful.
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by mieses 7y ago
starts clear then it starts to stutter. possibly this happens if one person starts to record while listening to a message.
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by mieses 7y ago
"They now have no other choice but to do it on their own with their own IP, either home grown or purchased." -Charlie Demerjian gasp! What a frightful state of affairs that China has to PURCHASE or DEVELOP their IP.
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by mieses 7y ago
You dig a hole, you put a seed in, you put dirt on top, you install gentoo..
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by mieses 7y ago
The recurring problem of Linux on Thinkpads is Nvidia graphics drivers. If you avoid the Nvidia option you should be ok.
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by mieses 7y ago
I just eat the plastic instead of throwing it out. It's better for the fish and, in the end, I'm going to eat it anyways.
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by mieses 7y ago
It could be that tech companies attract people who are more educated, disciplined, and therefore more politically progressive than the average person (because they think that policies that work for them should be applied to people who are l
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by mieses 7y ago
these are better https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:The_Rime_of_the_...
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by mieses 7y ago
Was there a wedding occurring at the motel?
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by mieses 7y ago
the search for novelty above all else killed the cat
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by mieses 7y ago
Propagating? Can you find evidence of anyone who has had this theory before me?
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by mieses 7y ago
moomin, you might enjoy the "The Fillyjonk Who Believed In Disasters" if you haven't read it already.

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