mirimir

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   by mirimir 7y ago

   I do. Rolls last longer. The paper doesn't shred so readily. You need more sheets, but less total mass. You can wipe mirrors and sinks without leaving paper residue behind.
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   by mirimir 7y ago

   Hey, another baby boom :)
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   by mirimir 7y ago

   I wouldn't be surprised about behavioral responses in wildlife to reduced human activity outdoors. But anything substantial will take time. For example, if some village were abandoned, I'd expect that native plants and animals wou
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   by mirimir 7y ago

   Yes, it's a clever workaround. And requires no remote server. I still prefer VPNs and Tor, but hey.
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   by mirimir 7y ago

   Huh. I meant radical in the sense of large surface area. And I was thinking ~cylindrical. But radial is a great idea. And as soon as I started playing with paper, the ancient muscle memory of folding filter paper came back to me. Edit: OK,
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   by mirimir 7y ago

   They're for people with paralysis or muscle problems. And they'd be ~useless for COVID-19.
7. 667.▲
   by mirimir 7y ago

   Unless you plan ahead ;)
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   by mirimir 7y ago

   > The diagnostic test for the virus that causes COVID-19 has been designed to operate on any of Cepheid’s more than 23,000 automated GeneXpert Systems globally, the company said, without giving details. So this doen't seem to be som
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   by mirimir 7y ago

   Huh. Italian family. So I suppose that they might carry susceptibility genes. It's my impression that Italians are extremely diverse genetically, but I guess that there could be ~isolated subpopulations. I wonder whether anyone's
10. 670.▲
    by mirimir 7y ago

    I wonder if there could be a genetic factor. Maybe something ~unique to Japanese?
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    by mirimir 7y ago

    But breathing through a vacuum cleaner bag is too hard. Still, it might work if you did a radical pleat. I'll try it. As I recall, two layers of cotton t-shirt is the best option.
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    by mirimir 7y ago

    This is the best book review that I've ever read. Or at least, the funniest. And perhaps the most honest.
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    by mirimir 7y ago

    I suspect that "helps cure cancer" is a popular touchstone for grant applications, no matter how indirect the association.
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    by mirimir 7y ago

    Sure, but if what you say is accurate, it wouldn't matter. Once people started dying by the thousand, even if they're all old, governments would be forced to lock stuff down. And even if they didn't, the economy would be hose
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    by mirimir 7y ago

    I do worry that this will become the norm in many countries. Because the virus will keep evolving and recirculating. And because more zoonotic diseases are predictable.
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    by mirimir 7y ago

    That's too precarious. Once anyone is infected, the whole population goes up. Like that nursing home in Washington. I'd make more sense to quarantine everyone who gets infected, and then offer to hire those who recover as learn-on
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    by mirimir 7y ago

    They can ban eviction, however.
18. 678.▲
    by mirimir 7y ago

    You don't just "take them off". You carefully pull them off, inside out. And then dispose of them, as hazardous waste.
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    by mirimir 7y ago

    Yes, of course you remove and trash gloves to avoid contamination. I did biochemistry for years. We wore gloves to protect proteins in samples from our proteases, and to protect ourselves from radionuclides. When I labeled stuff with mCi le
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    by mirimir 7y ago

    There's a similar discovery by chance story (not that I remember what it is) about "East Hastings" by Godspeed You! Black Emperor in the film "28 Days Later".
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    by mirimir 7y ago

    They do that for weapons, ammunition, food, clothing, etc, etc, etc.
22. 682.▲
    by mirimir 7y ago

    Yeah, but they had crappy information management.
23. 683.▲
    by mirimir 7y ago

    Seeing women's naked ankles is also criminal. [Under Saudi law.]
24. 684.▲
    by mirimir 7y ago

    No, I'm advocating resistance against US policy that's unjust and overreaching. And given that the US is too powerful to resist directly, I'm advocating discretion. What's criminal and what's human rights depends on
25. 685.▲
    by mirimir 7y ago

    Yes, I've been saying all that, for decades. Not that it's ever accomplished anything. So now I basically focus on passive resistance.
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    by mirimir 7y ago

    I've always thought so. But the US does a far better job re appearances, and has far better propaganda.
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    by mirimir 7y ago

    Wow. Didn't think of that. Jails will be like nursing homes, albeit with generally younger populations.
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    by mirimir 7y ago

    Lots of people are/do, I bet. > But your criminal record will be an albatross around your neck and ruin your life. It rather limits one to criminal careers.
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    by mirimir 7y ago

    Huh. So doesn't that get reversed, once it's clear that the cops planted drugs on him? Or what, does he get charged with perjury over his plea bargain?
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    by mirimir 7y ago

    Isn't it predictable that incidence of infection will be proportional to population density? If so, isn 't the Northeast megalopolis most at risk?