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by mirimir 6y ago
> Real nerds read the whole internet every day. Hey, they have their AI read it all, and prepare a precis :)
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by mirimir 6y ago
Actually, TFA says: > ... Gordon notes the aircraft flies at altitudes from 60,000-65,000 feet.
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by mirimir 6y ago
Perhaps so. But then, nobody who seriously cares would ever use a US-based VPN service ;) And even for US-based VPN services, I gather that a warrant would be required, and that'd be hard with no information about what the VPN link had
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by mirimir 6y ago
From a cynical perspective, this is a market opportunity for VPN services. As were Snowdon's leaks, which hugely expanded the VPN service industry. And indeed, using VPN services (let alone nested VPN chains and Tor) largely obviates r
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by mirimir 6y ago
I've seen an article claiming that it spread from the Wuhan Institute of Virology. But not in the sense that they created, improved or selected it. I gather that they were simply isolating and studying viruses from bats that had been c
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by mirimir 6y ago
Please see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23799512 for a recent paper which reports that it is.
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by mirimir 6y ago
One might feel the same about an African American graduate of MIT, but it'd be illegal to discriminate based on it.
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by mirimir 6y ago
People in the US can feel however they want, but they don't get to discriminate on the basis of protected group status.
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by mirimir 6y ago
How so? From TFA, I get that all of the relevant parties are from India.
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by mirimir 6y ago
I'm confused. Was it about the Indian's background, or your father's background?
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by mirimir 6y ago
I suspect so. Affirmative action laws would be meaningless, otherwise.
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by mirimir 6y ago
It does seem a lot like that. And I did find an article which suggests that caste and skin color are associated:[0] > Our understanding of the genetics of skin pigmentation has been largely skewed towards populations of European ancestry
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by mirimir 6y ago
Huh, the Borsalino. But damn, those are expensive hats!
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by mirimir 6y ago
Thanks, I didn't realize that. Higher doses do further reduce the need for sleep, however. And while they don't put me on edge, they do increase the risk of saying and doing risky things. But maybe that's because I'm b
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by mirimir 6y ago
Huh? I always mix with caffeine, and have no problems. Also, it is "habit-forming". If I increase the dose to stay alert longer, and then taper down too abruptly, I get dazed. However, I suspect that you're right about alco
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by mirimir 6y ago
If Apple makes such high-end stuff, and is marketing on privacy, why can't they spring for hardware switches? Pine64 does, and they're by no means high-end. Not by price, anyway.
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by mirimir 6y ago
Yes, I entirely agree about drugs being demonized. And I believe that people get to choose what drugs to use, and how to use them. But that also means that they're responsible for consequences. Indeed, some drugs are so demonized that
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by mirimir 6y ago
Right, and using sunscreen on my partially bald head would be icky.
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by mirimir 6y ago
Some of the orthodox hats are just so cool. Black. Rakish. Almost streamlined.
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by mirimir 6y ago
Yeah, I am. But maybe if one took enough modafinil?
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by mirimir 6y ago
It's never made sense to my how the War on Drugs isn't unconstitutional. And your point about Roe v Wade is a good one. Indeed, Roe v Wade is fundamentally about the right to choose what to do with ones body.
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by mirimir 6y ago
Dosage is a major factor. Smoking meth is way different from eating Desoxyn. Even lots of Desoxyn. Edit: Dosage and route both matter a lot.
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by mirimir 6y ago
It's been the standard military "go pill" for several decades. Maybe now superseded by modafinil. Modafinil is by no means as dramatic, but it's still great fun, and far easier on your teeth ;) Edit: Actually, the progre
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by mirimir 6y ago
I found this:[0] > In February 2005, the Mohawk Nation Council of Chiefs (a traditional Haudenosaunee government), the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe , and the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne signed an agreement with Governor George Pataki to resolv
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by mirimir 6y ago
Wow. That is just so damn amazing! Also, TFA notes: > In a joint statement, the state, the Creek Nation and the other four of what is known as the “Five Tribes” of Oklahoma said they were making “substantial progress” toward an agreement
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by mirimir 6y ago
Maybe more than marathon. I mean, the influenza strain that caused the 1918 pandemic is still circulating. Notwithstanding herd immunity through vaccination.
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by mirimir 6y ago
Sure, but it's likely that this won't be going away. So as soon as you relax lockdown, it may well come back. Unless there's a vaccine, which I'm not betting on. And then there's the chance of another zoonotic virus
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by mirimir 6y ago
> Which has worked well in lots of countries Has it really? Lots of people in LTC facilities have died, no?
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by mirimir 6y ago
Thanks. That ought to be TFA's URL. Paper: https://sci-hub.st/http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/brain/awaa240
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by mirimir 6y ago
Sorry :( Maybe she carries that susceptibility sequence from Neanderthals. It'd also be good to focus on isolating people with that and other relevant genetic markers.

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