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by mkolodny 6y ago
"The Genocide Convention, to which China is a signatory, defines genocide as specific acts against members of a group with the intent to destroy that group in whole or in part. These acts include (a) killing; (b) causing serious bodil
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by mkolodny 6y ago
Genocide.
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by mkolodny 6y ago
From the Uyghur Human Rights Project: > Contact your Senators to urge them to co-sponsor the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act [0] > Endorse the global campaign for fashion brands to end complicity in Uyghur forced labour [1] And sev
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by mkolodny 6y ago
What country's politicians have publicly opposed this?
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From the paper: "Locations are defined at the level of countries, except for the USA where they are defined at the level of states and China is separated into Wuhan and non-Wuhan areas."
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by mkolodny 6y ago
Antibody tests check whether someone has had Covid-19 in the past. Those tests are different from tests which check to see whether someone currently has Covid-19. If someone dies without having already tested positive for Covid-19, in many
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by mkolodny 6y ago
Do people in Mumbai get Covid-19 positivity tests for free? If not, then I'd be surprised if all of the 18 million people in Mumbai have been able to afford them.
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My main concern with this study is that it uses reported Covid-19 deaths to infer the fatality rate. According to the paper, the fatality rates in the US are far higher than the rates in China and India. While the inferred fatality rate in
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by mkolodny 6y ago
Prop 25 is definitely an improvement. It forces jails to release people who were accused of most misdemeanors within 12 hours. I think more still needs to be done. Both police officers in the streets and officers guarding jails should be he
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"We commit to use any influence we obtain over AGI’s deployment to ensure it is used for the benefit of all, and to avoid enabling uses of AI or AGI that harm humanity or unduly concentrate power." That sounds to me like they comm
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I also wish that these decisions were more democratic. At the same time, personally, I think that the folks who made these changes did a great job. They're helping preserve American democracy. In particular, I appreciate: "10&#x2F
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by mkolodny 6y ago
There are promising alternatives to energy intensive proof-of-work crypto algorithms. Specifically proof-of-stake (Ethereum, etc)[0], and ledger-backed services[1]. [0] https://blockgeeks.com/guides/ethereum-casper&#x2F
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You can find the code for the paper here: https://github.com/timoschick/pet
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Check out the 60 Minutes video "Whistleblowers silenced by China could have stopped global coronavirus spread" [0], and then see if you still feel that way. [0] https://youtu.be/pEQcvcyzQGE
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Democracy means rule by the people. When you elect leaders, you're not ruling - you're choosing who rules. I don't think people are questioning the merits of democracy. I think people are questioning whether the US truly is a
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by mkolodny 6y ago
I agree that public funding is a great way to fund free products and services. The issue is that getting public funding is a major pain right now. It can take months of paperwork. And it's not really "we" who decide what to f
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by mkolodny 6y ago
Speed, too. For PyTorch to train models and run inference quickly, your Python code gets translated to C++/CUDA. Part of the idea with S4TF is to be able to write ML code in a single, fast language.
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by mkolodny 6y ago
While I'm very much in favor of voting on policies instead of people, I don't think that would make online voting more secure. If voting wasn't anonymous, then wealthy people could pay people to vote in favor of the policies
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by mkolodny 6y ago
So you can buy stocks through the LTSE that aren't listed on the LTSE? If so, why would someone do that? I think GP's point is that you're saying "we're open for business", but the LTSE isn't offering peop
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by mkolodny 6y ago
I just looked at the fastai library on the GitHub app on my phone, and tapping on symbols doesn't show where they come from. By the way, I love your courses, and I appreciate that you've contributed a ton to the community :) I jus
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Allowing import \* to be used safely in notebooks is one thing. Using it in a library is very different. import \* is convenient to use in a shell. But it makes code more difficult to read. If code doesn't explicitly say where variable
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by mkolodny 6y ago
I don't see the post's title in the "Findings" section. I do see: "a greater frequency and earlier onset of regular cannabis use were associated with poorer cognitive performance, specifically on tests of verbal mem
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> everything is just connections all the way down Is that true? Could the "biochemical processes" also include relationships between cells?
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The most universal issue with taxis around the world is safety. How do I know whether a taxi driver is going to take me to my destination, or drive me to an alley and mug me? Apps like Uber are a major safety improvement over taxis. If I ge
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"Of these 127 [COVID-19 cases], 8 (6.3% [CI, 2.1% to 10.5%]) were asymptomatic. Of the 119 symptomatic cases, 20 (16.8%) were defined as mild, 87 (73.1%) as moderate, and 12 (10.1%) as severe or critical." 6.3% of transmissions be
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Siddhartha Gautama, the founder of Buddhism, is said to have practiced mindfulness meditation (vipassana) in the 5-4th century BCE. Though I haven't heard him referred to as the person who invented it. There is lots of research on the
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> I really don't want to set a precedence of charging students for something I don't think they should be paying for. What do you think students shouldn't be paying for? Education? Some people pay hundreds of thousands of
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The fact that I can read your comment suggests that the Web has done something pretty incredible - it has made it possible for anyone with internet access to share information with billions of people. I think that this article is written fr
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I come to HN to discuss ideas. What's the difference between an "ideological battle" and discussing ideas?
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Does a startup's equity in the pool vest over time? I'd be concerned about a startup joining the pool, and then immediately dissolving their company.

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