narogab

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by narogab 6y ago
I told you so, I told you so, I told you so: \ https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=narogab In that discussion I somehow lost whatever karma I had on this BB. Despite being polite and reasonable I was blasted into oblivio
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by narogab 7y ago
We have plenty of space (churches, meeting halls, school and university dormitories) to use for temporary hospitals w/o the Army building temporary buildings that will cost a fortune and later be torn down all on the taxpayers' di
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by narogab 7y ago
Thanks for vouching. However... 1. If the old-school stats work, why use NN/ML? Instead sample the big data and use a classical statistical model. This was stated to me by a business school faculty member, to my astonishment. I had no
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Ask HN: ML, DNN and Creativity in Battle vs. Covid-19?
2 points by narogab 7y ago|4 comments
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by narogab 7y ago
Most people assume that the various governments' published statistics are accurate. They also often implicitly assume that the various statistical measures are consistent across nations. Are these reasonable assumptions given the polit
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by narogab 7y ago
I don't see how this could work unless you cordon off populations, test them and _keep_ them isolated from each other. Even then you would have to sterilize goods that passed between isolated groups. That may work for cows if you have
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by narogab 7y ago
I lost my sense of smell when I took a zinc tablet to prevent covid-19 (serious but funny). Maybe I shouldn't have dissolved it in my throat (as was suggested). Zinc is really bitter! My sense of taste is off too - nothing tastes good.
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Estimating the Global Prevalence of Zinc Deficiency(ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
3 points by narogab 7y ago|0 comments
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The Modern-Day Zinc Deficiency Epidemic(knowledgeofhealth.com)
2 points by narogab 7y ago|0 comments