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The Great Paper Caper(gq.com)
1 points by nathannecro 12y ago|1 comments
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by nathannecro 12y ago
Ah, that's unfortunate. It wasn't earlier. I cannot edit my OP, but apologies, that link now leads to a paywall.
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by nathannecro 12y ago
Interesting article. Behind paywall: http://online.wsj.com/articles/traffic-engineers-say-slowing... ^Link is full article.
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by nathannecro 12y ago
I am clinically diagnosed with having ADHD. Some of the symptoms you name sound like they're picked up from a list of symptoms for diagnosing children with ADHD: Dash around, touching or playing with anything and everything in sight,
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by nathannecro 12y ago
Really neat concept and (it appears) fine execution! Right now, it's a really niche product, but I'm looking forwards to see if this is improved and adopted more widely. Also, the main video doesn't show much. This is much be
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by nathannecro 12y ago
For whatever people say, Ebola is still a fairly difficult disease to spread. True, it has jumped borders (even oceans). However, patient's don't become infectious until they start showing visible symptoms. Not only that, the symp
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by nathannecro 12y ago
Yes. In a sense. According to several sources, it may take up to an hour for the virus to be invalidated by UV light. That makes it not really practical for the patient or the HCP involved. Not only that, but I suspect at the energies requi
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by nathannecro 12y ago
Completely right! As was theorized since the first modern recorded index case was recorded in Africa (a Dutch coffee farm owner?), several healthcare providers were infected who had not even touched the patient or any of the patient's
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by nathannecro 12y ago
A lot of this thread is speculation. Let me interject by actually citing some research which may answer some questions. @kenjackson: "Is skin a barrier for Ebola?" Yes. According to Bausch et al. "Taken together, our results
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by nathannecro 12y ago
You're certainly correct. I was just attempting to keep it simple.
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by nathannecro 12y ago
That's actually very incorrect. Bond breakage is ALWAYS endothermic. http://books.google.com/books?id=ZOm8L9oCwLMC&pg=PA202&lpg=P... Edit: Sorry, I hate leaving one-sentence rebuttals. The energy required to b
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by nathannecro 12y ago
Let me try my hand at simply explaining this. Atoms are composed to two sections: A positively charged center -- the nucleus. A negatively charged outside -- the electron cloud. When several atoms get together, they do so because their elec
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by nathannecro 12y ago
Let me respond point by point. > Ebola is just not a very scary disease. Ebola is a frightening disease. On a psychological point, I feel like the shock of the symptoms itself is lessened due to the fact that most of the infected have da
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by nathannecro 12y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_shock_response
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by nathannecro 12y ago
According to the American Heart Association (and every other source I've read), this is the proper way for anybody to perform CPR: 1. Check for signs of life. Vigorously tap (hit) your patient a few times. Generally, we like tapping th
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by nathannecro 12y ago
Please HN, there are a few comments in this thread talking about "taking action" if you happen to be a bystander during an emergency. Let me implore you. If the area isn't safe, do not even attempt to enter the scene. Fires c
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by nathannecro 12y ago
Aye, upvoted. Unsure why you're being downvoted so heavily. I think we can all agree that cabs in the Bay Area are terrible. Uber and its kin have certainly changed the market. Uber however, seem to be resorting to immoral and rather r
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by nathannecro 12y ago
I just want to say, that was a fascinating video. I wish that I could join up with doctors without borders and help them in their fight.
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by nathannecro 12y ago
Unsure. In the hospitals I've worked at, there are sanitizing stations mounted either directly outside of any n-set of rooms (in ER's, they're mounted outside every room). It's habit for any health personnel to sanitiz
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by nathannecro 12y ago
Just from - terrible - experience, C. Diff is one bug which is certainly not sanitized by any sort of alcohol-based sanitizer. Spreading C. Diff throughout a hospital population (even one floor) is pretty devastating and dangerous.
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by nathannecro 12y ago
I can see why. Perhaps the most significant problem associated with aging is centered around our body's replication system. The way that cells duplicate and grow is not perfect. Hosts of environmental, biological, and "pure luck&q
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by nathannecro 12y ago
Is there a video to go along with these slides? This is fascinating. The diagram-heavy slides could certainly use some context.
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by nathannecro 12y ago
I happen to agree with you; just pointing out what I thought OP meant.
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by nathannecro 12y ago
In fact, I took his statement the other way: At one point, there was some n amount of CO2 in the air. A tree was planted. Through a few biological cycles, CO2 is exchanged and stored as various sugars within the wood. Burning the wood relea
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by nathannecro 12y ago
Unfortunately, the author seems to be doing a bit of hocus-pocus hand-waving to make these "underground" malls seem like some mystical place. If it's too inconvenient for any of you to make it into China, you can always stop
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We Will Fight Until The End(zenmagnets.com)
190 points by nathannecro 12y ago|102 comments
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by nathannecro 12y ago
Google operates GSX. They have cute little vans with "Google Shopping Express" painted on them which drive around and deliver the products. It's whichever local stores agree to partner with Google. As far as I know, the proce
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by nathannecro 12y ago
I'm not sure if you can assume this. I'm not sure myself, but the path that sodium benzoate finds its way into the bloodstream (or wherever it needs to be) is a bit more complicated than just "eat this pure sodium benzoate&qu
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by nathannecro 12y ago
Not really sure why you're being downvoted. Apple's design is amazing. They've (almost) single-handedly thrust consumer electronics into a position where fashion and looks are just as important (or more important) than functi
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by nathannecro 12y ago
As a counterpoint, how long does it take to recognize a Beats headset? My guess is almost instant. The characteristic design is not entirely reliant on the colors of the plastic used.

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