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Ukraine: Tragedy of a Nation Divided [pdf](krasnoevents.com)
4 points by nkurz 5y ago|0 comments
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by nkurz 5y ago
> Any questions? I'm not timr, but I share a lot of his concerns, so I'll try to answer. I think your model of how he is thinking is probably wrong. Some people (including me) care tremendously about the truth of an argument,
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by nkurz 5y ago
> You can't annualize a daily risk by multiplying by 365 (volatility must be taken into account) Could you expand on this, or suggest the right search terms? My intuition is that it will be a little bit lower than straight multipli
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by nkurz 5y ago
I'm going to do this as a top-level comment because I think it's important. Throughout this thread, a number of people seem to be misreading the numbers and arguing that the results are unimportant because they show that the boos
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by nkurz 5y ago
Your comparison points are great, but I think you are misreading the quote: "Death due to Covid-19 occurred in 65 participants in the booster group (0.16 per 100,000 persons per day) and in 137 participants in the nonbooster group (2.9
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BNT162b2 Vaccine Booster and Mortality Due to Covid-19(nejm.org)
35 points by nkurz 5y ago|65 comments
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by nkurz 5y ago
While definitely true by land area, it's worth noting that the densely populated Ontario Peninsula is probably another exception. Minneapolis is considerably colder in winter than Toronto: https://weatherspark.com/comp
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by nkurz 5y ago
While in theory you might be correct, do we have any evidence that a human has ever contracted a prion disease from eating a wild animal? I eat wild game, and I'm concerned about CWD, but I don't think there is much cause for ala
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by nkurz 5y ago
I was persuaded enough by the research that I decided to move away from lead slugs a few years ago. I currently use these steel slugs for deer when required to use a shotgun, and find them extremely effective: https://www.dduple
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by nkurz 5y ago
It's a good idea, and there are a few programs that provide free non-toxic ammunition to hunters in some areas. Here's one: https://www.ventanaws.org/ammunition.html
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It may not be as easy as you think to remove all lead contaminated meat. Here's a quote from a study published by the Minnesota DNR (a decidedly pro-hunting source): "The ballistic tip bullet (rapid expansion) had the highest fr
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by nkurz 5y ago
FYI, when I tried to follow your link, Safari on Mac blocked your link with a warning that the certificate is invalid. Oddly, the "details" section (which helpfully cannot be cut-and-pasted) mentioned that "the website'
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by nkurz 5y ago
> You run maybe a pint of bar and chain oil through a big felling saw in an entire day of running it. Without getting into whether it's actually a significant pollutant compared to other sources, I think your estimate is considerabl
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by nkurz 5y ago
When you say they used "vegetable oils", do you mean they used a vegetable oil bought from the grocery store, or that they used one of the blended biodegradable oils specifically made for chainsaws? I've used both the Stihl B
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by nkurz 5y ago
I was mystified by the parenthetical in one of the answers: (Please note that "hundred" once meant 120.) Seemed unlikely, apparently the ground truth has moved more through the ages than I expected. Lo, the "long hundred&quo
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by nkurz 5y ago
Thanks, I was about to post the same URL. At a glance, it seems like a surprisingly balanced, well sourced, and accurate article.
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Maybe, or maybe not. Presumably that "more detailed write-up" would be something like the third footnote: https://yifan.lu/2019/02/22/attacking-hardware-aes-with-dfa/ . Despite being much mor
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by nkurz 5y ago
Great comment! I'm wondering, why did you choose to post this under a throwaway? Do you fear repercussion, prefer to keep personal separate from business, or just not have an account?
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by nkurz 5y ago
> Mean white-tailed deer weight in table 3 here is circa 50 kilos for females and circa 60 kilos for males: > https://www.researchgate.net/publication/260674293_The_Kinzu... You're not wrong, but since it&#
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Boar Bot 2.0(swinerobotics.com)
21 points by nkurz 5y ago|3 comments
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by nkurz 5y ago
You probably noticed, but in case others didn't, if you click on the "Globe" icon in the upper right for the links I gave it gives a good sense of the Great Circle, and helps make it clear why it's actually an efficient
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by nkurz 5y ago
I think you are right. David Perell has a great article titled "Peter Thiel's Religion" ( https://perell.com/essay/peter-thiel/ ) which doesn't even mention the word "Catholic". This
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by nkurz 5y ago
Wow, that's a fantastic review. Thanks for linking it. To others: If you are someone who is interested in this topic, even if you've previously been put off by deBoer's politics or reputation, you should definitely read it.
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by nkurz 5y ago
Shanghai to Oakland is about 10,000 km: https://www.greatcirclemap.com/?routes=PVG-OAK Adding a stop in Anchorage adds about 200 km: https://www.greatcirclemap.com/?routes=PVG-ANC-OAK The plane is probably
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by nkurz 5y ago
The decision seems very well written and is worth at least a skim. The section that answers your question is (f), and starts at the bottom of page 16. As I read it, the decision says that the State's definitely have the police power t
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Common Bean Myths (2006)(captious.wordpress.com)
64 points by nkurz 5y ago|39 comments
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https://archive.is/ysi79
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by nkurz 5y ago
> Apparently I am quite naive. My crowd is more likely to have cannabis addictions than alcohol. Where are you located? My impression --- which I'd like to see better evidence for --- is that in the US, heavier drinking is more pre
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You are probably well aware, but this is a very contentious approach. The problem isn't that the math is going to be changed so that the wraparound doesn't occur, but that the compiler is (eventually) going to do a larger scale
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I presume the OP was referring to magnets. Rare earths are used to make stronger permanent magnets, which are used to make more efficient electric motors (for both plug-in and battery tools). This looks to be an intro article: https:&#x2

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