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The Kilted Killer(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by nyokodo 5y ago|0 comments
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by nyokodo 5y ago
> Some doctors have said they won’t prescribe the drug if it does reach the market, because of the mixed data package supporting the company’s application. > Supporters, including advocacy groups and family members of those living wit
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by nyokodo 5y ago
> I used to enjoy video games a lot, but have found that I just can't get into them anymore. When I hit about 27 my interest in video games cratered. I gather that around that age for some, perhaps many, the instant gratification vi
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Ask HN: What cutting edge subject would woo you back to school?
7 points by nyokodo 5y ago|4 comments
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> I would literally ask in chat rooms for a group to define one thing they all agreed on, and then watch as fights broke out > It's all meta-justification for a person's existing moral leanings There is a vibrant and ancient
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by nyokodo 5y ago
> But a religious person is wired in a way were they are unable to admit this fact. This religious person can. I am not 100% on anything via reason, I just don’t think reason is the only way of knowing. I can’t be certain that my dad lov
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by nyokodo 5y ago
> Advertisers don't raid your house. No, but they can give that data to the FBI who do raid houses.
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by nyokodo 5y ago
> Would Fauci have even known? Firstly, he has no excuse to be ignorant. Secondly, I’d wager every administrator and CEO who has any involvement with viral biomedical research were making urgent albeit possibly discreet inquiries into an
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by nyokodo 5y ago
> but ultimately this will harden up potential targets. Or they mop up, get bailed out, and then maybe make some minor changes that don't really solve the problem that their insecure corporate culture begins to undermine immediately
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> The default would be that it goes to the state Because that's less of a flaming rubbish pit of recklessness than family?
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> Might as well make it a lottery. Apply, get ticket, random number generator makes selection. Why not? A lottery could still have the most basic requirements for entry but beyond that what makes you think anyone's qualification sys
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by nyokodo 5y ago
> I’m pretty sure this is the kind of attitude that causes rural folks to be so skeptical of climate change I didn't mention rural truck drivers and made no comment that could reasonably be interpreted as such. If you have to deal w
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by nyokodo 5y ago
> want to be able to occasionally tow a boat or haul some furniture without needing to rent a truck. The mystery to me is how very occasionally that seems to be, at least anecdotally. Perhaps >95% of pickup trucks I see are not haulin
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by nyokodo 5y ago
> Multiple executives insisted that they did find hidden listening devices—though some were so old that their batteries were dead. It was never clear if those bugs had any relation to the breach. Well that’s not exactly comforting. Who e
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by nyokodo 5y ago
> I wonder how people working for Elsevier and Nature could look at themselves in the mirror. When they do they don’t see anything.
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by nyokodo 5y ago
> The Johnson & Johnson vaccine does not use mRNA It uses DNA delivered via a non-replicating adenovirus vector, it's the first vaccine of its kind to be given any form of approval in humans in the United States and maybe the fo
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by nyokodo 5y ago
> Many people are wary of the newness of mRNA technology. > They think a long term affect has been overlooked or is unknown. To be a reasonable concern it has to be weighed against the alternatives. People have essentially four option
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by nyokodo 5y ago
> agriculture as it has been practiced is about the dumbest way to grow food > imagine a park or botanical garden where every species is edible. Make it happen! If the way we’ve been doing things is dumb then there is a massive market
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by nyokodo 6y ago
> no vaccine that would target at least a significant amount of strains is possible at the moment. Why not? What are the limits of multivalent vaccines?
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by nyokodo 6y ago
You are correct since they use RT-PCR specifically for SARS-CoV-2. However, the number of cycles used in the process is key, <= 24 cycles produces very few false positives for active infection. The OPs explanation for the increased rate
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by nyokodo 6y ago
> The person is tested and the PCR-test shows a positive result for covid-19. Which is true from a month earlier. PCR tests detect viral DNA in a specimen. To have viral DNA in a specimen requires an active infection as DNA from dead vir
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by nyokodo 6y ago
> and we should make them easier to fit Not to mention make versions for unusual face sizes (big and small). I cannot find one large enough for my face.
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by nyokodo 6y ago
> I just want enough space to experiment with my own land and not have to deal with neighbors or HOA crap. What kinds of experiments? Depending on that answer you may want to investigate States, Counties, and Cities by their regulatory r
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by nyokodo 6y ago
> NZ had swine flu just 10 days after the USA. Correction, NZ had its first cases of swine flu connected directly with travel to Mexico, the epicenter of the pandemic, 10 days after the USA identified its first cases which were community
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by nyokodo 6y ago
> Keep in mind that NZ is less than a tenth the population of the UK and less than a 60th of USAs. Yes, hence my "per capita" comment. The risk of infection getting into a country is more of a function of how much total traffic
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by nyokodo 6y ago
> NZ has extremely high international air traffic. Maybe per capita but not per se. The US had 241 million international air passengers in 2019[1]. The UK had >160 million[2]. The US has two land borders with significant traffic and t
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> But I hate the stupid racism and hate around it. What is most astonishingly stupid about this particular racism is that while the CCP doesn’t come off looking great in significant ways, Taiwan comes away looking spectacular! Japan, Kor
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by nyokodo 6y ago
There was a lot of luck too. Not being a major travel hub meant the virus hadn’t become widespread. The New Zealand government dragged its feet at first and clamped down just in time to prevent a much worse outbreak. If they had waited a fe
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by nyokodo 6y ago
Abigail Disney is free to write a check to the US Treasury any time she wants to give it all away and they will gladly cash it. Why hasn't this happened already if she is so selfless? Because she doesn't want to be taxed more in s
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by nyokodo 6y ago
> benevolent(this is not the right word, someone please help) overpowered force Perhaps you meant dispassionate?

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