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by oski 7y ago
Yesterday, the White House stated that they are about to issue revised guidelines around masks likely today or tomorrow. They are likely to advise people to wear cloth masks. At this point, I don't think anyone is really arguing that &
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by oski 7y ago
> as a healthy person does wearing a mask has any effect? This all depends on the type of mask and how tightly it fits against one's face. A mask made from cotton has been shown to be ~70% effective at filtering a virus from droplet
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by oski 7y ago
If you know any healthcare workers (doctors or nurses), have them checkout https://www.n95decon.org/ to follow the latest on sterilizing face masks. N95 masks should be reserved for HCWs as there is a major shortage. Most p
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by oski 7y ago
Singapore and much of Southeast Asia learned their lesson with SARS, so they have been prepared for a long time. Temperature tracking has not been uncommon in those areas prior to COVID-19. They understand the importance of monitoring and
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by oski 7y ago
This is the premise of the Amazon Go stores, walk-in, grab-stuff, walk-out. No checkout. All ML based video surveillance. They probably use the same underlying technology.
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by oski 7y ago
Yes!!! :) I miss that Bill Gates borg image: https://lurkertech.com/bill-the-borg/
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by oski 7y ago
The “false sense of security” I refer to is for employees who go to work and get their temperature checked and think they are fine since they don’t have a fever. This is a “false sense of security” because one can have the virus and be cont
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by oski 7y ago
Edited. Thanks for the feedback. I used $AMZN to abbreviate it, but I can see how it is distracting.
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by oski 7y ago
Yes! You can be contagious without showing any symptoms (asymptomatic transmission). Recent data shows that up to 25% of people who have it are asymptomatic!
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by oski 7y ago
Just have employees sign a waiver.
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by oski 7y ago
Everyone who is still working to provide essential services should be wearing masks. There is a major shortage of PPE, so non-healthcare workers should be wearing nonmedical fabric masks or homemade masks. https://shouldiwearafac
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by oski 7y ago
The link you posted is commercial (selling air filters), better to link to the original study from which this is based: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/258525804_Testing_t...
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by oski 7y ago
Masks can be made from cotton fabric and still be quite (~70% effective) ( https://www.researchgate.net/publication/258525804_Testing_t... ). You can improvise a mask from paper towel and tissues that is ~90% effective (
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by oski 7y ago
TL;DR: starting next week, Amazon will start: 1) taking temperatures of employees, fever >100.4°F to be sent home for min 3 days 2) giving surgical masks to employees once it receives shipments of orders of “millions” 3) using machine le
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by oski 7y ago
I agree in general with one change: s/surgical masks/nonmedical fabric or homemade masks/ At this point there is a shortage of PPE for healthcare workers, so the general public should wear nonmedical fabric masks or homemade
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by oski 7y ago
Ok, thanks for clarifying.
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by oski 7y ago
Thanks, I designed it to share with friends and family! Please feel free to share it ( https://shouldiwearafacemask.com ) widely.
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by oski 7y ago
My point isn’t that taking temperature checks needs to be perfect, but that they are focusing their intervention on symptomatic spreading rather than asymptomatic spreading. They would benefit more with immediate action by giving employees
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by oski 7y ago
This response from Amazon is better than nothing, but given that recent figures show that up to 25% of people may be asymptomatic, might these temperature checks give people a false sense of security? They should have any employee with _any
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by oski 7y ago
Cloth can still provide some protection. A mask made from a cotton blend t-shirt can be ~70% effective at filtering a virus from droplets in the air. (See this study: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/258525804_
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Show HN: Shouldiwearafacemask.com(shouldiwearafacemask.com)
4 points by oski 7y ago|0 comments
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by oski 7y ago
Check out application.security for a great interactive demo of the capital one breach
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by oski 7y ago
While meditation in general tends to help one manage pain/discomfort, the Wim Hof method deals specifically with coping with cold temperatures.
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by oski 7y ago
In researching what we can do about climate change, the most convincing proposed policy solution I've seen comes from the Citizen's Climate Lobby -- a Carbon Fee and Dividend ( https://citizensclimatelobby.org/basic
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by oski 8y ago
“The Mindful Geek” by Michael Taft is great for someone with a programming background. I think you can download it for free from his website.
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What can a technologist do about climate change? (Bret Victor)(worrydream.com)
3 points by oski 9y ago|0 comments
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by oski 9y ago
Which kind of earplugs did you settle on?
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The software scientist(evanmiller.org)
11 points by oski 12y ago|0 comments
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How Airbnb Manages Not To Manage Engineers(readwrite.com)
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by oski 13y ago
Awesome. This looks great and I just purchased a copy. However, many of the chapters are listed as "under development." When can we expect them to be finalized and released?

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