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by pergadad 7y ago
The flu also did not face the same interventions as covid. No one has been isolated because of the flu, so it has reached far wider. What would the death rate look like without the quarantines, preventative testing of contacts and medical i
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by pergadad 7y ago
This seems more of a policy issue than an economic issue. In Europe you'll have healthcare and you will keep getting paid when you're in isolation. Kenia or Peru mit lack the budget to do that for their population, the U.S. does n
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by pergadad 7y ago
Registrars normally have terms of service that allow them to cancel domains at their own discretion. Now here's a registrar that's made aware that the domains are used for a crime. While I agree that registrars should not be taske
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by pergadad 7y ago
Looking at the thread here most seem to have a positive experience with Anki and your excessively negative reaction is a bit strange.
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by pergadad 7y ago
It helps to read the article before commenting. The headline is overblowing it. He's not learning books by heart, just highlights some key facts he found valuable while reading and then reviews those and adds some of those go in a flas
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by pergadad 7y ago
It also shouldn't be too difficult to restrict mobile apps to specific folders - so those that need to actually access all photos have to ask so explicitly, while others just ask to store files...
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by pergadad 7y ago
How could any organisation possibly argue that sharing their advertisement is copyright infringement? If you change it.. maybe. But arguably an advertisements principal aim is to be seen. It's like suing someone for trademark violation
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by pergadad 7y ago
Even series-tweets are more information dense than your average blog post. I think that's their main appeal really. Putting a blogging function on twitter which then ends up as long posts appearing between regular tweets might make it
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by pergadad 7y ago
Im sure there is still use in those and massive benefits on owning a true one-word domain name. Think of the number of people that still pay mo they fees to AOL in the US. In a global context there are millions who don't really know ho
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by pergadad 7y ago
Surprising that there is no mention of Brexit in the article. Really unusual that they stuck throughout the chaos and then only when things are finally clear they close this department.
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by pergadad 7y ago
Honest offer or just a way to get good publicity out of a health crisis?
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by pergadad 7y ago
I have a few photos on various sites for years. Overall might have earned a few € but nothing actually reached my account as of course these type of sites have payout minimums. I'm not a professional photographer and have a good income
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by pergadad 7y ago
I'm wondering where this story/version of the story comes from. What you're describing I've not heard anywhere else and I can't see any reference. Looking as an outside observer there is no way to tell whether this
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by pergadad 7y ago
Microsoft used to be very big in highlighting how much more privacy-minded they are. This was a massage pushed to policy makers across the world, and very significantly in Europe. This stopped 100% with the launch of Windows 10; I assume th
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by pergadad 7y ago
As a tech-affine user I aporeciate simpler tools. I love configurability but if I have to fight with every tool it's really hard to stick with Linux...
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by pergadad 7y ago
As if China cares about global condamnation. they wouldn't do any of this if it wasn't serious.
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by pergadad 7y ago
If you really want to doubt the numbers you can doubt them also very well the other way: there are incentives at various levels of Chinese government to understate the issue.
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by pergadad 7y ago
Also >80% of the world population does not have access to great quality healthcare....
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by pergadad 7y ago
I warmly recommend the book Factfulness by Hans Rosling. Stunning revelations that should be obvious but somehow aren't on every page. One of the most striking ones are his points on climate & development - especially that many peo
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by pergadad 7y ago
There were a number of stress tests, not necessarily for the health system but for the similarly funded unemployment and social systems. Overall it worked quite well in most of Europe.
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by pergadad 7y ago
The steel for the machines comes from China, but many of the actual industrial machines are made in Europe and America; especially Germany is famous for that.
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by pergadad 7y ago
Panic means there's no more supermarket open because first the hordes come and panic-buy, then the supermarket has to close as even the workers don't show up. Panic means people not showing up to work, doctor's offices overcr
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by pergadad 7y ago
In the Netherlands every PhD will be paid fairly decently. That's how it should be. Nor excuse for rich universities like those in UK & US to exploit those dreaming of s research career.
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by pergadad 7y ago
And yet there are at least some options of companies doing the right thing, or trying to do so. See Fairphone and Shiftphone for examples.
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by pergadad 7y ago
No need to dump all your devices in the trash. But look into a small transition whenever the door opens - eg when your iPhone breaks get a Fairphone or similar. When you tablet breaks maybe Shift has a new tablet out, etc. It's hard wh
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by pergadad 7y ago
Practice! Written communication: blog, short stories, editing others' work Oral: practice public speaking, either by volunteering in your own context whenever possible (most shy away - you stand out for volunteering to speak) or build
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by pergadad 7y ago
Easier to teach the skill than the attitude.
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by pergadad 7y ago
Or the digital world is an incredibly huge and complicated place that most people don't even begin to grasp. What is private and public is not obvious, and everything can quickly leak, be accidentally shared, ... And you lose control.
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by pergadad 7y ago
Name your favourite: - official funding with oversight, including democratic participation of all parties, as well as transparent rules (eg equal screen time). - private media without oversight, heavily favouring one party and in return get
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by pergadad 7y ago
He has put some detailed calculations forward. Not sure how that's not concrete. Would you be able to make a single Biden Policy, or even better one that has actually been scrutinised?

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