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by phaemon 7y ago
Yes, that's what I think. The actions two weeks ago were: Shut down everything except essential services, isolate everyone as much as possible, throw as many resources as possible at your health service. Even then, they will be overwhe
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by phaemon 7y ago
> If 0.0005% of the population had COVID-19 That's exactly what I mean. There is no scenario where that is the case . If your numbers tell you that, your numbers are wrong. The actions are the same regardless: shut down everything
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by phaemon 7y ago
As an alternative point of view: who cares? We know for a fact that ICUs are being overloaded with cases and morgues are overwhelmed with the dead. Arguing over exact figures is like quibbling over your exact velocity as you're falling
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by phaemon 7y ago
Those certainly aren't Washington numbers, so where are you getting the "100 new cases a day" from?
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by phaemon 7y ago
I feel bad about my last response. I'm Scottish, living out on the west coast. We've had no cases of coronavirus here yet. Therefore things are not as bad here as they are elsewhere. So, you should just read all my comments in you
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by phaemon 7y ago
Imagine you get paid 250 a week. Your rent is 200 a week. You have 20 you need to pay for travel. That leaves you 30. If you don't pay rent you become homeless and then you will lose your job. Do you understand?
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by phaemon 7y ago
The lack of self awareness in that comment is amazing. Do you ever read what you write?
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by phaemon 7y ago
He probably has. He's asking for amounts from $5 to $100 dollars. What makes you think he hasn't donated at least that much? How much did you donate?
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by phaemon 7y ago
That's because no-one would donate to you, because you haven't done anything worthwhile. Sal Khan has.
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by phaemon 7y ago
Yes, they're only reporting on cases they know about. They're not reporting on cases they don't know about. Thank you Captain Obvious, once again you save the day!
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Essays of Francis Bacon or Counsels, Civil and Moral(literaturepage.com)
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by phaemon 7y ago
I don't normally complain about downvotes, mainly because I don't care, but in this case I'm simply disgusted that people are so ignorant and lazy that they'd downvote a statement of fact regarding fuel poverty. Try chec
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by phaemon 7y ago
Because percentages don't matter when you're poor. And, of course, a poor person will probably be renting, not owning, a home. If you've only got $30 left to cover food and electricity (and your heating is all electric), you
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by phaemon 7y ago
People freeze to death every winter because they can't afford fuel. I have no idea what your analogy is supposed to mean.
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by phaemon 7y ago
So you think the number of cases in Washington will hold around 100 cases a day over the next few weeks?
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by phaemon 7y ago
This is outdated. Library closure was announced yesterday.
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by phaemon 7y ago
> a total of 10k (by say the end of the year) Two weeks ago Italy had 463 deaths, and it now has 6000. I'm not convinced the US containment measures have been quick enough or effective enough to be significantly better than Italy, s
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by phaemon 7y ago
I dunno, a 1000 years or so? It doesn't seem worthwhile even roughly calculating since it's rather obviously going to accelerate as it gets warmer. It would be bizarre if it didn't!
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by phaemon 7y ago
Well, it seems folk weren't impressed with the technical aspects of your question, but I'll give it a shot and ignore the moral aspect entirely. What would happen at "100 times that rate"? That's about 10cm a month,
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by phaemon 7y ago
Nope, rare earth elements are common pretty much everywhere. The only reason companies buy them from China is because they're cheaper due to their lower wages and lack of environmental protection. When China limited export of rare eart
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by phaemon 7y ago
Don't usually care about titles but surely, "What, the fsck, have you done?"
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by phaemon 7y ago
Git is fundamentally very simple. Any dev who doesn't understand exactly how it works is not even remotely talented.
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by phaemon 7y ago
"The object does not know about it's functions" That should be "its". Still, that's one way to force a fact into my brain...
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by phaemon 7y ago
27th (8.7). Things change pretty fast...
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by phaemon 7y ago
That doesn't surprise me. Back in the dim and distant past, I worked in a store where one of my jobs was changing watch batteries. I was given a Watch Back Remover tool and shown once how to use it: that was the full extent of my &quot
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by phaemon 7y ago
So, does anyone know what exactly he was banned for?
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by phaemon 7y ago
Sure, because you know more about money creation than the central bank for the UK. Read the damn pdf and learn something.
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by phaemon 7y ago
It is not different from just creating money, it is exactly how money is created. Please read the PDF linked by yrro upthread.
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by phaemon 7y ago
You suggest we send them to their god?
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by phaemon 7y ago
From your links I guess you're in the UK, in which case check out the Monevator site. It's UK specific financial advice, with an emphasis on FIRE.

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