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by phillc73 5y ago
It would be very interesting to learn more about this build. Was it something pre-fabricated (I've seen "kit" log homes advertised) or something completely custom?
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“India never should have been in this position. The government is currently engaged in international disputes over vaccine waivers and intellectual property rights, while a horrific and record-setting surge of COVID-19 cases continues to de
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by phillc73 5y ago
Yes, is the answer to your question. The article already mentions an Indian manufacturer getting up to speed with this vaccine, with 150 million doses already manufactured. If you search for “lack of covid vaccines in Africa” there are many
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New Covid-19 vaccine is cheaper, easier to make and patent-free(theguardian.com)
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by phillc73 5y ago
I had a small business once with a few large outstanding invoices. These were owed to us (small company) by a very large organisation. Our payment terms were 30 days and the invoices were now out to 120 days. We were hurting very badly, but
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by phillc73 5y ago
That comment resembles the Austrian government: https://www.thelocal.at/20220107/explained-what-do-we-know-a...
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by phillc73 5y ago
I grew up in rural Australia (now a long way from there) and one of my memory triggers is the sound of old corrugated iron ‘ticking’ and ‘pinging’ after a day in the hot sun.
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by phillc73 5y ago
Austria is using ICU bed occupancy as a key metric now. This was used to justify the most recent lockdown. The publicised critical point is 33% of ICU bed capacity occupied by COVID patients. This page has the data [1]. What I now believe i
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by phillc73 5y ago
> "My child told me they wanted this toy" is quite jarring in comparison. Seems perfectly normal to me. I would use this form if not naming my child, usually speaking to people who didn't know me, my child or my personal l
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by phillc73 5y ago
I might still use "just now" in future tense. "I'll do that just now." However, to me, this would mean very soon. Not necessarily in South Africa. "I'll be there just now" - you might be waiting for a
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by phillc73 5y ago
I noticed this repetition for the first time in South African English. The phrase "just now" means sort of now-ish, maybe in the next 30 minutes, maybe even tomorrow. Whereas the phrase "now now" means immediately.
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by phillc73 5y ago
“ From a total of 2100 studies identified, 57 studies with 250 351 survivors of COVID-19 met inclusion criteria. The mean (SD) age of survivors was 54.4 (8.9) years, 140 196 (56%) were male, and 197 777 (79%) were hospitalized during acute
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by phillc73 5y ago
Relevant discussion from earlier today: The Magnificent Bribe https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29154178 > Surrender to the power of complex technological systems — allow them to oversee, track, quantify, guide, manip
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by phillc73 5y ago
True, the study did focus on vaccines, but I would have also thought perhaps a statement in that quoted paragraph along the lines of "And authorise available anti-viral treatments ASAP" would have brought a little more balance.
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by phillc73 5y ago
Singapore may have been a poor choice of example. In late August it was announced that 80% of the Singapore population was now vaccinated against COVID-19.[1] However, in September and October there has been a dramatic surge in cases and de
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by phillc73 5y ago
"Our paper, which had a global impact within 24 hours of publication, provides important support for the following crucial public health actions: vaccinate the unvaccinated ASAP; give boosters to all those who are eligible ASAP; maint
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by phillc73 5y ago
The article does say, "All these papers, and nearly all that Morris then went on to design were printed using hand-cut woodblocks loaded with natural, mineral-based dyes." Is arsenic classed as a natural, mineral-based dye?
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by phillc73 5y ago
Or duckdb: https://duckdb.org/docs/data/parquet
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by phillc73 5y ago
There's an R package for that! Well, multiple really. The `sqldf`[1] package has been around for a while, there's `tidyquery`[2] and also one I wrote called `duckdf`[3]. All three support writing SQL queries to directly access dat
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by phillc73 5y ago
I don't think a unique idea is necessarily required for a startup. It could be instead that you've identified an under serviced market niche. This could still be a very good startup idea.
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by phillc73 5y ago
Average speed cameras? They already exist in the UK and certain parts of Europe I’m familiar with.
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https://www.wunderground.com/
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by phillc73 5y ago
The article states, "The ONS survey, published last week, found that 5 per cent of people who had tested positive for Covid reported at least one symptom 12 to 16 weeks after their infection." Only 5% of all COVID cases report per
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by phillc73 5y ago
Yes those islands, but some of them like Krk and Rab are very, very touristy. Other places which require a ferry to reach, like Cres for example, not so bad.
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by phillc73 5y ago
LTE mobile data
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by phillc73 5y ago
There are still places on the Croatian Adriatic which aren’t over run with tourists. Of course the popular areas are extremely crowded. There are still other beautiful islands which are not so busy. I’m writing this from a small 20 tent onl
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by phillc73 5y ago
I'm seriously considering just going with a feature phone. I am very careful about the apps I have installed on my phone and most of them are just for convenience and not critical. I could do without email, just wait until I'm at
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by phillc73 5y ago
I think in this case Google might not be right. Other sources say it's more like 10-15kg (22-33lbs)[1] for beef cattle. Dairy might be higher. [1] https://www.thebeefsite.com/articles/3154/how-much-forage-do..
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by phillc73 5y ago
My crazy experience in Austria was that one was unable to buy plastic forks. Packets of plastic knives were still on shelves, but the forks had been removed. I thought it was random luck, but three large supermarkets were the same. I guess
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by phillc73 5y ago
> Academia should be a place for science and those interested in advancing it Any place in it for the Arts?

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