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by rallison 6y ago
> Decay seems to be very slow even in the jurisdictions with the strictest controls. (I do think the hardest hit jurisdictions may show something close to symmetry). Agreed. Watching the graphs for Italy made this exceptionally clear. It
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by rallison 6y ago
> Granted, there's the IMHE model, which somehow fantastically thinks the virus will mostly be gone in Santa Clara County in mid-May, but it's shown very little agreement with the actual data and is nearly as bad as saying the
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by rallison 6y ago
Sure! Andrew Gelman (Stats at Columbia) had a commonly shared piece: https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2020/04/19/fatal-flaw... Also a good dive into the issues: https://medium.com/@balaj
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by rallison 6y ago
> All three indicate a significantly lower IFR than previously expected. The NY study, if it holds up, suggests an IFR in the 0.8-1.0% range for NYC (depending on whether or not you include the additional excess deaths), which is in the
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by rallison 6y ago
> which means hospitalisation is at 0.83% and CFR is 0.016% (1% dead or in hospital). 0.16%, not 0.016%.
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by rallison 6y ago
If the results from this NY study hold, the numbers are basically exactly in line with the Imperial College study. That study assumed an IFR of 0.9%, and the NY results imply an IFR right around that.
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by rallison 6y ago
> We are now up to 13 with 7 more on critical condition. Minor note, but it appears we are up to 14 now - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_coronavirus_pandemic_on_D... > Another Japanese man in his 70s died on
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by rallison 6y ago
An IFR of 0.6%, with 2/3 of the US infected (about what you'd need for herd immunity at an R0 of 3), means ~1.3 million deaths. That's well in line with the models. The distinction between CFR and IFR was not news to the expe
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by rallison 9y ago
For those considering Comodo, I'd ask that you reconsider. They tried to trademark LetsEncrypt: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11964583 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11973232 Bad OCR led t
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by rallison 9y ago
This actually is a thing - some people really wanted metal credit cards before they started becoming slightly more common: https://metal-creditcard.com/ That said, the addition of chips to US credit cards has made that mo
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by rallison 9y ago
This was actually one of the reasons I ended up getting the Reserve card - it includes primary car rental insurance for no extra fee.
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by rallison 10y ago
Not quite the same situation, but in my travels abroad, I've encountered a pretty significant number of places that require a key to leave the room/apartment/house. Lose that key, and you are effectively locked inside. I thin
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by rallison 10y ago
Good call. I just set up monthly contributions and would urge others to as well.
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by rallison 10y ago
Chaco is definitely on the remote side. I think you are right about the reasons for it being not as popular. I'll also throw out that Chaco can be incredibly gorgeous right after a snowfall. I was lucky enough to see it right after a f
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by rallison 12y ago
While I can't stand passwords sent as part of a welcome email, this does not actually mean that they store the passwords in plaintext. Often, companies will send the username and password as part of a welcome email upon the user regist
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by rallison 12y ago
3,000 gallons per cylinder * 6 cylinders * $4 per gallon = $72,000 5,000 gallons per cylinder * 6 cylinders * $4 per gallon = $120,000
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by rallison 13y ago
I like this. I'd love to see more ventures in this direction. Ever since trying out Google's photo sphere feature (yes, they weren't the first ones in the space - Microsoft and others actually beat them to market), I've
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by rallison 13y ago
Based on what I've read, it is meant to be a memory-hard coin, so I would assume GPU (and, if like previous coins, an AMD-based card), or possibly CPU to start. That said, I've not yet read enough, so take the above with a grain o
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by rallison 13y ago
The short answer is yes. The longer answer is that you also need virality. There are multiple coins released every day [1]. Most of these coins go nowhere. Why are so many coins released? Quite simply, most coins are forks of Bitcoin/L
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by rallison 13y ago
A quite enjoyable and interesting piece by TAL. One aspect that I found interesting is that Manny, the guy inspired by Sun Tzu and without much inherent interest in the cars themselves, actually fared poorly in sales [1]. This sort of sales
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by rallison 13y ago
Indeed. The non-scrub option simply should not exist. Are there use cases for non-scrub? Yes. Are the risks worth it? No, at least in my opinion. Forget to check that box? Oh well, better hope the next droplet doesn't go and read your
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by rallison 13y ago
I use Keepass for this. The android port ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.android.ke... ) works perfectly fine for me, and it looks like there are a few ports for iOS as well. Keepass itself has,
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by rallison 13y ago
While the article has some good points, I also have a number of issues with it. - Don't worry about proper password storage until you are at 4-10 employees and have a prototype out the door? No, proper password storage is one of those
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by rallison 13y ago
1. This is something that has come up in discussion a fair amount, as the blockchain is already GBs in size and takes a fair amount of time to even sync with peers to download it all. There are a number of proposals for "thin" cli
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by rallison 13y ago
Great article. There is a lot in the bitcoin protocol that is possible that the vast majority of people have never heard of, some of which this article touches on. For an idea of some of what could be done, see the Contracts section on the
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by rallison 13y ago
And therein lies the the big difference. I can opt out of Google's tracking in a number of ways. Secret tracking from the NSA? I will likely not even know it is happening, and if I do, opting out is likely to be slightly more difficult
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by rallison 13y ago
Considering that this is made my Troy Hunt, I would trust it. He has built up enough reputation in my mind.
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by rallison 13y ago
To a certain degree, I do agree. If websmart can't do this right, I imagine there are many other security vulnerabilities plaguing client sites. I will say that, as a client, I would want to know this.
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by rallison 13y ago
It seems to be a combination of both a lack of knowledge with respect to security and often a lack of respect. With many smaller companies, it is often ignorance. With many others, it is still too often the case that security concerns end u
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by rallison 13y ago
I do actually somewhat agree here. If one doesn't know what they are doing, it is very easy to do regular expressions incorrectly. That said, regex is sometimes necessary, so it is important for developers to be competent in this realm

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