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> Had someone taken it seriously thirty years ago it's quite possible that the net amount of suffering that millions of patients have endured since then could have been reduced. You can only say that with hindsight because of the da
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The arguments are getting so silly I can’t even follow them now. What does this have to do with protecting individual rights? The government already has your data. Whether another part of the government has access versus another seems like
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Not really… https://www.statista.com/statistics/1033027/fertility-rate-u...
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It's definitely an interesting outcome and nice to see such a significant improvement in a clinical trial. And as the article states, there are questions that aren't addressed - does the reduction in obstructive events change the
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Was your grandma in the US on a student visa? Was your the salami your grandma had genetically modified? Did you grandma intentionally try and conceal the salami? When questioned about food to declare, did your grandma deny she had it? When
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A Russian immigrant is caught smuggling biological material. She claims she didn't know she had to declare it, yet her phone had messages from colleagues saying "you need to declare it!". I don't know too many countries
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Sure, if you want to freeze your quality of life at 1980 standards. I, on the other hand, prefer 2020 standard of life so I’m going to keep working.
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Paywall. But life expectancy at birth is not the same as life expectancy after hitting working age. In 1900, if you made it to 10, on average you’d die at 63, meaning plenty lived well into their 70’s. http://www.jbending.org.uk&
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That makes no sense. Plenty of countries exist with no ability to defend themselves against their neighbors in a war. Usually what you do is prioritize good enough relations to avoid war.
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at that income level Medicaid is an option in many states.
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Only for a utility patent, not for a composition of matter patent.
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Whether something is “more bad” is irrelevant to whether or not it “is bad”. Whether I punch you once or twice in the face, it’s still bad, so both are against the law. What you’re saying is “its ok to punch someone in the face once because
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Sure, but the only way they can access that wealth is to sell ownership, which would produce income. So all those people who sold $100M businesses are included in that $72,000 figure.
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It’s not a non-sequitor. The comment I replied to referenced a “wealth cap” and “redistribution” so “everyone could have a comfortable life”. My point is that take to an extreme of equal redistribution to everyone, people would end up in a
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Either racism is bad or it’s not. Whether the consequence of it is better or worse for one group or another is irrelevant if the principle that racism is bad is adhered to. And I’d argue the consequences aren’t that different. If someone
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It’s easy to determine what income would be if everyone made the same amount - average income, which is $72,000 per worker. That includes everyone who filed a tax return from the kid working at McDonald’s to Warren Buffet. Not sure what you
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It's funny when I see people laugh at the abject failure of credit rating agencies to properly forecast the real estate credit bubble of 2007, then when the political stars align, they go all in with "the credit rating agencies sa
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Indeed. Even firing a large calibre rifle with hearing protection is something you need to get use to. Not only the noise, but the pressure wave and recoil feels like someone just punched you.
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Facebook dumped $60B into an AI universe and HN made fun of them for it.
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a spokesperson for the company said that the Travel Intelligence Program “was established after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks to provide certain data to law enforcement . . . for the purpose of national security matters” and criminal inve
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Amendments need more than Congressional approval
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What other countries are rising? I mean China is an obvious one but seems to be struggling. Europe is in decline. India continues to struggle. If anything, the US has pulled even further ahead since 1990. Back then the USSR was a near-p
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It’s funny seeing people talk about the decline of America. I can remember the same conversations in the 1970’s, late 2000’s as well.
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This article only touches on it but the data stored is far more than just the base pairs. DNA is like a computer program that when it runs, it provides feedback for the code and determines which parts of it should run. It can also modify
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Even a broken clock is right twice a day. It’s not like WSB has any inside info, and we conspiracy theories are always “fun”.
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If it’s things like CJD or other prion diseases then it’s true they don’t test, but AIDS, hep C, and other common blood borne diseases? They’ve been screening every donation since the 80’s.
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I can assure you that the Netherlands tests all blood donations. It’s been standard for decades now. People have diseases they don’t know about and if people are ashamed by a disease, they’ll lie even when donating. I just shuddered thinki
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Agreed, but with combative therapy you can change how you respond to them. The same negative thing can happen to two people and you might get entirely different emotions as a result. The way that people “process” external events can have a
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Labcorp is one of several labs and most hospitals have their own labs and only send out specialized tests. It is true - you can’t test every patient for everything. There is an estimated 1B primary care visits in the US each year. Assume
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It makes more sense when you realize most of the time it’s not <disease>. Doctors see thousands of patients per year and 99% of them have common conditions with straightforward diagnosis. Add on top vague symptoms that can’t actually

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