smileypete

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by smileypete 5y ago
https://archive.vn/2lgWi
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by smileypete 5y ago
Metallic taste - adjuvant? (just a guess...)
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by smileypete 5y ago
It is not because unvaccinated would pose a threat to others but because they are at risk of catching the disease from a vaccinated, infected but asymptomatic guest Haven't read your link yet but I'd expect a double vaccinated 6
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by smileypete 5y ago
For the low risk groups it's a small absolute risk reduction of hospitalisation, and extremely small absolute risk reduction of death. But given that herd immunity is now impossible to achieve, the long term impact on the high risk gro
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by smileypete 5y ago
The study found that effectiveness dropped to 80% for patients over the age of 65, while for younger patients, the vaccines were 95% effective. Let that sink in for a moment... The best way to boost overall vaccine effectiveness is to ext
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by smileypete 5y ago
This one? https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.05.31.21258081v...
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by smileypete 5y ago
The opposite view was a mainstream media narrative last year, in that a suggestion as such was very widely reported: 'The rapid waning of antibodies did not necessarily have implications for the efficacy of vaccine candidates currentl
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by smileypete 5y ago
The problem of Ivermectin trials based in Latin American countries is that community Ivermectin use is so widespread, it becomes a major confounder in trials because most of the 'placebo' group could be using it. 'Latin Ameri
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by smileypete 5y ago
I emailed dang and he kindly unflagged it on request, but it got flagged again soon after. Maybe he can permanently unflag it? He also said: 'I've unkilled it so you can respond now. It's not really on topic for HN though. To
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by smileypete 5y ago
Please, if there is any misinformation in the article, tell us where it is. IMO a number of high profile politicians and corporate media are also guilty of misinformation. Eg 'pandemic of the unvaccinated'. This seems to equate no
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Big Tech Silencing Physicians: A Dangerous Road for American Medicine (2020)(aapsonline.org)
27 points by smileypete 5y ago|9 comments
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by smileypete 5y ago
See how this guy misrepresents the study on TWiV episode 783. https://youtu.be/73KWHPsw-ag?t=525 He states that '4% seropositive having symptoms after 12 weeks', but omits to mention that 2% of seronegative have s
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by smileypete 5y ago
Only an anecdote, but... https://cdn-ctstaging.pressidium.com/wp-content/uploads/2020... https://www.taipeitimes.com/images/2012/08/05/P18-120805-a5.... :)
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by smileypete 5y ago
Headline is misleading, it would be better to say 'why Delta is so much more transmissable' According to the UK govt's own figures, the 28 day case fatility rate is 2.0% for the Alpha variant, and 0.3% for the Delta variant.
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by smileypete 5y ago
>Even worse I am having a tough time putting my finger on what the shortcoming of these people is. Polarization is the mRNA of disinformation.
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by smileypete 5y ago
Very good summary, thanks for posting.
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by smileypete 5y ago
>The fact it's not working means something's broke. The brokenness usually comes from a diet high in overly processed food and refined sugar/starch, often coupled with little or no exercise. Here's a paper relevant to
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by smileypete 6y ago
Protection of homes from wildfire was worked out a long time ago by Jack Cohen. There is an excellent podcast out there called 'Built to Burn' at '99% Invisible'. That most media output has no mention of his work is puzz
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by smileypete 6y ago
This reminded me of the story of the EF50 valve and 'PYE IF strip', so I've added a submission: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25735404 'The history of a pioneering tube that was developed by Phili
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The EF50, the Tube That Helped to Win the War(dos4ever.com)
2 points by smileypete 6y ago|1 comments
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by smileypete 6y ago
Automated testing needs to be able to check that any dev/debug code doesn't exist in production. (Only works if the dev/debug code is added in some sort of properly planned and documented way I guess.)
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by smileypete 6y ago
Commercial glass washers can use very little energy; the rinse is done with a small amount of near boiling water which goes into the wash tank, where it's then used for washing.
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by smileypete 6y ago
>What you really want in drier areas is an open forest with few, large trees This is what the aborigines in Australia used to do: 'To Help Australia, Look to Aboriginal Fire Management' https://www.yesmagazine.org&#x
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by smileypete 6y ago
Good video; this one is well worth a watch too, about the move away from traditional typesetting: https://vimeo.com/127605643
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by smileypete 6y ago
This video is pretty lengthy but well worth a watch; the oral history of Alan Cooper, the 'father of Visual Basic' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wtGFgaKYI0 EDIT: One highlight is where Alan Cooper gets a cease-
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by smileypete 6y ago
>But the USB charger manufacturers could do better by shutting down the output should arcing/sparking be detected. A poor connection at a plug can (or will?) cause a hot spot without arcing, and for a long thin cable a short may not
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by smileypete 6y ago
Thanks for that, had a look. Only use it for Gmail; I think I can trust google aren't trying to pwn me :-)
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by smileypete 6y ago
Not using WP but have gone back to using Eudora 7 for Windows after Gmail got even slower after the redesign. Eudora is lightning fast for handling mailing list cruft; alt click on sender or subject to group matching emails.
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by smileypete 6y ago
One thing that the media seem to have totally missed is that Gates was fairly late to recognise the role of face masks in helping to prevent the spread of Covid-19. Initially in Feb he was all about vaccines [1], then in a revealing intervi
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by smileypete 6y ago
Maybe add a dated note as a code comment breifly describing the reason for the change.

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