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by spfzero 6y ago
You've described what I would call a "rewrite", just one that was thoughtfully planned out. Another benefit is that you have the existing, running system, to use as test validation. If the new black box works exactly like the
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by spfzero 6y ago
But isn't the term "Technical Debt" meant to help business-people understand an issue that, while real, and though inherently grasped by people who write software, not necessarily by others in positions to make resource alloc
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by spfzero 6y ago
From the article, it seems like the latter. They tested at 6 months. If they test those same people again later, then we will possibly have a new high-water mark for the duration of immunity. For now, we can only say “at least 6 months”
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by spfzero 6y ago
If you look at China, but omit Wuhan, then wouldn’t the better comparison be to the U.S., omitting Louisiana? Why take the highest region in the U.S., and compare to another country while specifically omitting the highest region there?
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by spfzero 6y ago
Certainly in my county, many fewer people are dying even though many more are testing positive. Many more people are getting tested, for job requirements, travel, etc. It results in more positives, naturally. In a county of more than 3 mill
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by spfzero 6y ago
Agree. The value to the employer of two equally-talented and hard-working remote employees is the same. Why pay differently, and if you were paying different rates, I'd expect over time (a decade?) that differential would go away.
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by spfzero 6y ago
The comment is making the case that you might expect it to be safe to take as much D3, as your body makes naturally with a small amount of sun exposure. It's not arguing that you should go skiing and get sunburnt.
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by spfzero 6y ago
I think it is actually the intended policy. It would probably be the same under any administration. Abuse of the current system essentially incentivises consulting companies to compete with each other based on salary structure. The ones wil
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by spfzero 6y ago
You should test your serum D3 level first, if its fine, why take anything? If its low, take whatever gets you into the normal range. Personally, I think 600 IU isn't going to move the needle much, based on information here https:&#x2F
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by spfzero 6y ago
It might be a good idea to go outside at lunch to get some sun. WFH doesn't have to mean staying inside 24 hours a day.
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by spfzero 6y ago
Pretty common to see 5000IU actually. Many people living in high latitudes need to take something like that amount just to stay in the normal range.
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by spfzero 6y ago
I can say, as an anecdote of one, that I have been taking 5000 IU of D3 along with K2 and Magnesium every day (almost) for about 3-4 years, with no ill effects and what I believe to be a positive effect, in that I have not been ill at all d
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by spfzero 6y ago
Can you give me an example of the kind of “weak environmental policy” you are talking about? One which would lead to more wildfires on the west coast? Because the only policy I know of that leads to more wildfires, is the 20th century mista
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by spfzero 6y ago
Really interesting, thanks for posting this. Edited to add: interesting for the cross-platform and independence aspects.
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by spfzero 6y ago
You could say, running the company with MBAs, instead of BSEEs, when their competitors were doing the opposite. Putting the money they spent on acquisitions, into manufacturing technology, process innovation, etc. would have kept them right
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by spfzero 6y ago
Agree with "herd immunity strategy by default". Absent a vaccine, about the same percentage of people will become sick, while a larger percentage is exposed but does not become sick. At some point, again minus a vaccine, few enoug
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by spfzero 6y ago
Yes, so true. With that comes a detachment that insulates from so much angst, so you can focus on the things that benefit most from your attention.
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by spfzero 6y ago
I wonder about this hope for a vaccine, and if it is a reasonable thing to base policy on. There is still no vaccine for HIV, after several decades of trying and many billions spent. None for SARS1, Mers, the commom cold. There are influenz
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by spfzero 6y ago
What’s happening now might be that more and more people are getting tested, not because they had serious symptoms, but because they need to show a positive test for some travel or other requirement, of they are just being careful because th
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by spfzero 6y ago
Back then, we were told that the lockdown was a temporary measure to avoid overloading the hospital infrastructure. We needed to allow time for hospitals to add beds, respirators, etc. “Flattening the curve”. Then the goalposts were moved.
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by spfzero 6y ago
WhenI turn into the parking lot at the commercial development where I work, there is a prop 65 warning sign; one on every street entrance. There are many buildings and companies there. They seem like relatively expensive signs, but they pro
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by spfzero 6y ago
In high quantities it can be fatal.
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by spfzero 6y ago
But it washes your hands just as well because you turn the faucet up to the point that you can wash your hands just as well. You use the same amount of water, only the position of the faucet and the amount of time changes. There is no magic
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by spfzero 6y ago
In California, 89% of the state's water usage is agricultural; only 11% is consumers. Thus, of course you would force consumers to use only low-flow shower heads, and... problem solved.
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by spfzero 6y ago
Or, at least put it into a per-capita number. Normal flu season in the US is 40K+. Heart disease is. Cancer is. Auto accidents. Opiate overdose deaths. The population of the us is 18 X that of Sri Lanka, so all sorts of unfortunate, but non
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by spfzero 6y ago
It’s pretty inexpensive already, free actually, from sunshine.
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by spfzero 6y ago
Especially when those biological systems deviate from ancestral behaviors. By being sedentary, avoiding the outdoors, etc. We are well prepared for one type of life on Earth, we just don’t live that life anymore, but it would be smart to tr
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by spfzero 6y ago
And a large proportion of people are deficient, probably most people actually. I’d rather he advised all people to get outside, do things outside under the sun and let your skin do its work, making all of the things it does, including D3.
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by spfzero 6y ago
Of the 1.5 M, only a small fraction would be from Covid 19 exclusively; CDC states 94% of deaths listing Covid 19 as a cause had co-morbidities, meaning other things that they also died from other than Covid 19. So the actual increase in de
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by spfzero 6y ago
I don't think you are talking about the same number. Original mentioned that the number of deaths in 2020 would be 3% more than the number of deaths in 2019, not that 3% of the population had died. That would be 240 Million people!

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