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by sradman 6y ago
> The risk is to property directly, and not so much to human life. Exactly, both large swaths of land contaminated by low-grade radioactive material as well as the loss of the failed reactor/plant. Considering the high capital costs
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by sradman 6y ago
It may be just an ad for easyDNS' Proactive Nameservers [1] product but it provides a roadmap for one possible solution to this type of problem. From a quick reading of the marketing info, the solution can be summarized as "Prov
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by sradman 6y ago
> I wonder if any of the neurological symptoms like depression and memory-loss are caused by chronic inflammation following infection. Changes in sleep and stress patterns seem like a simpler explanation. The sensation of not being able
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by sradman 6y ago
> We don't yet understand why these patients are having such long-term problems. ACE2 receptors are found in the Type II pneumocytes [1] of the lung alveoli. These cells produce the pulmonary surfactant that changes the surface tens
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by sradman 6y ago
I understand that Rust Hyper and/or Warp provide a very fast httpd engine but I would have thought that invoking JavaScript via Deno/V8, instead of QuickJS, was the natural integration. Maybe Deno is hard to invoke from Rust Code.
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by sradman 6y ago
According to Wikipedia [1] the science is not as settled as I thought but my understanding is that from the nerves needed for breath control to various vocal apparatus, erectus’ speech would have been primitive at best. Speech, however, is
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by sradman 6y ago
> The craftsmanship of the tools at the Konso site, as well as other sites, "suggest that Homo erectus technology was more sophisticated and versatile than we had thought. And the bone handaxe occurrence fits in nicely," Suwa s
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by sradman 6y ago
There are some core truths in the paper The information theory of individuality [1] but it feels like some important ingredients have been discarded; maybe I just need to spend some more time with the ideas. From a software perspective, i
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by sradman 6y ago
> some natural phenomenon vastly accelerated its mutation Natural recombination [1] vs gain-of-function lab work. Some of the lab work leverages natural recombination by artificially co-infecting lab animals with multiple viruses and stu
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by sradman 6y ago
This paper is not evidence, it is speculation based on an inability to see a path other than gain-of-function lab work. These coronaviruses are slow to evolve due to their proofreading capabilities but they recombine readily. The natural pa
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by sradman 6y ago
Also: > Detectives believe that the killer, dressed in a black three-piece suit, wearing a black mask and carrying a duffel bag, followed Mr. Saleh off an elevator in his building and into his apartment, a law enforcement official said.
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by sradman 6y ago
> Cardiac activity can be divided into two phases: systole, when the heart muscle contracts and pumps out blood, followed by diastole, when it relaxes and refills with blood. Respiration, acting through the sympathetic (fight or flight)
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by sradman 6y ago
That paper answers my first question, does neurological tissue have ACE2 receptors. The damage can also be a side-effect of oxygen deprivation. The existence of ACE2 receptors in the brain begs the question of how the SARV-CoV-2 virus cross
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by sradman 6y ago
> Though I guess you can improve your chances of encountering powerful stories by traveling, carrying a camera wherever you go, working as a photojournalist, etc. Exactly, f/8 and be there. [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.or
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by sradman 6y ago
Great point but what I meant, and should have made clearer, is the "aesthetic" aspect of each photograph. This context is independent of the emotional narrative. Each photograph has a technical explanation contributing to the aest
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by sradman 6y ago
> What makes a picture good? Not only because this is a very subjective question it is a hard one to answer. IMHO, what makes a picture good is a combination of aesthetics and narrative. The idea that the quality of an image is subjectiv
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by sradman 6y ago
> The Near East is a Eurocentric geographical term which roughly encompasses a transcontinental region comprising Western Asia, Turkey (both Anatolia and East Thrace), and Egypt (which is completely located in North Africa). [1] [1] htt
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by sradman 6y ago
> Do they mean the Hebrews? According to [1]: > The Hyksos... were people of probable Levantine origin, who established the Fifteenth Dynasty of Egypt (1650–1550 BC) based at the city of Avaris in the Nile delta, from where they ruled
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by sradman 6y ago
Excellent. If I remember correctly, the linguists sorted into two opposing camps, Lakoff/Johnson on one side, Pinker/Chomsky on the other. The Pinker argument is that the metaphor aspect is only important during the short period o
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by sradman 6y ago
Interesting. Metaphors We Live By is near the top of my list of theories that were once a popular mainstream meme that dramatically crashed and burned when applied in the real world. The Democratic Party's embrace of Don't Thin
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by sradman 6y ago
> by mainstream historians and anthropologists Indeed it is but mainstream historians and anthropologists are not the arbiters of good science. The criticisms, that I'm aware of, come down to incomplete research on Yali (not a criti
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by sradman 6y ago
Data serialization is hard and the artifacts are much longer lived than executable code and even our API interfaces. YAML, JSON, XML are all flawed. There are many competing binary serialization frameworks. Beware. Dar be Dragons in Durable
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by sradman 6y ago
> I’ve always viewed journalism as a career as something very, very similar to a hated defense attorney. This is an interesting analogy but an inversion of how I see it. The defense attorney must abandon their natural biases and behave a
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by sradman 6y ago
The FNIH Sarcopenia Project [1] and the paper Associations of Muscle Mass and Strength with All-Cause Mortality among US Older Adults [2] are about assessing age related decline. Neither are about how strength and cardiovascular trainin
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by sradman 6y ago
That is more helpful, thank you. I'm still unconvinced since the discrepancies described are easily explained with optical depth-of-field as well as resizing and sharpening algorithms; the basic photography kind of stuff I'm famil
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by sradman 6y ago
> “The distortion and inconsistencies in the background are a tell-tale sign of a synthesized image, as are a few glitches around his neck and collar,” said digital image forensics pioneer Hany Farid, who teaches at the University of Cal
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by sradman 6y ago
Before the advent of anti-seizure drugs, the ketogenic diet [1] was an effective and widespread intervention used to treat epilepsy. The downside is the discipline required to keep intake of carbohydrates below 15 grams per day, especially
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by sradman 6y ago
The HN headline for a BBC link excludes the key nation; this is about a change in U.S. trade policy towards Hong Kong: > US President Donald Trump has signed an order to end preferential economic treatment for Hong Kong, after China enac
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by sradman 6y ago
> I can't quite figure out why it's better than a bike and a tablet The mirror part is important I think; people like the feedback, or maybe just looking at themselves.
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by sradman 6y ago
It always struck me as odd this three-sided arrangement where academics give away their copyright to journal publishers and their employers turn around and license the journals in bulk. Who thought this was a good idea to begin with? I see

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