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The Russian Sputnik V vaccine [1] distinguishes itself from other two-dose Adenovirus vector vaccines [2] (Oxford–AstraZeneca and Chinese CanSino) by using different vectors (Ad26 and Ad5) for each dose. The Johnson & Johnson vaccine [3
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The article is written by Michele J. Gelfand [1]: > a cultural psychologist, best known for being an expert on tightness–looseness theory, which explains variations in the strength of social norms and punishments across human groups. The
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Former a16z partner and now independent analyst, Benedict Evans [1]: > Every year, I produce a big presentation digging into macro and strategic trends in the tech industry. This year, ‘The great Unbundling’. This is a 134 slide presenta
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This Windows only embedded engine has long been part of Microsoft Exchange and Active Directory servers. The API was public but not well documented. Berkeley DB was a quality cross-platform alternative but I suspect that some permutation of
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TL;DR: opposable thumbs are characteristic of Homo species and not found in Australopithecus The paper (pdf) Biomechanics of the human thumb and the evolution of dexterity [1]: > Here, we develop a new approach to investigate the effic
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> the decision by G.M.’s chief executive, Mary T. Barra, that the company will aim to sell only zero-emission cars and trucks by 2035. These are long timelines but appropriate for the type of pivot proposed.
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This is not a monospaced font used for code: > also called non-proportional font, is a font whose letters and characters each occupy the same amount of horizontal space instead, it preserves the width if you apply a weight like BOLD: &gt
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The NIH news release Janssen Investigational COVID-19 Vaccine: Interim Analysis of Phase 3 Clinical Data Released [1]: > An investigational COVID-19 vaccine developed by Janssen Pharmaceuticals appears to be safe and effective at preve
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HTTPie supports headers using header-name:value CLI parameters; I didn't check whether ht supports these. You would have to save the proper response header between requests. The question then turns to how the 304 Not Modified respo
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Since updating an eInk screen is relatively expensive, I suspect this system could be made more efficient by issuing conditional HTTP requests (last-modified or eTag) and only refreshing the screen when the dashboard image changes. This ass
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> ...in Manaus, Brazil, a study of blood donors indicated that 76% (95% CI 67–98) of the population had been infected with SARS-CoV-2 by October, 2020. > There are at least four non-mutually exclusive possible explanations for the res
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> In the new study, the researchers dissected two further wombats and tested the guts’ layers of muscle and tissue, finding regions of varied thickness and stiffness. They then created a 2D mathematical model to simulate how the regions
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> The new research has revealed that the system ["TOI-178, a star some 200 light-years away in the constellation of Sculptor"] boasts six exoplanets and that all but the one closest to the star are locked in a rhythmic dance as
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> they are not doing anything different that what has been known for a long time in long-fiber composites They are using a new material (concrete) and in-situ fabrication technique (extrusion/printing) that is at an early stage of d
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See FIG. 1. Hierarchical microstructure of the cuticle of the lobster (Homarus americanus; based on existing studies) from the paper: https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/3dp.2020.0172
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The news release Bio-inspired: How lobsters can help make stronger 3D printed concrete [1] from RMIT University (with 1 minute video) and the paper Influences of Printing Pattern on Mechanical Performance of Three-Dimensional-Printed Fib
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> The people who stay behind aren't people you want to work with, if you can help it. This sounds like a generalization in need of evidence. Ultimately, the co-op program at UoW has a long history that includes ranking/matching
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Microsoft's description of the project [1]: > Open Web Docs, a new collective which is dedicated to sustainably supporting high-quality, browser-agnostic, community-driven web developer documentation. Open Web Docs employs full-time
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The paper Report of a giant titanosaur sauropod from the Upper Cretaceous of Neuquén Province, Argentina [1]: > One of the most fascinating research topics in the field of sauropod dinosaurs is the evolution of gigantism. In the partic
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> The fact of the matter is that there is a set minimum cost to doing business in the taxi trade. This cost includes such items as hourly rates for drivers, servicing costs for vehicles, insurance, licence fees etc. I think the "lic
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Perfectly sound architecture that does not need an intermediary like Netflify: 1. Browser-Side Service Worker 2. Git - mutable file system via REST 3. CDN - deploy to multiple CDNs I didn't look at the code but I suspect it could be ma
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> The problem with lithium batteries is they are heavy... McDougall says battery technology is advancing quickly and he expects them to be even lighter and more powerful, as his project gets closer to flying commercially. > Antweiler
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Yes, thank you. My wording was ambiguous; my bad.
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The report describes a security breech in 2019; the report was held back until now for legal reasons: > Sunday May 5th > ...a login request is crafted to our dev tier that is able to bypass the access controls limiting login to those
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According to the Genetic and anthropometric studies on Japanese people [1], modern Japanese people: > have about 9-13% Jōmon ancestry (which is highest in the Ainu people, who are largely of Jōmon descent) and the majority of their anc
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Many of us are wearing devices with continuous optical heart rate monitors. Heart rate variability at rest is one of the best indicators of stress and these devices are pretty good at estimating sleep duration and sleep cycles. Regulators n
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> A constellation of physiological and social factors drives those grim numbers. The biology of obesity includes impaired immunity, chronic inflammation, and blood that’s prone to clot, all of which can worsen COVID-19. And because obesi
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The press release [1] for the paper Joint association of physical activity and body mass index with cardiovascular risk: a nationwide population-based cross-sectional study [2]: > We retrieved information from medical examinations on t
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Bloomberg's Odd Lots 1 hour podcast Why the Cost of Shipping Goods From China Is Soaring [1] with Marc Levinson, author of The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger [2]. TLDR; [EDIT] La
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Great point. Selecting the RDBMS page cache size is a key performance parameter that is near impossible to get right on a mixed-use host, both non-dedicated servers and client desktop/laptop. SQL Anywhere, which emphasizes zero-admin,

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