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by topkai22 7y ago
So thoughts on rural areas- my experience is that they generally have more workers that will be considered essential than in urbanized areas- agricultural workers, truck drivers, people in the supply chain, etc. That might provide some mode
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by topkai22 7y ago
I think one of the hardest things about working from home with the kids there is having to make the choice between parenting and working. Having done WFH with small kids at least one day a week for years, you have to change your and your ki
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by topkai22 7y ago
I’ve heard that in Italy they are closing departments of stores that aren’t selling life sustaining items, even if other parts of the store are.
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by topkai22 7y ago
I wasn't really sure what they pitched us technically, but your pitch sounds reasonable. It was also complete overkill- we were hosting read only static images (map tiles). Azure and AWS were less than $300/TB/Year at the ti
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by topkai22 7y ago
Because the storage group refused to sign off on a cheaper solution with lower specs (I don't know why) and acquisitions in the government is a mess so going outside would have tied up one of our primary constraints (the tech lead) mor
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by topkai22 7y ago
At a technical level yes, it’s wacky. At a “this is what government departments actually do” level, it’s perfectly reasonable. I’m sure NASAs current system is actually pretty efficient as the us government goes, but having spent a career
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by topkai22 7y ago
I’m sure that $10k/terabyte quote was complete overkill for what we needed- but that’s what the stove piped storage org was offering, and it killed the project we were working on.
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by topkai22 7y ago
While proxying through a torrent system is a good idea. I doubt it would get well seeded outside a few popular datasets- the agency would end up the sole seeder of the long tail. I’m willing to bet NASA saves a ton of money by going to a cl
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Nevada Shutters All Casinos Due to COVID-19(rgj.com)
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by topkai22 7y ago
Semi off-topic, but the development of solution for this problem is a minor plot thread in "Rainbow's End" by Verner Vinge, which was a fairly popular sci-fi book with some really cool "near-future" predictions.
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by topkai22 7y ago
Its already in the model- 10 quality adjusted years of life. You could reasonable drive that down, but not to less than 3 I'm pretty sure. I don't think it's appropriate to model current output though. This is a social /
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by topkai22 7y ago
The actuarial value of a human life is difficult to calculate, but it is definitely above the economic output. There are large 2nd order effects- the pain of those left behind. I picked $100k because it made the math easy, but it's als
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by topkai22 7y ago
I picked a lower number to get less quibbles from any doubters. But yeah, bringing CFR from 5% to 2% at 60% infection you can justify actions that otherwise seem nuts.
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by topkai22 7y ago
When talking about economic damage it is also worth thinking about what we are trying to avoid in the US- if SARS-Cov2 gets to 60% of the population, then at a 2% case fatality rate we are looking at 4 million excess deaths. Most importantl
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by topkai22 7y ago
Truman elected just not to run. Yes, the spirit of the 22nd amendment was factor, but so were his terrible poll numbers. I don't think this is a "rally behind the flag" moment, especially because the President isn't invo
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by topkai22 7y ago
Good summary, althoughI would be more forceful about aspirin- don't use it for children under 12 without a medical professional recommending it. While Reyes syndrome is rare, acetaminophen and ibuprofen are equally effective, available
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by topkai22 7y ago
The author provide a "direct link to copy" at: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/1/d/17YyCmjb2Z2QwMiRR... However, its currently not working due to heavy traffic.
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by topkai22 7y ago
The were shooting to kill but missed, and then accidentally shot down a 3rd party’s airliner killing 176 people, including 82 of their own citizens. In my opinion, that tragedy was what was responsible for the de-escalation.
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by topkai22 7y ago
Before I saw the year tag, I thought this was related to “what libraries can do if they shut thier doors in the COVID19 crisis...
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by topkai22 7y ago
The "death panels" actually didn't even refer to triage, it was a reference to a proposal to pay doctors for providing counseling on end of life directives and living wills. The semi-manufactured concern was that doctors woul
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by topkai22 7y ago
Yeah, obviously it's not an easy decision, but my definition of "won't even notice" is that it even if it's a $20M write off, it's like 0.06% of their 2019 net income. For a lot of independent events (like SWSX
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by topkai22 7y ago
I think the amount of international travel is huge part (the Houston rodeo might have 2M+ attendees, but I'll bet 90% of them are from Texas), but so are economics- It wouldn't suprise me if cancelling CONEXPOCONAGG or the Houston
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by topkai22 7y ago
I’ve mainly seen that situation in post M&A environments, and while fiefdoms are often a part of the problem, untangling auth across multiple enterprise systems is really hard.
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by topkai22 7y ago
I don't have any real problem with older people, even 75+, being in positions of power and responsibility, especially in elected government. However, there is decent evidence that the degree to which late silent generation and early ba
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by topkai22 7y ago
Fascinating time capsule. I remember the TWA flight 800 coverage very well- I was scheduled to fly the same route and flight number the following week. I remember a bit of rampant speculation online back then as well ("eyewitnesses&quo
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by topkai22 7y ago
This is why, despite security risks, I’m in favor of developing an online voting system. Vote by mail is better then what we have now, but I’ve found usability issues there to.
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People also don't like to be surprised by their brand, at least in non-trivial ways. I'd predict constant A/B testing of disruptive ideas (such as new seating arrangements or radically boarding schemes) would end up damaging
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by topkai22 7y ago
You are right, except on exceptional bad years. Apologize, had the higher number in my head.
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by topkai22 7y ago
I’ll through out the daily who situation reports: https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2...
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by topkai22 7y ago
Influenza is the single most deadly pathogens currently circulating and we could end up with an entirely separate pathogen circulating annually with similar or worse fatality statistics? Yes that is terrifying, even if I personally have a l

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