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by trav4225 6y ago
Hmm, my guess is because they don't see it as a sexy feature that would appeal to mainstream users.
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by trav4225 6y ago
ew. :)
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California researchers begin to test everybody in one town for Coronavirus(news.trust.org)
7 points by trav4225 6y ago|4 comments
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by trav4225 6y ago
Hmm, I wonder if they attempt to control for bias. It sounds as though they were asking random passersby if they wanted a COVID-19 antibody test. If so, it seems that the sample group could be biased toward including more people who suspect
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by trav4225 7y ago
I know exactly what you mean! This is why, to me, the text adventure genre was always so fantastic.
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by trav4225 7y ago
Makes sense. Private/smaller collectors are probably much more likely to end up with fake items. Having said that, large, institutional museums do end up with fake items occasionally as well, sometimes displaying them for years before
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by trav4225 7y ago
Ran into the "paywall", but yeah, sadly, forgery has grown into a very large problem in the archaeological world. Lots of debate and controversy over how best to address it. We can't simply disregard all unprovenanced finds,
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by trav4225 7y ago
Perhaps somewhat true, but I was around SV in the '90s and the same phony startup culture was alive and well back then, perhaps even more than today.
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by trav4225 7y ago
Unfortunately, I do not believe that this is true. My understanding is that it's still quite common, and even more so in developing countries.
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by trav4225 7y ago
yeah, i always think the same thing when i see loss figures in situations like this...
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by trav4225 7y ago
Hah! It's hilarious, and sad, that this is a concept in marketing.
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by trav4225 7y ago
Ah, I see the title turning gray already... just a few more minutes until [flagged]...
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by trav4225 7y ago
HSWWSH!
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by trav4225 8y ago
Ah, okay. I thought the danger zone was slightly lower. Thanks!
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by trav4225 8y ago
My previous ISP actually just blocked all DNS traffic that wasn't to/from their servers. I had to tunnel my DNS traffic (ridiculous!)...
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by trav4225 8y ago
Hmm, any risk of excessive x-ray production?
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by trav4225 8y ago
Ah, yes. The sort command definitely has a few gotchas like this. It's too bad that we all seem to learn them the hard way. :) Another one that used to bite me: locale-dependent sorting. These days, I rarely use the sort command withou
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by trav4225 8y ago
Yup, certainly didn't mean to single it out. However, that is the region most known among geologists as an erionite hazard.
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by trav4225 8y ago
There are also other scary health risks in that region: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-11711136
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by trav4225 8y ago
↑↑↓↓←→←→BA boom!
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by trav4225 8y ago
Hopefully a book that describes how terrible it is... ;-)
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by trav4225 8y ago
Bad behavior X "is a sad indictment of" freedom.
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by trav4225 8y ago
Exactly. Don't use logic though. Logic is cold and hateful. ;)
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by trav4225 8y ago
Thanks for the input! I hope the sociopath comment wasn't triggered by my question. I tend to question widespread assumptions, perhaps more often than I ought to. But I find that, more often than not, people don't have a good reas
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by trav4225 8y ago
From my personal experience, the vast majority of bugs happen due to an astounding failure on the part of developers to consider even the most basic edge conditions. Also, terrible contract documentation...
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by trav4225 8y ago
Something to perhaps consider: if both groups of 10 people are experiencing a bug, especially one not caused by their own doing, why is one group more "deserving" of a fix than the other?
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by trav4225 8y ago
I disagree with the tone of your message, but +1 for bringing up the fact that the software world's lack of knowledge of history dooms them to endlessly repeat it (I witness this on a daily basis).
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by trav4225 8y ago
9 AM to 5 AM? ;-)
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by trav4225 8y ago
I'd add to this that, among the changes that happen to language, there are those that are true, organic, and grass-roots, but also there are those that are forced, manipulative, and agenda-driven. :-)
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by trav4225 8y ago
That's always my first thought when I read anything about slime molds!

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