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by travisp 7y ago
That’s hugely misleading. Allison was not part of the research team and didn’t have anything to do with this work, he was just quoted in the article. The article says: “ The investigators reported no conflicts of interest and did the studie
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by travisp 7y ago
Given that you can pay just a little bit of money to have it be ad free, it seems that your level of outright disgust isn’t that high.
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by travisp 7y ago
I disagree that they've had a good track record. https://www.martinvigo.com/even-the-lastpass-will-be-stolen-... https://twitter.com/tqbf/status/836619941805764609 https://twitter.
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by travisp 7y ago
Unfortunately, most people’s google accounts themselves are vulnerable to attacks using SIM swaps.
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by travisp 7y ago
It's great that there are some new antibiotics, but I don't get this claim that "big pharma" won't develop new cures and only manages chronic conditions. First, it's factually false. There are now multiple He
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by travisp 7y ago
I can't think of the last time I've done that, but I can type at almost full speed holding down right shift with my pinky.
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by travisp 7y ago
Don't both of those airlines make you pay more to select your seat? It's possible they were lying, but it also seems plausible that seats were sold but not assigned yet.
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by travisp 7y ago
Can you provide sources that suggest I'm wrong? Obviously there are difference of opinion on this (the supreme court decided these were not composition of matter patents), but I think it would be helpful for people reading to at least
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by travisp 7y ago
The reason you're confused is because these articles are oversimplified and these patents aren't literally gene patents or patents of the genetic sequences themselves. I believe the so-called "gene patents" are "com
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by travisp 7y ago
I find most of the language discussing this misleading because nobody is actually talking about patenting human genes. If you're curious about hearing a non-straw-man opinion about "gene" patents, I'd suggest this short
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by travisp 7y ago
I agree with you that most of human psychology is on a spectrum and that there is no shame in having a mental disorder or in seeking treatment for it, so I'm not sure if you're disagreeing with me or adding more information. At th
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by travisp 7y ago
It’s true that this is consistent with ADHD, but it’s not nearly enough information to diagnose because it’s also a common experience to many people (really). ADHD is basically defined as the bottom of a bell curve in a number of areas (dep
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by travisp 7y ago
Speaking as someone with a closed kitchen and small kids: the closed kitchen doesn't keep the kids out from under my feet while cooking unless my wife is home to watch them. Otherwise, they are under my feet because they want to be nea
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by travisp 7y ago
France also generally views autism this way and fails to diagnose and properly treat autistic children. It’s a huge problem and probably ruins many families and children’s lives. I would not be surprised if in a couple decades we are talkin
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by travisp 7y ago
Additionally, to support the idea that we evolved to detect and dislike body odor, you'd have to make sure that humans even have this trait. Too many evolutionary just-so stories generate hypotheses from limited cultural observations.
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by travisp 8y ago
> You could make the same argument about buying into a mutual fund, yet mutual funds have to distribute capital gains every year. This is sort of true, but no longer completely true -- because of ETFs. For example, Vanguard uses ETFs tha
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by travisp 8y ago
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by travisp 8y ago
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by travisp 8y ago
Wait, why would capital gains make less of a difference? New York does not have a separate capital gains tax -- it's taxed at the same rate as regular income. It makes zero difference to the article's analysis if your income comes
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by travisp 8y ago
The actual study is here: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-the-inter... This study is primarily new because it examined preschoolers. Most studies that have previously shown structural brain diff
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by travisp 8y ago
Yes? Most of the air in NYC is reasonably clean, and there are lots of quiet streets and less packed pavements. And you can always pay for special double insulated windows, or for a higher floor. My PM 2.5 readings in my Manhattan apartment
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by travisp 8y ago
Vote on mutual fund governance questions. Not on each of the thousands of companies that the fund is invested in.
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by travisp 8y ago
In this case it just acts as a DNS resolver. That's potentially risky when resources don't use SSL, but far less than a browser extension that can change a page in place, inject JavaScript, and record keystrokes on all pages.
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by travisp 8y ago
Yes, much of the city is limited to four or five stories or otherwise restricted [1]. Keep in mind also that much of NYC is not just the financial district of Manhattan. In addition to actual height restrictions, neighborhood associations a
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by travisp 8y ago
If a few thousand airbnb units cost renters that much money, imagine how much renters would save if more and taller buildings were allowed to be built!
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by travisp 8y ago
It's much more complicated than you seem to think, otherwise there would be almost no non-resistant strains left. For example, there typically seems to be a cost associated with maintaining resistance, and particularly maintaining mult
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by travisp 9y ago
Human babies are pretty helpless compared to most animals, which I think supports your point. Human babies can't walk, crawl, roll, or even lift their heads. Even with your example of vision, newborn humans barely have functional visio
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by travisp 9y ago
It's not so easy to be one of the first companies to go against standard practice. And sometimes you even get sued https://www.eater.com/2017/10/11/16458026/no-tipping-conspir...
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by travisp 9y ago
Yes, but the default configuration is not suitable to that situation. You will need to make some adjustments if you cannot tolerate data loss.
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by travisp 9y ago
It got significantly better in 3.4 -- this analysis claims that the issues were finally resolved in 3.4 (although they were in the RC) https://jepsen.io/analyses/mongodb-3-4-0-rc3

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