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by tristanj 7y ago
This article gives more info on the most probable source of the virus. In 2004, Chinese researchers discovered a bat cave with a virus 96% genetically similar to the coronavirus spreading today. > “We found viruses in bats that could in
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I disagree. Stories and anecdotes are a much more effective way to communicate the situation to the public than guidelines, facts, and figures. I've had people try to tell me "You don't need to worry, the virus only affects e
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It's widely reported that the confirmed case count published by China is far below the actual case count. This is due to several factors, including: * A high percentage of asymptomatic carriers (WHO est. 82%), who have mild symptoms an
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I believe it goes further than this. WHO and China are both trying to downplay the severity of the pandemic because they know if they publish more accurate estimates, it will cause mass panic. Panic is not helpful in any situation, and lead
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by tristanj 7y ago
I shared the story of a Wuhan coronavirus survivor here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22272264 It’s an account from a 23 year old healthy male who contracted the virus late December. He was hospitalized with fever an
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Wuhan pneumonia survivor: my 22 day battle against the novel coronavirus(reddit.com)
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As far as I can tell, this is the first time Google has reported YouTube Ad and Google Cloud revenues as separate line items.
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For what it's worth, the terms and conditions in other Google products such as Chrome, Chrome OS, and Android Studio already include similar language. I don't believe this clause was added specifically for YouTube. [1] Google Chro
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You have it backwards. Fitbit was already dead before Google bought them. They couldn't keep up with the competition, they laid off hundreds of employees, and their stock crashed 90%. Google is mopping up the pieces. Spending $2B for F
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How China Is Using Artificial-Intelligence in Classrooms(youtube.com)
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Red Wing, Iconic U.S. Shoe Maker, Labors Mightily to Bring Production Home(wsj.com)
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by tristanj 8y ago
I don't understand. The SIA68 theory doesn't address the debris matching MH370 that washed up in the Indian ocean. Several of the debris are almost certainly from MH370. The debris had barnacles implying they spent at least a year
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They've already found debris matching MH370 washed up in the Indian ocean. Several of the debris are almost certainly from MH370. This is consistent with the theory that MH370 crashed in the Indian ocean. Shouldn't this immediatel
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It was considered and quickly ruled out. Look at the trajectory of the northern arc [1]. It passes directly over India, which is covered by Indian civilian and military ground radars. There are major airports along this flight path. MH370 d
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There is a follow up to this question. Given two (balanced) binary search trees, where the first BST has N nodes and the second has M nodes, how would you merge both trees in linear time and constant space? (The solution is here if you are
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by tristanj 8y ago
Digit ratio is actually a very well studied effect. Hundreds of studies have been done on it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digit_ratio The wiki page references at least 10-15 studies discussing its correlation with se
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by tristanj 8y ago
Dupe/Not original source of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18158560
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I haven't heard of this program before so I did some digging. According to this source [1], Amazon Camper Force seeks to hire people who live in Campers (aka RVs) as item pickers for Amazon warehouses. "As part of the CamperForce
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Which makes it more curious. Last year, Apple PR denied existence of the security incident, but today they admitted it actually happened. That is a contradiction.
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Regarding Apple's denial, there are other publications that corroborate the Bloomberg story. Previously, Apple has denied security incidents even when multiple outlets report it. For example, last year, The Information reported Apple d
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by tristanj 8y ago
There are a few answers in this thread from 2 years ago https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12116137
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by tristanj 8y ago
I think that's not the right property, as it's in Woodside not Los Altos Hills. Based on google maps and the picture in the WSJ article, the location of the property appears to be 690 Loyola Drive, Los Altos, CA. It seems to be mu
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by tristanj 8y ago
No, the SP&500 has a lower rate of return from 1999 to today. With dividend reinvestment it was 6.1%.
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https://www.tomshardware.com/news/14nm-processor-intel-short... Because Intel's 10nm process is delayed, their 14nm fab is overbooked leading to a chip shortage.
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There are various simulations of what may happen. Here is one that demonstrates what may happen if the cable breaks at various points. http://gassend.net/spaceelevator/breaks/ In summary, if the cable breaks at th
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One space indenting makes nested if statements and nested for loops a pain to read. Especially in long functions.
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I take issue with the clickbait, and misunderstanding of the paper in general. The post is titled "One word can make you 50% more persuasive", and the author says that word is 'because' and it's proved by some paper
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> If you read the entire paper, she basically obliterates the notion that humans behave rationally. Through a series of experiments, she proves that whenever a “because” is appended to a request... The blog author does not understand th
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Discussion from 5 days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17675807
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I am not familiar with this area but based on the glossary here https://www.nasdaqtrader.com/Trader.aspx?id=tradehaltcodes , it seems if the halt was done by the exchange it would have a T12 halt code. SteveGregory's c

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