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by vanniv 7y ago
This fantasy presupposes that no harm occurs by shutting down society. Just because it is hard to measure how many people would die due to the economy being turned off or by having it be impossible for people to move or interact for an exte
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by vanniv 7y ago
So much for N+1 conferences?
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by vanniv 7y ago
The masks encourage a warm moist environment surrounding your nose and mouth. If the mask becomes contaminated, it becomes an ideal vector for encouraging infection -- so if you touch the inside of the mask with your contaminated hands (say
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by vanniv 7y ago
Cases in China are growing at a sublinear rate according to the Chinese government.
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by vanniv 7y ago
As much as I think HN is blowing the coronavirus risk out of all proportion, I must say that it is incredibly unlikely that the numbers reported here represent even a meaningful fraction of cases in the U.S. Which makes sense, as they are o
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by vanniv 7y ago
The only numbers anywhere in the world that are probably actually correct are from Diamond Princess. They tested everyone multiple times, and very likely detected every case eventually. The Diamond Princess is an unintentional "natura
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by vanniv 7y ago
This seems like a bad move. It isn't going to help, because it doesn't address the actual cause at all -- but it will help heighten the panic
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by vanniv 7y ago
This is such a click-baity article. Headline quotes "uncharted territory" to be scary. Subhead points out this is part of a quite from a doctor. Read in to the text, and the doctor is saying we're in uncharted territory, but
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by vanniv 7y ago
Especially when you count all costs -- even only theoretical costs like "[organization] once predicted X% GDP growth without Brexit and now predicts only Y% instead -- and don't count any of the benefits.
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by vanniv 7y ago
30kg/unit of three. That's a regular economy seat, rather than a premium economy one -- but still it is a datapoint.
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by vanniv 7y ago
It is getting easier again. Google Flights gives indications on each leg whether it is roomy, average, or tight. For premium classes, it reports recliner, angle-flat, or lie-flat. You still can't search by it, though. This isn't
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by vanniv 7y ago
This is for a premium economy class. The existence of premium economy is already us reaching the point where people are prepared to pay more for more. Airlines believe that they can make more money selling fewer seats at higher prices -- a
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by vanniv 7y ago
The better thing is the new (not yet widely available) antibody test, which can determine if you had it even after you recover. Useless in a clinical setting, of course, but highly useful for epidemiology
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by vanniv 7y ago
The influenza test exists, bit it has a very high false negative rate. It is useful in epidemiology, because if you test large populations, you'll get enough positives to learn something -- but you learn virtually nothing from a negat
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by vanniv 7y ago
It isn't political nobodies, though. I mean, it's them too. But, it is the entire media system, the university-political complex, and all of the largest and most powerful political parties across the West. It's pretty much j
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by vanniv 7y ago
If your theory can't stand up to someone looking at it askance, you're probably being intellectually dishonest.
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by vanniv 7y ago
If anybody were to produce such a model, they would be utterly destroyed. If anybody were to even attempt to apply for grants to do that work, they would be expelled from the university community, and their professional reputation immediate
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by vanniv 7y ago
When your political power comes from the ability to regulate every aspect of life due to a supposed existential threat that comes from all economic activity, an educated, informed, and well-spoken critic of the supposed existential threat i
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by vanniv 7y ago
Wasting karma trying to respond to every Orange Man Bad that someone can dream up is not a particularly good use of my energy. Go on believing he is the most evil man in all of human history of you like.
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by vanniv 7y ago
To be clear, Nouriel Roubini has a reputation as a "permabear" He correctly predicted the 2008 crash because at all times he is predicting disaster. Thus, he gets every one! (Even the ones that never pan out) Maybe he is right th
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by vanniv 7y ago
Modern business class gives you that, plus true lie-flat seating without anybody over your head. Most airlines are installing either reverse herringbone seats or suite-style lie-flats -- but either way, increasingly with aisle access for a
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by vanniv 7y ago
I don't think weight will be a major problem here, given the stated focus on it. I couldn't find weight specs for units of Zodiac Z535s or Recaro PL3530 seats, which are two of the major competitors in the premium economy market t
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by vanniv 7y ago
Mysterious glowing object suddenly appears in Earth’s orbit -- The Sun is there! (please forgive terrible old internet meme humour) To contribute something, it isn't glowing very brightly, and probably is another temporary mini satelli
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by vanniv 7y ago
And yet, I have amazing coffee in my house pretty much at all times, from all over the world -- and every market I visit has 300 different beers in a wide variety of styles (including gross IPA), and not just the four standards like it used
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by vanniv 7y ago
That is an interesting question. Business and First classes already have this problem in spades, of course -- but they're expensive services and lower person density (leading to less average uncleanliness). Maybe forego carpets and bui
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by vanniv 7y ago
Yes, that is one possible solution. One of the overhead lockers makers is already demoing a locker with weight sensors and colored lights intended to be part of a reservation system, where premium passengers or those paying a fee would get
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by vanniv 7y ago
The entire analysis starts from the assumption that any administration goal is inherently either a fabrication or misguided. "efficiencies" is clearly just code word for destroying all things good, obviously, and totally not worth
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by vanniv 7y ago
Color me shocked that an article that's supposed to be about some topic manages to find a way to convert itself into another "Trump Bad" story halfway through. Is WaPo actually capable of writing an article that doesn't
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by vanniv 7y ago
The headline here is quite misleading. This seat is intended to compete with premium economy seats, not with economy. These seats produce the same cabin density at today's premium economy, while trying to offer a business-class-lite e
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by vanniv 7y ago
The US has the highest incarceration rate of countries from which you can trust the statistics. That is a different thing.

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