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by ya_throw 5y ago
Yet the current zeitgeist is "Trust the experts, fool!" We never frikkin learn.
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by ya_throw 5y ago
Damage useless things? Seriously though, practice and experience are necessary, go and get some! Sadly that sometimes also includes learning how to figure out when you're out of your depth, which can be an annoying lesson to learn when
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by ya_throw 5y ago
Exactly this - camming out as a protective feature is hugely over-blown and possibly totally false. In my experience, only the very cheapest of cheese-grade screws (a la Aliexpress) chew up without camming out.
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by ya_throw 5y ago
It's supposed to be much harder to cam out with JIS, unless you try to use a Philips screwdriver on a JIS screw (which will most definitely cam out and chew up). I treated myself to a JIS screwdriver, for the rare occasions I adjust
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by ya_throw 5y ago
Torx can take more torque than a hex (due to the much smaller driving angle at the tool/bolt contact point). Bolts that take the same torque can thus have a thinner head.
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by ya_throw 5y ago
It might be a technique thing, although you are correct that those maligned "modern" screw designs do not strip as easily. It is crucial to get the right type and size of screwdriver - look for the markings on the screw to differe
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by ya_throw 5y ago
Wish it was possible to know how they define a Covid hospitalisation. Here in the UK, it literally means "someone admitted to hospital who tested positive for Covid". It sounds plausible, as the AHS definition of a Covid death is:
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by ya_throw 5y ago
Could you share that table? Here's that data for the UK (in section 4): https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsde... Maybe the unvaxxed 25 year olds where you live are spectacularly unhealthy.
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by ya_throw 5y ago
> "billionaire progressives" (the oxymoron that flies over everyone's head) The term accurately conveys the hypocrisy at the heart of US "Progressivism".
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by ya_throw 5y ago
You are right about excess deaths, and once again, I am very grateful that the UK makes this data publicly available. I always struggle to find this kind of information for the US. As for issues with healthcare - this is very pertinent for
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by ya_throw 5y ago
Yes, that is a good enough summary of my position. I'm not too familiar with data and methods related to Covid deaths in the US, but here's a breakdown of deaths with Covid from the UK for 2020: https://www.ons.gov.uk&#
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by ya_throw 5y ago
Good observation. a) will be forever unknowable, although we can make some broad observations across various countries' responses to Covid and the overall outcome. EG: Australia has had strict lockdowns since March 2020, yet their case
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by ya_throw 5y ago
As I said in another reply to you, the subject of discussion here is statistics and modelling, and it is very relevant because so many restrictions and new laws have been justified using modelled outcomes. >as if the virus doesn't e
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by ya_throw 5y ago
>You're comparing having buildings in your town blown up.... to be told to social distance I very specifically didn't. I compared the overall societal outcome, to those other singular events. >Your comment reeks of entitleme
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by ya_throw 5y ago
You've made my point - the overall outcome post-Covid is comparable to a handful of other singular events in our history. I strongly believe that the ramifications of what we have done will take years to play out, but I accept that is
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by ya_throw 5y ago
I don't know about things where you live, but where I am (UK, and more specifically Wales, where we have taken restrictions to an absurd degree), most major Covid restrictions have been justified as a necessary response to modelled dat
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by ya_throw 5y ago
That is a very understated way to describe one of the single biggest upheavals in life and culture in the history of Western civilisation. FWIW, a significant part of the "inconvenience" as a parent of two very young kids comes fr
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by ya_throw 5y ago
>hiding behind a curtain of statistics. If there's one thing that Covid has taught us, it's that The Modelling is a vengeful God who must be appeased with many sacrifices.
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by ya_throw 5y ago
Sounds like a lot of work for moving lightly-formatted text files around. Also, essentially no-one wants it. What people want (whether they know it or not) is the latest shiny to keep themselves distracted.
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by ya_throw 5y ago
>If they don't turn this around then I hope others will step up and reclaim the web! Have you any idea how complex a browser needs to be? I hope this team of plucky, idealistic coders can keep up with all the latest and greatest web
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by ya_throw 5y ago
They also undervolt their cards, because it's more efficient.
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by ya_throw 5y ago
>Solid state electronics was supposed to mean longer life for everything. Sorry to be cynical, but says who? The marketing department? Product lifecycle is a function of engineering design, and not necessarily material choice. A Detroit
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by ya_throw 5y ago
I said "pseudo-anonymous", and by that I meant, there's no way to know which disparate online identities relate to which humans. As a consequence, I personally don't assume that anyone online particularly relates to a hu
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by ya_throw 5y ago
>The real problem is even understanding who the enemy is, or how they will decide to abuse this information. I'm quite sure that state-sponsored online warfare, both psychological and through system intrusion, is very active, and we
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by ya_throw 5y ago
>"Ignore the Human Factor at your peril" Indeed. Why bother with weapons (kinetic AND cyber) at all, when the both the spread and the pseudo-anonymous nature of online communication has left the thoughts, desires and opinions o
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by ya_throw 5y ago
It will continue until we become unable to mass-manufacture ever more powerful yet cheaper media consumption devices. Then we will be screwed.
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by ya_throw 5y ago
And? Where I live (Wales), total ICU usage right now is 77%. The absolute numbers are very small. If you want to make an argument that people should not add an un-necessary burden on the health services, then why restrict the discussion to
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by ya_throw 5y ago
>This lack of meritocracy is not considered or portrayed as bad Oh no, it must continue until historical wrongs are righted!
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by ya_throw 5y ago
>that study is for adults Given the incredible age-based disparity in severity of Covid, I wonder if any of those results (such as they are) are even applicable to our discussion.
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by ya_throw 5y ago
What's new is deliberately destroying a generation's future potential, for a disease that barely affects them. What's also new is that the repercussions of our collective response to this disease will be felt long after Covid

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