KnightOfWords

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by KnightOfWords 6y ago
The problem here is the more the virus spreads the more everyone is put at risk.
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Ask HN: Image processing, vary intensity of channels
1 points by KnightOfWords 6y ago|0 comments
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by KnightOfWords 7y ago
It takes 6-41 days for covid-19 to kill, with 14 days being the median. The death rate is going to lag behind the cases of infection by a few days.
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by KnightOfWords 7y ago
Here's a pretty good summary: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/1997/01/the-bell-curve-f... A few things to bear in mind, race is far more of a cultural construct than a genetic one. Compared to other
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by KnightOfWords 7y ago
The Bell Curve has been thoroughly debunked I believe. Genetics aren't nearly as important as environment for IQ scores, as proven by adopted children.
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The Calculus of Contagion(aeon.co)
1 points by KnightOfWords 7y ago|0 comments
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by KnightOfWords 7y ago
I took the BBC website title and added the word 'could' to make it clearer. Since then they've changed the title a couple times.
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by KnightOfWords 7y ago
Because it has a higher lethal rate than Influenza and it has the potential to evolve and become much more infectious than it is currently.
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by KnightOfWords 7y ago
I think we can discount it based on its content, written by the kind of manager who should be avoided like the plague.
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by KnightOfWords 7y ago
The economic arguments underline why the US aversion to nationalised healthcare is so counter-productive.
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by KnightOfWords 7y ago
On the other side of the world, we had record temperatures across Europe as well this year. Fewer deaths than the 2003 heatwave though as people were generally better informed of the risks. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki&#x2F
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by KnightOfWords 7y ago
> ...you'll see that temperatures swung as much as 8C during the ice age. The last glacial period itself covers some 100,000 years. I could have phrased it better, I'm talking about the temperature difference between the end of
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by KnightOfWords 7y ago
Historical civilisations were very vulnerable to changes in local climate as they were heavily reliant on local food production, whereas we routinely ship food across oceans. Events like the [Little Ice Age]( https://en.wikipedia.
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by KnightOfWords 7y ago
All informed decision making is made on the basis of probabilities. You're setting an impossibly and arbitrarily high threshold for action on climate change. The burden of proof is on you to explain how CO2 levels not seen for 3 millio
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by KnightOfWords 7y ago
Modelling has its limitations but those are well understood by the people building the models, which is why they predict a range of outcomes and uncertainty rises with time. Most of the uncertainty in current models has to do with the compl
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by KnightOfWords 7y ago
Yes, only top-down and bottom-up changes are enough to mitigate the risks of climate change.
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by KnightOfWords 7y ago
> Since when did science become about predicting what will happen in the future? The very definition of science is making testable predictions.
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by KnightOfWords 7y ago
On hard problems these AIs are doing no better than chance. Nor is a badly trained AI in any way consistent.
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by KnightOfWords 7y ago
Certainly not within 50 years, but this is based on projected wet-bulb temperatures around the equator. The limit for human survivability is the equivalent of 35C at 100% humidity. "A sustained wet-bulb temperature exceeding 35 °C (95
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by KnightOfWords 7y ago
Our window to escape this future in narrowing. Here in the UK 3 years of Brexit arguments have sucked up all the oxygen. While on the other side of the Atlantic a science denier is squatting in the White House.
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by KnightOfWords 7y ago
> Lastly, what's even the big issue with changes in global temperatures? Even without humans, this planet would go in and out of ice ages on semi-regular intervals. We can't really control that. Life adapts. The issue is the ra
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by KnightOfWords 7y ago
> Brasil needs to be heavily sanctioned by the international community... Along with the US, Saudi Arabia, Russia and Australia. And probably a bunch of others.
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by KnightOfWords 7y ago
And on top of that, inter-government cooperation to tackle a global problem. Like we had to address CFCs pollution. With the political will to sanction countries that deny the evidence and won't play ball.
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by KnightOfWords 7y ago
Could really use a volume control on the page.
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by KnightOfWords 7y ago
It's not a scare piece, the rate of topsoil erosion is truly alarming. As you say, many farmers recognise the problem and are attempting to address it, but many others are not. There is an economic problem here, how do we encourage far
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by KnightOfWords 7y ago
I'm certainly no expert, but topsoil depletion scares more than any other environmental problem - it can take a few centuries to replace an inch. Even in the absence of climate change we'd be heading for trouble but increasing tem
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by KnightOfWords 7y ago
Pretty much dismissed by later analysis I believe. Also, please bear in mind LIGO/VIRGO pinned down a neutron star merger with an optical counterpart, so there is independent confirmation the detectors can lift signal out of the noise.
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by KnightOfWords 7y ago
It's the stat most directly related to 'possible future food production'.
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by KnightOfWords 7y ago
From the title, I assume that when NASA realised they couldn't meet the Apollo 15 launch schedule they simply farmed the problem off to the Postal Service, by covering the rocket with stamps?
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by KnightOfWords 7y ago
Yes, your average rabbit can outrun Usain Bolt and an elephant can out deadlift the mountain. But we are also king-of-the-hill when it comes to hand-eye coordination and communication/teamwork which are essential components of many spo

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