Ovah

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by Ovah 2mo ago
Of course you can call yourself an engineer without formal training in the US. https://www.vice.com/en/article/man-fined-dollar500-for-crim... https://www.vice.com/en/article/oregon-unco
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Russia Charges Telegram's Founder with Facilitating Terrorism(nytimes.com)
5 points by Ovah 2mo ago|0 comments
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by Ovah 2mo ago
At least it's written by a human and not AI slop.
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by Ovah 3mo ago
While commonly taught in academic settings, I disagree with the notion that it's possible to self plagiarize. It's your own words and not stealing from somebody else.
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by Ovah 4mo ago
You're saying that people shouldn't take a stance "without this basic evidence about the substance of the matter". The basic evidence is there. Take the time to watch Ben's videos, it's an hour of your time wel
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by Ovah 4mo ago
You are more or less accusing a named individual of severe crimes without much to back it up.
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by Ovah 4mo ago
Have you seen the youtube videos? They paint a pretty clear picture.
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by Ovah 9mo ago
It's big leap to assume that massage of peripheral lymph vessels (e.g. arms and legs) affect lymph draining in the brain. I'm always a bit perplexed when people's first reaction to new hard science is to assume that it suppor
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by Ovah 11mo ago
My comment was with NanoPore in mind.
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by Ovah 11mo ago
That's a prevalent misconception even in the scientific community. Sure, each read has 1% incorrect bases (0.01). But each segment of DNA is read many times over. More or less 0.01^(many times) ≈ 0 incorrect bases.
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by Ovah 2y ago
Over 90% of diabetes is type 2: it's the classic metabolic disease. Noting down the exact type adds complexity to be honest. The are other forms, such as type 1, MODY or even insipidus and explaining all of them is another topic and th
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by Ovah 2y ago
Unfortunately, they recently removed most of the books from that hall due to conservation efforts. I didn't really give the feel or atmosphere of an old library.
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by Ovah 2y ago
I'm very active on iNaturalist. The name suggestions made there by image recognition, at least for the genus I work with, is a complete and utter joke. >98% of name suggestions for that group are incorrect. As soon as a genus become
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by Ovah 2y ago
Why is this "way better"? The article appears to discuss a blood tests to triage stroke which is unrelated to both disease treatment or identifying a root cause of the stroke.
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by Ovah 2y ago
It's been published since roughly May 2020 that COVID infects gut epithelium. It's not much of a stretch that it's transmissible that way as well.
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by Ovah 2y ago
I'm surprised how the conversation shifted from genetics to unethical germline editing of things that barely have clinical relevance. The rates of scurvy in the 21th century are low and definitely don't warrant super invasive edit
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by Ovah 3y ago
Good point. Small but important distinction.
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by Ovah 3y ago
Tesla is refusing to sign a collective bargaining agreement which is basically the norm in Sweden. This has been going on for a couple of weeks and garnered a lot of attention in Swedish media and social media. Sweden has a strong tradition
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by Ovah 3y ago
Ironically leeches are used to this day. At the most specialized hospital in Sweden they are sometimes used to treat wounds that have a hard time healing. IIRC they somehow promote revascularizing of the tissue.
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by Ovah 3y ago
This doesn't hold true for all cell types. There's a group in Sweden that has C14 dated the replication rate of some cell types. IIRC some cell types - some neurons and adipocytes - only replicate every 10 years or less. Their met
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by Ovah 4y ago
Nah blood gets filtered through the liver and so would this compounded even if it was intravenously administered.
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by Ovah 4y ago
Is there any evidence that antibiotic resistance in any significant way crosses from livestock pathogens to human pathogens? I had a medical professor lecturing a couple years back saying it was basically a myth.
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by Ovah 4y ago
"Doctors have for decades refused to learn to use this technology" In Sweden this is actually standard practice. It's used for patients who have syndromes that guarantee them to get cancer several times over in their lifetime
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by Ovah 5y ago
The most common category is "primary spontaneous". Predominantly young (85% <40yo), healthy males (6 times more common). Smoking contributes, and I believe being tall and skinny does so as well.
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by Ovah 5y ago
Sorry for the confusion. The x36 I copied from a lecture given by a senior obstetrician. The link was to provide background info on SIDS.
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by Ovah 5y ago
I'm neither an obstetrician nor a researcher in that field. But if I had to guess, this Wikipedia paragraph sumarizes things nicely regarding infection: "Passive immunity is also provided through colostrum and breast milk, which c
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by Ovah 5y ago
Which of the stats do you think sounds ridiculous? SIDS for example is pretty rare to begin with (33.3 deaths per 100,000 per Google). At the end of the day I'm guessing the advice maybe saves a few lives on a population level, but onl
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by Ovah 5y ago
Even a single breast feeding session provides some benefits. According to my med school notes a single meal reduces the risk of SIDS by x36 compared to no breast feeding. https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/s
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by Ovah 5y ago
> There is very little good scientific evidence that it is important to breastfeed. I wish you would back up such a strong statement. In medical school we were taught the complete opposite. From my notes: - there's a x36 decreased r
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by Ovah 5y ago
I guess I could have been more clear. My question is about the lab side of things. Indefinite and indiscriminate data retention is definitely a problem although a different one.

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