cmrivers

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by cmrivers 4y ago
Update, this comment refers to the original blog post submission, which pulled out forecasted numbers with no context. The Telegraph article is better.
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by cmrivers 4y ago
Then it's a scenario model, which asks what-if questions usually for planning purposes (e.g., what's the most hospital beds we might need?). Scenario models can have longer time horizons than forecasts, but 6 months is still quite
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by cmrivers 4y ago
The outbreak in Uganda is troubling, but a forecast that goes out 6+ months is silly. No professional infectious disease modeler will forecast out more than a few weeks because the trajectory of the outbreak changes in response to intervent
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Flu season is back with a vengeance(caitlinrivers.substack.com)
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The latest in outbreaks of note(caitlinrivers.substack.com)
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Where are we with the hygiene hypothesis?(caitlinrivers.substack.com)
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by cmrivers 8y ago
All city high schools are assigned by choice/match. I think with middle schools it varies. https://www.baltimorecityschools.org/high-school-choice
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by cmrivers 8y ago
I live in Baltimore City and have to agree that it's troubled. Another thing that makes it difficult for the city to thrive is the abysmal schools. Middle schools and high schools are not assigned by neighborhood, but instead by a matc
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Amazon ruined online shopping(theatlantic.com)
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Chinese researcher claims first gene-edited babies(apnews.com)
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by cmrivers 8y ago
For what it's worth, I maintain a data repository for this outbreak ( https://github.com/cmrivers/ebola_drc ) and the 2014-2015 outbreak in West Africa ( https://github.com/cmrivers/ebola ).
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Amazon to deliver Whole Foods groceries in two hours for Prime users(cnbc.com)
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by cmrivers 9y ago
My guess is that human enhancement for military use will be subject to international negotiations in the coming decades, but will probably not be considered under the Biological Weapons Convention. For further reading, the Atlantic publishe
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Is Captain America a Biological Weapon?(bifurcatedneedle.com)
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Science is broken(aeon.co)
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Biohackers encoded malware in strand of DNA(wired.com)
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Federal tech startup falls down on rules, procedures(washingtonpost.com)
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Why epidemiologists should learn to code(episkills.com)
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“Send me your data, PDF is fine”(episkills.com)
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by cmrivers 11y ago
This is a risky strategy - your paper can end up back in the hands of the same reviewers from round one.
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Can the U.S. Military Halt Its Brain Drain?(theatlantic.com)
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The kernel of the argument [Linux security](washingtonpost.com)
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How your 'pedigree' prejudices your employer(onpoint.wbur.org)
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Boeing 787 software bug can shut down planes' generators IN FLIGH(theregister.co.uk)
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How to run a crowdsourced data repo(caitlinrivers.com)
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EMBERS project can predict the future(newsweek.com)
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by cmrivers 12y ago
That's very close to what the SMART program is. I'm a SMART scholar (PhD level), it's been a good experience so far. http://smart.asee.org/
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HN's commenting policy is a barrier to diversity in tech(caitlinrivers.com)
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Patient in New York City Tests Positive for Ebola(mobile.nytimes.com)
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Ebola healthcare worker infections in West Africa(caitlinrivers.com)
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