mgleason_3

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by mgleason_3 5mo ago
I hate to say it, but I wonder if we are better off letting it go. The climate in Florida makes it a constant battle that’s managed by spraying tons of pesticides, fertilizer, fungicides, and antibiotics. It all runs off into the rivers a
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by mgleason_3 4y ago
Interesting to read that only 33%-50% of hospitals comply with the law and post their prices. If there's one thing this country needs to do it's demand transparency everywhere. Especially our government. Spending. Salaries. It
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by mgleason_3 5y ago
Interesting. The apparently little I’ve ever read about lasers said they are a single color and all of the waves are in-phase - monochromatic and coherent. But that’s an over simplification 1). And I suspect working with extremely short
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by mgleason_3 5y ago
You cannot smell while you are asleep Rachel Herz, professor of psychiatry at Brown University. This is why we have smoke detectors...
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by mgleason_3 5y ago
Cooking accounts for less than a percent of total natural gas. So, no, we don't need to start here. We need to start where it makes a difference. 60% of US electricity is generated from fossil fuels (1). 40% of that is from Natural Gas
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by mgleason_3 5y ago
If I understand the story correctly, they had the suspect in custody and yet failed to positively ID him, relying on an ID he had stolen from an innocent man named Ousmane Bah. The ID had no photo and was labeled "not to be used for i
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by mgleason_3 5y ago
Source? This article says it was almost 1000 last year. https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/investigations/polic... A few years ago police shot a man neareby when they mistook a water hose nozzle he was holdi
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by mgleason_3 5y ago
"The U.S. Intelligence Community is lenient about the private habits of high-value agents or informants, but they won’t countenance running sex trafficking rings for minors on American soil, for years. While it’s plausible that Epstein
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by mgleason_3 5y ago
Right? All the can't "give up heating my beans" sarcasm makes you wonder if we've all become so bought in to our candidates that we just accept our politicians BS blindly. Does anyone fact check anything? As ylermeneze
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by mgleason_3 5y ago
The pinnacle on a wonderful respite from the mire of politics and opinions that often invades hacker news.
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by mgleason_3 5y ago
What? I’m on one of those plans and frankly it’s pretty darn great. The premiums are cheap because they are heavily subsidized. The subsidy goes up the less you earn. My generic prescriptions are cheap. The co-pay is $45 for most Dr. vi
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by mgleason_3 5y ago
About frickin’ time, the amount of money that has been scammed from some of those who are most at-risk is ridiculous. And get your ass in gear and require companies implement a positive ID system that makes call spoofing impossible.
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by mgleason_3 6y ago
“I’m as pissed as anyone that they shut off trading,” Robinhood did not halt trading or shut off trading. Robinhood prevented _buying_ Gamestop and only allowed selling. That’s entirely different. It can only do one thing - drive the price
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by mgleason_3 6y ago
“On Jan. 28, Robinhood halted trading of several rallying stocks including GameStop and AMC Entertainment” No, Robinhood did not halt trading. They prevented _buying_ Gamestop and only allowed selling which can only do one thing - drive th
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by mgleason_3 6y ago
I've had quite the opposite experience with noise-cancelling. My tinnitus has actually improved. As a child, I noticed a high-pitched sound during a particularly windy night in Wisconsin. Over the next few days it got louder and loud
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by mgleason_3 6y ago
"Coral reefs are incredibly tough, resilient ecosystems" Well, it's very sad to see how badly reefs are fairing. Almost everywhere we go they look terrible. The bleaching is incredible - wreaking havoc on entire reef system
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by mgleason_3 6y ago
A better analogy might be if the hospital had a known defect which, if un-repaired, could lead to someones death. And then it did. As pointed out in the article: "... cybersecurity experts have warned for years that most hospitals ar
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by mgleason_3 6y ago
The misrepresentations are jaw-dropping, and coming from someone who calls themselves a doctor. Surprisingly, she apparently practices in McDonough, GA. Hard to believe Youtube hasn't pulled the video given she's a doctor giving
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“Human 2.0”? Vaccine wake-up call to the world(youtube.com)
1 points by mgleason_3 6y ago|5 comments
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by mgleason_3 6y ago
Dr. Carrie Madej, OD explains her concerns that a covid vaccine could permanently modify humans. Her claims include: 12:15 "Hydrogel is nanotechnology, microscopic little robots" 12:42 "It has the ability to connect with arti
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by mgleason_3 6y ago
This article appears to be a summary of the original paper. But, it leaves out some critical points - i.e.: - The papers "Discussion" section concludes with: "MIS-C is rare but the potential long-term sequelae from this dise
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by mgleason_3 6y ago
OK, so, we're scientists...and we're in the middle of a pandemic...amplifying/arguing over a graph showing a steep decline in job listing...that doesn't control for the pandemic...or even include a line for "overall
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by mgleason_3 6y ago
>it’s not censorship if it’s not mandated by the government Censorship can be conducted by private institutions, governments and other controlling bodies. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship
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by mgleason_3 6y ago
Equifax and Experian took our most personal financial information without our permission, made money from it and completely failed to protect it. These A-#&@# are the ones who should have gone to jail.
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by mgleason_3 6y ago
https://www.npr.org/2020/06/12/876293261/the-link-between-di... This Story makes a solid argument that police unions are a huge part of the problem. The unions’ protect bad cops, negotiate work rules, i
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by mgleason_3 6y ago
This should be the top comment. Not even a truism, cliché or a platitude, the entire article is actually based on a misrepresentation of the facts. Why has this become so common? I remember the first time I read something similar thinking
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by mgleason_3 6y ago
2 sentence Summary: 1) “Most people don’t just think the world should be run meritocratically, they think it is meritocratic.“ 2) “Although widely held, the belief that merit rather than luck determines success or failure in the world is de
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by mgleason_3 6y ago
NPR's Planet Money just released a podcast titled: "Police Unions and Civilian deaths". Some of the notable quotes include: * Starting roughly in the late '50s, Rob says, state governments began allowing police officers
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by mgleason_3 6y ago
Yes, thanks for clarifying!
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by mgleason_3 6y ago
Haha, I'd be more nostalgic if I hadn't bought a 68000-based Mac just before the announcement that Apple was transitioning away from Motorola in the 90’s. Same baloney about releasing additional (Motorola-then / Intel-now) m

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