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by ptaipale 2y ago
There's no reason to say that any war with Russia or China will have nukes. Russia has been bluffing with this all the time, drawing "red lines" which will cause nuclear war - giving anything to Ukraine will have a nuclear re
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by ptaipale 2y ago
The linked page already says that it reports on the constellation, not just GPS: "The map uses are color coded overlay to indicate low (green) to high (red) levels of interference with global navigation satellite systems (GNSS). Often
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by ptaipale 3y ago
It's basically the essence of aviation safety work. If one concentrates on blaming individuals, the system is not fixed.
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by ptaipale 3y ago
In fact about 90 % of plane crashes are survivable and people read about their own accidenyäts.
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by ptaipale 3y ago
Actual terrorists are, in fact, sometimes quite dumb and naive.
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by ptaipale 3y ago
Certainly unrelated. And when compared to the biggest competition (Apotti/Epic) it's a shining light of sanity... though some other providers have better user experiences.
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by ptaipale 5y ago
And Russia proudly picked up the pieces and wants to carry on. Even with the UN Security Council permanent seat, which is a disgrace.
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DDoS attacks slow down Citizens' Initiative signing in Finland
213 points by ptaipale 5y ago|37 comments
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by ptaipale 5y ago
District heating from nuclear used to be a no-no but has recently gained momentum in Finland (as an idea). Build an SMR near the city for electricity, and use the excess heat for district warming (which is needed during most of the year).
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by ptaipale 5y ago
This is common in newer cars in Europe - if you brake so hard that ABS is activated, the brake lights will flash / pulse. I suppose regulations do not allow it in the U.S. but at least here it can be programmed on/off via service
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by ptaipale 5y ago
Indeed. What is the largest button I have in my Renault's dash? It's the triangle-shaped hazard light switch. Do I ever use it? I hope not. Do I want it to be that big? Yes, I do.
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by ptaipale 5y ago
"Very close" is still rubbish. As that article of the recording says, "Mannerheim did not wish to greet Hitler at his headquarters, as it would have appeared like a state visit." But they of course did have a discussion
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by ptaipale 5y ago
Finns and Germans definitely were not allies in 1939-1940: Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact was in force, and when Soviets attacked Finland, Germany acted on its part and blockaded the Baltic Sea so that any aid from Western allies to Finland would
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by ptaipale 5y ago
That's complete rubbish. There were German-minded Finns, also in government (eg interior minister 1941-1943 Horelli) but president from 1940, Ryti, was an Anglophile, and Mannerheim was cosmopolitan, a veteran officer of the Tsar'
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by ptaipale 5y ago
The French did attack within a week of the attack on Poland, using dozens of divisions and tanks and artillery, and came up with about 2000 casualties against 600 on the German side. But the French had not even fully mobilised by the time i
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by ptaipale 5y ago
And the Swedes did not attack German train transports because the traffic was according to a pass-through agreement. USSR and Germany forced these pass-through agreements after Winter War. USSR was in pact with Germany, and both acquired pe
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by ptaipale 5y ago
Herd immunity has been predicted since about May 2020 (in Sweden) and there is always far too optimism about it. We now know that a recovered infection does not produce permanent immunity.
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by ptaipale 5y ago
Diabetes and obesity are not "almost non-existant" in China. According to National Health Commission report, more than 50% of adults are classified as overweight, and 16.4% are obese. [1] Prevalence of diabetes is also over 10 %.
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by ptaipale 5y ago
Yes, and generally the age risk is so high that proper assessments must be done comparing age cohorts, not the entire population vax/unvax rates.
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by ptaipale 5y ago
I don't think so, but we can quite well follow it up here, for most developed and semi-developed countries. https://ourworldindata.org/explorers/coronavirus-data-explor... (As OWID relies on official data sources,
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by ptaipale 5y ago
Not really. With population vaccination rate nearly 90 % we have something approaching 30-40 % of hospital and ICU bed users vaccinated. The risk of ending up on ICU is about 30 x higher here, when comparing similar demographics. Risk of ne
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by ptaipale 5y ago
Even in countries with fairly good covid situation (I'm in Finland) we are going to see excess mortality over the coming years, because right now as we speak, elective operations for heart surgeries and cancer operations are being post
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by ptaipale 5y ago
This theory of "killing means they can't spread anymore" doesn't really work out with diseases like sars-cov2. It might have worked in a medieval world where people travel by foot, horseback or sailboat, and with a disea
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by ptaipale 5y ago
You cannot "elect" to not get a vaccine and be just fine. You're just relying on your luck after electing not to reduce the risks. The risks vary with different diseases, and in different people, and in different demographic
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by ptaipale 5y ago
Not really laziness; it's about cost and feasibility. Syndicated reporting is nothing new and nothing that'd have come with covid.
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by ptaipale 5y ago
Also, people who have had ICU care may get life-changing injuries from the care itself. It's worth noting that with delta and unvaccinated younger cogorts, we can see hiw the relative risk of ending up in ICU increases for younger coho
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by ptaipale 5y ago
Surely it is tribalism, but are you now giving a demonstration? I have seen Trump boast about vaccines, in his usual distasteful way. I have seen him recommend vaccines. I have not seen him disparage or discourage vaccinations (though he&
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by ptaipale 5y ago
I generally trust MDs here more than others. That doesn't mean that some MDs couldn't be completely wrong. But almost all MDs agree that vaccines are very effective. MDs have, via connections such as subscriptions to medical publi
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by ptaipale 5y ago
Note, Israel is not "one of the most vaccinated countries". It's not even in top 25. https://ourworldindata.org/explorers/coronavirus-data-explor...
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by ptaipale 5y ago
We usually don't call drug company vaccine studies "peer reviewed" because they are reviewed by health authorities (regulatory agencies), not "peers". That's actually a higher bar.

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