rovolo

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by rovolo 11mo ago
Fauci said the following on 2020-03-08: https://www.factcheck.org/2020/05/outdated-fauci-video-on-fa... > When you’re in the middle of an outbreak, wearing a mask might make people feel a little bit better and
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by rovolo 2y ago
I agree that the time unit should be in the variable name. The code itself should do a good job of explaining "what" is happening, but you generally need comments to explain "why" this code exists. Why is the test advanc
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by rovolo 2y ago
There isn't a clear trend to more taxes in the US (scaled to GDP). Federal tax receipts were higher in the 90s (17-20%) than the 00s/10s (14-18%). Local and state receipts have been basically flat at ~8.8%. Federal: https:&#x2F
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by rovolo 2y ago
~60/year of <5yo Australian kids in the 90s, down to ~25/year in the 10s. That's a death rate reduction of ~3/100k, which is about the rate of <5yo deaths from cancer. 50% of the <5yo drownings in '93-&#x27
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by rovolo 2y ago
I understand electrical and plumbing, but why does the HVAC need to be bigger/smaller?
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by rovolo 2y ago
The CA $950 threshold is when the theft switches from a misdemeanor to a felony: https://www.hoover.org/research/why-shoplifting-now-de-facto... In comparison, Texas has a $2,500 threshold for upgrading from a misdemea
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by rovolo 2y ago
The "better ways" listed in this book were often worse at the metrics the old solution was targeting. They won out because they gained flexibility by loosening requirements. Personal computers were worse than minicomputers, but th
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by rovolo 2y ago
The generous interpretation of "suburban America" is that both the author and interviewee live in the suburbs: > I grew up in Temecula, a California suburb > his house in Laguna Niguel, in a trim suburban neighbourhood But t
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by rovolo 2y ago
Euros were introduced in 1999, and the preceding "European Currency Unit" (just for accounting) was introduced in 1979.
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by rovolo 2y ago
I found it a lot easier to understand the harmonic and geometric averages when I learned about the "generalized f-mean". Many averages are arithmetic averages of a transformation of the value. "f" refers to the function
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by rovolo 3y ago
Taking the numbers from: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S030626192... - Diesel has a peak efficiency of 40% but an average efficiency of 20-25% (depending on the type of driving) - Gasoline
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by rovolo 3y ago
JFYI, scare quotes are also indicating the it is "the literal language used". The quotes are added to say that you are quoting literally what other people/the culture uses, but that you disagree with how that term/phrase
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by rovolo 3y ago
You're correct about it being mandatory: > At the left front designated seating position (driver's position), a warning system that activates a continuous or intermittent audible signal for a period of not less than 4 seconds a
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by rovolo 3y ago
This report [1] is specific to " Firefighter Arson", so they're looking for things to screen for during hiring for firefighters. The section you'll be interested in is on page 20: "PREVENTION OF FIREFIGHTER ARSON&q
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by rovolo 3y ago
"White male, age 17–25" is an entire trait. "Homosexual" is a *part* of a trait: "Alcoholism, childhood hyperactivity, homosexuality, depression, borderline personality disorder, and suicidal tendencies". It&#x
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by rovolo 3y ago
Why does a city need ~100 L3 chargers per km2? People don't need to drive as far within a city, so even home L1 chargers should handle most city residents needs. The L3 chargers seem most useful on highways exiting the city.
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by rovolo 3y ago
2016 means you're talking about ST3, and 2039 means you're talking about Ballard [1]. It looks like the date in ST3 for Ballard was originally 2038 [2], so it doesn't seem delayed that much *yet*. That said, I'm not sure
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by rovolo 3y ago
Foucault was working in Tunisia from 1966-1968. HIV is thought to have spread to NYC in '71, and SF in '75 which is where Foucault probably was infected. AIDS was first clinically described in '81, and Foucault died in 1984 f
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by rovolo 3y ago
> Isn't 'th' just the aspirated version of 't'? 'th' is only an aspirated 't' for loan words in English. Most English words pronounce 'th' as the fricatives /θ/ or /ð&
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by rovolo 3y ago
> The relevant outgroups animating Afrikaner nationalism aren't the Zulu ... It was the perceived "threat" of racial integration driven by English liberals The article compared "South African whites and South African
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by rovolo 3y ago
How were the differences between the colonial SA Afrikaners and the local SA Zulu smaller than the differences between the Yugoslavs and the Zulu, other than proximity?
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by rovolo 3y ago
Yeah, this line of argument is a perfect example of the "Motte and Bailey" fallacy. The structure of this argument works just as well if you replace "intolerance" with "segregationist" or "misogynist"
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by rovolo 3y ago
From section IX of the article: > ... Sure enough, if industry or culture or community gets Blue enough, Red Tribe members start getting harassed, fired from their jobs ( Brendan Eich being the obvious example) or otherwise shown the do
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by rovolo 3y ago
The WSJ article is behind a paywall so I can't double check this, but you can have a 99% accurate test with a 20% misdiagnosis rate. The difference is that 99% is per-person, and 20% is per-positive-result. A rare condition will have m
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by rovolo 3y ago
This site is the “orange site”. The comment is saying that the gray text comment behaved like some people on this site behave; a behavior which people associate with this site. I think it can be described as overly nit-picky, but that’s a
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by rovolo 3y ago
When you say "past 30 years", I can only assume you blaming the issues on the end of Apartheid in SA. What do you think the Apartheid government was doing right? What do you think the dissolution of legal Apartheid did wrong?
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by rovolo 3y ago
Specifically, after about a year: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html > Are reposts ok? > If a story has not had significant attention in the last year or so, a small number of reposts is ok. Otherwise we bury
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by rovolo 3y ago
This site's default theme is orange.
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by rovolo 3y ago
JFYI, the "Unknown Unknowns" quote is from before the invasion (2002-02-12). It was deflection on whether there was evidence of Iraq building WMDs or of cooperating with e.g Al Qaeda. > Q: Could I follow up, Mr. Secretary, on w
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by rovolo 3y ago
I'm not sure what you mean by this. The Eastern Interconnection is far larger than the Texas Interconnection and it's connected via AC. Are you saying that the Eastern Interconnection has inefficiencies due to its size? Or are you

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