tangerine_beet

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by tangerine_beet 1y ago
Seems this newfound ability to detect cancers earlier than we thought possible could be used to develop better treatments to boost the body's innate ability to eliminate cancerous cells before they turn malign: 1) identify thousands of
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by tangerine_beet 3y ago
Just an idea: Could the effects of trauma from slavery be trans-generational, via biological or cultural channels, and impacting ability to compete in the workplace?
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by tangerine_beet 5y ago
I've only read some of Bly's poetry, as well as his famous essay "A Wrong Turning in American Poetry". The latter is an amazing critique of 20th century American poetry as a whole. It identifies a certain branching off,
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by tangerine_beet 5y ago
Decentralized finance, in theory at least, undermines their power to determine the rules of the game: the decentralized nature of DeFi potentially dimishes the ability of financial lobbyists and the revolving door to influence regulation an
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Patients Fare When Private Equity Funds Acquire Nursing Homes(nber.org)
3 points by tangerine_beet 5y ago|1 comments
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by tangerine_beet 5y ago
"Patients admitted to private equity-owned nursing homes are 50 percent more likely to be placed on antipsychotic medication. By sedating patients rather than applying behavioral therapy, nursing homes can reduce staffing needs....&quo
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by tangerine_beet 5y ago
The author suggests that knowing poetry's rules, and the history of how poets have broken those rules, can help people "get" poetry. I'm skeptical that cerebral understanding alone can help much. On the rare occasion tha
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Observed connection between IMF and Earthquakes/Shake (2018 amateur scientist))(spaceweatherlive.com)
1 points by tangerine_beet 6y ago|0 comments
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by tangerine_beet 6y ago
Glad to learn about this site, thanks.
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Why do app permissions tell what is accessed and not what is transmitted?
8 points by tangerine_beet 7y ago|1 comments
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by tangerine_beet 10y ago
I'm wondering how popular media sites could apply to their comments sections some of the things Wikipedia is doing. For example, imagine commenters divided into two opposing camps over a controversial issue discussed in a news report.
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by tangerine_beet 11y ago
I don't believe they'll maintain editorial independence either. But the reason is not so much guanxi as the need to cower to the will of the central government, especially on anything relating to national image and social stabilit
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by tangerine_beet 11y ago
The word 'wormhole' suggests to me that there would be no loss of field strength or signal strength, irregardless of the distance in three-dimensional space. A device that could tunnel its magnetic field between, say, Tokyo and Ne
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by tangerine_beet 11y ago
Seems there are some fundamental but overlooked assumptions running through these comment threads, the stance that companies "should" pay higher salaries to workers who create more value for the company being one. The assumption i
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by tangerine_beet 12y ago
This article really brings home the truth of how helpless we are in the face of corrupt government bodies like the FDA. You can just picture von Eschenbach and his group reading the piece, and then calculating whether a response is going to
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What is it about the financial sector that encourages bad behavior?(scientificamerican.com)
72 points by tangerine_beet 12y ago|20 comments