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by tghw 6y ago
When I was in grad school, I was working on general game playing AI. Unfortunately, I was in a "pure logic" research group, founded on the old-school AI principles that believed AI could be derived from deterministic logic. Of cou
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by tghw 6y ago
That's an extraordinary claim. You need extraordinary evidence to back it up. So far, we haven't seen anything to suggest that evidence exists.
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by tghw 6y ago
A WSGI middleware would not be able to catch exceptions in production mode, as the generic 500 error page would already be completed by that point.
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by tghw 6y ago
Many of the comments here seem to be missing the point. It is an object moving into the path of the car, and if the safety systems work as advertised, it should avoid that object. Whether it's a person, shopping cart, bike, go kart, et
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Why ‘T Cell Immunity’ Won’t End the Coronavirus Pandemic(forbes.com)
1 points by tghw 6y ago|0 comments
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by tghw 6y ago
You might want to read this one: https://www.forbes.com/sites/leahrosenbaum/2020/08/19/why-t-...
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by tghw 6y ago
Barring concrete evidence that is the case, it's a very dangerous assertion to make. It would also mean that the transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 is much higher than we originally thought, amongst those without "natural immunity&quo
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by tghw 6y ago
The distinction comes down to factors that change (behaviors, mandates, regulations, etc.) and those that don't (age, gender, etc.). Saying we've reached herd immunity given behavioral changes is largely meaningless, as most peopl
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by tghw 6y ago
> Back in February, Lipsitch gave a very rough estimate that, absent intervention, herd immunity might happen after 40 to 70 percent of the population had been infected. Which is actually a mischaracterization of what the previous articl
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by tghw 6y ago
68% tested positive at a clinic in one neighborhood. Getting tested, without proper controls, is highly subject to self-selection bias. People were sick, couldn't get a test at the time, want to know if it was COVID, go in for an ant
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by tghw 6y ago
Just because you and your friends weren't tested, doesn't mean the statistics are invalid. The link above was from random antibody testing and has a high confidence interval. I've been sick twice during this time. Thought it
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by tghw 6y ago
In other places, mask mandates were correlated with a 46% drop in daily new cases. https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholasreimann/2020/08/12/coro... And even if mask laws are lifted and infection rate
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by tghw 6y ago
Different cities have different mask regulations, and even without mandates, many are wearing them. Disney is open with drastic changes to how they operate: https://www.tampabay.com/life-culture/entertainment/theme
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by tghw 6y ago
I find it hard to believe, with the R0 numbers we were seeing initially, that 40% had a significant level of immunity. If the numbers were that high, then R0 among those without memory T-cell immunity would have been significantly higher, w
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by tghw 6y ago
While true, that map and a photo of an outdoor space with people in it are poor pieces of data to hinge your entire argument on. You completely failed to take into account people working from home, schools delaying opening and not having be
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by tghw 6y ago
Also, the JHU map is a poor indicator, as they are clearly basing the colors on suspect data, as in this case in Nebraska, which apparently had negative new cases yesterday. [1] https://www.dropbox.com/s/uakm0cfgn2hv94r
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by tghw 6y ago
NYC had only 20% prevalence in mid-June[1], after they had contained the initial outbreak[2]. Therefore, the drop in new cases is very unlikely to be from herd immunity, which would need prevalence to be in the 80% range. The author seems t
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by tghw 6y ago
CDC Data from mid June had NYC at only 20% prevalence. Considering their low new daily cases since then, it's hard to believe they are anywhere near 68%.
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by tghw 6y ago
Seroprevalence studies[1] in Italy, France, and Spain indicated we were a very long way off form herd immunity. They were in the range of 11-15%, where herd immunity would only start kicking in at about 70%. Based on cases per capita, the U
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by tghw 6y ago
1. Online learning is a poor substitute for classroom learning. 2. Online learning is much harder on parents and kids. 3. We're in the middle of a pandemic, in a country that has handled it very poorly. 4. Israel tried opening schools
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by tghw 6y ago
An email/password login is not difficult in the least. And, frankly, there is zero chance I'm going to host a site with a provider who thinks it is.
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by tghw 6y ago
> This is a topic that I've spent a great deal of time thinking about, because we happen to run a site chock full of user generated questions and answers. The last thing I want to do is exploit Stack Overflow users for corporate gai
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by tghw 6y ago
And what if you make the US median individual income of $31k?
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by tghw 6y ago
A good supplement to this is Mike Monteiro's "Fuck You Pay Me" talk. https://vimeo.com/22053820
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The 2020 Guide for White Men in Tech(modus.medium.com)
3 points by tghw 7y ago|1 comments
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by tghw 7y ago
Eh, maybe, maybe not. What guarantees are there that the backups actually get deleted? Storage is cheap these days...
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by tghw 7y ago
Except that this is a backdoor that circumvents device protections for the vast majority of users.
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by tghw 7y ago
For reference, 138% of the FPL in 2016 was $16,394. She was laid off in May (let's she got one pay check), meaning that if she was making $44,000 or more, she would not be eligible. After 10 years on the job, it seems likely that she w
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by tghw 7y ago
Think about how a lot of fans speak about their teams. "How did the Bulls do last night?" "We won, but just barely." Part of being a fan is vicarious competition, both against the other team and the other teams' fan
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by tghw 7y ago
Yes, if you're giving enough that the credit card fees are substantial, then you should be using another payment method. At worst, mail them a check. There's nothing better for a small non-profit than to open a letter containing a

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