thymolu

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by thymolu 6y ago
I've been watching playthroughs because I don't want to purchase the setup for Alyx at the moment for several reasons. My impression matches yours. It seems like a great game, but in watching it, I realized it's basically all
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by thymolu 6y ago
This strikes me as tone deaf at a time when the focus should be on systemic failures and possible improvements, and the millions who will be impacted. This is a defense in fear of Fauci being let go, given the patterns of the administration
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by thymolu 6y ago
I have a starter that is about 40 years old now. Recently before the pandemic I was given a new starter by someone who didn't realize I had one (or did and thought I'd want to try a different one). The flavors are pretty surprisin
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by thymolu 6y ago
This is the tip of the iceberg with these sorts of contracts, and many of the issues aren't specific to ventilators or the current pandemic.
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by thymolu 6y ago
This has been my concern all along, that flattening the curve and whatnot is misleading without considering what happens at the end of distancing efforts. If you end up with the same exponential growth after inducing widespread costs from m
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by thymolu 6y ago
One thing on my mind with this is how different the cause is. In many cases, like the great recession, I'd say there was an internal structural, systemic cause for the collapse. But in this case, it's a virus, coupled with top dow
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by thymolu 7y ago
I'm of the libertarian persuasion too, but I'm really more of what I might refer to as a competitivist, that the government ideally increases competitive exchange of goods services and ideas. Sometimes this means more government s
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by thymolu 7y ago
My family (and myself) work as various healthcare providers. One of them said a few days ago masks and other supplies were stolen from a delivery truck that was broken into as the driver went in to start the delivery to the hospital. My sen
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by thymolu 7y ago
Is it reasonable to track everyone's detailed location during a pandemic though? What purpose does it serve in the absence of good molecular testing info, which would be an even grosser violation of privacy? General levels of social di