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genzoman | 4 years ago | on: Alcohol-related deaths spiked during the pandemic, a study shows

https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2020/03/alcoholics-an...

genzoman | 4 years ago | on: Intel's $20B Ohio factory could become world's largest chip plant

Now that brain drain isn't required to get a great job, we will finally see a diversity of distribution in talent instead of east/west coast. This will be a good thing. It's completely unsustainable to have talent cloistered away forever and always in the same couple spots.

genzoman | 4 years ago | on: Are our immune systems out of practice?

Exposure to smallpox wiped out populations in two continents from no prior exposure. The quoted “not necessarily” isn’t a ringing endorsement. Chickenpox is another example of early exposure/vaccine or very bad things happen.

genzoman | 6 years ago | on: What concept would improve everybody's cognitive toolkit? Kayfabe (2011)

his theory predicts the existence of particles that the LHC should have detected but has not.

So has another pop science disaster, string theory.

genzoman | 6 years ago | on: Chinese scientists destroyed proof of virus in December?

There needs to be a great deal of introspection in the coming months. About what cultural practices are allowed to continue, and which are not. We need to have solutions for people that rely on dangerous ways of securing food an alternate method that's safer for everyone. We need to look closely at resource utilization and ask ourselves if we need to spend X amount of space/water for Y product, just because previously we have done so. We need to consume less, travel less, be more responsible.

genzoman | 6 years ago | on: Starlink Is a Big Deal

Giving up some of the night sky for the billions of humans that live in rural areas, or live in countries where the physical internet is controlled by oppressive governments hellbent on withholding information from its citizens is worth it. The trillions of dollars it would take to build out infrastructure (and maintain) in Africa and India is worth it. In fact, even 20 Mbps would be life changing in bringing information to ~10-15% of humans is worth it.

genzoman | 6 years ago | on: Homelessness rises in U.S., driven by California housing crisis

IMO at least some of the problem is the historical laxness with which California has approached drugs. You have decades and decades of drug use being de facto legal to the point where now you will not be arrested for shooting heroin in front of a police officer. You could tax all the billionaires out of the state and they still not afford the rehab expense for all of the addicts in California. How many chances do you get at success? Why not just start taking heroin so you get a free stay indoors, with free food at a rehab resort?

genzoman | 6 years ago | on: Blazor – Build client web apps with C#

Alternatively, don't use third party packages you don't fully understand.

genzoman | 6 years ago | on: Strengthening Congressional Independence from Corporate Lobbyists

If you're corrupt, the safest place to be is looking for the corruption. Refund the OTA, staff it with people friendly to you, reset the rules in your favor, now everyone of the opposite party is behind the eight ball. Sounds like a power grab to me.

genzoman | 6 years ago | on: Ultra marathon runner earns awards for both first place woman and overall winner

Barely, if any, difference between the sexes in races at this distance. More women competing mean more will continue to win. Congrats to the BAMF who won.

genzoman | 6 years ago | on: As Tech Goliaths Face a Reckoning, Small Businesses Say They Finally Feel Heard

maybe they try to write to local storage? local storage isn't available in private mode, at least incognito in chrome.

genzoman | 6 years ago | on: Diabetes complications soar in US, but not Canada, as teens become young adults

Big Pharma knows no party.

genzoman | 7 years ago | on: BASIC Computer Games

The first "programming" I ever did was when we had computer day in third day, I bet a kid I could get to a higher level of Nibbles than he could. I read a BASIC book from the library, found the script and changed the START_LEVEL variable from 1 to 100. 20 some years later, I write code for a living.

genzoman | 7 years ago | on: How Former Ref Tim Donaghy Conspired to Fix NBA Games

This is true in all professional sport. After all, it's entertainment, a movie which can change its ending. If something is on TV, it's amenable to be gamed.

genzoman | 7 years ago | on: Saying Goodbye to Louisville

ATT offers fiber internet in Louisville. After Google found out they wouldn't be the only provider offering the service, they bailed.

genzoman | 7 years ago | on: Facebook Network Breach Impacts Up to 50M Users

Until they can provide some data that say the 50 million number is a fact, I don't believe it's that low. Every breach starts out on the low end, and miraculously ends up being double or triple as they do "more research" and the initial anger dies down.

genzoman | 8 years ago | on: In the eating disorder unit

Billions of pounds, are they really THAT overweight? (ba dum tsss)

genzoman | 8 years ago | on: Mistakes to avoid when asking for a raise

I worked for HP during the HP/E split. Number one tip: don't work at HP (if you want to actually get the raise).

genzoman | 8 years ago | on: NSA’s top talent is leaving because of low pay, flagging morale, unpopular reorg

the CIA funded Washington Post sullying the good name of those noble domestic spying NSA'ers?

Faker News

genzoman | 8 years ago | on: A.I. And Big Data Could Power a New War on Poverty?

IMO all war ever produces is more war. Nobody that's fighting the war on poverty, because if they win, they won't have a job. Terrorism, hunger, poverty, whatever, you name it, when we start a war against it you only make more.