Onanymous

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Comment · 3 years ago

No that means you have to pay for shit that you don't really own and that you can't return if you don't like it.

Comment · 4 years ago

Blocking access to public land is definitely bad. But am I the only one who's first reaction is "Fuck hunters" anyway?

Comment · 4 years ago

And maybe even do better. The trick is to know who exactly to put in those 80%.

Comment · 4 years ago

I actually like this spelling. The sounds that have exact equivalents use the Latin alphabet and those that do not are replaced by the character's native system. Cause his name is not Pyotr or Peter or Pierre or whatever else. It is Pëtr indeed.

Comment · 4 years ago

well, maybe, just maybe, that's because the socio-economic status correlates positively with cognitive abilities and the kids somehow inherit the traits of their parents?

Comment · 4 years ago

I like how clearly you distinguish "evil" and "not legal" :)

Comment · 4 years ago

Nonsense. Education is not about taking a course or reading bunch of books. The big part of education is being able to directly ask a knowledgeable person once you're stuck. You can ask the community of course but the quality of community answers is more than often just trash.

Comment · 4 years ago

ehmmm... From the recent Bloomberg article I read the Russia claims ~6K dead and some unspecified western experts estimate it rather ~15K. Now USA lost ~60K in Vietnam. Sorry, that is not "as many or more". Nowhere near.

Comment · 6 years ago

Funny. I actually do the opposite.

Comment · 6 years ago

It could be much worse. I for one often get web sites open in French...

Comment · 6 years ago

> Humans can have a beneficial impact on the environment too

They can but they (mostly) do not. And the best way to have a beneficial impact on environment in the current situation would be "simply" to reduce its numbers. Unfortunately that's not so easy.

Comment · 6 years ago

Just like many others under the same order. What's the news?

Comment · 6 years ago

Hi there, the "Ministry of Truth"!

Comment · 6 years ago

> I suspect the true numbers are about 10x-50x the reported confirmed cases

I came to similar conclusion just looking at the openly available numbers: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries

If you compare the number of serious cases to the number of total cases for different countries you'll get a 10x difference. Norway tests more thoroughly then the other countries, so it has a huge number of active cases. But from those only ~2% serious. There may be different reasons for such a discrepancy but I tend to agree with your conclusion that we have a lot of asymptomatic cases around, higher then estimated R0 and lower then estimated fatality.

Comment · 6 years ago

While sharing your view of the situation I do not see anything to back your hopes.