gmnash

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A complete overhaul of async sounds nice in the abstract, but without exact details it’s difficult to see how it would be better than what exists.

Similarly, I’m curious as to what the details of a “slightly less generic” type system entails.

Comment · 3 years ago

Metroid Dread maybe? Amazing game either way.

Comment · 3 years ago

Disputing elections in good faith and lawfully is part of the democratic process.

Incitement of insurrection after lawful means have been exhausted is by definition not part of the democratic process.

Comment · 3 years ago

I'd guess that was likely not an AMS or AMI (certified) school.

Here are two famous people that went to Montessori schools: Sergei Brin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHzj3LrXruY Jeff Bezos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ox49EB1tNW4

Comment · 4 years ago

I have two children in Montessori and agree wholeheartedly with the above.

I would like to emphasize the check for AMS or AMI. Any school can all themselves a Montessori school, so I'd make sure it's at least certified in one of those two (not familiar with SAIS so cannot comment on that).

Comment · 4 years ago

The difference in average size of the sexes in humans (sexual dimorphism) is associated with some degree of polygyny (males tend to be larger).

Comment · 4 years ago

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/02/27/why-facts-dont...

Three mentioned in the article: * Enigma of Reason * The Knowledge Illusion * Denying to the Grave

Comment · 4 years ago

JS and C++ are killing it on adoption because they had near monopolies for an extended period of time in their respective areas (browser, native higher level language). They are popular despite their obvious (some in hindsight) shortcomings due to lack of alternatives in the same categories.

Comment · 4 years ago

“Most” vaccines. The reason why they didn’t have to invent “non-sterilizing” as a term just for COVID vaccines, is because some existing vaccines had this same property. The acellular pertussis vaccine (the aP in TDaP) is non-sterilizing for example, yet I bet you never took any issue with it.

Does measles count as a respiratory infection? It causes coughing, is airborne, and infection happens via nasal passages. The intramuscular measles vaccine seems to work pretty well.

Comment · 5 years ago

According to the CDC, the mRNA vaccines do NOT induce creation of the full spike: https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/covid-19/hcp/mrna.html

> mRNA vaccines tell our cells to make a piece of the “spike protein” that is found on the surface of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Since only part of the protein is made, it does not harm the vaccine recipient, but it is antigenic and thus stimulates the immune system to make antibodies.

Comment · 5 years ago

This is not accurate.

“mRNA vaccines tell our cells to make a piece of the “spike protein” that is found on the surface of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Since only part of the protein is made, it does not harm the vaccine recipient, but it is antigenic and thus stimulates the immune system to make antibodies.”

https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/covid-19/hcp/mrna.html

Comment · 5 years ago

The mRNA vaccines contain mRNA that causes your body to produce part of the spike protein, not the whole thing. Therefore it is not cytotoxic.

https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/covid-19/hcp/mrna.html

Comment · 5 years ago

More importantly, we now report for the first time that cannabidiol can selectively kill a subset of Gram-negative bacteria that includes the ‘urgent threat’ pathogen Neisseria gonorrhoeae.

So weed kills the clap?

Comment · 5 years ago

It's impossible to be an expert in every field, particularly those as complicated as medicine. Furthermore, you don't have to rely on authority, I linked to an RCT showing it was ineffective.

"Not particularly profitable", which is speculative, is still profitable. I highly doubt any one at Merck is actively working against selling a drug they already manufacture at a profit, but feel free to provide evidence otherwise.

Comment · 5 years ago

It's banned on YouTube because of multiple authoritative sources indicating it's not a safe and effective treatment for COVID-19.

Here is the FDA's stance: https://www.fda.gov/consumers/consumer-updates/why-you-shoul...

Here is the European equivalent of the AMA advising against it's use: https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/ema-advises-against-use-iv...

Here is an RCT in JAMA finding it ineffective: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2777389

And here is Merck, that sells Ivermectin, but whose vaccine didn’t make it through clinical trials, discouraging the use of Ivermectin for COVID-19: https://www.merck.com/news/merck-statement-on-ivermectin-use...

If Ivermectin worked on COVID-19, the manufacturer of Ivermectin that has made no money on vaccines for COVID-19 would probably be pushing it wouldn't they?

There have been some studies that found it effective in vitro, but as noted in other comments, at several times the safe dosage in vivo.