2021-12-21
Cool
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'Christmas comet' to zip through sky, won't be back for 80,000 years - UPI.com
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The Fishback ramjet revisited - ScienceDirect
Here, we analyze Fishback’s axial scoop field configuration. Computer simulations prove its functionality, albeit with absurdly long magnetic coils when reasonable thrust is to be achieved. Based on the Maxwell stress tensor we obtain a much lower upper bound for the cut-off speed at a given acceleration of the ramjet than published before. Our results indicate that there are severe engineering problems with the magnetic collection process. It is very unlikely that even Kardashev Civilizations of type II might build magnetic ramjets with axial solenoids.
Worthy
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(May 2021) There’s no such thing as a tree (phylogenetically)
There are many different things that could cause an axolotl to go through metamorphosis, however, it is not something that we know much about.
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Law of No Evidence - LessWrong
The context now is that there have been a lot of assessments that there is ‘no evidence’ that Omicron is less severe than Delta, often based on a particular data point not providing such evidence, which is then often flipped around to be a claim that Omicron definitely isn’t less severe than Delta, and that everyone speculating otherwise is irresponsible. Which is obvious nonsense, we clearly have plenty of evidence in lots of different directions and the whole thing is complicated and difficult and it will be a while before we can draw definite conclusions either way.
This is not an ‘honest’ mistake. This is a systematic anti-epistemic superweapon engineered to control what people are allowed and not allowed to think based on social power, in direct opposition to any and all attempts to actually understand and model the world and know things based on one’s information. Anyone wielding it should be treated accordingly.
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The Phrase "No Evidence" Is A Red Flag For Bad Science Communication
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Ligatures in programming fonts | Butterick’s Practical Typography
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Horseshit
celebrity gossip
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Jack Dorsey Dismisses Web3 as a Venture Capitalists’ Plaything
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In other words, Assange is an anarchist. He is committed to an ideology, not of transparency—a general stance of openness for the sake of accountability under law—but anti-government activism. His work is not that of a whistleblower, as he and his defenders often claim. A whistleblower, under U.S. law, is someone who reports wrongdoing to an internal watchdog, like an inspector general. Assange broadcasts anything—wrongdoing or not—in a public forum, not through a legal channel.
COVID / VaxCult
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Covid Panic Is a Site of Inter-Elite Competition
Obviously, one of the greatest risk factors is being unvaccinated. But you’d still rather be a child and unvaccinated than be a 50-year-old and vaccinated if you’re trying to avoid Covid. Nor do different adult populations have the same risk profile. The vast majority of those people who have died of Covid have been elderly, immunocompromised, or ill. Those who have been hospitalized by Covid have also been disproportionately obese, to a startling degree. Covid discriminates, and not just against the unvaccinated. I don’t know why our media has decided that reflecting the plain scientific reality that different people have profoundly different Covid risks should be so taboo, but it’s precisely the sort of thing that causes a loss of trust among the skeptical.
For some people, it seems, being more freaked out about Covid is quite like an I Voted sticker or a BlackLivesMatter sign in their window. It’s another way to let everyone know that they have the greatest wealth of all, the wealth of superior character, of greater moral standing. They’re fond of pointing out those 5.3 million people who have died, in the midst of their self-aggrandizing diatribes. I would perhaps invoke the dead in a different way: even this, even now, even them, you turn into yet another way to let the rest of us know how advanced you are.
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Behind a New Pill to Treat Covid: A Husband-and-Wife Team and a Hunch
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Study suggests Iota-Carrageenan nasal spray is useful in prophylaxis of Covid-19
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mRNA vaccines highly effective at preventing death, less at preventing infection
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Omicron variant samples from as early as June are being deleted from GISAID
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WHO approves Novavax vaccine for emergency use against Covid-19
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Death Of 26-Year-Old New Zealand Man Linked To Pfizer Vaccine | ZeroHedge
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Is it time to cancel your holiday plans? An expert weighs in
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The NHL pauses season until after Christmas due to COVID-19 risks
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(Oct 2021) Critical Thinking, Covid-19 Vaccines, and Deadly Consequences
All Americans must be vaccinated as soon as possible. It is the vehicle by which we can defeat this deadly pandemic. This is a certainty. This is the truth. Critical thinking can save lives. We just need to use it. Mental health professionals can be a role model for its use.
- I must say, this new "critical thinking" looks a lot like the old "blind faith". They didn't even repaint it.
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How reliable are Covid-19 lateral flow tests for detecting omicron?
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Japanese Government Tells Citizens: “Don’t Discriminate Against the Unvaccinated” – Summit News
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This device was chosen specifically because of the Bluetooth device that is used as the analyzer for testing a nasal sample. As for the outcome of this research, F-Secure was successful in falsifying a COVID test result, and obtained a certificate verifying the COVID test result.
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Yes, its a disposable $25 electronic device to read a $1 paper test strip. Like the pregnancy tests.
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also: (Oct 5 2021) Ellume Recalls COVID-19 Home Test for Potential False Positive SARS-CoV-2 Test Results | FDA
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Security researcher fooled an at-home Covid-19 test using a Bluetooth hack
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Psychological stress and stress factors in vaccinated and unvaccinated people
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Some Good Omicron News: Symptoms Remain Extremely Mild; UK Cases Peaking
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An Excel error led to an estimated 1,500 deaths in the UK last year
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Study: Moderna, Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines less effective in seniors with chronic health woes.
Culture War / Re segregation / Faith Fights
- "David Markovich" Social Murder on Social Media - The Inquisition