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New comment by datashow in "What If Andrew Yang Was Right?"

datashow — Tue, 17 Mar 2020 16:23:16 +0000

So none of those great welfare countries gives a duck? Only the despicable USA cares those useless customer goods innovation. Good explanation.

New comment by datashow in "What If Andrew Yang Was Right?"

datashow — Tue, 17 Mar 2020 16:20:17 +0000

My question is "why not any of those places become the innovation engine of the world". I didn't even mention Australia.

New comment by datashow in "4.2″ and 7.5″ NFC-powered e-Paper Displays Work without Battery"

datashow — Tue, 17 Mar 2020 15:52:33 +0000

But no color, and no real gray scale.

New comment by datashow in "What If Andrew Yang Was Right?"

datashow — Tue, 17 Mar 2020 01:01:56 +0000

OK. Then why not any of those places become the innovation engine of the world? I heard people would become more creative and innovative under those circumstances.

New comment by datashow in "Norwegian asks students in poor healthcare countries like USA to return"

datashow — Mon, 16 Mar 2020 18:47:28 +0000

Critical Care Beds Per Capita

8 vs 34.7

https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2020/03/12/the-co...

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00134-012-2627-8

New comment by datashow in "Man who stockpiled hand sanitizer donates it all ahead of investigation"

datashow — Mon, 16 Mar 2020 01:39:00 +0000

He thought the stores could easily restock, and he would profit from online sale. Possible?

New comment by datashow in "Evidence that parasite prevalence predicts authoritarianism (2013)"

datashow — Sun, 15 Mar 2020 15:29:43 +0000

"First" does not equal to "cause" either.

China’s first confirmed Covid-19 case traced back to November 17

datashow — Fri, 13 Mar 2020 15:58:06 +0000

Article URL: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3074991/coronavirus-chinas-first-confirmed-covid-19-case-traced-back

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22568297

Points: 2

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New comment by datashow in "Signs you're following a fake Twitter account"

datashow — Thu, 12 Mar 2020 22:33:19 +0000

Because there are already too much info on Twitter. No?

New comment by datashow in "Signs you're following a fake Twitter account"

datashow — Thu, 12 Mar 2020 20:27:58 +0000

I meant random accounts. Friends are definitely not bots, no?

New comment by datashow in "Signs you're following a fake Twitter account"

datashow — Thu, 12 Mar 2020 14:58:48 +0000

Why would I follow someone with only 73 followers in the first place?

I wish twitter can let me choose to filter out any information from accounts with less than 10000 followers, with exception of my own followings.

New comment by datashow in "Young and unafraid of the pandemic? Good for you. Now stop killing people"

datashow — Wed, 11 Mar 2020 21:12:25 +0000

Climate change is real doesn't mean NYC will be flooded.

New comment by datashow in "To do better science, admit that you’re not objective"

datashow — Wed, 11 Mar 2020 02:04:45 +0000

> beyond very basic hanging fruit like eliminating monogenic diseases etc.

So it does work.

New comment by datashow in "To do better science, admit that you’re not objective"

datashow — Tue, 10 Mar 2020 22:22:10 +0000

"geneticists today rightly treat eugenics as a laughable proposition"? Really? This author is not qualified to speak for geneticists.

Dawkins: It’s one thing to deplore eugenics on ideological, political, moral grounds. It’s quite another to conclude that it wouldn’t work in practice. Of course it would. It works for cows, horses, pigs, dogs & roses. Why on earth wouldn’t it work for humans? Facts ignore ideology.

https://mobile.twitter.com/richarddawkins/status/12289436869...

Crazy woke activitists like this author is not qualified to speak for science. They think if something is politically wrong must also be scientifically wrong. It is not.

New comment by datashow in "Italy is extending its coronavirus quarantine measures to the entire country"

datashow — Tue, 10 Mar 2020 02:29:03 +0000

Actually this event may also become a test of the validity of those measures / indicators. One may argue those measures / indicators are not setup for this purpose.

New comment by datashow in "WHO excludes “herbal remedies” from “should not do” in Chinese Covid-19 FAQ"

datashow — Sun, 08 Mar 2020 23:48:50 +0000

Update: https://twitter.com/tony_zy/status/1236441004133277702

https://twitter.com/onlyyoontv/status/1236653943616188417

WHO excludes “herbal remedies” from “should not do” in Chinese Covid-19 FAQ

datashow — Sat, 07 Mar 2020 17:34:34 +0000

At the bottom of "Q&A on coronaviruses (COVID-19)" webpage there is a section "Is there anything I should not do?", which lists four measures which ARE NOT effective against COVID-2019 and can be harmful: Smoking, Taking traditional herbal remedies, Wearing multiple masks, Taking self-medication such as antibiotics. See: https://www.who.int/news-room/q-a-detail/q-a-coronaviruses

Checking different language versions of this webpage, you will see this list is the same except in the Chinese version, where "Taking traditional herbal remedies" is removed from the list. See: https://www.who.int/zh/news-room/q-a-detail/q-a-coronaviruses

Chinese is actually using traditional medicine in COVID-19 clinical trials: https://www.clinicaltrialsarena.com/comment/covid-19-clinical-trials/ http://www.chictr.org.cn/showprojen.aspx?proj=49415

Besides herbal medicine, Chinese is also using QiGong in COVID-19 clinical trials: http://www.chictr.org.cn/hvshowproject.aspx?id=22582 http://www.chictr.org.cn/hvshowproject.aspx?id=22264 https://youtu.be/JnbjACXp-SE http://english.eastday.com/Latest/u1ai8666358.html

Placenta: http://www.chictr.org.cn/showproj.aspx?proj=49712

Umbilical Cord Blood Plasma: http://www.chictr.org.cn/showprojen.aspx?proj=49382

General Secretary Xi Jinping is a strong advocate of traditional Chinese medicine http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-10/25/c_138502458.htm

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22512794

Points: 4

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New comment by datashow in "Johns Hopkins CSSE Covid-19 Global Case Dashboard"

datashow — Fri, 06 Mar 2020 14:39:26 +0000

Something is wrong with the "Plots" tab. Two plots show different data points, without title, but comes with same legends. And the legend does not make much sense either. "Mainland China" and "Other Locations" make sense, but "Total Recovered" as the third group? I don't understand this.

New comment by datashow in "People kept working, became healthier while on basic income: report"

datashow — Fri, 06 Mar 2020 01:00:18 +0000

Good point. UBI may change the way of life dramatically.

New comment by datashow in "People kept working, became healthier while on basic income: report"

datashow — Thu, 05 Mar 2020 21:55:35 +0000

This issue is not a "flaw". It's a root problem. We want to know the effect of permanent UBI, not of a temporary one, and we know (strongly suspect) the effect will be different.

Maybe the simple solution is that the researchers establish a dedicated million dollar bank account for a participant and automatically withdraw $1000 for the participant every month.