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Ok, I think we’re on the same page.

Classic bayesian error. The population in question here isn’t the globe, but rather people who have already died from caffeine related causes. Naturally the rate of increased caffe…

The cooldown period built into HN is there for a reason: taking time to reflect on messages and do any necessary background research makes for better discussions than impulsively s…

That’s not what I was implying at all I have no clue how you arrived at that. I’m saying an LD1 does exist – it’s the dose that would be fatal to 1% of a population (and further a …

1 cup filter coffee can be 170mg or more. And LD50 isn’t really relevant here, even LD1 levels are deadly to hundreds of millions of people. It’s entirely possible for what some mi…

LD50 for espresso is roughly 1 gallon per 50kg body mass. I wouldn’t want to, but I could drink 2 gallons of water without significant issue. If we accept that some people will nat…

Teflon is known to not interact when it is in its stable long polymer state. But if we accept that it is breaking away from that state, we know it is not stable, and is potentially…

Why do you feel a need to buy a new pan? If something about the coating has degraded, where do you think the offed material has ended up?

Backgammon, most likely.

What is the legal means to get it back?

How do you actually get it back? Friend of mine has a portfolio website in their name they’ve been maintaining for well over a decade, they missed one payment and some scoundrel bo…

Basically ASLR for DNA?

Ah. Well that tells me all I need to know about your intellectual honesty.

He’ll head the Department of Health and Human Services soon, little use debating what his position is here when we will see it play out soon. I do recommend you read his book, http…

In that case, you should read the book RFK Jr. published with Dr. Brian Hooker that provides a treatise on the topic, referencing 100+ published, peer reviewed studies on the topic…

So not “anti-vax” but rather “pro-choice”.

He is vaccinated and all of his children are as well. What specifically of his statements do you consider “anti-vax”?

Yes, people can choose to do some things without wanting authorities to force them to do other things. Astutely observed.

Yes, Florida for instance recently had their first documented cases of malaria in decades - immediately following the launch of a GMO mosquito manufacturing and distribution lab. N…

Right, the issue comes when a trusted writer is logging data that is sourced from an untrusted party. Imagine a transaction log being a blob per-customer with many lines correspond…

Sure, but theoretically you could have a system where a distributed log of user generated content is built via this CAS//MD5 primitive. A malicious actor could craft the data such …

Sure! Another way you might take it is that the pointy stick is the most advanced: it started out before language, and has had considerably more effort put into modernization. What…

Good point, a reasonable response to the who debacle would be to get the legislature to mandate that a HTTP headset similar to do-not-track must be configurable on a browser basis …

There’s an open question of who is to blame when poorly written legislation causes companies (with fiduciary responsibility to their shareholders) find ways to follow the letter of…

I’ve held the same position on that since the beginning.