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I would suggest reading the books, because they go into a lot of detail about those specific elements.

Yes, but they are rare and almost certainly not on Hacker News.

Quats are almost exclusively used by industries like food and health care.

Im pretty sure the joke is that the slide is literally just saying “this is a cow” and someone is confused enough to ask a question.

I think it depends on your definition of “fine.” No one will die or even be particularly inconvenienced from not being able to play a particular game for a couple of hours at the s…

You would be doing the universe a service by recommending resources. I think everyone should at least be given the option to check out lucid dreaming.

Reported tests are almost completely gone compared to past waves, so reported positives will likewise be almost gone. Wastewater data in the US shows a very clear increase, with le…

Tested cases are barely up because testing is at a small fraction of what it was even a year ago. Wastewater data, hospitalization rates, and deaths are all rising. Wastewater leve…

There is immunity in the sense of "the body is able to mount an immune response due to previous exposure." Early claims of immunity to infection didn't pan out, especially post-Del…

It's on track to kill 200 thousand people this year in the United States alone. It's likely that millions will die this year worldwide, and tens of millions will become disabled to…

I think the explosions and fires would cause negligible deaths. The thing I’m worried about is starvation. If the grid goes down on large parts of the world for more than a few day…

If a creature that quacks like a duck killed over 1000 children in less than 3 years(1) I would be surprised if people still treated it as a duck. 1) https://data.cdc.gov/NCHS/Deat…

There’s no evidence that doubling masks with a good N95 or equivalent is helpful, and it may even be harmful. More masks means less air is able to flow through the material, so it’…

Dr. Daniel Griffin on This Week In Virology works with long covid patients and is starting to see the first Omicron induced LC patients coming in. The variant has only been around …

I think people are underestimating the sheer magnitude and infectiousness of this virus. Even if chances of longer effects are on par with the flu, it's MUCH more prevalent and inf…