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Lifetime, in theory. In practice, you can move the relationship off Upwork after 2 years. See https://support.upwork.com/hc/en-us/articles/360043210654-Mo...

This one paragraph is the sum total given for the diabetes angle: "Rice’s nutritional quality is another growing concern. The grain is high in glucose, which contributes to diabete…

How does that hypothesis square with this study: No learning loss in Sweden during the pandemic: Evidence from primary school reading assessments https://www.sciencedirect.com/scie…

Well, Ronaldo could hit a soccer ball after lights are cut. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoScYO2osb0

"deal with kidney stones down the line" isn't compatible with "not good for you even small quantities" Some of those vegetables are staples in vegetarian cuisines like here in Indi…

> oxalic acid is just not good for you even small quantities. We’ve managed to get oxalic acid out of everything we’ve domesticated Doesn't sound right. WP has this table: https://…

> There is also the case of less corruption because the indirectly elected heads of the executive aren't as beholden to special interests. Unless these heads of the executive need …

Long form journalism tends to frame articles around individual narratives. However, the article does have this: Studies that explicitly focus on overtreatment in dentistry are rare…

US imported even more. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/international-b...

Of course, that isn't quite true. If the result or outcome of an actvity is publicly observable or measurable, then a secondhand sense of judgement can be developed.

The Q says, "entire core of it was developed and maintained by a single person" which does not describe ffmpeg. FB was pretty active for first 4-5 years, but he wasn't the sole dev…

> While today’s cumulative deaths is highly dependent on yesterday’s (it should theoretically never be less, for example), today’s new deaths isn’t as directly correlated to yester…

Obese carriers shed lot more virus, so they would be expected to have higher attack rates. ---- Exhaled aerosol increases with COVID-19 infection, age, and obesity https://www.pnas…

> "selling excess stock" narrative in America That wasn't the narrative in 2002, my first Black Friday.

> there is a statement on record from politicians reacting to the suggestion with "this is not Asia, people would not stand for a lockdown" Fauci said that in Feb 2020. -------- Q.…

Look at Table 5 on pg 19 of https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/... For those under 50, the single-dosed have the lowest Delta CFR of 11/83009 = 0.013%; for…

Oxford defines prudent as "sensible and careful when you make judgements and decisions; avoiding unnecessary risks" How can it be sensible if one thinks it's 'highly unlikely'? If …

'Preppers', by definition, are those who have decided the world is unstable and on the brink of collapse. Their presence or opinion, by itself, is not an indicator of how unstable …

> capital's corruption of the political system Capital is a measure of power. Capital's "corruption of the political system" is use of that power. I'm not sure it's coherent to con…

The study they're using as reference for IFR (Levin) estimates 0.6% for the US. The IFR for the US as of end of Mar 2021 is ~0.5%. More importantly, their rate estimate does not ta…

> Kind of hard to tell what this result means without a control or baseline Yes. As pointed out in Causation or confounding: why controls are critical for characterizing long COVID…

Didn't really answer the question. Private jets, political access, collector art, celebrities for private performance are known things. I was expecting some form of transactions or…

Elimination would mean permanent zero COVID, not 'extended periods'. They have been able to have 'extended periods' due to tight border control but that's not 100% effective hence …