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Did you buy an AirGradient monitor or any brand you recommend that is not DIY?

Thanks! Yeah, I definitely think immersion listening can really help and I've used it a bit (subs2srs and audio books), but sometimes it can be used as a crutch to avoid speaking. …

I would kindly disagree and say that it's better to learn the pronunciation rules and practice producing them. There is a lot of research around learning that production and testin…

Out of curiosity, do you mean words that are technical or specific to a field? Or more general words such as 'didactic'?

Awesome, this is very helpful! I know where i will be spending the next few hours : ) Very much appreciated!

Any recommendations for where to purchase these vintage watches? I've always thought they were beautiful but never sure where to find legitimate sellers (despite googling a bit)

Pre-print for that paper was published 7 months ago and the sample collection date was from April-May 2020. Obviously there have been huge spikes in cases across the world since Ma…

I think commenter is referring to Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) that specifically impacts children. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/daily-life-cop…

The phase 3 trial for JnJ/Janseen had only ~44k participants whereas here we are talking on the order of ~1 per million (that are reported as of today)

There have been a bunch of studies that have come out, with a range of quality in case selection methodology eg. biased sampling, so its still early days. I've seen estimates rangi…

In the EMA statement from today they said: > there is no evidence of a problem related to specific batches of the vaccine or to particular manufacturing sites; https://www.ema.euro…

I think this article is a bit more nuanced based on what they are seeing on the ground. Derek brings up good points about background rates, but papers over some things. It's a comp…

Lots of different problems that are complex! For example: + Text internationalization system + Payment processing + User auth + User verification + A/B testing system + User metric…

How is a company that is an entirely online marketplace with no physical property not a 'tech company'?

How is it a logical fallacy to check the opinions of both political parties? The parent asked: > "Am I in a media bubble?" Usually helps to check what both sides of the partisan is…

Well that is the cleverness of most trump statements, toe the line, give a nod to your side, but also retain deniability. If you don't start interpreting, you get into a trap in wh…

Maybe check what the Republicans are saying, for example Bill Barr said: >“Orchestrating a mob to pressure Congress is inexcusable. The president’s conduct yesterday was a betrayal…

Even Bill Barr, Trumps former AG, said Trump incited a mob. >“Orchestrating a mob to pressure Congress is inexcusable. The president’s conduct yesterday was a betrayal of his offic…

I think the point is that after his supporters broke the law and stormed the capitol, interrupting a constitutionally mandated process for the peaceful transfer of power, he told t…

I think we do have those organizations with trust. If you want facts only news, go to apnews or reuters. They are the mastheads of impartiality, or at least as much as possible wit…

Even if you are busted not all 'news' orgs would come clean, admitting the mistake and detailing out what went wrong. https://www.npr.org/2017/09/15/551163406/fox-news-has-yet-to..…

Ah, good to know context, thanks!

Didn't he state support for BLM publicly on Twitter though? https://twitter.com/brian_armstrong/status/12686223771826216...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-b71f2eYdTc