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This is a great initiative, but it looks to me like most of these projects are directed to help the US. That's totally understandable, but there are many people all over the world willing to help with this, and it would be great if we could also collaborate to help everyone. For example, as an engineer, I was interested in helping with the 1M ventilators project, but reading the description it looks like the goal is…
https://wet-robots.ghost.io/how-to-increase-covid-19-testing...
This is a great initiative, but it looks to me like most of these projects are directed to help the US. That's totally understandable, but there are many people all over the world willing to help with this, and it would be great if we could also collaborate to help everyone. For example, as an engineer, I was interested in helping with the 1M ventilators project, but reading the description it looks like the goal is…
I think you are right, but it likely reflects the node we sit on in the internet. If this were not hacker news, but some german equivalent in the german language, I am sure you would find a german focused effort. I think it makes sense that most of the efforts would be local (someone has to distribute and man the ventilator). The global effort should be focused on design, and best practices.
This is a great initiative, but it looks to me like most of these projects are directed to help the US. That's totally understandable, but there are many people all over the world willing to help with this, and it would be great if we could also collaborate to help everyone. For example, as an engineer, I was interested in helping with the 1M ventilators project, but reading the description it looks like the goal is…
You might find this project more appealing: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22573743
So try to be forward thinking. Don't just think in the now.
In Italy some places don't treat people without families for instance (The excuse is they have no one to care for them after ICU, but we know the real reason)
Tinder for fake family's for instance?
I have an idea to increase viral RNA test throughput (PCR) by 46.5 times using a binary encoding scheme that I hope someone here might be able to validate/invalidate. Sorry for the thread jack, but I tried posting this yesterday but didn't get picked up. https://wet-robots.ghost.io/how-to-increase-covid-19-testing...
The fundamental chemistry, as I understand it, is compatible with the method described by Dorfman.
I’ve actually reached out to MD Dr., biochemists, epidemiologists asking your very question: “Why can’t we mix samples?”
None seem unable to give me an straight answer. Most I’ve asked can’t get past the fact that you can still identify the infected individual after mixing the samples.
(Sorry dang. I know I’m banned. But I think coronavirus trumps a ban!)
[1] “the detection of defective member of a large population”
This is a great initiative, but it looks to me like most of these projects are directed to help the US. That's totally understandable, but there are many people all over the world willing to help with this, and it would be great if we could also collaborate to help everyone. For example, as an engineer, I was interested in helping with the 1M ventilators project, but reading the description it looks like the goal is…
The US is part of the world. This is like people who think that global oil prices are irrelevant if the US produces more than it consumes.
They're talking about building ventilators. That causes more of them to exist in the world. Then when the US needs them, they use those instead of outbidding other countries for existing stock, causing more to be available for the rest of the world too.
This is a great initiative, but it looks to me like most of these projects are directed to help the US. That's totally understandable, but there are many people all over the world willing to help with this, and it would be great if we could also collaborate to help everyone. For example, as an engineer, I was interested in helping with the 1M ventilators project, but reading the description it looks like the goal is…
Just because the description appears that way doesn't mean you could not join the team/project and bring a broader more global perspective that may not have been considered. On top of engineering, a bigger vision (backed with appropriate strategy) can be value-add to an initiative, why not simply pitch/propose it?
This is a great initiative, but it looks to me like most of these projects are directed to help the US. That's totally understandable, but there are many people all over the world willing to help with this, and it would be great if we could also collaborate to help everyone. For example, as an engineer, I was interested in helping with the 1M ventilators project, but reading the description it looks like the goal is…
I think you are right, but it likely reflects the node we sit on in the internet. If this were not hacker news, but some german equivalent in the german language, I am sure you would find a german focused effort. I think it makes sense that most of the efforts would be local (someone has to distribute and man the ventilator). The global effort should be focused on design, and best practices.
You can list German projects in English, most of the Germans understand it really well, including most developers in Europe.