Doctors Write Open Letter to Fauci Regarding Use of Hydroxychloroquine for Treating COVID-19
August 20th, 2020Via: The Desert Review:
Dear Dr. Fauci:
You were placed into the most high-profile role regarding America’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. Americans have relied on your medical expertise concerning the wearing of masks, resuming employment, returning to school, and of course medical treatment.
You are largely unchallenged in terms of your medical opinions. You are the de facto “COVID-19 Czar.” This is unusual in the medical profession in which doctors’ opinions are challenged by other physicians in the form of exchanges between doctors at hospitals, medical conferences, as well as debate in medical journals. You render your opinions unchallenged, without formal public opposition from physicians who passionately disagree with you. It is incontestable that the public is best served when opinions and policy are based on the prevailing evidence and science, and able to withstand the scrutiny of medical professionals.
What’s Behind the Fed’s Manufactured Coin Shortage?
August 20th, 2020Via: BestEvidence:
Big Pharma’s Covid-19 Profiteers
August 20th, 2020Via: Rolling Stone:
The business model for Big Pharma is brilliant. A substantial portion of research and development for new drugs is funded by the state, which then punts its intellectual work to private companies, who are then allowed to extract maximum profits back from the same government, which has over decades formalized an elaborate process of negotiating against itself in these matters.
“National Debt To Surpass $78 Trillion By 2028: What It Means For Americans”
August 20th, 2020So it goes…
Via: Forbes:
The coronavirus pandemic pushed the government into the proverbial corner, prompting it to borrow heavily from the future to ward off a serious threat today. Without this intervention, the U.S. economy would be in a much worse recession or possibly even a depression. Even though borrowing excessively may have been the lesser of two evils, the burgeoning debt will have ramifications in the future. With the debt approaching $27 trillion, and projected to rise to $78 trillion by 2028, it will present significant challenges.
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…with an already burgeoning debt, which is expected to grow substantially in the coming years, additional debt will create systemic problems which, at some point, may be impossible to escape.
Flu Vaccine Now Required For All Massachusetts Students By Dec. 31
August 19th, 2020Welcome to all the new homeschoolers!
Via: CBS:
All students in Massachusetts will be required to get the flu vaccine before the end of the year. State public health officials made the announcement Wednesday, citing the importance of reducing flu-related illnesses amid the coronavirus pandemic.
“Influenza immunization will be required for all children 6 months of age or older who are attending Massachusetts child care, pre-school, kindergarten, K-12, and colleges and universities,” the Massachusetts Department of Public Health said in a statement.
Students are expected to get their flu vaccine by Dec. 31, 2020.
Exemptions will be made for medical or religious reasons, the state said. Homeschooled students and college students who are completely off campus and only learning remotely are also exempted.
The Golden Age of Computer User Groups
August 19th, 2020Via: Ars Technica:
The Homebrew Computer Club where the Apple I got its start is deservedly famous—but it’s far from tech history’s only community gathering centered on CPUs. Throughout the 70s and into the 90s, groups around the world helped hapless users figure out their computer systems, learn about technology trends, and discover the latest whiz-bang applications. And these groups didn’t stick to Slacks, email threads, or forums; the meetings often happened IRL.
But to my dismay, many young technically-inclined whippersnappers are completely unaware of computer user groups’ existence and their importance in the personal computer’s development. That’s a damned shame. Our current reality may largely be isolated to screens, but these organizations helped countless enthusiasts find community because of them. Computer groups celebrated the industry’s fundamental values: a delight in technology’s capabilities, a willingness to share knowledge, and a tacit understanding that we’re all here to help one another.
And gosh, they were fun.
Researchers Can Duplicate Keys from the Sounds They Make in Locks
August 19th, 2020Via: kottke:
Researchers have demonstrated that they can make a working 3D-printed copy of a key just by listening to how the key sounds when inserted into a lock. And you don’t need a fancy mic — a smartphone or smart doorbell will do nicely if you can get it close enough to the lock.
Amazon’s Project Kuiper Is More Than a Response to Starlink
August 18th, 2020Via: IEEE Spectrum:
“With Amazon, it’s a whole different ballgame,” says Zac Manchester, an assistant professor of aeronautics and astronautics at Stanford University. “The thing that makes Amazon different from SpaceX and OneWeb is they have so much other stuff going for them.” If Kuiper succeeds, Amazon can not only offer global satellite broadband access—it can include that access as part of its Amazon Web Services (AWS), which already offers resources for cloud computing, machine learning, data analytics, and more.
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“You could see Project Kuiper being a middleman for getting data into AWS,” says Manchester. “SpaceX owns the space segment, they can get data from point A to point B through space. Amazon can get your data through the network and into their cloud and out to end users.” There are plenty of tech start-ups and other companies that already do machine learning and other data-intensive operations in AWS and could make use of Kuiper to move their data.
Michigan College Requires Students to Stay Within 5 Miles of Campus or Face Suspension, Tracks Them by App
August 18th, 2020Crazier by the day.
Via: Newsweek:
Michigan’s Albion College is attempting to create a “COVID bubble” on its campus as students return for the fall semester.
Students are being required to download a smartphone app that tracks their location and ongoing health data to help contain the spread of the virus on campus, according to The Washington Free Beacon. The app will notify the school’s administration if a student leaves the campus’s bubble.
For the entire first semester, students must stay within the campus’s 4.5-mile perimeter or risk temporary suspension. Members of the campus staff, however, are allowed to leave the bubble.
The liberal arts college is planning to offer only in-person learning when classes resume in September. Students who do not comply with the school’s contact tracing program will need to defer the semester.
Silky Professional BIGBOY 2000 Folding Saw XL Teeth
August 18th, 2020I’ve got to replace a Bahco Laplander folding saw that finally broke after many years and I wondered what my options were.
During my browsing, I found a monster-sized folding saw.
Check this out: Silky Professional BIGBOY 2000 Folding Saw XL Teeth
This boy did a review that shows lot of cuts.
Here’s another quick review.
Made in Japan!
That Silky is a very different class of saw than the little Bahco. The Bigboy is huge, but if you want to take on thicker logs, this looks fantastic.
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