AmpBenzScientist @AmpBenzScientist@qoto.org
Joined Jan 2020
@freemo It was just a minor annoyance to me. I grew up surrounded by meth labs.
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Here's how Apache #NuttX RTOS links a NuttX App
Source: https://github.com/lupyuen/tcc-riscv32-wasm#how-nuttx-build-links-a-nuttx-app
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Interesting fact of the day. USA isnt just the wealthiest country in the world. it is the wealthiest by a huge margin.
Here are the numbers:
Total household wealth by country:
United States (30.8%)
China (18.6%)
Japan (5.0%)
Germany (3.8%)
United Kingdom (3.5%)
France (3.5%)
India (3.4%)
Canada (2.5%)
That puts the USA well ahead of even China, the second largest.
For comparison USA has 50% more total household wealth than all of Europe combined.
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TCC Compiler in WebAssembly has generated a #RISCV ELF ... Let's run it on Apache #NuttX RTOS!
Source: https://github.com/lupyuen/tcc-riscv32-wasm#test-tcc-output-with-nuttx
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"I'm not a materialist. Love and friendship is reward enough."
Oh, wait, I don't have those things either...
I have had some good times as an adult but it was always money that facilitated it, indirectly. I paid for travel to see people or to have them come see me. One of my exes lived with me for free while I worked. Another I wouldn't have met without travelling abroad. I'm losing contact with people over money.
It's not so interesting to own things, but experiences often cost money, and I do want those. You can also use money to improve your health and looks.
It would make more sense to be non-materialistic if I had many non-material assets, such as confidence, a great personality, good looks, a loving family, or a good contact network.
My main non-material asset is just my intellect though, and the main reward you can get in return for that alone is money and status.
@freemo Remember the cigarette machines in Waffle House? I kinda miss it.
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"Netflix does not plan to develop a Vision Pro app at this time because the device is 'so subscale' that it is 'not really particularly relevant' to most Netflix members"
https://www.macrumors.com/2024/01/26/netflix-vision-pro-not-relevant/
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You do realize that doesnt advance your argument that the numbers were over-reported?
As was pointed out the numbers have consistently be shown to be more or less accurate. In fact if anything they were likely underreported.
@freemo @mcnado That was in reference to the government aid to hospitals and nursing homes. During that time, there were some acquisitions by larger healthcare providers.
The death toll from COVID-19 is likely somewhere around 1 million in the US over the 4 years of circulating. It's not all due to the virus, the government dropped the ball so many times. If you want to include suicides, overdoses and homicides from people who lost work, faced years of discrimination from the jabbed hive mind and poor economic conditions. I would say that perhaps I agree with that but it doesn't give the proper attribution.
If there are problems with a dataset, the results will be inaccurate no matter how accurate models are because we would likely not know. If crafted false assumptions are assumed, anything can be proven. The level of integrity I'm looking for, which likely doesn't exist, is made worse by skewed data. I'm assuming that any and all sides are using damned lies and statistics to push an ideology.
Do I believe you are wrong? Not necessarily, but I believe more tampering occurred with the data. It's all about the data. According to what I suspect your criteria is, you are correct. According to my criteria, I'm humbled and still believe the data to be wrong.
@thendrix Powder Springs is where the MAC-10 and its suppressor were made. Florida is a great state.
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The firearm is made in FL. Southern industry.
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The suppressor is made in the US too.
@thendrix That sounds like something that was made in Powder Springs, GA.
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New posting! This one contains a few reflections on what I do, and don't, miss about my life in #academia.
https://totalinternalreflectionblog.com/2024/01/28/only-in-the-abstract/
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You are absolutely correct here, Agreed. Thank you for setting him straight.
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@AmpBenzScientist @freemo in the US at least, the mortality data were not falsified despite reports to the contrary. Indeed, two papers by the same authors looking at mortality suggested a ~20-30% undercount during the early pandemic (higher early on, lower later on). This was most likely due to poor test availability, out of hospital deaths, and shoddy reporting early on.
@mcnado @freemo After reviewing the CDC reporting, the complications possibly caused by infection would result in the stated cause of death to be from COVID-19. It further points out that the long term effects resulting in death would be considered a COVID-19 death.
The situations leading to death weren't properly addressed. Regardless of proper classification, the likely damage from the virus was rightfully included. I suppose I was expecting ARS to be the cause of the deaths and, to a lesser degree, cardiovascular issues.
It seems more inclusive for contributing factors of a COVID death but not necessarily represented correctly. The car example was dismissed incorrectly. According to the guidelines, if COVID-19 contributed to the circumstances then it would indeed be reported as a COVID-19 death even if the subject could have lived if they weren't driving. It's these small things that make me question the data.
Cause, Contributing factor and the Others should be separated. It sounds like the virus directly killed so many people. It just seems misleading to call them all COVID deaths when it would be better to describe them as Covid and common complications deaths.
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@AmpBenzScientist While I dont doubt there were a few examples of someone engaging in inflated numbers to get aide as was pointed out overall when you consider all the effects that create inaccurate numbers overall the numbers were under reported not over
@freemo That's impressive.
Joined Jan 2020
