the reported clinical error rate from oral swabs varies by location and has been higher than expected. i don't know exactly what this article is citing, but claiming 1% is cherry-picking. 2x or 3x is probably closer. home users have additional difficulties: they are more likely to be in an early stage, and less likely to perform the test correctly.
would you really be happier with 1% or 3% error rate? doesn't sound a whole lot better to me.
the error rate is close to clinical oral swabs; a little higher for obvious reasons.
there is no better test, that is this convenient. it's not a conspiracy. that said, i do share your other concerns and hope that the test makes it abundantly clear that "negative" is not a guarantee, and that people take that to heart.
as milton friedman said, "it's always someone else who's greedy."
where and who are these truly objectively productive people i keep hearing about, and how would any practically-realized libertarianism make sure to promote them and only them (as it emptily promises)?
fair enough, i was using the vernacular meaning of pedophilia.
admittedly, it is very hard for me to imagine pedophilia ever being consensual. hebephilia might be, but as i said it would probably be extremely rare. ephebophilia seems to be where the problems are.
yeah, i see the distinction, but if we want to get precise: the conditions of pedophilia, hebephilia and ephebophilia are not illegal (yet) anyway. the laws govern the act.
by restricting the case of adults to those who have already reported rape, you are making the error of assuming the affirmative. you will note, obviously, that we do not ban all adult relationships on the basis that there may be coercion involved.
yes, it's obvious for a three-year old, and stallman would agree with you. it's less obvious for 15, 16, 17 and 18; hence the various conflicting laws by jurisdiction.
let me rephrase what you said, "sexual coercion is evil and unethical, pure and simple." pedophilia is just a specific case.
also, rms has been somewhat forgiving about software that is intended to run only on very specialized hardware. he's mostly about keeping general-purpose computers truly general-purpose.
of course this runs into demarcation problems, since he thinks phones are general-purpose computers and i don't (even if they happen to be implemented as such). still, i think medical equipment is safely on the "specialized hardware" side of things.
in principle, he's right about pedophilia. it's just that we believe that the likelihood of coercion is so high, and that it's difficult or impossible to assess accurately for each case, that we ban underaged sex and solicitation entirely. this is, in fact, the very definition of prejudice, not that it's wrong to exercise prejudice in this case. i support these laws, but at the same time recognize their somewhat arbitrary basis.
then, please, do generate this wondrous model which we simpletons cannot... and also please note that whatever your model is, a turing machine will be almost surely be able to simulate it anyway. although i am open to the idea that a different model can emphasize certain aspects which may be useful, i would certainly like to see even a prototype, rather than a lot of hot-air insults of "academics."
yeah, i did the same thing. $6 each, even in nyc; matinees are great, the big screen experience really energizes the rest of my day.
and why do people find it mandatory to cram shitty food down their gullet while watching a movie? it's just two hours, surely you can manage! if you really have to, bring in a ~$1 candy bar.
the min-max thing is not inconsistent with central reaver space. serenity, being a pirate transport, has to serve backwater planets to make $. reavers may harass indie ships while being smart enough not to attack alliance. after all, why is the alliance still conducting military ops after re-unification? there are no aliens, so it seems reasonable they are suppressing reavers, not out of any concern, but to suppress the truth.
of course, the real reason for reaver space is that the movie had to compress several seasons of plot into two hours, hence the partially inconsistent retconned reaver origins and mr. universe.
that quote has always bugged me. i'd rather be killed first and then raped and then sewn into their clothing; that would be much better. the only other alternative, being sewn into the clothing and then raped and then killed seems only slightly worse than the so-called "very, very lucky" scenario.
the single-measure cups are for scooping the right amount of dry material directly out of a bag, especially flour. in fact, that's what they are called: dry measuring cups.
not only is it much more convenient (have you ever tried to pour flour?), but flour volumes in recipes are based on it being loosely-packed, which is easier if you just scoop it.
yeah, hoping that linux will still boot after every kernel update and spending hours googling to (maybe) get my sound card and wifi working is the hallmark of intelligence.
yeah... that argument will just get you called a communist, and then they'll redouble their fanaticism.
during the news coverage of that forest fire in FL a few months ago caused by a discarded cigarette butt, the libertards were out preemptively howling about how the state can't legislate "private morality." i don't know what's so "private" about six dead and massive property damage, but there you have it.
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the reported clinical error rate from oral swabs varies by location and has been higher than expected. i don't know exactly what this article is citing, but claiming 1% is cherry-picking. 2x or 3x is probably closer. home users have additional difficulties: they are more likely to be in an early stage, and less likely to perform the test correctly.
would you really be happier with 1% or 3% error rate? doesn't sound a whole lot better to me.
the error rate is close to clinical oral swabs; a little higher for obvious reasons.
there is no better test, that is this convenient. it's not a conspiracy. that said, i do share your other concerns and hope that the test makes it abundantly clear that "negative" is not a guarantee, and that people take that to heart.
X and Y take the test, and get negatives. X (only) has a false negative. Y blows X and the virus enters through the mouth abrasion caused by the swab.
as milton friedman said, "it's always someone else who's greedy."
where and who are these truly objectively productive people i keep hearing about, and how would any practically-realized libertarianism make sure to promote them and only them (as it emptily promises)?
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fair enough, i was using the vernacular meaning of pedophilia.
admittedly, it is very hard for me to imagine pedophilia ever being consensual. hebephilia might be, but as i said it would probably be extremely rare. ephebophilia seems to be where the problems are.
yeah, i see the distinction, but if we want to get precise: the conditions of pedophilia, hebephilia and ephebophilia are not illegal (yet) anyway. the laws govern the act.
by restricting the case of adults to those who have already reported rape, you are making the error of assuming the affirmative. you will note, obviously, that we do not ban all adult relationships on the basis that there may be coercion involved.
yes, it's obvious for a three-year old, and stallman would agree with you. it's less obvious for 15, 16, 17 and 18; hence the various conflicting laws by jurisdiction.
let me rephrase what you said, "sexual coercion is evil and unethical, pure and simple." pedophilia is just a specific case.
also, rms has been somewhat forgiving about software that is intended to run only on very specialized hardware. he's mostly about keeping general-purpose computers truly general-purpose.
of course this runs into demarcation problems, since he thinks phones are general-purpose computers and i don't (even if they happen to be implemented as such). still, i think medical equipment is safely on the "specialized hardware" side of things.
in principle, he's right about pedophilia. it's just that we believe that the likelihood of coercion is so high, and that it's difficult or impossible to assess accurately for each case, that we ban underaged sex and solicitation entirely. this is, in fact, the very definition of prejudice, not that it's wrong to exercise prejudice in this case. i support these laws, but at the same time recognize their somewhat arbitrary basis.
if he'd stopped after the fourth paragraph, you'd have a point.
sputnik=communist=linux. very subtle there, dell.
yeah, as long as you ignore the externality of driving away more affluent customers, it's efficient.
back in the old days, we played the entire nine inch nails album broken on a jukebox at a neighborhood pizza hut(!).
it was really amusing to hear "fist fuck" over the speakers at a family restaurant, although not everyone shared our opinion.
then, please, do generate this wondrous model which we simpletons cannot... and also please note that whatever your model is, a turing machine will be almost surely be able to simulate it anyway. although i am open to the idea that a different model can emphasize certain aspects which may be useful, i would certainly like to see even a prototype, rather than a lot of hot-air insults of "academics."
yeah, i did the same thing. $6 each, even in nyc; matinees are great, the big screen experience really energizes the rest of my day.
and why do people find it mandatory to cram shitty food down their gullet while watching a movie? it's just two hours, surely you can manage! if you really have to, bring in a ~$1 candy bar.
the min-max thing is not inconsistent with central reaver space. serenity, being a pirate transport, has to serve backwater planets to make $. reavers may harass indie ships while being smart enough not to attack alliance. after all, why is the alliance still conducting military ops after re-unification? there are no aliens, so it seems reasonable they are suppressing reavers, not out of any concern, but to suppress the truth.
of course, the real reason for reaver space is that the movie had to compress several seasons of plot into two hours, hence the partially inconsistent retconned reaver origins and mr. universe.
that quote has always bugged me. i'd rather be killed first and then raped and then sewn into their clothing; that would be much better. the only other alternative, being sewn into the clothing and then raped and then killed seems only slightly worse than the so-called "very, very lucky" scenario.
maybe zoe had a reaver fetish.
looks like capitalism is finally catching up. i doubt it'll go well.
the single-measure cups are for scooping the right amount of dry material directly out of a bag, especially flour. in fact, that's what they are called: dry measuring cups.
not only is it much more convenient (have you ever tried to pour flour?), but flour volumes in recipes are based on it being loosely-packed, which is easier if you just scoop it.
well, yeah, a bit of a troll, but it doesn't make me wrong. apple sells the only "just works" unix available today.
yeah, hoping that linux will still boot after every kernel update and spending hours googling to (maybe) get my sound card and wifi working is the hallmark of intelligence.
and penn supports strong patent protection because "he wants [his] friends to be able to get rich."
totally consistent with this fiasco, and a typical modern libertarian; wealth redistribution for my friends, but not anyone else.
A prototype unit was constructed and erected in Abu Dhabi 6 months ago and has consistently produced up to 800 liters of water a day.
other sites say that production was between 500 to 800L. six months ago was october, which has mean precipitation 0.4" there.
yeah... that argument will just get you called a communist, and then they'll redouble their fanaticism.
during the news coverage of that forest fire in FL a few months ago caused by a discarded cigarette butt, the libertards were out preemptively howling about how the state can't legislate "private morality." i don't know what's so "private" about six dead and massive property damage, but there you have it.