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The20YearIRCloud: A girl in my
town came very, very close
to death from swine flu, but normal flu kills quite a few each year
decimation: diametric: yeah
the difference is we know
the fatality rate for ebola is double digits
The20YearIRCloud: If my understanding was right,
the infection rate from swine flu was higher, but overall mortality was less
diametric: its deja vu for me, i had
this nearly identical conversation with a friend over sars way back when.
decimation: the question is, how many extra us citizen deaths are worth not 'shutting down'
travel from africa, whatever
that means?
decimation: diametric: if you read my first link above,
the guy comes
to
the same conclusion
diametric: we're still only sitting at one infection contracted in
the US, a nurse
that didn't follow
the proper protocol when dealing with
the index patient (who is now dead). I'm not seeing
the incoming pandemic yet.
decimation: asciilifeform: it seems
that guy (Mr. Cochran) has some axes he is grinding
BingoBoingo: <asciilifeform> what does fox news prescribe for ebola ? <<
The more important question is where are
those magic
tobacco plants growing
those antibodies
decimation: diametric:
this is one of
these 'tough calls'
that
the man-children who pretend
to run
the usg need
to actually make
diametric: man its feeling a bit like fox news in here,
trying
to convince me I already have ebola
decimation: serious imported epidemics could be.
The people of American Samoa self-blockaded, on
top of official quarantine:
they sent out canoes
to stop any and all visitors.
They never had a single case."
decimation: "Washington didn’t micro-manage American Samoa, not being all
that interested. A policy of benign neglect was interpreted by Poyer as an opportunity
to act on his best judgment, in
the finest
traditions of
the US Navy. He imposed quarantine.
That was harder
that it sounds, because of
the frequent family visits between West Samoa and American Samoa – but Poyer also had
the support of
the local chiefs, who understood how
assbot: Disaster in
the South Pacific | West Hunter
diametric: decimation: of course, but i
think
thats happening. (re;
the idiot
that sneezed and said "sorry i came from africa"
decimation: diametric: even assuming
that ebola doesn't
transmit very well, wouldn't it make sense
to attempt some level of quarantine?
diametric: i find it kind of interesting
though, you were in
the camp of ebola isn't a serious problem for a first world country when we
talked about it a few months ago.
diametric: honestly,
though, ebola has an R0 of 2, its less serious
than measles which
thanks
to anti-vax nutters is making a huge comeback. If
theres anything
to honestly be really worried about, its measles.
diametric: but
that would be
tantamount
to stopping all inbound flights.
diametric: asciilifeform: for what its worth,
there is actually no direct flights from west africa
to here.
gabriel_laddel: mircea_popescu: (no, it’s not all physiology,
there’s a lot
to
the functioning of
the brain
that’s purely cultural, and
thus ethnic, and
thus sure black kids immersed into white culture could in principle get
the same IQ measurements as white kids while black kids from Africa or
the ghetto never will) << lolno.
thickasthieves: omg i'm going
to reddit
to
try
to get mpex
to support bitcoin,
they only
take words now!
BingoBoingo: decimation:
Their copy says something intel and something recent.
decimation: ah I see his note in
the log,
thanks for
the
tip. I wonder what kind of processor
they are using
thickasthieves: but no,
thank you for giving it a go, i always like
to see
the new b-a bizs
BingoBoingo: decimation: I
think kakobrekla is giving
them a spin. I've read mixed reviews.
thickasthieves: btw bingoboingo,
the error is gone, and grats
to you and cazalla on
the IPOhood
decimation: it seemed
to be among
the best deals in 'kvm' hosting
decimation: so reading about lowendhost.net in
the [b]logs was useful. has anyone used 'vultr.com'?
assbot: Squitter - Wikipedia,
the free encyclopedia
mats_cd03: and i plan
to wait until brk-a bet concludes
to do
that
mats_cd03: the only
thing i have in mind is bitbet audit 2
mats_cd03: perhaps my brain is
telling me
to write for qntra.
decimation: the point being everything is a
tradeoff, and many errors of government come from
trying
to assume
the value of something
to be infinity - or zero.
BingoBoingo: decimation: Bridge kills no people in it's lifespan because users are warned of
the expiration date upon which it will self bomb
decimation: ask any engineer 'how safe'
the bridge should be, and he will ask how many people it should kill in a reasonable lifespan
assbot: Logged on 29-09-2014 20:16:36; mircea_popescu: any state purporting
to enforce strict liability is pure stalinism and nothing but.
decimation: I
think you wrote about
the
tyranny of infinite liability
mircea_popescu: if you do actuarial averages, about
the best construction you can come up with
decimation: whatever happened
to
those 'red faction' chaps
that were using high-end shaped charges in
the 80's?
mircea_popescu: tbh, if i were sitting on
the iron
throne in question, i'd have
the agents naked
Adlai: the agent refunds it if
they want
to see you naked when you arrive at
the airport
mircea_popescu: decimation do
they refund it if you blow up a plane after all ?
decimation: the latest
thing is
that if you pay
the
tsa $70 you can get your name on a list, so
that you go
through security 'the way it was before 2001'
mircea_popescu: but you had
to be careful or else
the adults might catch on.
decimation: mircea_popescu: yes, except
they arbitrarily add on various 'strip' features, like your shoes, bags, etc
devthedev: I'm
trying
to gain knowledge of which brokerage would be best.
Adlai: mircea_popescu: isn't much of what you say about anglophonia relevant for many other places
too?
mircea_popescu: <decimation> and by 'invade your person' I mean 'subject
to arbitrary measures of physical control <<
they still doing
the "freeze" kindergarten game in airports ?
mircea_popescu: <devthedev> What do you
think would be
the best way
to handle MPEx shares for Qntra? << whatr do you ean handle ?
decimation: heh good point - except for
the few who became masters
themselves
mircea_popescu: so what of it, kids loving
their father is
the seal of fathering failure.
mircea_popescu: <decimation> I suspect
that few of
the young apprentices
that mircea_popescu mentioned ended up dispising
the masters who showed
them how dumb
they were << actually, if
the periodic apprentice riots are anything
to go by,
they probably resented
their masters
to
their grave.
assbot: Money, fucking and lying pe
Trilema - Un blog de Mircea Popescu.
Adlai is doing well, down
to ~20 from >50
BingoBoingo: Ah, I only have so many channels open at a
time.
Adlai: yes
that was linked in #lisp a while back
decimation: and by 'invade your person' I mean 'subject
to arbitrary measures of physical control'
decimation: asciilifeform: yes, it is sad
that in
the us,
the gov't has
the right
to arbitrary invade your person, yet generally forbids
those who are put in authority over children
the same power
Adlai: beautifully vague, but i guess
that's appropriate at such an early stage
Adlai: BingoBoingo: where in
the listing document is
there any mention of anything which generates revenue?
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decimation: you mean
the cruel discipline of nature?
cazalla: give him
the stick, DON'T give him
the stick
devthedev: What do you
think would be
the best way
to handle MPEx shares for Qntra?
decimation: in
the us, wielding
the stick is generally banned, as is wielding wet noodles or signs
that say 'stick'