Countries of the "coalition of the willing" will supply Ukraine with long-range missiles — Keir Starmer
The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom emphasized that this decision should strengthen military aid to Kyiv and increase pressure on moscow. The exact systems referred to are not specified.
Since public health experts have strong biases in favour of vaccines, there should be well-funded, large-scale studies aiming to prove null hypotheses. That vaccines don't prevent infection, don't reduce the seriousness of infection, don't reduce transmission, etc.
If studies like this have been done, and failed to prove their hypothesis, I suspect I'm not the only one who'd find that much more convincing than cherry-picking infographics.
Aside from the obvious ethical problem that to attempt to prove the null hypothesis in such a case would involve deliberately killing tens of thousands of children by infecting millions with diseases known to cause death (and, more frequently than death, life–long health problems), this fundamentally misconstrues what public–health interventions are all about.
Banning the administration of aspirin to small children with fevers prevents Reyes’ syndrome. WE DON’T KNOW WHY.
@publius > to prove the null hypothesis in such a case would involve deliberately killing tens of thousands of children by infecting millions with diseases known to cause death
1) Not at all. You seem to be assuming placebo-controlled studies. These are many other ways epidemiologists could investigate this.
2) This is begging the question. Maybe vaccination is deliberately infecting millions? The only way to know for sure is to do science that doesn't set out to prove its own assumptions.
“Infecting” with what? In the 1970s, a poorly conducted polio immunization campaign in Egypt resulted in an outbreak of hepatitis. This led to a high rate of refusal of vaccines in Egypt, and an overall higher rate of diseases which can be vaccinated against, with accompanying higher disease mortality and shorter lifespans, than in comparable countries.
At this point, I'm 100% convinced that these cheap Chinese brands on Amazon are just haphazardly tossing random letters together and calling it a brand name.
They literally are. From what I understand, Amazon requires sellers to have registered trademarks and it's easier to trademark a random string of letters. They don't need brand recognition because people aren't searching for the brand, just the product.
Cassidy said it surprised him that Kennedy would think so highly of Operation Warp Speed when the health secretary has attempted to restrict access to the vaccines and cancelled funding for mRNA vaccine research that was critical to the initiative's …
A curve tracer is a piece of equipment which plots I-V (current vs voltage) curves, among other things. This old bit of Tektronix kit is rocking a CRT, which dates it. According to TekWiki the Tektronix 577 was introduced in 1972.
In this repair video [Jerry] goes to use his Tektronix 577 only to discover that it is nonfunctional. He begins his investigation by popping off the back cover and checking out the voltages across the voltage rails. His investigations suggest a short circuit. He pushes on that which means he has to remove the side panel to follow a lead into the guts of the machine.
Then, in order to find the shorted component he suspect exists, [Jerry] breaks out the old thermal cam. And the thermal cam leads to the fault: a shorted tantalum capacitor, just as he suspected to begin with! After replacing the shorted tantalum capacitor this old workhorse is like new.
There are probably quite a number of repair lessons in this video, but we think that an important takeaway is just how useful a thermal camera can be when it comes time for fault finding. If you’re interested in electronics repair a thermal cam is a good trick to have up your sleeve, it excels at finding short circuits.
If you’re interested in repairing old Tektronix gear be sure to check out Repairing An Old Tektronix TDS8000 Scope.
For #Caturday: this is my best friend's cat. As a joke, I sent a shoe cover you are supposed to wear around the house to dust the floors. Her cat insists on wearing it on her head and will cry for her "wig" to be put on, if she sees it.
Civil servants see their work as a calling. But under Trump’s second term, with their jobs upended and u-turns on policy, tens of thousands are being forced to ask: stay, speak up or leave?
Federal workers face unique challenges. But part of their dilemma is familiar to many Americans who have to wrestle with dramatic changes in the workplace.
The Bulwark’s Will Sommer reports young MAGA activists appear to be breaking away from their elders when it comes to their support for President Donald Trump.
The president is not dead. Trump spoke live at the White House on Sept. 2. Even as rumors of his death went viral, he had been photographed by news outlets and his Truth Social posts racked up thousands of interactions.
Der Armor Lite V5 Kühler von GeekPi tritt als aktiver Cooler für den Raspberry Pi 5 gegen den Active Cooler und den Argon Thrml an. Lieferumfang Neben dem Cooler selbst, wird ein kleines Tütchen mit Wärmeleitpads und Befestigungsschrauben geliefert.
Getting a bunch of exposure to Fox News during my travels today. I am again reminded why Republicans and Democrats don’t have a shared reality any longer. Murdoch and the right wing billion propagandists deserve an eternity in hell for what they are doing. Shame I’m an atheist so don’t believe in it. #uspoli #rant
Neighbor was listening to Fox - perspective was that the court is trying to stop tariffs that will allow Trump to fix our trade imbalance. We are going to have to hit financial rock bottom.
🟡 NEW: President Donald Trump plans to attend the men’s US Open finals on Sunday afternoon in New York, the White House confirmed to Semafor. semafor.com/article/09/04/2025…
Soon a generation of programmers will grow up who never experienced the time of normal hiring through ONE interview. And it'll be like that joke about the monkeys in a cage who beat each other up when someone tries to get a banana, just "because that's how it's done here."
Donald Trump prevede di partecipare alla finale degli Us Open che si terrà domenica. Lo riporta Semafor citando fonti della Casa Bianca. Il presidente è un fan del tennis e più volte ha assistito alle partite del torneo. (ANSA). (ANSA)
Step aside KPop Demon Hunters, there’s a new power-trio in town! Maybe we could call them the Metal Vampire Slayers?
Yep, three of the biggest voices in metal, all in one track:
Poppy, who released my favourite album of 2024, the Heavy Awards nomin…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan successfully launched a cutting-edge remote sensing satellite from China on Thursday. The Foreign Office says this is a major milestone
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Strypey
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@AskPippa
> THEN is before vaccines, and NOW is after vaccines
This proves correlation, not causation.
@publius
Strypey
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Since public health experts have strong biases in favour of vaccines, there should be well-funded, large-scale studies aiming to prove null hypotheses. That vaccines don't prevent infection, don't reduce the seriousness of infection, don't reduce transmission, etc.
If studies like this have been done, and failed to prove their hypothesis, I suspect I'm not the only one who'd find that much more convincing than cherry-picking infographics.
publius
in reply to Strypey • • •@strypey
Aside from the obvious ethical problem that to attempt to prove the null hypothesis in such a case would involve deliberately killing tens of thousands of children by infecting millions with diseases known to cause death (and, more frequently than death, life–long health problems), this fundamentally misconstrues what public–health interventions are all about.
Banning the administration of aspirin to small children with fevers prevents Reyes’ syndrome. WE DON’T KNOW WHY.
Strypey
in reply to publius • • •@publius
> to prove the null hypothesis in such a case would involve deliberately killing tens of thousands of children by infecting millions with diseases known to cause death
1) Not at all. You seem to be assuming placebo-controlled studies. These are many other ways epidemiologists could investigate this.
2) This is begging the question. Maybe vaccination is deliberately infecting millions? The only way to know for sure is to do science that doesn't set out to prove its own assumptions.
publius
in reply to Strypey • • •@strypey
“Infecting” with what? In the 1970s, a poorly conducted polio immunization campaign in Egypt resulted in an outbreak of hepatitis. This led to a high rate of refusal of vaccines in Egypt, and an overall higher rate of diseases which can be vaccinated against, with accompanying higher disease mortality and shorter lifespans, than in comparable countries.