#Scale

A thread of some of the misconceptions that fed the COVID hysteria. 1/ Little reporting of the sense of scale, that flu and seasonal influenza-like infections (i.e., colds) are massive
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@_PIVX privacy protocol is "zk-snark sapling" = highly academic vetted privacy obfuscation anonymity protocol. that's what @ethereum looking at implementing. Eth also plans to go proof of stake + zk-snarks.
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I often get asked “what are the best carbon offsets?”My response?I’d rank them from 1 (best) to 4 (worst).1. None. Reduce your emissions instead. There is absolutely no substitute for
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Apparently I've been coming off as not my serene self. Well I'm the same I always was. Just expressing more. 8 years ago I used to post online trying to
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A thread.1/ Why did today’s story that OSR upheld @AnnaFeuchtwang @EndChildPoverty’s complaint that @10DowningStreet had repeatedly used inaccurate child poverty data matter? @ncbtweets @CPAGUK @actnforchildren 2/ Because to deny the
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1/ We are at an exciting inflection pt. in history of business sw: the rise of the USER as key decision maker. This has profound implications for how sw co's
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There is a big difference between a small business & a start-up. Over the years building @MyGrowthFund I cant tell you how many entrepreneurs I have come across that don't
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So, we've got an obesity problem, have we Boris? Lovely. Cheers.Strap in. Thread ahoy. I shall now proceed thusly in outlining a few issues I have with this latest 'initiative'.First
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I've never felt as disappointed at the sheer scale of ingratitude I've seen today.Every tweet talking like Ireland is doing terribly in our pandemic response and throwing around insults &
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I haven’t seen #WW84 yet but I think the discourse & “controversy” is a symptom of the immediacy in watching a film of this scale day 1 at home.
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At risk of being cancelled, I admit whole-scale student debt forgiveness doesn’t make perfect sense to me.I believe in free housing, food, healthcare, and education. Public colleges should be free
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Homeowners were oversold by realtors & banks, hoodwinked into thinking they qualified for loans they weren't qualified for with rubber-stamp approval processes obfuscated by opaque "credit scores" and ultimately blamed
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How to mislead with charts in one easy step.(this chart was cited as support that there is a relation between economic performance and COVID incidence) Step 1/ Use a presentational
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I don’t know where you live, but movie theaters in Southern California are extremely expensive. So a lot of people are in financial places where they can only see a
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I'm ambivalent about the capitol putsch today. On one hand, it was very satisfying, entertaining. Some kind of catharsis to those directly sticking it to the man. I think to
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1/Not investing in EVs is a risky bet on the future.A thread on a potential future situation... 2/The year is 202X & EVs are less expensive than the comparable gas
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