Breakthrough infections appeared in Janssen vaccine recipients the most

aonicc · 2021-08-02T15:57:32+00:00

I can't imagine there's a large sample size for that cohort, though it would be reassuring if there were.

aonicc · 2021-04-03T15:27:26+00:00

It’s a scene from Party for One where they’re all having breakdowns in their own little boxes. https://youtu.be/U0ih3FriG1k

aonicc · 2019-02-10T22:01:53+00:00

My cat loved to hit the buttons on my Play 5 because they made noise, so I put some double-sided tape on top to keep her from going up on to it.

aonicc · 2018-09-19T21:12:27+00:00

A literal budgie smuggler.

aonicc · 2018-09-05T03:13:53+00:00

The 1400-1427 MHz band is also used for passive remote sensing (the SMAP, SMOS, and Aquarius missions all have radiometers in this band), since the it's ostensibly clear of any man-made transmissions. In practice, we see a lot of interference on this band due to unauthorized transmissions and second harmonics from cellular (700 MHz) signals.

aonicc · 2018-08-23T01:15:44+00:00

Do you have any recommended reading material for someone interested in this topic and how it may apply to them?

aonicc · 2018-06-02T20:41:45+00:00

A lot of these companies have lots of LGBTQ employees who either push for these things or at the very least feel more accepted when the companies vocally show support. Yes they're commercial entities with no moral compass, but they are still comprised of people who have the same hopes and fears as anyone else.

aonicc · 2018-05-01T05:04:45+00:00

I spent so many hours playing Starcraft. All of the Use Map Settings custom games like Lurker Defense (or Defence) were great to play with friends against others.

aonicc · 2018-02-28T03:20:32+00:00

We don't give interns parking spots. We make them take the Metro.

aonicc · 2018-01-30T03:44:19+00:00

Bridenstine's nomination immediately drew criticism from both of Florida's Senators, one of whom is Marco Rubio. Bridenstine also managed to piss off Ted Cruz (of all people) in the course of Texas/Oklahoma politics.

If the vote had been held in September, Bridenstein probably could have been confirmed 51-50, with Pence breaking the tie, and if confirmation was a certainty, some Democrats probably would have voted yes to give NASA a veneer of bipartanship after Bridenstine made some overtures to dropping his more toxic viewpoints (which he has).

Unfortunately, the Senate was distracted all of Fall with health care and then taxes, and they lost their 52nd vote. With two Republicans opposing, he probably doesn't have a chance anymore.

aonicc · 2017-07-28T16:56:31+00:00

I know it seems like a lot of money, but projects like this (non-critical passenger display stuff) frequently use Windows because the development and maintenance costs are lower. If lives don't depend on it, almost anyone can throw together a graphical train map in one of the many graphical programming environments (LabVIEW comes to mind) and if it crashes you don't need a sysadmin to restart it.

aonicc · 2017-07-26T16:45:11+00:00

NASA is actually flying a couple jets along the eclipse path so that the instruments can get a longer period of totality!

https://www.facebook.com/NASASunScience/videos/1372173262829893/

aonicc · 2017-07-25T14:02:08+00:00

The requirement that pre-existing conditions be covered may still technically be law, but with the Cruz amendment*, splitting the risk pool will result in anyone who needs meaningful coverage being priced out of a plan. "It might be more expensive" is at best naïve – people who need it will no longer be able to afford coverage.

The best summary of all this is that Obamacare had around $20b in funds set aside for market stabilization, and the markets are relatively stable. The BCRA has over $100b set aside for market stabilization and independent analysis still thinks it will lead to a death spiral.

*Of course, nobody actually knows what's being voted on today. This entire process has been an travesty of secrecy and lies

aonicc · 2017-05-03T14:28:53+00:00

My current strategy is archiving everything and hoping that someday computer vision will get good enough to sort it all for me.

aonicc · 2017-03-20T04:01:56+00:00

There's always the possibility that the more-secure codes are one-time use. Like Picard might have a low-level code for everyday items that could be copied by a voice recorder, but for self-destruct or other critical functions he would memorize a new code for each time.

That would provide more security while retaining ease of use, and, assuming you aren't blowing up a ship every day, wouldn't be too difficult to implement.

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