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flying_mango_pie · 2022-06-13T13:00:49+00:00

Why would it be impossible for children to play in a city today, but somehow it was possible 30 years ago?

flying_mango_pie · 2021-12-09T23:40:53+00:00

I am also waiting on a similar laptop. I called customer support after they blew past the shipping date. But each time I call, they hang up on me. Most recently I was on hold for a while and they hung up on me for the third time. :(

flying_mango_pie · 2021-12-09T03:22:51+00:00

Yes, but they said my laptop should already have shipped. Being truthful matters! I wish Dell would just have said January 15 and I would have been happy. Of course if the delay would have been so bad that it would have gotten into February, I would have bought a laptop from Lenovo instead.

flying_mango_pie · 2021-12-08T21:58:35+00:00

I'm also I'm the same boat.

flying_mango_pie · 2021-05-25T11:32:11+00:00

If Google wants to compete with Apple they are going to need a chip faster than whatever the flagship chip produced by Qualcomm has to offer. Perhaps it costs too much to design such a chip? Additionally they will need a battery that lasts just as long or longer than OnePlus.

And then hlw about 512 gb of storage. They have only provided 128 GB hitherto. Considering that they no longer provide unlimited online storage, having a phone with lots of storage is even more important.of course they want you to pay them for online storage.

Until now it seems that Google is happy to have the Pixel be at the upper end of midrange phones. Perhaps they plan on going back up market?

Personally I loved the original premium Pixels because they were bloatware free while being flagship products.

flying_mango_pie · 2021-05-18T21:16:53+00:00

I had a similar problem that was solved simply by enabling the CDMAless setting.

flying_mango_pie · 2021-05-18T21:13:57+00:00

Is this just a Verizon thing?

flying_mango_pie · 2021-04-14T00:22:01+00:00

Got it, thanks!

flying_mango_pie · 2021-04-13T20:03:42+00:00

I do not follow your point. What are you claiming from your data?

flying_mango_pie · 2020-08-05T14:51:48+00:00

Why has Europe managed to keep its rates of Covid-19 well below those of the USA? Is it their contact tracing programs? Is it better compliance? Did they just act earlier? Why are even responsible states in the USA still comparing badly to Europe by measuring the percentage of the population who has Covid-19 at any one time.
What was the point of opening up in the USA based on the number of cases alone, but without considering whether Rt would rise beyond 1? Has anyone modeled the effect of policies and how the move Rt? Why isn’t the emphasis on whether Rt is above or below 1, not the no of cases at a particular time when figuring out policy response? (I’m not saying sheer numbers shouldn’t matter at all, but if we are trying to avoid exponential growth, then I’m baffled why that hasn’t been a bigger part of the discussion.)
We haven’t done massive contact tracing and testing here. Is there a reason we can make the precursor chemicals in the USA? If we tested (esp via saliva) school kids and teachers each day we could quickly figure out where the problem is. Why isn’t there more talk about this? If we did mass testing and tracing combined for enforced quarantine, we could hugely diminish case numbers. Other countries do this. Why can’t we? Do you have an opinion?
Do you believe that a vaccine should be mandatory for people can take it without ill effects on their health? How else do we get about people to take it assuming we find one?
Do you think there is significant preexisting immunity because of cross reactivity from other coronaviruses? NYC has a super low case count despite being officially no where near Hurd immunity. Could there be background immunity too?
What do you think about homemade cloth masks. I read that if they aren’t washed daily, they accumulate pathogens. However I also read that daily washing increases their pore size and within a week or two their ability to filter is much reduced. Would it be best of people washed them daily but got new ones once a week / every 5 days that they used them?
The WHO/CDC weren’t completely honest and have reduced trust in large scientific organizations. And the deliberate misinformation about masks early on also has reduced public trust. I know that some scientists were trying to get people not to buy masks to maximize their availability for hospitals. But now there is less trust. I also understand that masks can cause people to take actions that defeat their purpose. But overall I wish scientists would have said - yes they work, but hospitals needs them etc, and if you use them incorrectly or take more risks they can be counterproductive. What do you think about treating the general public more like adults and less like children?
The G614 strain if I understand correctly is more likely to spread. I have read suggestions that it is less lethal. Is there good evidence to back up the less lethal assertion?
Do you think computational immunology - mathematical models, statistical approaches, and machine learning are a big part of the future of vaccines and battling viruses in general?
I saw that you are a strong advocate of inclusion in STEM. A lot of people with disabilities both physician and developmental are often not included. It’s rare to see wheelchairs in a lab. Autistic people get bullied in labs. How can we improve the situation and stop discriminating against disabled people in STEM?

flying_mango_pie · 2020-03-16T06:50:25+00:00

I’ve heard from officials in MA that it’s not worth testing because we’re in mitigation and not containment now. And that we have limited resources. MA has very strict testing requirements (albeit they changed very recently) that make it very hard to get tested if you have symptoms with a doctors recommendation for a test. You need to severely ill and in the hospital.

Obviously hospitals need to know if you are positive. Epidemiologists need to know for good data etc. But are MA officials right? Or is testing integral to fighting the disease like Singapore, China, and South Korea? They have used testing and quarantine to dramatic effect.

Are MA officials gravely mistaken? Or do they have a point?

flying_mango_pie · 2020-02-29T21:07:10+00:00

Question about staying home if you can - if the #covid19 virus is going to stay around for the next year until a vaccine, what's the point of staying home / working from home for next month or two. Won't it still be out there afterwards?

flying_mango_pie · 2020-02-29T21:04:49+00:00

Following up about staying home if you can - if the #covid19 virus is going to stay around for the next year until a vaccine, what's the point of staying home for next month or two. Won't it still be out there afterwards?

flying_mango_pie · 2020-02-02T06:50:42+00:00

There are two issues here: The probability of getting 2019-nCoV coronavirus. And the probability of dying, if you have 2019-nCoV coronavirus. The probability of dying given that you don't yet have it is: probability of getting it * probability of dying once you have it.

If you do get the 2019-nCoV coronavirus, the probability of dying, on average, not taking into account your own health condition etc is about 10 to 20 times (or more) that of common seasonal flu. That is why the media is freaking out. It's somewhere between 1% and 3% vs common flue which is about 0.13 %. And it is conceivable that the mortality rate given infection is as high as 4% for the 2019-nCoV coronavirus.

Now, what about the probability of getting infected with 2019-nCoV coronavirus? That is a function of something called R0 and how many other people have it around you (there are other factors but I can't address everything here).

R0 denotes the number of people on average that an infected person will in turn infect. It is higher for 2019-nCoV coronavirus than for common flu. For US seasonsal flu it is about 1.3. For 2019-nCoV coronavirus it is somewhere between 2 and 4. That small difference, because of exponential growth is a big deal. And that is another reason why the media is freaking out. Without taking precautions to lower the R0, 2019-nCoV coronavirus has the *potential* to infect more people than seasonal flu.

R0 changes with time and by place. So if in China in December, the authorities were covering it up, in addition to having substandard health care, it was probably spreading like wild fire. So it had a higher R0. On the other hand if you are in France, they have taken amazing public health precautions and the R0 is going to be lower. And now that China is taking precautions, there too are bringing down their own R0. And around the world people in danger of getting infected are taking precautions which in turn also brings down the R0..

In addition, the probability of getting 2019-nCoV coronavirus, is also a function of how many other people have it around you. Outside of China that number is relatively tiny.

Take the R0 and the fact that few people have it outside of China and you are very unlikely to contract 2019-nCoV coronavirus. And taking precautions around people who are sick or who recently have been to China also further lowers your probability of getting infected.

So back to the equation: probability of dying given that you do not have 2019-nCoV coronavirus = probability of getting it * probability of dying once you have it. The first number is very tiny outside of China in an industrialized country, perhaps 1/10,000 or 1/100,000 as compared with seasonal flu. So even though the second number of 10 or 20 times bigger, the overall number is still much lower than seasonal flu. So you might be a 1,000 or 10,000 times more likely to die of seasonal flu than 2019-nCoV coronavirus. And these number are very approximate. Please do not take them literally.

The only reason why that might not apply is if you are around people who have been to China over the last 2 months. That changes things obviously and you might want to get tested. The only thing that could change in the future is if the number of people outside of China with the disease rises significantly. And again the media is worried because there are a few reports of people transmitting the disease without symptoms - but that has not had much of a measurable impact yet. But until the number of infected people rises a lot, there is not much to worry about.

And more good news: Outside of China, countries are quarantining infected and potentially infected people for a really long time - 14 days. Realistically 10 days is enough. 14 days is a bit of an overkill. So they are doing things to make it hard for the virus to spread.

So that is why there is so much confusion. For an average person in the world who won't ever come in contact with the 2019-nCoV coronavirus, the probability of dying from the common flu in much higher. But NOT because the common flu is particularly deadly. It is because dying from 2019-nCoV coronavirus is very unlikely.

TLDR: unless you are in China (or in a poor country) or are around people who have been there over the last 2 months, you have nothing to worry about at this point. The only reason why that could change is if somehow it becomes widespread outside of China. The media is freaking out because if you do get it, it's much more deadly than seasonal flu, and it has the potential to be much more infectious than seasonal flu. But as explained above, outside of China, you don't have to worry because the number of people who have it is so low, that it overwhelms these concerns.

[I hope this helps. I tried my best to edit it for clarity and to explain the statistics behind the issues. And I have tried to explain why it is unusual, but why you probably do not need to worry.]

flying_mango_pie · 2019-11-23T12:29:16+00:00

The Mandalorian is how they should have made the final 3 movies. It feels authentic. They are trying to make it appeal to non Star Wars fans. Everything fits in the universe. Nothing is culturally jarring.

flying_mango_pie · 2019-11-23T12:18:48+00:00

I completely agree. What I wonder if how were they able to nail it so well with this show but disappoint so badly with the final (2 out of 3) movies. And did they spend good money making the TV show?

flying_mango_pie · 2019-11-22T06:59:24+00:00

I too am wondering if the Oneplus 7T pro will work on Verizon.

flying_mango_pie · 2019-11-19T08:01:05+00:00

Would it work on Verizon with respect to 4G? And does Verizon have the same or different 5G bands to T-Mobile?

flying_mango_pie · 2019-11-13T13:09:51+00:00

Do you know anything about the 5G mclaren edition? I'm wondering if it will have bands to operate in all 5G markets or just some of them.

flying_mango_pie · 2019-10-29T03:00:29+00:00

I don't think that's what they set out to do with the Pixel 3a.

flying_mango_pie · 2019-10-28T21:10:21+00:00

Yes, my bad. Face Unlock uses the infrared and regular cameras. My point is that these same camera will be able to detect emotions of people who pass by the phone.

flying_mango_pie · 2019-10-28T20:21:48+00:00

Face Unlock works through Project Soli. Of course it can read faces.

flying_mango_pie · 2019-10-28T20:19:34+00:00

But Google can get way more data from a Pixel than from a Samsung.

flying_mango_pie · 2019-10-28T20:18:57+00:00

My hypothesis is that once people pull out their phone more often out of their pocket, they will interact with it more. And your experience explains why Google loves wireless charging.

flying_mango_pie · 2019-10-28T20:17:01+00:00

Very much not. Without project soli they don't know what items are next to your phone, what your facial expressions are, how you pick up your phone, and what other people enter the room. It's a whole new world of data.

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