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Re:Lojban: Constructed language to eliminate ambiguity from communication
on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @09:31PM (#29916081)
https://lojban.io/ looks pretty good
Re:Lojban: Constructed language to eliminate ambiguity from communication
on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @05:21PM (#29913552)
Obligatory link to /r/lojban [1].
Lojban: Constructed language to eliminate ambiguity from communication
World ocean temperatures in 2021 were the hottest ever recorded
Can the United States Decouple from China?
Changes in Grams of Sugar Sold After the Implementation of the Seattle Sugar Tax
Apple submits plans to allow alternative payment systems in South Korea
New evidence suggests that Seattle’s soda tax is working well
Vaccine found to get rid of cells behind diseases due to aging
Work is not your god: welcome to the age of the burnout epidemic
Re:Omicron Makes Vaccine Mandates Obsolete
on Monday January 10, 2022 @01:02AM (#29871193)
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Montagnier was a promoter of the conspiracy theory that SARS-CoV-2, the causative virus, was deliberately created in, and thereafter escaped from a laboratory. Such a claim has been refuted by other virologists.
Health care is turning into a consumer product
Re:Alcohol should have cancer warnings, say researchers pushing to rai...
on Sunday January 09, 2022 @12:25PM (#29865320)
Seems like the industry wasn't a fan when the Yukon government tried warning labels: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/yukon-alcohol-warning-l...
Alcohol should have cancer warnings, say researchers pushing to raise awareness
Omicron explosion spurs nationwide breakdown of services [USA]
Omicron surge pushes U.S. Covid hospitalizations toward record high
Re:U.S. Is Open as Canada Shuts Down. The Difference? Their Health Car...
on Saturday January 08, 2022 @06:19PM (#29857677)
> "David Naylor, a physician and former University of Toronto president who led a federal review into Canada’s response to the 2003 SARS epidemic, said hospital capacity probably plays a bigger role in Canadian decision-making than in the U.S. because Canada’s universal system means “the welfare of the entire population is affected if health care capacity is destabilized.”
> But he also argued that focusing only on hospital capacity could be misleading. “Both Canada and the U.S. have lower capacity than many European countries,” he wrote by email.
> The major difference between the two countries’ responses to Covid outbreaks is cultural, Naylor argues. In Canada, more than the U.S., policy is guided by a “collectivist ethos” that tolerates prolonged shutdowns and other public health restrictions to keep hospitals from collapsing." -article
Re:U.S. Is Open as Canada Shuts Down. The Difference? Their Health Car...
on Saturday January 08, 2022 @06:19PM (#29857673)
America's COVID death rate is 3x that of Canada's.