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We now live in clown world.
What's the saying? Code-less environments make 90% of building an app simple, and 10% impossible.
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Go back a few episodes and you'll see the rationale for them.

I'm not arguing other studies - they seem fine, except none of them studied the early use of HCQ with Zinc.

I'm saying specifically that the Lancet should not have published the Surgisphere study due to its flaws.

I pointed out the Johnson and Johnson relationship only to say motives should be examined.

Surgisphere is producing studies based on data they don't actually have, according to researchers, Australian hospitals, etc. It could be for self-aggrandizement, or pay-for-publish or something else. I don't know, but it should not be tolerated for any reason.

The corruption of science should be aggressively confronted.

If you dig into Surgisphere, you will see they have significant consulting engagements with Johnson and Johnson. Not saying that's necessarily bad, but so much bad science about Covid and HCQ seems geared towards promoting high-priced treatments like Remdesivir, and not low-cost preventative measures like making sure you're not D deficient. All these studies need to be evaluated based on who's funding them or the political agenda behind them.

HCQ seems like it's been targeted for destruction. Every study I've read on it shows you shouldn't use it in late stages of disease. Fair enough, but the theory of its effectiveness (as a Zinc ionophore) hasn't been fully studied, although there is a good amount of anecdotal and country-level evidence it works well if taken early (with Zinc).

These garbage studies are dangerous and should be called out loudly.

And from his experienced analysis, the study is clearly, obviously junk, and the Lancet should be held to account for publishing it.
Don't get hung up on the how the channel survives. The channel, whose host has a Phd in pathology, has been focused on Covid issues for months, after being demonitized by YouTube.
Yup. More than suspicious.
Great analysis of study's flaws: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUD_wvkNhnk

If you dig into Surgisphere, you will see they have significant consulting engagements with Johnson and Johnson. Not saying that's necessarily bad, but so much bad science about Covid and HCQ seems geared towards promoting high-priced treatments like Remdesivir, and not low-cost preventative measures like making sure you're not D deficient. All these studies need to be evaluated based on who's funding them or the political agenda behind them.

HCQ seems like it's been targeted for destruction. Every study I've read on it shows you shouldn't use it in late stages of disease. Fair enough, but the theory of its effectiveness (as a Zinc ionophore) hasn't been studied properly, although there is a good amount of anecdotal evidence it works well if taken very early (with Zinc).

These garbage studies are dangerous and should be called out loudly.

Fantastic analysis of the Lancet study's flaws: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUD_wvkNhnk
The study showed essentially no benefit if you do not have an existing deficiency.

Quantified effect of vitamin D3/D2 on acute respiratory infections (2017)

Takeaway: If you're vitamin D deficient, taking a D supplement reduces the incidence of acute respiratory infections by 70%.Here is the study: https://www.bmj.com/content/356/bmj.i6583The study is a tough read, so here is a video explaining the results: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5yVGmfivAkSince coronavirus is a respiratory illness, this could be a tool in slowing it's spread. ...

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Re:Tracking iPadOS on Monday February 03, 2020 @10:31AM (#22224980)
Essentially, Apple changed the iPad's user-agent to mimic macOS with the iPadOS 13 release. This makes detecting iPads impossible from the user-agent and requires DOM inspection.
full disclosure - I'm a dev there, but Gator Analytics has all those things: https://analytics.gator.io
I wonder if Google uses the data tracked on the pay version for ad targeting also. I bet they do.
I've always been amazed that very few organizations question why Google Analytics is free. Sites are literally handing Google a list of targeted visitors their competitors can advertise to.
Re:Encrypted web traffic now exceeds 90% on Friday November 01, 2019 @02:40PM (#21422316)
if you look at the trendline, it was 88.7% last month:

https://netmarketshare.com/report.aspx?options=%7B%22filter%...

Re:Encrypted web traffic now exceeds 90% on Friday November 01, 2019 @02:34PM (#21422247)
The whole reason we started tracking HTTPS vs HTTP was because of LetsEncrypt. Love that they broke the need to pay ridiculously overpriced fees to generate certs.

Encrypted web traffic now exceeds 90%

https://netmarketshare.com/report.aspx?options=%7B%22filter%22%3A%7B%7D%2C%22dateLabel%22%3A%22Custom%22%2C%22attributes%22%3A%22share%22%2C%22group%22%3A%22secure%22%2C%22sort%22%3A%7B%22share%22%3A-1%7D%2C%22id%22%3A%22https%22%2C%22dateInterval%22%3A%22Monthly%22%2C%22dateStart%22%3A%222019-10%22%2C%22dateEnd%22%3A%222019-10%22%2C%22segments%22%3A%22-1000%22%7D

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87% of web traffic is now encrypted

https://netmarketshare.com/report.aspx?options=%7B%22filter%22%3A%7B%7D%2C%22dateLabel%22%3A%22Trend%22%2C%22attributes%22%3A%22share%22%2C%22group%22%3A%22secure%22%2C%22sort%22%3A%7B%22share%22%3A-1%7D%2C%22id%22%3A%22https%22%2C%22dateInterval%22%3A%22Monthly%22%2C%22dateStart%22%3A%222018-09%22%2C%22dateEnd%22%3A%222019-08%22%2C%22segments%22%3A%22-1000%22%7D

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Re: Let's Encrypt makes certs for 30% of web domains on Friday September 06, 2019 @08:57PM (#20901117)
When LetsEncrypt came out, I wrote a service (free) that monitors LetsEncrypt certs externally and sends alerts when they are close to expiring. It can be used as a backup to the automatic emails that are sent:

https://letsmonitor.org

Use a certificate monitor https://letsmonitor.org (free)
Re:EFF Statement on Assange Indictment and Arrest on Thursday April 11, 2019 @02:56PM (#19637972)
The key word is 'allegedly'. We'll see.
Re:Nothing Can Stop Google. DuckDuckGo Is Trying Anyway on Thursday January 17, 2019 @12:28PM (#18932648)
For what it's worth, DuckDuckGo has .25% global market share on desktops: https://netmarketshare.com/search-engine-market-share.aspx

In the US, it's .66%.

Re:Why I Don't Use Google Analytics on Friday January 11, 2019 @07:13PM (#18888493)
Not to mention GA is a GDPR nightmare.
Re:Windows 10 finally surpasses Windows 7 globally on Wednesday January 02, 2019 @01:17PM (#18808505)
It looks like this is mostly due to an increase in China. Chinese numbers are very volatile, so we'll have to wait and see if this is permanent.

The global trend for last year: https://netmarketshare.com/operating-system-market-share.asp...

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