Q: How do you calculate the chances that the first global pandemic in modern times happens within 20km of a research center that tests animal virus transmission to monkeys

A: Divide the population around a 20 mile radius of such centers (you can probably count them on one hand) by the total world population.

It's a damn small number. Read the linked article, it was written in 2017: The prospect of ramping up opportunities to inject monkeys with pathogens also worries, rather than excites, him: “They can run, they can scratch, they can bite.”

How many laboratories are there in the world which are known to study animal coronaviruses and test the transmission to monkeys
And then, what are the chances that the first major virus outbreak in modern times happens within 20 mile distance from such laboratory.

So what will they gain from this? If you tested positive for covid and gave permission - they will know this, as well as the anonymous ids of covid positive people that you've been near to in a 15 minute interval. Compared to what for instance Google knows about you - this is practically zero.

The current WHO plan is to delay the virus as much as possible in order to prepare the health systems to handle the load once the restrictions are eased.
There are some hotspot areas now - New York/USA, Lombardia/Italy, Madrid/Spain, but once restrictions are eased - every major city will become a hotspot.
The demand for ventilators will skyrocket, at least in nations that don't have the discipline and culture of countries like S.Korea, Taiwan, Singapore and China.

with modern GPUs, it is probably cheaper to analyze the data locally than to send it over the internet for processing.

... actually forget the centrifuge, the hot air current should be enough to secure the cookies and small particles to the bottom. The air is filtered, reheated and blown from above.

From the "Space oven" info - it relies on infrared radiation to heat the cookies, similar to toasters. Using a toaster to bake a cookie is not a good idea - it will scorch the outermost layer, leaving the inside unbaked. An oven similar to the popular air fryers will work much better, but it will open another can of worms - you have to firmly secure the cookies in place and filter the air from small particles. An air fryer with a centrifuge and an air filter around it may do the job. After opening the air filter should continue to suck air.

This is the right thing to do - reward original reporting rather than just re-posting. This in turn will make news outlets hire more reporters and increase original content instead of focusing on rehashing the news that stay on top of the feed. I just hope google will show the latest update from the original source instead of the original story.

The initial plan was to produce 35GW when the Gigafactory 1 is finished. Right now the plant is far from finished, with only a fraction of the whole building built, and yet it is expected to reach 35GW this year and when finished to be at 3 times the originaly planned capacity - at 105GW, and on top of that to have enough space to produce battery packs for model 3 and soon Y, S and X, without expanding the plant size. All this is happening because of advancements in production efficiency and battery power density. So it's not surprising Tesla chose to optimize efficiency and density instead of adding new lines. Their recent purchase of Maxwell Technologies is also an indication of that. I don't get why everybody is acting surprised and spells doom and gloom.

This is needed for CSS animations. Now you can do some things like moving an object along a sine path with CSS transitions, but this will be more powerful and in many cases - more intuitive.

This is done with Deep Learning. If the source material used to train the neural network has the "x factor" and does not look clean - so should the output result.

Intel and AMD have a lot to lose if the cloud moves to ARM chips. This will allow many rivals to enter the market - bringing their market share and profit margins down.

If Boeing can call their LEO-only capsule Starliner, then I guest Starship is fair game for interplanetary spacecraft.
And autopilot is a pilot assist technology, not a self-flying/driving solution. If the pilot browses the internet or sleeps on the controls while the autopilot is active - he will be fired immediately.

With stupid people electing stupid politicians there's a great incentive for some people to move to a place which is a technical meritocracy. Even if it's barren and hostile as Mars. Like populating the Earth by the Golgafrinchams in HHGG, but in reverse. There won't be any telephone sanitisers going there for sure :-)

It's a matter of technology. Ask a tribe of tropical hunter-gatherers whether it's possible to live in the Arctic - where t's freezing cold through most of the year, the sun does not shine for months and nothing grows there and they will tell you that no way, you must be crazy to think that it's possible.