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Comment Re:The U.S. estimate of 60,000 deaths is low (Score 2) 258

My data based projection is a total over 142,000 deaths this calendar year under current conditions.

Two weeks ago:

It's going to be bad. 240,000 deaths is *way* too low for what I'm seeing in the data.

Also two weeks ago:

The U.S. is in bad trouble. The projected deaths rapid rise from 80,000 to 100,000-200,000 to 240,000 "if we do everything perfect" is shorthand for 'a half a million to a million americans will die before august'.

Coup de grace:

So that means if you just follow the math, we could have over 15 million dead.

So using your 'math', what is your projection for your projected death total in US from corona is going to be in two weeks?

Comment Re:Does this override the asshole governors (Score 0) 151

I know the governor (D), with help from media, has furiously backtracked it but let's go to the original wording of the order:

Therefore, pursuant to NRS 2338.0613, the Board respectfully requests an emergency regulation in Chapter 639 of the Nevada Administrative Code that restricts the prescribing and dispensing of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine during the COVID-19 outbreak. These restrictions include prohibiting the prescribing and dispensing of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine for a COVID-19 diagnosis or any new diagnosis made after the effective date of the regulation...

Comment Re:racist stats? (Score 1) 282

Linear algebra to the rescue! Here are some actual stats from those numbers:
White woman: 24%
White man: 38%
Black woman: 38%
Black man: 12%
Which... wow. That's really not what I expected. The way those stats were reported was really bad.

Is that actual numbers from the paper? Only relevant numbers from abstract are these:

Of 461 cars, 27.98% yielded to pedestrians. Cars yielded more frequently for females (31.33%) and whites (31.17%) compared to males (24.06%) and non-whites (24.78%).

Only things to glean from these are that: 129 cars out of 461 cars yielded (27.98%); 51 yields in 212 tries for males (24.06%); 78 yields in 249 tries for females (31.33%); 72 yields in 231 tries for whites (31.17%); 57 yields in 230 tries for non-whites (24.78%). After that you can put any number in for particular demographic (as long as you don't exceed total yields) and adjust numbers accordingly to make the math work. For example: 51 yields in 51 tries for white males (100%); 0 yields in 161 tries for black males (0%); 21 yields in 180 tries for white females (11.67%); 57 yields in 69 tries for black females (82.61%).

Comment SMH (Score 1) 275

After collecting more than 5,000 videos, Avaaz found that 16 percent of the top 100 related videos surfaced by the search term "global warming" contained misinformation.

I was interested in what percentage of global warming skeptic video this study deemed as containing misinformation in comparison to what percentage of video that agrees with "scientific consensus" had misinformation in it. So I read the full report. Well, there is no comparison because there is no number for the latter. In fact their definition for videos that "contained misinformation" is:

ranges from denying that significant climate change is occuring [sic] to claiming that human activity is not significantly responsible for it or denying that humans can take significant actions to reduce or mitigate its impact.

So if you make a video claiming humanity will go extinct in 2020 or that global warming is a ploy by Reptilians to take over the earth, this study will not consider that misinformation. It is more accurate to say "Avaaz found that 16 percent of the top 100 related videos surfaced by the search term "global warming" contained thing that goes against their agenda."

Comment Liberal betters (Score 1) 73

Curled up in a chair in his office after lunch, Mr Kahle lamented the combined impact of misinformation and how difficult it can be for ordinary people to access reliable sources of facts. "We're bringing up a generation that turns to their screens, without a library of information accessible via screens," said Mr Kahle. Some have taken advantage of this "new information system", he argued -- and the result is "Trump and Brexit."

But I thought liberals think Internet Archive cannot be trusted because it can be fabricated?

Comment Re:Out of all the potential targets... (Score 2) 179

You actually can't tell in Japanese who was doing the stealing from whom. For all we know, this asshole could have been annoyed that they "stole" something from some other fandom.

It didn't even occur to me that shouting "pakuri" could mean he was angry about his work being stolen till English media started translating it as such. It is so common for these otaku types to get frothing-at-mouth mad over accusation of some works being a rip-off. "Pakuri" is just a word people like to use to disparage something or someone. Every work is to some extent derivative and "pakuri" has basically lost its meaning at this point.

Comment Fact-Checking Website? (Score 4, Informative) 216

More like propaganda website.

One egregious example is their 'fact checking' on provocateur Nathan Phillips: Did Nathan Phillips Falsely Claim He Was a Vietnam Veteran?

In it's fact-checking Snopes acknowledge the existence of a video where Phillips clearly states "I'm a Vietnam vet". They also freely admit Phillips was never deployed to Vietnam. You would think at this point they will conclude that it's true and call it a day. But this goes against their agenda so after eight paragraph worth of torturous argument they conclude that it's unproven.

Comment Re:This study is fake news (Score 1) 403

Yeah, 'temporarily dismissed' for 6 months? Who gives a shit. Oh but furloughed for 3 weeks, THE HUMANITY!

Some will take the buyout offers, some will be 'transferred' and some will be 'temporarily' dismissed (all of them will be rehired after 6 months, I pinky promise, I'm CEO of megacorporation why would I lie?) so 'there will be zero job losses'. Yeah, not buying it. But when the inevitable layoff happens, nobody will care about that article. They'll just blame Trump.

Comment Re:This study is fake news (Score 1) 403

Ford fact checks Trump: We will be here forever CNN(September 15, 2016):

Ford said there will be zero job losses in the U.S. as a result of the new plant in Mexico. The Wayne, Michigan, plant that now builds the Focus and C-Max that will move to Mexico will instead start building other models -- probably the new Ford Bronco SUV and Ranger small pickup.

Ford to Lay Off 2,000 Workers for Ranger, Bronco Retooling(March 5, 2018):

Workers at Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, west of Detroit, will be temporarily dismissed from around May 7 through Oct. 22, according to a notice Ford filed with the state.

Who knew liberals considered parroting evil corporations' lies to be real news.

Comment False (Score 4, Informative) 91

A year after unveiling the AirPower all-in-one wireless charger for the iPhone, Apple Watch and AirPods, Apple has now erased all references to AirPower from its website.

Really? I still can find it mentioned in these:
The future is here: iPhone X
iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus: A new generation of iPhone
Not to mention they still hosts the video of presentation that introduced AirPower and it still has Phil Schiller introducing it (@1:43:00 from apple special event September 12, 2017).

Either Apple is bad at searching their own website or this is a clickbaity article.

Comment Re:Gee, that can't be right... (Score 1) 536

It is also the county's biggest taxpayer, paying $56 million in the 2017-2018 tax year.

On 2017 net income of $48.35 billion ($48350 million), that's a tax rate of 0.116%. Tell me again why we needed another corporate tax rate cut....

I heard Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, on 2017 net income of $45.6 billion, paid $0 to Santa Clara County, that's a tax rate of 0.000%. Man, these mega corporations are evil. But I also heard some mom & pop store in Portland paid $0 to Santa Clara County, that is also a tax rate of 0.000%. So maybe all business are evil?

Or maybe Apple's $48.35 billion net income is a result of doing business all over the globe and as a result don't pay all of its taxes in Santa Clara County?

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