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Expert reaction to unpublished paper modelling what percentage of the UK population may have been exposed to COVID-19 | Science Media Centre

It’s an interesting paper but consensus seems to be that it’s not a good reason to give up lockdown (it’s ancient history from back in March now, but some discussion going on on UnHerd after they interviewed one of the researchers).
(tags: covid19 model mathematics)

James Hay on Twitter: “A recent analysis from Oxford presented a range of model scenarios consistent with observed COVID death counts. I’m going to reproduce their analysis here and then present some slight modifications to provide a conservative (if te

A good thread on what that Oxford team did.
(tags: covid19 model mathematics bayesian)

Staying alive: background tracing the NHS COVID-19 app – Reincubate

How’s the NHSX contact tracing app going to stay alive in the background on IOS? How does it work?
(tags: nhs health covid19 app nhsx android ios Bluetooth)

Knight Rider for 8 cellos – YouTube

Yay!
(tags: tv music knight-rider)

Do any Covid-19 ‘cures’ actually work? – UnHerd

All studies so far flawed, including the flaw of eliminating dead people from the stufy. Tom Chivers continues to be one of the few worthwhile things on UnHinged.
(tags: covid19 science drugs tom-chivers)

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How Liberals Fell In Love With The West Wing | Current Affairs

“Aaron Sorkin’s political drama shows everything wrong with the Democratic worldview…”
(tags: tv westwing politics bartlet)

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The Science Behind “The Expanse” – 1/25/17 – YouTube

A panel with Caltech scientists and people from the show.
(tags: tv the-expanse science science-fiction sci-fi physics astronomy)

Abigail Nussbaum — Person of Interest – The Good Bits Version

If you want just the SF bits of Person of Interest (which are great, see Peter Watts’s review) without the police procedural/victim of the week stuff, Abigail Nussbaum has a useful list of episodes to watch.
(tags: person-of-interest artificial-intelligence science-fiction television)

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THE EXPLODING TOILET and Other Memories

"And in one of those dreaded realizations pilots are advised to avoid, that insulation between cockpit calm and atmospheric anarchy looks thin indeed. An extrapolated horror: the riveted aluminum planks bending apart, the wind rushing in, explosive depressurization, death, the first airliner — no, the first vehicle — in history to crash because of an overflowing toilet." This guy tells a good story. Via marnanel
(tags: flying toilet pilot aircraft funny)

Secrets of FBI Smartphone Surveillance Tool Revealed in Court Fight | Threat Level | Wired.com

by a court case. Those guys have some nice kit.
(tags: eavesdropping FBI spying bugging surveillance interception)

The Boston Marathon Bombing: Keep Calm and Carry On – Bruce Schneier – The Atlantic

"But our brains are fooling us. Even though this will be in the news for weeks, we should recognize this for what it is: a rare event. That’s the very definition of news: something that is unusual — in this case, something that almost never happens. "
(tags: terrorism bruce-schneier security)

PSA: Ignore the news – Charlie’s Diary

The reading the news is bad for you: a timely reminder.
(tags: television news tv media charles-stross)

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