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UK officials have not been mincing their words: Professor Stephen Powis, national medical director of the NHS, said: “The 5G story is complete and utter rubbish, it's nonsense, it's the wors…

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I am ignorant of this. Why an MRI?

Usually, one would expect that the British PM would be treated at home; no question of non-availability of resource etc. Hospitalisation might suggest, then, some serious problems with, say, breathing…

So there you have it. There's no arguing with the monarch, after all. :-)

Have just tried a little bit, and from the brief toe in the water so far, yes, I think that some people will find this useful - or fun. Thanks :-)

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> I feel like over the years things have changed a lot on HN. The content here have a very different taste to them now. It might look like I am following the hashtag-X-is-dead trend and trying to p…

It seems that Sweden is about to change policy, as it said that it would should the picture change: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/05/sweden-prepare... …

British Museum online collections: https://research.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_onlin... BM prints and drawings virtual gallery: https://www.britishmuseum.or…

It seems that the NHS is being pulled in two opposite directions at once. Something has to give; the service had already been cut to the bone and struggled every year with flu cases, plus the perennia…

> 2020-04-05 Application status is Abandoned

I wish Sweden the best of luck. Whatever happens, at least the data being collected should prove helpful the world over.

Anyone interested in a broader history of fake news might like the book This is Not Propaganda , by Peter Pomerantsev. Decent review in The Guardian here: https://www.theguardian.com/…

Probably. New Jersey wants COBOL volunteers to help with mainframe during Covid-19 response, as per: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22782866 Also covered in The Register: https…

Perhaps slightly off topic, but I have for years admired the cooking schematics on Cooking for Engineers. Here's the recipe for meat lasagne - scroll to the bottom and admire the schematic and th…

Call me old-fashioned, but how about using the covid-19 crisis and its eventual aftermath to reflect on how we might solve the existing problems that plague us? Inequality, injustice, poverty and all …

Anyone who can come up with a plausible "three seashells" alternative to toilet paper - and that would include explaining how 3s might work - could, er, clean up in today's market. Apol…

This is a dupe of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22777862

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