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Original WSJ article from March 28: https://www.wsj.com/articles/government-tracking-how-people-... De-paywalled WSJ article: https://archive.is/A8ngi …
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De-paywalled: https://archive.is/Jf1P2
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Thanks for that. Will be much appreciated by the parents of a two-year-old in locked-down UK. :-)
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Priceless.
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Delete the associated cookies - or nuke everything in your browser cache.
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De-paywalled: https://archive.is/n54xO
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> Microsoft also said Friday it is still divesting its stake in the startup, and will stop making minority investments in companies that sell facial-recognition technology. > The company based i…
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It is to be hoped that people everywhere will physically attack, with stones, air rifles/pistols, catapults, laser pointers, slings and anything else that comes to hand if and when such drones in…
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De-paywalled: https://archive.is/OynEo
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That's really nice, but in "cases by country", when I select Czechia and then choose "deaths" for data, the country selector reverts to US (and the graph displays the US track…
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De-paywalled: http://archive.md/mJ1MR
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De-paywalled: http://archive.md/mZeA0
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De-paywalled: http://archive.md/mZeA0
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De-paywalled: http://archive.md/mIr6F
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I am fairly sure that chloroquine is available without prescription in many African countries, so one-time visitors may have kept a stash of anti-malarials bought during a trip. It is (or used to be) …
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In case anyone's interested - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/22/health/coronavirus-sympto... …
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Is anosmia worth including in the symptoms options?
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De-paywalled link: http://archive.md/rLhYP Edit to add publication date: Updated Nov. 22, 2019 2:07 pm ET
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Not silly at all and much appreciated, thank you. PS: If anyone reading this is able to recommend resources (educational and/or fun [and/or silly]) for a nine-year-old interested in history,…
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I remembered your question from yesterday when I saw this on HN today:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22664675 Still in pretty much alpha form, but might be worth keeping an eye…
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HN is great, but the thanks must surely go to the moderators. Not sure of their names, but surely something along the lines of Sysiphus and Hercules. Many thanks for your diligence and judgment.
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I had no idea about that. Wikipedia entry, "Antimicrobial properties of copper" was also an eye-opener: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antimicrobial_properties_of_co... …
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De-paywalled: http://archive.md/OwUxD
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That made me grin widely and think a bit, too. Thanks for posting.