Favorites March 23rd 2022
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YES! Finally!
If I'm understanding the article correctly, it seems that the main improvement of the 'platform trials' is that they trial multiple drugs in one trial, using a shared placebo group. The reason it's not done more: "Drug companies tend to want to avoid studies that allow their medicines to be compared so easily to one another".
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@binarybits responds that he's definitely interested to see if Waymo now begins to expand.
Oh exciting, a crossover event! Clean energy should be thought of as an opportunity for using *more* energy, improving life for people more.
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It's really not clear how Russia will even be able to occupy the territory it's already captured if losses like this continue. Also, Ukraine has turned over a 'Krasukha-4 mobile electronic warfare system' that they captured for analysis to the US.
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Bringing in refugees actually increases GDP *per capita* "in part because they are more likely to be working age than natives". So far the US has let in seven (7) Ukranian refugees.
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This seems like a bad idea on like, basic econ 101 principles. Even the non-economists are pointing out this is dumb.
• Long thread detailing how Russia ended up with a military made up largely of ethnic minorities.
• Thread concerning diving through ownership and staffing to show that one of the worlds largest yachts, currently docked in Italy, is actually Putin's. Also, on a related note, business insider reports that 'the yachting industry is pretty scared'.
• Explanation of why Europe has gotten stuck in negotiations over sanctions and a proposal for how to move forward with sanctions on Russia's oil/gas exports.