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UBC CS PhD student - formal verification of hardware and software (also occasionally theory of computation) - hobbyist nature photographer - #CovidIsAirborne

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If it’s anything like how university administration chooses IT contractors they simply ignore the relevant experts’ input πŸ™ƒ

05.08.2025 01:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I wonder if they know what the β€œV” in HIV is πŸ€”

01.08.2025 00:45 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hopefully MRNA technology can cure AI cancer soon 😞

31.07.2025 20:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That too! I always ask why we're not allowed to donate blood if it's a psychological problem.

31.07.2025 20:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I find that the process of becoming a doctor selects for people extremely good at following instructions, so they tend to be a bit lost when they encounter something they weren’t given a clear solution to in med school.

31.07.2025 19:22 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

To some extent, but it’s also hindered by e.g. the Cochrane review recommending graded exercise therapy that they refuse to retract (they changed the definition of β€œimprovement” so that even people who got worse from it were counted as benefiting).

31.07.2025 19:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I strongly suspect that it's because those issues are ~4x more likely to affect women. I've noticed a disturbing difference in how helpful doctors try to be now that I'm attending appointments as an adult man vs when I was a child and they were primarily interacting with my mother.

31.07.2025 18:55 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, the little silver lining of COVID for those of us with ME/CFS is that this is the most attention doctors and scientists have ever given it 🫠

31.07.2025 18:50 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

bsky.app/profile/patr...

31.07.2025 18:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

See also: the internet censorship laws popping up everywhere πŸ™ƒ

31.07.2025 17:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"Climate has changed before!"
-Does the Permian extinction event look fun to you?!

30.07.2025 22:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m sure that will pair well with the known immune system damage that COVID infections cause 😷

30.07.2025 22:45 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

He’s not even pretending to be anything but Canadian Keir Starmer at this point lol

30.07.2025 22:43 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The problem is that only mopped up dimwits would want to be political leaders πŸ™ƒ

30.07.2025 22:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They also do their best not to mention that having previously had COVID is a β€œpre-existing condition” 🫠

30.07.2025 15:49 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

existence of post malone implies existence of pre malone

30.07.2025 15:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I feel this way about Vancouver - there's a high CoL because people WANT to live here!

29.07.2025 20:06 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Manchin leans over deck of yacht to say why he’ll oppose healthcare expansion West Virginia senator confronted by kayaking protesters in DC

Joe Manchin in a single headline

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

29.07.2025 16:29 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

My go-to response is to ask them if they're ALWAYS going to drink treated water. Cholera is endemic, we're all going to catch it eventually 😷

29.07.2025 16:01 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a cartoon character is holding a fishing rod and has the word hmm on his chest . Alt: Inspector Gadget scratching his chin using a robotic arm coming out of his hat. Captioned β€œHMMM”.
29.07.2025 00:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Don't you just hate integer overflows?

28.07.2025 23:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What if I blame the premiers AND Carney? πŸ˜ƒ

28.07.2025 23:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

They’re mad that you’re ruining their self-delusion of partying like it’s 2019 πŸ™ƒ

25.07.2025 16:04 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Asahi Linux - Wikipedia

Never tried it but this seems to be recommended.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asahi_L...

25.07.2025 15:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

These are the same people who think those door handles make any sense though πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ

24.07.2025 21:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

for every mosquito there is an equal and opposite countermosquito

24.07.2025 21:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Given that they haven't fully addressed "vehicle shouldn't catch fire" yet I'm not surprised they haven't made it that far down the to-do list πŸ˜›

24.07.2025 21:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This happened to me as a child with ME/CFS in the 2000's. The school system doesn't care about children beyond making them physically attend every day.

24.07.2025 21:27 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

existence of strawberries on a summer evening implies existence of blueberries on a winter morning

24.07.2025 16:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Haunting people who ignore pandemics πŸ‘»

24.07.2025 05:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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