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*How to round with Paul Williams*Tips for medical students, interns, and the curious - a threadJust in case this might be helpful. Your mileage may vary with other attendings, who
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We were having some performance issues with framedrops and slowdown so I decided to do some testing and i isolated the cause of the lag. it was the way we
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"The present is the only thing that has no end." ~ Erwin Schrodinger #BOTD 1887 "We do not belong to this material world that science
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A brief thread on learning.Last night, before bed, I listened to this brief presentation by Lorimer Moseley and @JoshuaWPate It highlighted the need for clinicians to understand more about how
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What are prices?A layperson’s guide to understanding charts and volatility.1/ It’s an observable fact that price has nothing to do with value. Perhaps over the long term these two converge,
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BLACK HOLES! A thread about the most fascinating and the most mysterious objects in the Universe! We will encounter their history, origin, how do they work and what happens if
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COVID-19 Mega-ThreadOn propaganda, fear, and conspiracies. 1/ Covid is real. It’s a real virus with real victims.But if there is anyhing I’ve learned from the last year, its that media
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In 2017 alone, Bill Gates produced 1,630 tonnes of CO2 just from his air travel. That's about 1,160 times (!!!) the individual emissions budget for one person that we need
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Wealth gets mentioned a lot on twitter but a big part of true wealth is keeping on top of mental health.It can really effect your motivation, drive, self-esteem, relationships, overall
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LONG THREAD: With today's announcement of substantial investment in data-driven pretrial criminal legal system reform, we are long-overdue for a broad conversation on addressing community needs, the role of philanthropy,
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The new surge of infections around Europe is a chilling reminder for some of when Covid-19 first struck. Over the past few weeks we've revisited the continent's 'ground zeros' to
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Well, it's been quite a ride(short, non-comprehensive thread on illegal dating and sex 2020-21)https://twitter.com/zoesqwilliams/status/1358451898068664322 During most of the first lockdown (26 March - 1 June 2020) sex and dating betwee
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“Understanding Persistence” by Morgan Kelly re-examines the historical persistence literature in economics from a spatial statistics perspective. I think the results are MASSIVELY important for social science more broadly so
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"Make money while you sleep"Everyone and their grandmothers have heard thisBut how do you make money while sleeping?Through assets. You only need one asset to do this. With so many
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Earlier this week @NatRecordsScot published new estimates of Healthy Life Expectancy for Scotland for 2017-19 showing huge inequality between areas.Which reminded me to have a look at the most recent
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Why You’re Completely Wrong About The WorldMost of us are.We take shortcuts in our thinking to preserve energy. These shortcuts are terrible guides for understanding the world.Do you want to
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