#Consensus

Luke Stokes

lukestokes

I hope people understand the very difficult situation centralized exchanges are in right now concerning Steem. I’ve said it’s no longer a blockchain becuase it’s centrally controlled and has no

Yardley Yeadon

MichaelYeadon3

SAGE testing strategy document Aug 31st. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/914931/s0712-tfms-consensus-statement-sage.pdfIt includes a good description of the issues with PCR, bu

"a very nice bean"

ReBeccaOrg

Node governance is bad, actually. It inverts the old IETF "running code and rough consensus" to insist on consensus before code. Which means all discussions are hypothetical, end up addressing

Ellie Yang Camp

EeeWhySee

It’s AAPI/APA/API/APIDA Heritage Month! Here are some responses & reflections after asking people why they prefer different acronyms to refer to us: (1/5) 1. There is zero consensus on what

Raven the Science Maven

ravenscimaven

From someone who is old enough to remember what happened in the year 1978: I want to know what the general consensus was when The Village People released YMCA. We're

Amy 🦓

skepticalzebra

John Snow was an doctor & a founding member of the Epidemiological Society of LondonSnow first published an article in 1849 outlining his theory that Cholera was spread by sewerage

Capel Lofft

CapelLofft

The idea that Labour's problems can be solved by a change of face at the top are deluded. If Corbyn were leader, Lab would be getting thumped even harder in

Xenocrypt

xenocryptsite

What is a non-majoritarian thing you would add to the US political system, if you were starting from scratch? I definitely think you'd want something to require cross-racial consensus on

Steak-umm

steak_umm

unfortunately most data exceptions are promoted with an agenda and propped up by grifters, provocateurs, or useful idiots. skepticism is healthy, but more skeptical weight should be applied to self-proclaimed

Jessica Drun

jessicadrun

Official *PROPOSAL* (not yet policy) from the KMT on a potential new cross-Strait approach: http://www.kmt.org.tw/2020/06/blog-post_19.html (Chinese)Takeaways on the "1992 Consensus": - The KMT blames both the DPP & the CCP

Sarah Stook 🦆

sarah_stook

There’s more than one reason that the abortion debate will never be solved. The one that interests me most, however, is the issue of time 1/ I doubt there will

Nicholas A. Christakis

NAChristakis

We rightly admire novelty in scientific research, but also know how hard it is to get novel work published, and funded in the first place. Study sections often decide by

zico

zachjabri

Whether we like it or not, we're being persuaded one way or another. Thought I'd share after @trevorjonesart asked a question about what factors go into buying artwork.https://youtu.be/cFdCzN7RYbw 1. Reciprocity

Grownmangrumbles

Grownmangrumble

If you are on the left and are falling for #DefundTheBBC then god help us. It's ours. We own it. They want to buy it, cheap. Then it will be

Megan McArdle

asymmetricinfo

I tweeted a funny remark from upthread, but you should read the whole thing: two smart and well-informed people hashing out whether the downsides of social media could, or could

JustinStillness (Deschamps)

JustnStillness

1/6 Politics is the word for the sharing of beliefs and values so as to reach agreements and establish civil policy. In this sense, everything that enters the human mind