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So - it turns out it's the Police FORCE we have to worry about now, too?
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When you talk, you are only repeating what you already know.
But if you listen, you may learn something new.
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The Force that uses the Force will have the Force used on it.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
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The sign said no Federation starship parking, not no Imperial starship parking. 
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Catch one without hearing precedent (8)
catch one without hearing precedent
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modified 18-May-20 9:50am.
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TestCase??
cheers,
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Hi Greg no one is ever going to solve these sort of clues - you have to play by a set of rules and you shouldn't need specific knowledge of anything to solve it ( bridge in this case ) ( if no one solves your clue you have failed as a clue setter )
A globally acceptable way to write your clue could be
Formal agreement to reduce (8)
"We can't stop here - this is bat country" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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I assume you won on Friday? The Lounge[^] Pompey boy didn't say, but ... someone is up, and I'm reasonably sure it's not me ...
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It's so horribly pertinent.
Probably always was. Probably always will be.
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Sounds like every politician who's ever lived.
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Favouritism - artificial intelligence in bullshit (4)
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BIAS
AI (inverted, as is right!) inside BS
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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oops 
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Never underestimate the power of bullshit: Flies are crazy about it 
Press F1 for help or google it.
Greetings from Germany
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https://ncase.me/covid-19/[^]
An excellent explainer, even if rather US-centric.
Don't like the numbers? Plug in your own and see what happens.
Cheers,
Peter
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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the mathmatics part is simple,
it's introducing humans into the equations that WILL screw it up:
- to officially report or not report
- to count this as X or call it something else
- fake news, and whose side are we on.
I can understand the frustrations of epidemiologists, to get even one of the factors (i.e. fatality rate) they need accurate information.
Contrast the differences between "official" figures released by governments. Even if you say let's take USA, UK, Germany as "reliable" and ignore those we know as fake (and being fair that's not only China) ... anyhow USA, UK and Germany have better healthcare, this lowers death rates, so even using their figures alone doesn't give you an accurate fatality rate
... And that's just one variable (mortality rate)
for "the world", i.e. richer to poorer countries: healthcare ability, population mobility, interaction, density, [effectiveness of] mitigation implementations (distancing, masks, isolating...), infra...
Playing with graphs is fun or AND IS scary,
- it's not a job I would want to do in real life,
... at least not without being able to remove humans from the equation
pestilence [ pes-tl-uh ns ] noun
1. a deadly or virulent epidemic disease. especially bubonic plague.
2. something that is considered harmful, destructive, or evil.
Synonyms: pest, plague, CCP
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Every country will have its small difference on how they count their statistics. What's important is they are consist on their methods so that a country can determine how they are going. The small differences in methods between countries is only important if you're comparing countries with each other.
Where the problem arises is when countries do inadequate testing and so are running blind or just confirming the obvious cases that are positive at hospitals and not finding the people who have no or little symptoms or just fight it stoically by themselves at home.
A Fine is a Tax for doing something wrong
A Tax is a Fine for doing something good.
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One specific example of differing reporting strategies:
According to the Worldometer statistics, Norway has almost 8000 active cases, only 32 has recovered. The problem is that if you are diagnosed with covid-19, but you are not hospitalized, there are no established figures for reporting your recovery. The 32 are patients who were classified as recoverd while in the hospital.
The way "active cases" is registred, Norway will have 8000+ cases "forever"; they will never "recover" in the statistics, even though they have recovered long ago. (At the moment, 51 patients are hospitalized.) So, the "active cases"/"recovered" is completely irrelevant for Norway. If you believe them to be relevant, you will get a completely wrong impression.
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but they do need other countries' data
- if further behind what to expect, what mitigation methods help...
- to give some verification of their own numbers / projections / time or escalation scale,
- because people may travel to/from - they need to assist with travel advisories
- different countries circumstances (say density, temp, ...) adds clues how much that is a factor
even a country like USA, between cities, towns and mountain men external data can only help
pestilence [ pes-tl-uh ns ] noun
1. a deadly or virulent epidemic disease. especially bubonic plague.
2. something that is considered harmful, destructive, or evil.
Synonyms: pest, plague, CCP
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lopatir wrote: Playing with graphs is fun or AND IS scary,
- it's not a job I would want to do in real life,
... at least not without being able to remove humans from the equation
Let nature take its course, and soon enough you won't have to worry about humans being part of the equation...
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dandy72 wrote: Let nature humankind take its course, and soon enough you won't have to worry about humans being part of the equation...
can't argue with the evidence.
pestilence [ pes-tl-uh ns ] noun
1. a deadly or virulent epidemic disease. especially bubonic plague.
2. something that is considered harmful, destructive, or evil.
Synonyms: pest, plague, CCP
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