adlai: http://logs.nosuchlabs.com/log/agriculturalsupremacy/2020-10-14#1002915 << the higher purpose of such study is improving my statistical literacy; dealing only with "economic numbers" is quite limiting, and the past year's biological weather has produced a natural candidate for such study.
snsabot: Logged on 2020-10-14 11:44:26 BingoBoingo: I don't know if the published epidemiology numbers of random small not-Uruguay country can be all that interesting considering the local numbers aren't to the paper, but... If you have venom inside you gotta write it out.
adlai: in case the quoted term is unfamiliar:
adlai: "There are ten raised to the eleventh power stars in the galaxy; that used to be a huge number, but it's only a hundred billion. It's less than the national deficit! We used to call them astronomical numbers; now, we should call them economical numbers."
adlai: - R. Feynman, of course
feedbot: http://mvdstandard.net/2020/10/un-arms-embargo-against-iran-expires/ << The Montevideo Standard -- UN Arms Embargo Against Iran Expires