If you've got an HTTPS conection (the little padlock in the address bar that every site except pb has nowadays) then in theory you shouldn't have to trust the network. If you're very c… (View Post)

The things that Italy ended up doing at the barrel of a gun, Japan and SK did voluntarily and calmly *before it was too late*. The period between "you can do this calmly with limited damage"… (View Post)

This is why you can have ​45 and a half divisions queued up in an enormous traffic jam and nobody will stop it driving through the Ardennes. (View Post)

So I posted a piece by Tyler Cowan a while back on worldviews that are affecting how people see this thing, I thought this comment was also interesting, and ties it closer to predictions and probabil… (View Post)

Yes. I'm just finding it hard to believe that eastern Asian countries seem have worked out how to keep the spread of this thing under control and their economies working at the same time, withou… (View Post)