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Jeffrey Phillips Freeman

Innovator & Entrepreneur in Machine Learning, Evolutionary Computing & Big Data. Avid SCUBA diver, Open-source developer, HAM radio operator, astrophotographer, and anything nerdy.

Born and raised in Philadelphia, PA, USA, currently living in Utrecht, Netherlands, USA, and Thailand. Was also living in Israel, but left.

Pronouns: Sir / Mister

(Above pronouns are not intended to mock, i will respect any persons pronouns and only wish pronouns to show respect be used with me as well. These are called neopronouns, see an example of the word "frog" used as a neopronoun here: http://tinyurl.com/44hhej89 )

A proud member of the Penobscot Native American tribe, as well as a Mayflower passenger descendant. I sometimes post about my genealogical history.

My stance on various issues:

Education: Free to PhD, tax paid
Abortion: Protected, tax paid, limited time-frame
Welfare: Yes, no one should starve
UBI: No, use welfare
Racism: is real
Guns: Shall not be infringed
LGBT+/minorities: Support
Pronouns: Will respect
Trump: Moron, evil
Biden: Senile, racist
Police: ACAB
Drugs: Fully legal, no prescriptions needed

GPG/PGP Fingerprint: 8B23 64CD 2403 6DCB 7531 01D0 052D DA8E 0506 CBCE

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freemo, to trans
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If there is one thing about the movement I can really get behind its the effect its having on super-conservative wait-till-marriage-for-sex couples... How many guys are out there wondering if their wife is trans with just enough doubt to ruin the relationship and put into question if they want to wait at all.

If the only effect of the trans movement is to make ultra-conservatie men and women have more sex, and sex before marriage, I am going to call that a win, maybe they will be more enjoyable to deal with if their getting laid.

sergeant, to Blog Dutch
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Legs

My Abductors are still hurting from last time, so no fancy stuff today.

Seated Leg Curls:

  1. 25kg x 50 reps
  2. 40kg x 20 reps
  3. 55kg x150 reps
  4. 70kg x 10 reps (154lbs)

lying Leg Curls:

  1. 32kg x 15 reps
  2. 40kg x 12 reps
  3. 47kg x 10 reps
  4. 55kg x 8 reps (121lbs)

Panatta Leg Press:

  1. 50kg x 10 reps
  2. 100kg x 10 reps
  3. 150kg x 10 reps
  4. 200kg (440lbs) x 6 reps
  5. 200kg x 6 reps
  6. 175kg x 6 reps

Leg Extensions:

  1. 32kg x 8 slow reps
  2. 32kg x 10 slow reps
  3. 40kg x 8 slow reps
  4. 47kg x 6 slow reps

Bodyweight Standing Calf Extensions:
300 reps
#blog #bodybuilding #fitness

freemo,
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@sergeant

If discomfort is growth that certainly explains why I am so fat, I am never comfortable.

randahl, to random
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This is where we are at:

Ukraine signed a non-proliferation deal in 1994 and gave up their nuclear weapons… in exchange for the US one day telling them, when Russia fires at civilians in Kharkiv from across the border, Ukraine cannot fire back.

Absolutely insane.

freemo,
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@randahl

What were the actual promises made in that deal?

freemo,
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@eva_chaos

Im familiar with the 1994 agreement to some extent. That link doesnt address my question.

@randahl

freemo,
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@helgenug

Thanks, yea that confirms my suspicion, the terms werent laid out in any certain terms and Ukraine is getting screwed over by that as a result... Frankly the whole deal was a horrible move on Ukraine's part, they should have demanded more concrete terms.

@randahl

freemo,
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@helgenug

Yes those words are clear, the issues is that russia is claiming the agreement was with the last government of Ukraine, which no longer exists as it was dissolved and recreated during their coup detat. Since the agreement is not very explicit that is entierly open to interpretation. Obviously I would disagree with Russia and would fin them in the wrong even if they had no treaty anyway. But by signing a treaty that is so sparse in its wording it does leave things open to reader interpritation.

@randahl

garyackerman, to random
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What if the test is measuring the wrong thing? How would you know?

freemo,
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@garyackerman Then you test to see if its measuring the right thing :)

mattpotter, to random
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Lovely Mastodon peeps! Do I know any virologists here?

(Or are there any who don’t know me yet, but would be up for chatting briefly? It’s background for a project, and I would be really grateful, and of course credit you.)

Thank you!

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freemo,
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@mattpotter I am not a virologist but I am a research scientist who worked on COVID-19 and other pathogens for many years. Could I help?

freemo,
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@mattpotter

No problem, let me know if i can be of any help. What sort of help do you need specifically, maybe i can find someone for you.

levisan, to random
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It seems like whenever a year before 1000 is mentioned, we feel the need to write "the year 900" or "900 AD/CE" to make it more obvious the number is a year. I posit we should always write years as 0900 so it makes things clearer it's not just a number.

freemo,
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@levisan Why what happens at 9am?

rchusid, to random
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Hate lockdowns and mask mandates? Cleaner indoor air by better filtration and ventilation will make lockdowns and mask mandates less necessary in the inevitable next pandemic.

freemo,
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@rchusid

Generally good idea and I'd say int he grand scheme of things this is good advice.

But one counter point to consider, in highly sterile environments we have shown much high incidence of autoimmune disease. When you have too good indoor filtration, especially when it is not during a pandemic, you may cause a situation where you make society more vulnerable and at risk for the next pandemic.

freemo,
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@rchusid

Then you should look, ill find the studies when i get home. But there is considerable evidence/studies showing that there is significantly higher incidence of autoimmune disorders in societies that strive for more sterile environments.

freemo,
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@rchusid

There is a significant amount of evidence supporting the idea that lack of exposure to these microbes is linked to allergies or other conditions

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hygiene_hypothesis

freemo,
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@rchusid i said more sterole, not completely sterile. The evidence shows when you have much less exposure to disease, particularly at a young age, this leada to h8gher risk of autoimmune disorders. In other words, there is a certain degree of exposure that is good, too little or too much is obviosly bad. Ao making oir wnvironments too clean can potentially cause more harm than good. Finding the right balance may be a challenge

freemo,
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@rchusid

What it suggests is there a line where not enough exposure to pathogens can be unhealthy just as too much exposure can also be healthy. Therefore there is a point where making things too clean can be harmful as well, such as clean air.

What is debatable and admitidly an unknown is where that line is and if cleaner air would cross that line, and im not saying it would. In fact i suggest cleaner air in crowded spaces is probably a good thing. But it is an open question all the same.

freemo,
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@rchusid that may be true, and i suspect may even be correct if we are talking high risk areas. But ubfortunately we dont have good enough data to quantify where the line is, so at best we are making educated guesses as to where the line is.

My guess would be in a well vaccinated population outside of major pandemic surges it would be harmful, however when applied outside of a pandemic, particularly in low risk environments like the home it probably causes more harm than good.

freemo,
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@rchusid Studies showing cleaner air correlates to better learning fails to show a causitive relationship with very good arguments for the post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy at play. Namely schools that are better funded or more well run are likely to have students that learn better and also are more likely to put more effort i to the cleanliness of the school.

That said, no one is arguing that clean air cant have benefits, the part that is an open question is at what poi t does the harm of increased autoimmune disease outweigh whatever real benefits there are. Citing the benefits doesnt really address that.

freemo,
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@rchusid

And why did you pick thst study rsther than the overwhelming number of studies that support what i said? Wikipedia clearly states this and lists a mountain of studies supporting what i said. So did you pick an outlyibg studying because you wanted somethi g to confirm your bias or as an objective addition to the conversation?

freemo,
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@rchusid

Not claiming wikipedia is.. but it does provide peer reviewed medical research that clearly is a reliable source for medical research. It isnt wikipedia you have to disprove its their sources (anf the many sources they didnt list).

No reasonable objective expert would ever look at the overwhelming consensus on this and claim the hygein hypothesis isnt supported by evidence. A claim to that extent shows extreme bias and a lack of credibility.

Now to be clear i am not claiming cleaner air will be harmful, as i said the exact line where its harmful is certainly an open question. But to deny that the hygein hypothesis isnt well supported by evidence at all is just too far down the science denial rabbit hole for me sorry. Thats my que to exit the conversation. Thanks for the chat have a good rest of your day.

freemo,
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@Mopcku

Right, glad we agree, exactly as Ii said, high risk high-traffic areas make sense, intuitively, to clean the air while lower risk areas not so much.

But as I said the problem is we are mostly speculating here as we dont have good studies to tell us where the line shoul be in reality, so we have to make these sort of guesses.

@rchusid

freemo, to ArtificialIntelligence
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So for those of you who missed it, I am hiring for fully remote positions worldwide, everything from Jr. to Sr. Programmers and Data Scientists.

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We can especially use NLP expert at the moment as well as good programmers who know Java, Linux, and hopefully comfortable being a polyglot.

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freemo,
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@mojed

Good, you?

freemo,
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@mojed did you have a question about the post?

rotenotes, to random
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freemo,
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@rotenotes those few who govern are elected by all shareholders. Thats democratic much how nations ellect presidents and congressmen whonare few to run things.

"Capitalism" (really corporate governance) is as democratic as youncan get.

freemo,
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@rotenotes What does the marxist perspective have to do with democracy? We are discussing whether its democratic, not if it is fair or good or communistic.

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