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VoidSetAndMatch··on China reports first known human case of H10N3 bird flu
No human to human transmission yet detected.
VoidSetAndMatch··on New Data Supports the Modified Gravity Explanation for Dark Matter
"If the dark matter model is correct, the distribution of nearby galaxies should not affect the rotation curve. If MoND is correct, the distribution and resulting external field effect (EFE) should affect the curves.

Surprisingly, shockingly even, their study found a clear effect. In galaxies with the strongest external fields, the EFE was confirmed with a confidence of 8 to 11 sigma"

VoidSetAndMatch··on Cade Metz Pulls a ‘Deep Capture’ on Slate Star Codex
Don't know much about this Gary Weiss, but if this is accurate it puts a new spin on the actions of Metz, with his strange insistence on doxing Scott and lying about the NYT policy.
VoidSetAndMatch··on Obscure Model Puts a Price on Good Health and Drives Down Drug Costs
This was probably just the usual case of the article title failing the describe the content. The word obscure isn’t used in the article itself, which actually makes an effort to explain the concept for people who haven’t come across it before. And wsj published a much shorter piece in on QALYs in 2015

wsj.com/articles/what-is-a-qaly-1449007700

VoidSetAndMatch··on The Secret Facebook War for Mormon Hearts and Minds
“Ex-Mormons responded in droves to dump their contact lists of current Mormons. By the end of the first day his ad target list had grown from 30 to 397”

So now people get doxxed by friends and family. Imagine someone pretending to do this to influence someone in one direction, but then using it for any other reason. Who can say none of their friends would be tricked?

VoidSetAndMatch··on Forgotten Employee (2002)
It means he has a globe