War Room Lounge v152: Putting your back out for a few days just from bending over. Good times.

[Prokofievian]

Pitching choices are the most well-studied.

What would be a nash equilibrium for pitching choices?

 

[Jack V Savage]

If I was having this discussion with you I'd be saying manufacturing runs wins World Series, not the long ball. Kind of like my annoying friends who thought Judge and Stanton would walk over the Red Sox.

If you can hit the long ball, that's way the fuck better than "manufacturing runs." I'd bet that the team that hits more homers wins a big percentage of the time in the World Series. Also, remember that the closer the game (or series, or pennant race), the more likely it is that the inferior team won.

 

[AgonyandIrony]

He's been living with since he was 8, and just turned 13. A few months ago his mother was murdered, and it's been kinda rough but he's a trooper. He's got a half-working old computer right now, and I told him once I could make it work (I was planning on splurging on a new beastly machine because I never have) he would get mine. It's still an 8core, 16gb, Geforce 1050ti machine with a 500 SSD and 1TB HHD, but I bought it used for like $200 online. He's going to love it .

He spends a lot of his time with his best friend, Chloe, a black girl who would make Wesley Snipes blush. :lol: I love it. They're both in orchestra together.

That's cool and sorry to hear about his mother. My nephew is my homie and thinks I'm some big deal because of the Twitch Affiliate thing and I hate to break it to him his uncle ain't shit.

He's rad as hell. His room is Fallout themed and everything, I remember finding out some kids bullied him and wondering why we aren't allowed to Cro Cop kids.

You ever see Due Date? There's a scene where he hits a kid that makes a lot of sense lol.

 

[Fawlty]

What would be a nash equilibrium for pitching choices?

A 538 analyst took a crack at it here: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/game-theory-says-r-a-dickey-should-throw-more-knuckleballs/. If you're asking me to do that sort of work, I'll pass.

 

[Anung Un Rama]

*cough *cough https://forums.sherdog.com/forums/sports-bar.74/*cough *cough

 

[AnGrYcRoW]

Imagine Michael Scott answering questions about how he's handled the pandemic, minus the charm and well-meaning

Perfect

 

[Lord Coke]

Had this is the meme thread on accident


HCQ breakthrough: ICMR finds it’s effective in preventing coronavirus, expands its use


https://theprint.in/health/hcq-brea...9J8NfhgS3ovn0Le1MysnvNwFeuQCZaiwLFE2kf_ciQXO8

New Delhi:

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), the country’s apex body in the field, has found that consuming the drug hydroxychloroquine reduces the chances of getting infected with Covid-19.

As a result, ICMR released an advisory Friday to expand the usage of HCQ — an anti-malarial drug — as a preventive treatment against the novel coronavirus.

The conclusion has been drawn on the basis of three studies conducted by the ICMR.


The advisory suggests surveillance workers, paramilitary and police personnel, as well as medical staff working in non-Covid hospitals and blocks to start consuming the pill as “preventive therapy”.

ICMR had issued an advisory to begin using HCQ in March, but it had drawn criticism for lacking scientific evidence that the drug works against the novel coronavirus.



Also read: How the humble hydroxychloroquine has become India’s unlikely new global strategic asset

The studies
According to the advisory, the premier health body undertook investigation at three central government hospitals in New Delhi. While it did not reveal the names of the hospitals, it said the investigation indicates that “amongst healthcare workers involved in Covid-19 care, those on HCQ prophylaxis were less likely to develop SARS-CoV-2 infection, compared to those who were not on it”.

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The advisory also states that the National Institute of Virology in Pune has found in laboratory testing that HCQ reduces the viral load.


The ICMR also analysed data collected previously, known as retrospective case-control analysis, and found “a significant” relationship between “the number of doses taken and frequency of occurrence of Covid-19 infection in symptomatic healthcare workers who were tested for SARS-CoV-2 infection”.

It further said “the benefit was less pronounced in healthcare workers caring for a general patient population”.

Another observational study was conducted among 334 healthcare workers at the country’s largest public hospital, New Delhi’s All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). The 248 workers who took HCQ as preventive drug for an average of six weeks had lower incidence of the infection than those not taking the pill.

Which workers will use it now?
Based on the findings of the studies, the government has decided to administer the drug as a ‘prophylaxis’ or preventive therapy to asymptomatic healthcare workers working in non-Covid hospitals as well as non-Covid blocks of hospitals earmarked for Covid treatment.

Asymptomatic frontline workers, such as surveillance workers deployed in containment zones, as well as paramilitary and police personnel involved in Covid-related activities will be asked to pop HCQ pills.

Until now, only high-risk individuals, including asymptomatic healthcare workers involved in containment and treatment of Covid-19 patients, and asymptomatic household contacts of laboratory-confirmed cases, were being administered the drug. They will continue to consume the drug.


While the dosage will remain the same as before, eight weeks, the ICMR advisory suggests that it can be used beyond that period as well, but with close monitoring.

“With available evidence for its safety and beneficial effect as a prophylactic drug against SARS-CoV-2 during the earlier recommended 8 weeks period, the experts further recommended for its use beyond 8 weeks on weekly dosage with strict monitoring of clinical and ECG parameters, which would also ensure that the therapy is given under supervision,” it stated.

“In clinical practice, HCQ is commonly prescribed in a daily dose of 200mg to 400mg for treatment of diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus for prolonged treatment periods with good tolerance,” the advisory added.

Discontinue if ‘rare side effects’ are noted
The ICMR had earlier announced that some side effects, such as abdominal pain and nausea, have been observed in healthcare workers who were administered HCQ.

The anti-malaria drug is often blamed for triggering irregular heartbeat.

However, in the final results of the studies (HCQ prophylaxis among 1,323 healthcare workers), the ICMR found mild adverse effects such as nausea in 8.9 per cent workers, abdominal pain in 7.3 per cent, vomiting in 1.5 per cent, low blood sugar (hypoglycaemia) in 1.7 per cent and cardio-vascular effects in 1.9 per cent.

The advisory states the drug should be discontinued if it causes the “rare” side effects related to the heart, such as cardiomyopathy, a disease which makes it harder for heart to pump blood to the entire body, and heart-rate disorders.

The advisory mentions that HCQ, in rare cases, can cause visual disturbance, including “blurring of vision, which is usually self-limiting and improves on discontinuation of the drug”.

ICMR has clarified that “for the above cited reasons — heart and vision — the drug has to be given under strict medical supervision with an informed consent”.

 

[Sketch]

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[The Diplomat]

Get back to me after your finished

Just finished the episode. I actually thought it did a great job at wrapping things up, and transcending into Treasure Island.

Spoilers for those who haven't seen it and wish to

Spoiler

So, where to begin.

My main complaints with the show were historical ones. But I fully understand it's a pseudo-fictional historical show.

For starters, 1715 is a nice even year to set things off, but most of this wouldn't have happened around then. Charles Vane didn't die in Nassau, and Blackbeard certainly wasn't gruesomely killed by Woodes Rogers. Teach was strategically killed by a man named Robert Maynard, who then cut off Teach's and put it on his ship as a warning to other pirates. Maynard faded into obscurity, with no prestige or honor taken from his account. They used him up and spit him out, kind of like the general outlook of England in the show. Woodes Rogers died in the 1730s, Rackham etc.

But other than historical, and minor quips, the show was tremendous as a prequel to the Treasure Island novel. The final episode segued perfectly -

In the novel, John Silver said once or twice that he had a wife of African descent, so all of that worked out nicely. Captain Flint was said to have died in Savannah, Georgia from alcohol poisoning. The way they worked in Thomas and the plantation gelled. Flint's conversation with Silver about how one day, maybe long from now, Silver will grow stale and bored of the home life and want more...

A few questions are left open. Like how Ben Gunn (who never ONCE talked about cheese, damnit!) was marooned, or how Billy Bones ends up escaping the island. In the novel, they said that Flint was marooned, but that never actually happened. It's why they had that monologue at the end about how some stories end up sounding better than the truth.

Jack Rackham's story was great, tbh. Even though clearly the real Calico Jack never did any of that stuff, the way they threw Mary Read in at the last second was awesome. I was waiting for that. In reality, Jack Rackham is hanged in 1720, and his two lovers Anne Bonny and Mary Read both say they are pregnant to prolong execution.

I also loved how they kept the two clear fan favorites, the intellectual gods amongst barbarians, Jack and John Silver, far from each other until that one moment in the finale where they come up with the plan. "Instead of a multitude of questions, lets start trading answers..."

All in all, It was great. Not sure what you hated about it, but I'd love to hear it.

 

[Trotsky]

@Fawlty Elizabeth @Lowmanproblems

The Missouri Medicaid expansion vote is fucking wild.

Medicaid expansion overwhelmingly benefits rural Missourians whose healthcare facilities are drying up, largely because private insurers are denying coverage and reimbursement to them in favor of more national corporate providers. So the expansion has the effect of raising taxes so that urban/suburban citizens FURTHER subsidize the rural citizens so that they don't go belly up and require greater investment later.

The result? What you'd expect. About 70% of rural voters opposed it and 70% of urban voters supported it. Even more wild, St. Louis County, which is suburban and will get by far the worst return on investment which is usually the case for suburbs and state spending, approved it about 73% to 27%.

Also, Cori Bush beat Lacey Clay...after losing to him by 20 points in 2016. He and his father have held that seat for 50 years.

 

[Higus]

You know how when some celebrities get “me too’d“ and you think to yourself that the allegations must be false? That isn’t the case for the ones against Bryan Callen.

 

[Trotsky]

Had this is the meme thread on accident


HCQ breakthrough: ICMR finds it’s effective in preventing coronavirus, expands its use


https://theprint.in/health/hcq-brea...9J8NfhgS3ovn0Le1MysnvNwFeuQCZaiwLFE2kf_ciQXO8

Yeah, you messed up. This post is way too funny for the meme thread.

 

[The Diplomat]

You know how when some celebrities get “me too’d“ and you think to yourself that the allegations must be false? That isn’t the case for the ones against Bryan Callen.

That's to assume Bryan Callen categorizes as a "celebrity". I mean, we used to have A list, B, C list celebrities. What does the 5th wheel in the podcast world classify as?

 

[Higus]

That's to assume Bryan Callen categorizes as a "celebrity". I mean, we used to have A list, B, C list celebrities. What does the 5th wheel in the podcast world classify as?

The podcast does pretty good numbers, actually. They are in the top 100 downloaded pods.

 

[Fawlty]

@Fawlty Elizabeth @Lowmanproblems

The Missouri Medicaid expansion vote is fucking wild.

Medicaid expansion overwhelmingly benefits rural Missourians whose healthcare facilities are drying up, largely because private insurers are denying coverage and reimbursement to them in favor of more national corporate providers. So the expansion has the effect of raising taxes so that urban/suburban citizens FURTHER subsidize the rural citizens so that they don't go belly up and require greater investment later.

The result? What you'd expect. About 70% of rural voters opposed it and 70% of urban voters supported it. Even more wild, St. Louis County, which is suburban and will get by far the worst return on investment which is usually the case for suburbs and state spending, approved it about 73% to 27%.

Also, Cori Bush beat Lacey Clay...after losing to him by 20 points in 2016. He and his father have held that seat for 50 years.

Jeebus. I also want to note that it's totally insane that the Medicaid expansion was stapled onto the primary election instead of the general.

 

[The Diplomat]

The podcast does pretty good numbers, actually. They are in the top 100 downloaded pods.

Schaub's and Callens?

It's funny because Rogan is kind of like the godfather of all them all. He's been working and active since the early 90s. Callen has been around for awhile, but has always been an extra. Then Rogan gives Brendan a huge boost because he's probably the funniest and friendliest 240lber with a decent MMA record he knows, and Callen, who has been at it longer, become's Brendan's sidekick.

I'm actually impressed with how Rogan has made himself a podcast powerhouse. Anyone who sticks around with him long enough will branch off and make their own, and then anyone who listens to it only do it because they like Joe.

 

[The Diplomat]

Jeebus. I also want to note that it's totally insane that the Medicaid expansion was stapled onto the primary election instead of the general.

I was recently accepted for medicaid. Other than actual decent medicine and doctor prices (and the chicks), the thing that impressed me recently was with Amazon. If you send them a pic of your medicaid or EBT card, they slash their Prime subscription in half. So instead of like $14 a month it's closer to $6 a month. They also do this for college students.

Even though I still think Amazon/Bezos will eventually rule the world, if they use their massive profits for goods like this where they can accept the loss for lesser fortunates, then I'm not too angry.

 

[Trotsky]

Jeebus. I also want to note that it's totally insane that the Medicaid expansion was stapled onto the primary election instead of the general.

Yeah, I presume that was political as well as was the case for RTW.

Honestly, I'd be interested to see how the lies about illegal immigrants affected the rural vote.

 

[The Diplomat]

Yeah, I presume that was political as well as was the case for RTW.

Honestly, I'd be interested to see how the lies about illegal immigrants affected the rural vote.

Would be interesting to see the number of people on medicaid in MS and their political leanings. One would assume rural = conservative and vice versa, but it could be more intricate than that.

 

[senri]