Forum: Trials and Errors
24th July 2020, 05:04 AM
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Replies: 136
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Forum: Trials and Errors
24th July 2020, 04:52 AM
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Replies: 136
Views: 24,141
You have to separate two things, DNA of an...
You have to separate two things, DNA of an employee and DNA of a sample.
Unlike samples, employees tend to walk around and deposit their genetic material on everything they touch. This is...
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Forum: Trials and Errors
21st July 2020, 12:08 AM
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Replies: 136
Views: 24,141
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Forum: Trials and Errors
17th July 2020, 04:43 AM
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Replies: 136
Views: 24,141
It would be helpful if you could link to these...
It would be helpful if you could link to these cases. The cross-contamination did happen before it was sufficiently understood. It also explains how it looks like, laboratory either has contamination...
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Forum: Trials and Errors
17th July 2020, 03:11 AM
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Replies: 136
Views: 24,141
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Forum: Trials and Errors
15th July 2020, 02:50 AM
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Replies: 136
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Forum: Trials and Errors
15th July 2020, 02:37 AM
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Replies: 136
Views: 24,141
Well, no. DNA evidence alone is useless for...
Well, no. DNA evidence alone is useless for conviction, you need to at least show the person didn't have an alibi and is a possible culprit. It can be used to exclude a suspect, in a trivial example...
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
1st July 2020, 12:14 AM
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Replies: 95
Views: 4,940
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Forum: Trials and Errors
30th June 2020, 11:17 PM
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Replies: 136
Views: 24,141
Ooh, good one. I can answer why no universal...
Ooh, good one. I can answer why no universal standard for a DNA match was ever made: it's impossible to make one.
Suppose you have 11 people stranded on an island, 10 males and one female. Just...
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Forum: Non-USA & General Politics
30th June 2020, 12:19 AM
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Replies: 178
Views: 25,904
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Forum: Non-USA & General Politics
29th June 2020, 10:17 PM
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Replies: 3,510
Views: 194,105
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Forum: Non-USA & General Politics
29th June 2020, 03:33 AM
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Replies: 3,510
Views: 194,105
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Forum: Non-USA & General Politics
24th June 2020, 02:51 AM
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Replies: 3,510
Views: 194,105
True. It's not there yet but it's coming close...
True. It's not there yet but it's coming close like a driving train.
Doubly so if you count some of Covid-19 devastation in Britain as due to Brexit. This is impossible to separate with any degree...
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
24th June 2020, 12:35 AM
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Replies: 217
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
24th June 2020, 12:32 AM
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Replies: 217
Views: 7,401
It's also sexist because the king is more...
It's also sexist because the king is more important than the queen.
It's also religiously exclusive, because you have bishops but not imams or shamans.
It also promotes animal abuse, beacuse a...
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Forum: Non-USA & General Politics
22nd June 2020, 10:08 PM
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Replies: 3,510
Views: 194,105
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Forum: Trials and Errors
21st June 2020, 11:39 PM
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Replies: 136
Views: 24,141
I'll comment on this part:
The main issue in...
I'll comment on this part:
The main issue in this case is a disagreement among experts over the correct statistical calculation to use in cold hit cases. Another key element in this case is that...
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Forum: Trials and Errors
21st June 2020, 11:25 PM
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Replies: 136
Views: 24,141
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Forum: Trials and Errors
21st June 2020, 11:12 PM
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Replies: 136
Views: 24,141
You run at least one sample in each batch to...
You run at least one sample in each batch to clear up such questions. It only contains the reagents and no human DNA, so if there is any persistent contamination this will pick it up. It did not do...
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Forum: Non-USA & General Politics
18th June 2020, 11:22 PM
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Replies: 3,219
Views: 155,120
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Forum: Non-USA & General Politics
18th June 2020, 05:13 AM
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Replies: 3,219
Views: 155,120
Ten US states are seeing resurgance and the...
Ten US states are seeing resurgance and the Second Coming: Alabama, Arizona, California, Nevada, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina and Texas.
I'm remindied of the Battleship row for...
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Forum: Non-USA & General Politics
18th June 2020, 02:28 AM
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Replies: 3,219
Views: 155,120
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Forum: USA Politics
18th June 2020, 12:19 AM
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Replies: 323
Views: 16,174
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Forum: Non-USA & General Politics
18th June 2020, 12:02 AM
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Replies: 3,219
Views: 155,120
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Forum: Non-USA & General Politics
17th June 2020, 10:34 PM
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Replies: 3,219
Views: 155,120
Between this and the no-deal Brexit, the...
Between this and the no-deal Brexit, the Conservatives may want to rethink their promises to the electorate.
It was "It won't be worse than the Battle for Britain" and that may become...
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events
17th June 2020, 06:11 AM
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Replies: 407
Views: 27,475
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Forum: Non-USA & General Politics
17th June 2020, 02:26 AM
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Replies: 178
Views: 25,904
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Forum: USA Politics
16th June 2020, 10:59 PM
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Replies: 323
Views: 16,174
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Forum: Non-USA & General Politics
16th June 2020, 10:29 PM
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Replies: 178
Views: 25,904
This again?
Let me quote a somewhat relevant...
This again?
Let me quote a somewhat relevant document here, okay?
Article 168 • Head of state term limits
The period of the mandate of the President or Vice President is five years, and they...
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Forum: Non-USA & General Politics
16th June 2020, 10:16 PM
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Replies: 3,510
Views: 194,105
That is true. It's not the fact Trump is...
That is true. It's not the fact Trump is president, it's the fact he was able to become president that is most worrying, plus the fact the entire Republican party stood behind him as he did his...
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Forum: Non-USA & General Politics
16th June 2020, 04:03 AM
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Replies: 3,510
Views: 194,105
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Forum: Non-USA & General Politics
16th June 2020, 03:30 AM
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Replies: 3,510
Views: 194,105
It depends a whole lot on how Brexit goes. If...
It depends a whole lot on how Brexit goes. If there's a no deal Brexit then the loonies will be discredited. Whether that changes anything or not remains to be seen.
If UK bends the knee before...
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Forum: Non-USA & General Politics
16th June 2020, 03:05 AM
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Replies: 3,510
Views: 194,105
I think this later point is more relevant than...
I think this later point is more relevant than who BJ will be able to blame. It's not just how bad the Conservatives are but how weak the choice of alternatives is. Corbyn probably damaged Labour...
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Forum: Non-USA & General Politics
16th June 2020, 01:55 AM
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Replies: 3,510
Views: 194,105
The difference is that BJ voted on himself...
The difference is that BJ voted on himself handling Brexit and not his party. He used Theresa May as a patsy, he was merely the guy who handled Brexit issues, the fact Brexit became such a mess was...
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Forum: Non-USA & General Politics
16th June 2020, 01:48 AM
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Replies: 3,510
Views: 194,105
We'll see in November. However I think you're...
We'll see in November. However I think you're overestimating his strength in many key points. The base is a major point - his base will turn out to vote for him, that is guaranteed ... but his base...
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Forum: Non-USA & General Politics
16th June 2020, 01:41 AM
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Replies: 3,510
Views: 194,105
More like the reason why Brexit failed will.
...
More like the reason why Brexit failed will.
Either Trump wins and the trade deal with USA makes UK a de facto territory of USA, just with fewer rights; or else Biden wins and prioritises the EU...
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Forum: Non-USA & General Politics
16th June 2020, 12:55 AM
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Replies: 3,510
Views: 194,105
That is what I'm talking about.
I...
That is what I'm talking about.
I agree, but you might want to rethink the hilighted word.
Quite. It's cognitive dissonance at work with the proto-mind, really. X is bad, therefore Y is...
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Forum: Non-USA & General Politics
15th June 2020, 11:30 PM
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Replies: 3,510
Views: 194,105
That's Brentryasajuniortradepartner (with...
That's Brentryasajuniortradepartner (with singular e) for ya. Maybe a stint as a de-facto colony of the former colony will demonstrate to the Brexitards just why everyone with half a brain (or more)...
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Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts
15th June 2020, 11:23 PM
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Replies: 100
Views: 6,280
Define "real".
Does it mean "real as...
Define "real".
Does it mean "real as depicted in this particular history of his"? Does it mean "real as a person that existed, even if most of what we think we know is false"? Or maybe it means...
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Forum: Non-USA & General Politics
15th June 2020, 04:12 AM
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Replies: 3,510
Views: 194,105
That's what I called...
That's what I called Brentryasajuniortradepartner, once UK is very well shafted by the US maybe then the Bexit grunts will realize they were conned through and through.
Of course there's the issue...
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Forum: Non-USA & General Politics
15th June 2020, 02:42 AM
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Replies: 3,510
Views: 194,105
They could at least be honest to themselves and...
They could at least be honest to themselves and admit the miserable failure of Brexit is there by design and like Brexit for the failure that it is. Instead they pretend they like the result they're...
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Forum: Non-USA & General Politics
15th June 2020, 02:40 AM
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Replies: 3,510
Views: 194,105
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Forum: Non-USA & General Politics
15th June 2020, 02:39 AM
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Replies: 3,510
Views: 194,105
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Forum: Non-USA & General Politics
15th June 2020, 02:31 AM
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Replies: 3,510
Views: 194,105
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Forum: Non-USA & General Politics
15th June 2020, 02:29 AM
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Replies: 3,510
Views: 194,105
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Forum: Non-USA & General Politics
15th June 2020, 12:06 AM
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Replies: 3,510
Views: 194,105
Yeah. I can understand architects of Brexit,...
Yeah. I can understand architects of Brexit, they're either motivated by personal greed and wish the UK to become a disaster zone they can loot, or else scheming politicians that wish to see UK...
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Forum: Non-USA & General Politics
14th June 2020, 10:57 PM
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Replies: 3,510
Views: 194,105
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Forum: Non-USA & General Politics
12th June 2020, 04:14 AM
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Replies: 178
Views: 25,904
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Forum: Non-USA & General Politics
12th June 2020, 02:09 AM
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Replies: 3,219
Views: 155,120
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Forum: Non-USA & General Politics
12th June 2020, 01:51 AM
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Replies: 3,219
Views: 155,120
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