Its right 97% of the time. That does not mean you have a 97% chance of having the disease. The 3% error rate accounts for significantly more false positives than it accounts for false negatives on a disease that’s 1 in a million. Again, with a 3% error rate, there will be 30000 false positive test results in a million. 30000 in a million is a larger number than 1 in a million.
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In a sample of 1 million people, 1 person will have the disease, 30,000 however will test positive for having the disease. Notice how the false positives count is way higher than the actual positive count.
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People Twitter@sh.itjust.works•This is a real, trending meme, lmao
12·17 days agoThese chuds love using the villain for their point. Remember years ago there were photoshoped images of trump as thanos or the emperor of mankind?
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Games@lemmy.world•BREAKING: PlayStation is shutting down Bluepoint Games (Demon's Souls/Shadow of the Colossus remakes)English
8·18 days agoFuck yeah, I want the good old anti consumerism OG rachet and clanks.
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Games@lemmy.world•BREAKING: PlayStation is shutting down Bluepoint Games (Demon's Souls/Shadow of the Colossus remakes)English
10·18 days agoAdd in daxter and X and I’ll throw them my wallet.
I mean, look at the specs of a smart TV or smart fridge. The specs on them are shit and they run Linux.
Hell there are whole distros designed to run on minimal as fuck hardware.
Yes. People are willing to lie for money, and a lot of those questions asked for transfusable blood products are asked to make sure donating is safe for both you and the recipient. Now some questions asked only impact certain blood products, aspirin only impacts the utility of your
plasmaplatelets for example. Now those paid plasma centers ask a lot fewer questions as they only need to make sure you’d be okay parting with the plasma.It’s regulated by the FDA and lying on those blood donation forms is a crime as its both a legal document and considered tampering with the blood supply. As with everything in the medical field there is a required paper trail.
EDIT: my blood product in my example was wrong. It has been updated. If you’re curious how I know so much about blood donation, my roommate works as a phlebotomist at a nearby blood bank.
Please note, in the US at least, if you’re being paid for plasma then the plasma is non transfusable, and is being sold for medical research or cosmetics.
I don’t know where you’re from but in the states you can donate 500 ml of whole blood every 8 weeks. What’s the donation size and frequency where you are?
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Technology@beehaw.org•One-third of consumers don't want AI on their devices, report finds, and it's not because they don't understand it: They just don't need it
51·1 month agoMy mom visited me once and asked me why I didn’t set the time on the stove, since, you know, it’s a clock. “Mom, I have never once gone ‘oh man what time is it? I better check the stove.’ Especially after I had a smartphone on me all the time”
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Technology@lemmy.world•Windows 11 just lost 5% market share in two months despite Windows 10 losing support.English
4·1 month agoHonestly, given that Mint is a Debian distro (before anyone yells at me, its an Ubuntu distro that itself is a Debian distro) it will work better out of the box on less up to date hardware. Debian prioritizes stability so it’s repos and drivers are months to years old. Older hardware will have stable working drivers meanwhile new hardware may have to work with experimental or generic drivers.
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Open Source@lemmy.ml•Mecha Comet - Modular Linux Handheld Computer (Currently on Kickstarter)
4·1 month agoTo some people, like half the comments and myself included, think the idea is that it’s cool. The playdate doesn’t solve any problems, it adds a gimmick to an existing format and its cool.
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Not The Onion@lemmy.world•Turning Point USA Is Hosting Its Own Halftime Show Because the Super Bowl Is Too GayEnglish
16·1 month agoDrag used to be a lot more common in the US.
I did it once, the first time they just sent a no email. The sub cond time the hiring manager messaged me on LinkedIn a bit annoyed telling me no again. I looked them up recently as I was recently fired and I don’t think that company exists anymore.
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Technology@lemmy.world•Microsoft CEO warns that we must 'do something useful' with AI or they'll lose 'social permission' to burn electricity on itEnglish
2·2 months agoHey, don’t be mean to 3DTV. At least there’s an actual use case for it. Watching 3D TV or movies, which aren’t actually that popular… Hmmm, I see your point but also counter with the 3D TVs are at least also regular TVs
5-month plane ride
Is the meeting on Mars?
I was about to down vote you until I remembered the meme format. I commented elsewhere, but here’s Shaun’s video on harry potter
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Technology@lemmy.world•Sorry Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that! PCs refuse to shut down after Microsoft patchEnglish
146·2 months agoeven Logitech peripherals will not “just work” on Linux
I’m sorry, I did IT for years and still do it for friends if they make it worth the trouble. So, I have to ask, what the hell are you talking about?
Pretty much every logitech paripheral has worked perfectly for me on both windows or linux. It’s a mouse and keyboard, generic drivers work perfectly fine. Hell, I use a trackball mouse and that works plig and play on linux. Hell, open up a new windows computer run through the setup then disconnect it from the internet then plug in a logitech keyboard. Look at the driver for it in windows, it will probably be “generic keyboard driver”. It’s a keyboard.


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