Peter Todd @pete@petertodd.org

@esixtyone Nice! That's definitely an easy way to do it. :) One other alternative is to mount the linear rails on a thin layer of epoxy (there's special high-dimensional-stability grades specifically for this purpose). The epoxy then takes up any imperfections in the base, allowing the linear rails to sit true and flat. But if you can get outsourced grinding, that's a much easier option.

@esixtyone Damn, that looks really nice. And with proper cable trays and coolant!!

How did you mount those linear rails exactly? And what are they mounted on? You can get anywhere form decent to excellent accuracy depending on how you mount linear rails.

2.2kw? I guess that's not being run from a wimpy North American 15A plug... :)

@esixtyone @nvk @mattodell @k3tan @stephanlivera Nice! What approach did you use? Like, CNC-only ballscrews or acme threads?

How accurate is it?

@Zachary_BTC Remember that a live attenuated measles vaccine *is* measles! Kids certainly do need to get infected with things or the immune system doesn't develop properly. The vax in that case is just a way of getting that infection with less risk - prior to the measles vax essentially everyone would get measles at some point in their life, with roughly 0.1% dying from it.

@Zachary_BTC Well, one example of kids getting measles without a vax is just that, one example. Vaccines are never 100% effective anyway. Measles vaccines are repoted to be 93% effective after one dose, 97% after two. And easy for that to be less in rare cases, eg against a particularly effective exposure/variant/etc.

Live measles vaccines are interesting in that they are also partially protective against other diseases. The difference is measurable in overall mortality.

@esixtyone @nvk @mattodell @k3tan @stephanlivera !!

What CNC mill is that?

@Zachary_BTC Do you have a source for that?

Historically, deaths due to measles very clearly dropped dramatically in the years following the introduction of vaccination. they were already declining due to better medical treatment. But the vax was very dramatic, and we've never had anywhere near as much measles as before that.

@Zachary_BTC He is remarkably bad at PR...

Anyway, FWIW most vaccines are boring things, made in very low-tech and cheap ways. Eg most flu vaccines are just flu virus grown in eggs, with a few tricks like colder-than-body-temp temperatures used to make it easy for your body to fight off the infection: https://www.cdc.gov/flu/prevent/nasalspray.htm

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@Zachary_BTC Depends on the vaccine. Measles is pretty deadly, and the vax has a good track record re: safety. Meanwhile, vaccinating covid has so little impact on kids that even traditional, well-tested, very safe, vaccines could be more dangerous than covid itself. The new mRNA stuff could easily be a lot more dangerous than covid for kids. We won't know for awhile...

@Zachary_BTC s/best/that/

@Zachary_BTC See, part of the reason why so many red states are doing better is probably *best* they've been prioritizing the elderly/at-risk for while the vaccine makes the most sense. Seniors can easily get it in Florida; in New York essential workers who are refusing it in high numbers are still prioritized.

@alex Relevant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHeehYYgl28 :)

https://thepostmillennial.com/south-dakota-now-a-model-example-of-successful-covid-vaccine-distribution

Pretty lol how low-density "red" states with much harder distribution challenges like West Virginia, Alaska, and the Dakotas are the ones doing best at actually vaccinating people. While high-density "blue" states like New York and California are way behind, even though they have every advantage. California is in 5th last place!

It's almost like red states are actually trying to solve a problem rather than milk covid forever for political gains...

@mir_btc Counterpoint: the Greeks had slaves.

Counter-counterpoint: We have machines.

@cowanon So fake yet so good.