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In what way could we imagine a number of sets being all each other's subsets? If A is a subset of B, and B is a subset of A, then A = B. Do you just mean a longer version of this with more than 2 sets? Say, n sets where each set is a subset of the next, and the last is a subset of the first to clos...

Mix in with rice and beans/lentils.

I have a sibling who stayed in a psych ward on multiple occasions due to contemplating suicide. It is much like any other hospital stay; they keep you there just long enough until they consider you stable enough to be discharged (in their case, it was about 3 days each time). Also, you need to have ...

I got a vasectomy at the age of 31 while unmarried.

I had read up on all the risks of complications and ultimately accepted them. I decided that I could live with chronic pain if it happened because it still wouldn’t be as bad as the emotional pain of having a child I didn’t want.

Reminds me of this guy, Samuel Alexander, a mathematician who used to write a blog called Glowing Face Man and later called Xamuel. He wrote a blog article about how, as a student, he would sleep in random places on campus to avoid paying for housing. As a grad student he would sleep in his office. ...

I grew up in a housing cooperative. A housing cooperative is when the residents are all shareholders in a corporation that owns the property. You seem to be talking about something different. Your first situation seems to be just...buying a house and renting out the rooms (possibly as SROs)? AKA Hav...

Workers are assumed to be 'fit enough/young enough' to withstand infection from colleagues, or perhaps not get ill enough to affect their work? I think their reasoning for not requiring masks in the workplace is a combination of: 1) Being around the same group of people every day (like in an office...

Mortgage and repairs are not the only costs to owning a house. You will likely also have property taxes, insurance, and multiple utilities, so it could still go over your $450 monthly limit. That being said, it sounds like a good plan especially considering you actually enjoy doing your own repairs ...

@Dream of Freedom:
That's possible. I guess the carbon dioxide could also have played a role.

Nevertheless, though the inspiration may have been incorrect, caffeine ended up being an effective solution.

If you're willing to pay, eBay has a bunch of listings when you search bottle caps.

I never liked the taste of coffee. I always preferred to get my shitting out of the way in the morning before my shower so I don't have to worry about it for the rest of the day. Back when I was working as a cashier, I worked a variable schedule that could be as early as 8-4 or as late as 3-11. I no...

It's worth considering that different countries which have different genetic makeup may have different levels of immunity to the virus. Maybe they are less likely to pass it on once they have it, or are less likely to shed it asymptomatically, or they will have less severe symptoms after contractin...

@theanimal: Forum user IWantLess had (has?) one of those. He spoke positively of his experience with it. viewtopic.php?p=81252#p81252

Here the bank lobbies are closed only at some branches, so if you need a teller you might have to go to a location a little further away. Also the hours are reduced.

My suspicion is that current deaths are divided by the infected population implied by the tests. This would fail to take into account that many more who are currently infected will likely die. So the death rates would be underestimated. Hmm, not necessarily. When comparing current total cases to cu...

OK, so it seems you guys are arguing that, while containment may be possible at the beginning, once community transmission is reached and a lockdown becomes necessary, the numbers will never go down to the level where a containment strategy becomes viable (unless herd immunity is reached first). Do ...

@Augustus: It’s really not 21% of NYC that’s immune. They only tested people at grocery stores. So it’s really just 21% of the people that are still going outside. From the virus’s perspective, the lockdown has reduced the effective size of the city’s population. People who stay home are mostly invi...

The WHO is currently saying that a lot of people who recover don’t have antibodies, and it is still possible that antibodies do not confer immunity. https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-who-warns-2-3-percent-population-have-antibodies-2020-4 So, if this is true, does this mean neither herd im...

@Jin+Guice: NYC reports confirmed and presumptive deaths separately, so you are free to consider only the confirmed if you prefer. Confirmed: 9,562 Probable: 4,865 Confirmed means they tested positive. Probable means they did not test positive but their death certificate lists Covid-19 as cause of d...

According to the survey, 61% of LA county was employed in mid March ... I'd be curious who they consider workers as I have a very hard time imagining LA county had ~40% unemployment prior to this pandemic. 40% not employed under normal times sounds reasonable. That would have to include children, r...