Debating statistics and measures is hard because of the sheer quantity of slightly varied information. And even if numbers were universally agreed upon and understood, and it were as simple as 10% greater risk, we can’t make decisions by a show of hands. If 60% of people were willing to take the risk, are the rest supposed to suck it up?
> Compare also the 480000 US deaths yearly from tobacco, which could be prevented much easier than corona.
Tobacco is an epidemic too, but given that it spreads via psychological and sociological factors rather than virally, I’d make the argument that it’s actually much harder to combat.
Blogging !== note-taking, but you could definitely make the argument that a blog post is semantically a public note.
Apple, Fox, Shell, Target...any of these generic words ring a bell?
I’m sure there was no malicious intent, and it’s very possible that these two products will coexist without any further issue.
But as evidenced in this very thread there is the potential for confusion, which is the whole point of trademarks, and the reason why I’d have an easier time incorporating “Apple Surfboards“ than I would “Apple Keyboards”.
I mean, if they wanted to reserve the use of this common animal name across all industries, that’d be ridiculous, but it would seem pretty reasonable to worry about confusion between a cloud notes app and a cloud blog app. Certainly easier to think about it now than if this service takes off.
> Compare also the 480000 US deaths yearly from tobacco, which could be prevented much easier than corona.
Tobacco is an epidemic too, but given that it spreads via psychological and sociological factors rather than virally, I’d make the argument that it’s actually much harder to combat.