Lauren Leffer's discussions

Because the incredible vast majority of bird flu cases are in domestic chickens. Read more

The study analysis was split into two parts—a 1960s-present assessment and then a separate 2014-2019 one using Statcast data. Read more

Yes, this has all been considered. The effects of the 90's steroid boom on hom eruns are well-documented by the MLB.

But with Statcast data, researchers can truly just isolate the trajectory, speed, and flight info of each ball—separating it from the players involved and inferring how factors like air density would… Read more

lol. Read more

Ah yes. “Most of Europe” then.  Read more

You don’t need a Roku device to stream content from “The Roku Channel”— the ad-supported streaming service can be added to basically any device (within geographic limits). Unfortunately, those limits don’t currently include Europe.

“The Roku Channel is currently available in the United States, Canada, and the United… Read more

Honestly, unclear! Read more

Licensing out originals to other streamers reverses the lost-profit conundrum of residuals. HBO/WB/whatever can get paid via licensing fees for content it previously made, then cancelled, as opposed to having to pay out money to the creators/actors/etc... involved.

That said, it’s probably a delicate balance of… Read more

I responded to a similar question above. Some Florida municipalities and Mexico cities are trying to compost the sargassum or turn it into biofertilizer, but there are concerns about heavy metal contamination and its suitability to be used as a soil additive.  Read more

Great question! It depends on where it’s collected. A lot of it is landfilled. Some Florida municipalities are trying to set up a composting strategy, but there are concerns about heavy metal contamination in the seaweed that could make it less than ideal as a future-soil amendment. In Cancun, Mexican officials are… Read more

Upon further review, you’re right—this particular case doesn’t reference Prop 22, which is still making it’s way through CA courts. Mostly recently it was upheld in an appeal but is almost certainly headed to the state Supreme Court.

But getting a gig worker classified as an employee on any grounds—minimum wage or… Read more

ty typo fixed! it’s certainly a Friday.  Read more

Part time employees still have rights. You don’t have to work full time to be legally considered an employee of a company.  Read more

See: Corley decided that the Grubhub/Lawson relationship didn’t satisfy the so-called ABC test for contract work, and that Grubhub wasn’t eligible for an exception to the ABCs. Read more

The judge here didn’t “make a law”—she just applied a recently instituted law to a real-world case, putting the law’s impact into action and setting a legal precedent. Read more

They also aren’t designed for surveillance and are supposed to notify people nearby when they’re being misused... Read more

Yes, which is why I included the caveat. Unfortunately DNP hasn’t released a longer statement yet.  Read more

Thank you for pointing this out. Additional information about Tewson’s suit has been added to the article. For clarity, the post never said this was “the first”—it said “first big,” indicating the nature of the class action and the standing of the plaintiff’s legal team. But that too has been adjusted for clarity. Read more

Was really hoping someone would point out the name Easter Egg. Thanks for reading. Read more

Right but we didn’t have nearly this resolution of neural architecture mapped before. AI developers were just guessing, and they guessed right.  Read more