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The Town wrote:One day 96583UP I would love to meet you lol

I am sitting in a car in front of your house right now!

The Town wrote:One day 96583UP I would love to meet you lol

But not today, July 14th

McParadigm wrote:

simple schoolboy wrote:

Bi_3 wrote:

verb_to_trust wrote:What job do you suppose is safe to work during the virus? Is working at Wal Mart that much different than being a teacher? How do we decide who needs to be sacrificed?

Software Engineer

I'm annoyed it took a pandemic to get the tech companies to go remote. We've (non tech people) had terrible commutes for years for no reason? It could have always been (almost) this nice?

Not to mention the fridge space.

I think I'm missing something here. Are you going into a workspace where many others are working from home?

There is however more fridge space at my workspace because while headcount on site is the same, no one wants to used shared spaces. Is it too early to use the term "fomite-cuck"?

J/K, its a terrible idea, I just really need to get an appropriately sized insulated lunch bag.

simple schoolboy wrote:

Bi_3 wrote:

verb_to_trust wrote:What job do you suppose is safe to work during the virus? Is working at Wal Mart that much different than being a teacher? How do we decide who needs to be sacrificed?

Software Engineer

I'm annoyed it took a pandemic to get the tech companies to go remote. We've (non tech people) had terrible commutes for years for no reason? It could have always been (almost) this nice?

We pretty much went remote in our city for a while - govt departments were telling staff they could work from home as much as they wanted etc - then the city cafes and businesses cried out that they needed people, so that all got reversed and everyone's back in the city

Rangi Guy wrote:

simple schoolboy wrote:

Bi_3 wrote:

verb_to_trust wrote:What job do you suppose is safe to work during the virus? Is working at Wal Mart that much different than being a teacher? How do we decide who needs to be sacrificed?

Software Engineer

I'm annoyed it took a pandemic to get the tech companies to go remote. We've (non tech people) had terrible commutes for years for no reason? It could have always been (almost) this nice?

We pretty much went remote in our city for a while - govt departments were telling staff they could work from home as much as they wanted etc - then the city cafes and businesses cried out that they needed people, so that all got reversed and everyone's back in the city

The FAANG offices in my area exist in their own campuses with little interaction with neighboring commerce. I'm sure the once a week food trucks suffered, but almost everyone in their ecosystem is an employee or a contractor.

The campuses shut down, and everyone except for security and datacenter folx* went home. Maybe it affected local gas stations? The direct hires and contractors that were let go should've qualified for unemployement.

*they're all furries, their preferred pronouns are things like Kit Fox or Lynx.

My area is not representative at all. Yours might be closer to it.

I know a few people in the games industry that got laid off, but most are working remotely. They don't want to go back to the office.

verb_to_trust wrote:

B wrote:

Bi_3 wrote:More positive vaccine news:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles ... nts-tested

More negative vaccine news:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.mic.co ... 198226/amp

Jesus Christ B. Be better than this

The Coronas has me feeling surly.

California county addresses overpopulation concerns in the age of Coronavirus:

https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/14/us/calif ... asks-trnd/

B wrote:

verb_to_trust wrote:

B wrote:

Bi_3 wrote:More positive vaccine news:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles ... nts-tested

More negative vaccine news:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.mic.co ... 198226/amp

Jesus Christ B. Be better than this

The Coronas has me feeling surly.

Sufficient vaccination can drive the R0 value to the point where the virus becomes manageable or, if we are lucky, recedes from the general population. I wonder if the vaccine will be released in the October timeframe as a surprise.

I don't want to turn into verb, but I'm pessimistic about the vaccine working. I'm pessimistic about the American population getting vaccinated. I'm pessimistic about the healthcare system delivering the vaccine.

I'm also worried that the vaccine will come out before the election, throw support to Trump, and then fail miserably, so that we end up with Trump AND Coronavirus for another 4 years.

Rangi Guy wrote:

simple schoolboy wrote:

Bi_3 wrote:

verb_to_trust wrote:What job do you suppose is safe to work during the virus? Is working at Wal Mart that much different than being a teacher? How do we decide who needs to be sacrificed?

Software Engineer

I'm annoyed it took a pandemic to get the tech companies to go remote. We've (non tech people) had terrible commutes for years for no reason? It could have always been (almost) this nice?

We pretty much went remote in our city for a while - govt departments were telling staff they could work from home as much as they wanted etc - then the city cafes and businesses cried out that they needed people, so that all got reversed and everyone's back in the city

Yeah, fuck those businesses right? Why can't everyone just WFH?

Bi_3 wrote:

B wrote:

verb_to_trust wrote:

B wrote:

Bi_3 wrote:More positive vaccine news:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles ... nts-tested

More negative vaccine news:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.mic.co ... 198226/amp

Jesus Christ B. Be better than this

The Coronas has me feeling surly.

Sufficient vaccination can drive the R0 value to the point where the virus becomes manageable or, if we are lucky, recedes from the general population. I wonder if the vaccine will be released in the October timeframe as a surprise.

I don't want to turn into verb, but I'm pessimistic about the vaccine working. I'm pessimistic about the American population getting vaccinated. I'm pessimistic about the healthcare system delivering the vaccine.

I'm also worried that the vaccine will come out before the election, throw support to Trump, and then fail miserably, so that we end up with Trump AND Coronavirus for another 4 years.

I did NOT write the above post. B?

This whole thing is absolutely, patently absurd. This guy is on the White House's own task force.

This, coupled with the administration ordering hospitals to bybass the CDC and report their COVID-19 data research directly to the White House is some deeply disturbing shit.

durdencommatyler wrote:This, coupled with the administration ordering hospitals to bybass the CDC and report their COVID-19 data research directly to the White House is some deeply disturbing shit.

can they even do that? And if the WH could order that, can't the hospitals just send a copy to the WH and also send a copy to CDC, like CC them on the email? It's not like the data can't be duplicated infinity times in this day and age.

blueviper wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:This, coupled with the administration ordering hospitals to bybass the CDC and report their COVID-19 data research directly to the White House is some deeply disturbing shit.

can they even do that? And if the WH could order that, can't the hospitals just send a copy to the WH and also send a copy to CDC, like CC them on the email? It's not like the data can't be duplicated infinity times in this day and age.

I'm not sure what mechanisms are in place. I'm sure there's ways to fight against it. But what counter measures does the administration have? The act itself, though, the order, is insane and super scary in and of itself. That the WH wants to deny the information and prohibit its spread should piss people the fuck off.

durdencommatyler wrote:

blueviper wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:This, coupled with the administration ordering hospitals to bybass the CDC and report their COVID-19 data research directly to the White House is some deeply disturbing shit.

can they even do that? And if the WH could order that, can't the hospitals just send a copy to the WH and also send a copy to CDC, like CC them on the email? It's not like the data can't be duplicated infinity times in this day and age.

I'm not sure what mechanisms are in place. I'm sure there's ways to fight against it. But what counter measures does the administration have? The act itself, though, the order, is insane and super scary in and of itself. That the WH wants to deny the information and prohibit its spread should piss people the fuck off.

Climate change might like a word...

durdencommatyler wrote:

blueviper wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:This, coupled with the administration ordering hospitals to bybass the CDC and report their COVID-19 data research directly to the White House is some deeply disturbing shit.

can they even do that? And if the WH could order that, can't the hospitals just send a copy to the WH and also send a copy to CDC, like CC them on the email? It's not like the data can't be duplicated infinity times in this day and age.

I'm not sure what mechanisms are in place. I'm sure there's ways to fight against it. But what counter measures does the administration have? The act itself, though, the order, is insane and super scary in and of itself. That the WH wants to deny the information and prohibit its spread should piss people the fuck off.

At the State Health Department level, I can assure you that we would completely ignore that order and keep sending stuff to CDC. We MIGHT send a copy to the White House, but it's not like we have any mechanism for reporting information other than what the CDC gives us. I'd keep logging into whatever portal I'm supposed to be using and plugging info in.

There should be a flash betting pool for when we hit 1000 deaths/day again. Inching closer...