Everything posted by Apep
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Thread for those working through The Clone Wars
Typical Clone Wars, good enough, not sure how they'll wrap it up in time, but I trust that they will and it will be ever so slightly underwhelming.
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Medical guys: elastic behind the ears or behind the head
I bought some cloth masks with behind-the-head ties. Not that I'll be wearing them that long, but I've seen plenty of pictures of doctors and nurses with ears rubbed raw from elastic.
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Surly Thread of Business Owners/Managers, Etc. & Current Business Climate
One of my (tax) colleagues in Oklahoma, a local politician, is working his DC delegation over the purported drop from $10k to $1k per employee and the lack of payout. IOW, there will be Congressional pushback.
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Archer: Season 11
Cartoons aren't WFH-friendly? Who knew?
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Captain Picard is back
It wasn't good, but it wasn't that bad. There wasn't enough time to properly develop the new characters, even though they actually tried to flesh them out and answer questions. Mystery and open questions are okay. We don't need things wrapped up in tidy packages. And they failed on that score. So arcs could have been cut. I'd say diversity was the weak point, because there were too many humans and human-looking aliens. I'm not asking for much, maybe a Ferengi or an Andorian. A Breen would have been awesome. The deus ex machina solution at the end of the series was telegraphed a mile away. In typical ST fashion, they finally have a decent SF trope, I expect them to ignore the bigger implications forever. They want space soap operas, not SF.
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Captain Picard is back
Could have been worse.
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Formerly DT: COVID-19 - Featuring Lots of Politics, now CR because political talk not going away
It may not be up for a vote, but I just saw them discussing it and taking public comments. We're probably still a day or two behind Dallas.
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Formerly DT: COVID-19 - Featuring Lots of Politics, now CR because political talk not going away
Here is a good discussion of using CPAPs for less severe cases of ARD, a topic which I touched on last week.
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Formerly DT: COVID-19 - Featuring Lots of Politics, now CR because political talk not going away
Tarrant County is currently having an emergency meeting to discuss shelter in place.
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Formerly DT: COVID-19 - Featuring Lots of Politics, now CR because political talk not going away
Unsurprising. One of my friends lives near Baltimore and he reported having to go to the hood to buy TP that fell off a truck.
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Formerly DT: COVID-19 - Featuring Lots of Politics, now CR because political talk not going away
That’s called an antibody test. China and Singapore have them. Not sure about us.
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Formerly DT: COVID-19 - Featuring Lots of Politics, now CR because political talk not going away
Shaming people for quarantining or not quarantining? It's hard not to do the latter.
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Formerly DT: COVID-19 - Featuring Lots of Politics, now CR because political talk not going away
For mild cases of ARDs, (acute respiratory distress), it sounds like CPAPs can be used as ventilators. They can even be improvised from standard ER equipment. They don't require much more than than hoses, masks, and a wall outlet. They can be used with O2 concentrators and a connector to supplement oxygen. If things are really that bad with ventilator supplies, shouldn't we start CPAP/BiPAP drives and decontamination procedures? For example, I have three working CPAPs, a primary, one for travel, and an old one that I never sold on the gray market.
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SurlyHorns Coronavirus contingency plan
Can we have a major increase in our allotment of daily posrep for the duration of the pandemic? Until this past week I had never hit the cap. I'm hitting it every day.
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Captain Picard is back
Good ep, but “I just know things” is kinda lazy writing.
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Formerly DT: COVID-19 - Featuring Lots of Politics, now CR because political talk not going away
That's possible. It is also possible they knew the WHO pandemic announcement was coming and needed them in the WH. Even if that's not true, that's how they'll need to play it.
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Formerly DT: COVID-19 - Featuring Lots of Politics, now CR because political talk not going away
The first presumptive case in Tarrant County is the rector at Trinity Episcopal. https://www.fortworthtrinity.org/about/news/covid-19-and-trinity/?fbclid=IwAR2gsK-IdFu2z_LyOxyTZD_vue-mQYMGvjcOXmIlo1nfdwGmBuzp9uw-cao
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Formerly DT: COVID-19 - Featuring Lots of Politics, now CR because political talk not going away
He's a dentist. He wants to maximize the chances he infects you.
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Formerly DT: COVID-19 - Featuring Lots of Politics, now CR because political talk not going away
Lactated ringers? WTF are those, part of a HuCow fetish?
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Jewish kid kicked off Anderson HS robotics team for making anti-Semetic joke
If the teacher was writing to a third party robot league trying to blacklist the kid, won't he get crucified under FERPA?
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Formerly DT: COVID-19 - Featuring Lots of Politics, now CR because political talk not going away
Inspired by the manscaping thread, I shaved my asscrack so that my existing TP stores will be more efficient.
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FBI Raids HISD Offices
4, x, x, 2, 3, x, x, 5, 6, 1, 7
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Formerly DT: COVID-19 - Featuring Lots of Politics, now CR because political talk not going away
I went to Aldi today and it was pretty dead. No one buying a ton except me, and, honestly, I only bought a few extra things compared to my normal monthly shopping trip. Tons of canned goods left. Lots of rice, even the really big bags. They did seem low on beans, but that appears to be a merchandising decision from a few months ago.
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Formerly DT: COVID-19 - Featuring Lots of Politics, now CR because political talk not going away
The dog could be environmentally contaminated, but that's been one of my big questions. Can dogs get it and, if so, can they spread it to other dogs in adjoining yards (not to mention all the strays)?
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Captain Picard is back
Apparently the solution was to have someone other than Frakes direct the episode. Way too deus ex machina at the end.