• covid, here we go again..

    From Ogg@21:4/106.21 to All on Saturday, November 14, 2020 23:22:00

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    Hello!

    How's everyone fairing with the covid situation in your area?

    Here in Canada, in just the last week the media has been in
    ecstasy reporting how the cases have sky-rocketted and it's
    the worse than ever it was! -- in a tone to suggest that we're
    all gonna die from this thing.

    Tonight there was a special feature reviewing the cases in a
    long term residence where about 17 elderly all died within a
    few months - purportedly because of covid. But the *star* of
    the show was a careworker who worked their and developed a
    pretty bad case of covid and nearly died herself.

    Fine. Covid can be deadly. But one case is not all cases!

    There never seems to be any reports on how the vast majority
    of people sailed through this thing or how bad their sysmptoms
    were.

    It's just bad bad bad... we will die.

    Every morning when I drive to work along a lone 4km stretch of
    backroad, I pass a person walking their dog. There are no
    houses and other people around and this person is wearing a
    mask!

    I *still* see people alone in their cars, driving, and wearing
    a mask!

    I think there is another virus that has superceded covid.

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  • From Al@21:4/106.1 to Ogg on Saturday, November 14, 2020 20:45:18
    Re: covid, here we go again..
    By: Ogg to All on Sat Nov 14 2020 11:22 pm

    How's everyone fairing with the covid situation in your area?

    In the beginning of the pandemic we had quite a few new cases on a daily basis along with deaths for some. The number of new cases (and deaths) is on the rise here again. It looks like the beginning of the feared second wave.

    Here in Canada, in just the last week the media has been in
    ecstasy reporting how the cases have sky-rocketted and it's
    the worse than ever it was! -- in a tone to suggest that we're
    all gonna die from this thing.

    ecstasy? I wouldn't call it ecstasy. It is a reality and I hope the number of cases and deaths will be reported accurately so we understand what our situation is and can work with the facts.

    Tonight there was a special feature reviewing the cases in a
    long term residence where about 17 elderly all died within a
    few months - purportedly because of covid. But the *star* of
    the show was a careworker who worked their and developed a
    pretty bad case of covid and nearly died herself.

    I hope that we can stop this from happening wherever possible.

    Fine. Covid can be deadly. But one case is not all cases!

    Yes, we know this for a fact and we don't want the number of new cases and deaths to overcome the country.

    There never seems to be any reports on how the vast majority
    of people sailed through this thing or how bad their sysmptoms
    were.

    When there is a surge in cases it is always followed by a surge in deaths some weeks after. I'd rather not go there. This is not the flu.

    It's just bad bad bad... we will die.

    It is that. I hope we can work to keep people from getting infected in the first place since that is our best defence. It is bad, and some will die.

    Every morning when I drive to work along a lone 4km stretch of
    backroad, I pass a person walking their dog. There are no
    houses and other people around and this person is wearing a
    mask!

    If I was out walking my dog in the country I would not wear a mask but it would be handy. I wear a mask when out shopping and coming into close contact with others.

    I *still* see people alone in their cars, driving, and wearing
    a mask!

    Maybe they forgot it, or maybe they are paranoid since the virus is invisible.

    I think there is another virus that has superceded covid.

    I don't think so. When covid is defeated somehow we can take off the mask and get back to normal. I am looking forward to that time but we are not there yet.

    Ttyl :-),
    Al

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  • From Bob Roberts@21:2/118 to Al on Saturday, November 14, 2020 20:58:47
    I *still* see people alone in their cars, driving, and wearing
    a mask!

    Maybe they forgot it, or maybe they are paranoid since the virus is invisible.

    I will sometimes leave mine on in the car just because I'm going from store to store and its not good to handle it and take it on and off.

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  • From The Godfather@21:1/165 to Al on Sunday, November 15, 2020 00:32:06
    We have waaaaaaaayyyy more positives then deaths than the shutdown times of the past. Heck, today we were at 8500 new cases, back in March/April it was like 1,000 and everyone was freaking out. I'd love to hear the "science" relating to the viruses (I don't know what it's called this late at night but ...) strength now versus back then. But so far we are all good here, and our kids schools have very few cases. I think our government has pretty good control over the more high risk individuals now then when the virus was unknown. We haven't seen the TP wars as I've seen reported. Life has pretty much been as normal. I hear Marion County, Indianapolis, has placed restrictions and schools are closing, but in our county everything is just moving forward. For the record, despite my tone, I'm no skeptic; I'm staying put and preventing myself from a careless death :)

    -tG

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  • From Al@21:4/106.1 to Bob Roberts on Saturday, November 14, 2020 22:02:58
    Re: covid, here we go again..
    By: Bob Roberts to Al on Sat Nov 14 2020 08:58 pm

    Maybe they forgot it, or maybe they are paranoid since the virus is
    invisible.

    I will sometimes leave mine on in the car just because I'm going from store to store and its not good to handle it and take it on and off.

    I sometimes simply forget that I am wearing a mask. It's better these days to forget you are wearing a mask than to forget wearing a mask altogether.

    I always found reading of a pandemic strange. I never thought I'd be living through one but that's where we are today.

    Ttyl :-),
    Al

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  • From Al@21:4/106.1 to The Godfather on Saturday, November 14, 2020 22:20:37
    Re: Re: covid, here we go again..
    By: The Godfather to Al on Sun Nov 15 2020 12:32 am

    We have waaaaaaaayyyy more positives then deaths than the shutdown times of the past. Heck, today we were at 8500 new cases,

    That's a lot of new cases. That many new cases can cause havok in hospitals for those that end up needing hospitalization. We have in the range of 500 - 800 new cases a day here in BC, that is up significantly. I hope that families will not have to deal with too many untimely deaths in their homes.

    reported. Life has pretty much been as normal. I hear Marion County, Indianapolis, has placed restrictions and schools are closing, but in our county everything is just moving forward.

    Yes, when cases increase without some kind of action it will continue to increase. We flattened the curve here in BC many months ago but in spite of the number of new cases contributes to rise.

    As long as folks stay vigilant we can flatten the curve again. I am hoping for a vaccine and that it won't be long til it's ready, and when it is ready I hope it works.

    For the record, despite my tone, I'm no skeptic; I'm staying put and preventing myself from a careless death :)

    Me too. I don't like it but that is what we have to do today whenever possible.

    Ttyl :-),
    Al

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  • From paulie420@21:2/150 to Ogg on Saturday, November 14, 2020 21:16:22
    Hello!
    How's everyone fairing with the covid situation in your area?

    Here in Canada, in just the last week the media has been in
    ecstasy reporting how the cases have sky-rocketted and it's
    the worse than ever it was! -- in a tone to suggest that we're
    all gonna die from this thing.
    Tonight there was a special feature reviewing the cases in a
    long term residence where about 17 elderly all died within a
    few months - purportedly because of covid. But the *star* of
    the show was a careworker who worked their and developed a
    pretty bad case of covid and nearly died herself.
    Fine. Covid can be deadly. But one case is not all cases!

    There never seems to be any reports on how the vast majority
    of people sailed through this thing or how bad their sysmptoms
    were.
    It's just bad bad bad... we will die.

    Every morning when I drive to work along a lone 4km stretch of
    backroad, I pass a person walking their dog. There are no
    houses and other people around and this person is wearing a
    mask!
    I *still* see people alone in their cars, driving, and wearing
    a mask!

    I think there is another virus that has superceded covid.


    Yea, I'm with you that... this is hard to navigate. I'm in the position that I don't HAVE to heed the warnings and even lockdowns.. but my state just put in a new ONE MONTH lockdown and I'm feeling pretty sh*tty over it man..

    I don't want to be one of the people who just thumbs this thing - and hell, I don't want to catch covid at all... but the thought of staying in for a new month is just... really on me tonight.

    I think that I'll mostly heed the lockdown; but man.. the last year has really been hard on me and my career. I'm running at about 50%. Which; I still feel blessed that I haven't lost everything... I'm afloat and all..

    I just don't know what to think about a new lockdown, and this new white house coming to America in the next few months. Yes, I thought Trump should move along already; only because of who he has been over the last year. Nothing else. He wasn't all bad... but I'm scared that the new administration is going to try to lock us down.

    This is still totally FUBAR; I just can't wait till covid moves along man.

    Thanks for posting, and... we're all getting thru this the best we can. Lets hope its over soon enough. God.



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  • From Arelor@21:2/138 to Ogg on Sunday, November 15, 2020 04:18:25
    Re: covid, here we go again..
    By: Ogg to All on Sat Nov 14 2020 11:22 pm

    Hello!

    How's everyone fairing with the covid situation in your area?

    The village next to me had 5 cases of it. The 5 of them died.

    My gandmother is scared to death because in her own village she is losing friends left and right to this thing.

    Young healthy people is doing much much better. We are finding lots of them who develop sequels from complications, but for the most part the virus is like flu 2.0 for anybody bellow 40s or so.

    I was talking the other day with somebody in radiodiagnostics for her impressions, and they were not positive. For one, people who is confirmed to have the virus does not report it, does normal life, prowls around the streets and bars and oftentimes gets aggressive when confronted about their behaviour.

    This makes it hard to mitigate the pandemic since people who gets the virus does not care to mitigate the spread anymore. People tests positive and then go on a vacation or something, infecting people in the proces. Some of the people who tested and went on a vacation has actually died of complications of the virus by the way.

    Since there is no real effort on the streets to mitigate the pandemic we are having more lockdown messures with all the problems that come with them. We have whole city blocks that can't pay their water and electricity anymore, in cities that are not exactly poor. Or at least, didn't use to be.

    I suppose I shoulñd end this report with some good news, so here you have them: I have been testing my epub for High Tech Necromancy ant it looks awesome. I could upload it to my site already, but I am gonna leave it on pre-order in order to give the fans a chance to get it at a discount. It is 10% off until 28th. Mechanical assassins against the commanded-in-chief of Earth's armies, what the f*** is nto to like? :-P
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  • From Ogg@21:4/106.21 to Arelor on Sunday, November 15, 2020 08:19:00
    Hello Arelor!

    ** On Sunday 15.11.20 - 04:18, Arelor wrote to Ogg:

    I suppose I shoulñd end this report with some good news,
    so here you have them: I have been testing my epub for
    High Tech Necromancy ant it looks awesome. I could upload
    it to my site already, but I am gonna leave it on pre-
    order in order to give the fans a chance to get it at a
    discount. It is 10% off until 28th. Mechanical assassins
    against the commanded-in-chief of Earth's armies, what the
    f*** is nto to like? :-P

    That is good news. And thanks for interjecting that following
    your covid thoughts/report. A reply is forthcoming in a
    separate message, later.

    But if your story includes death and destruction, I am not
    sure I can take it anymore. LOL

    epub seems to be pretty straight forward. No page numberings
    to be concerned about. The interface presents a per%centage of
    the file. Font size can be adjusted. Any ordinary text file
    is easily converted for epub use.

    I helped someone build the necessary "structure", editing and
    proofreading for a cookbook they needed for epub publication -
    but that was 9 years ago.

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  • From Adept@21:2/108 to paulie420 on Sunday, November 15, 2020 14:21:21
    house coming to America in the next few months. Yes, I thought T**** should move along already; only because of who he has been over the last

    Ah! He who must not be named!

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  • From Weatherman@21:1/132 to Ogg on Sunday, November 15, 2020 10:26:56

    There never seems to be any reports on how the vast majority
    of people sailed through this thing or how bad their sysmptoms
    were.

    It's just bad bad bad... we will die.

    It is a media virus, plain and simple. The fear porn drives their rating similar to the a hurricane approaching does for the Weather Channel.

    They figure it isn't as exciting to report that 99% of the people recover each day with little or no symptoms.

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  • From Blue White@21:4/134 to Ogg on Sunday, November 15, 2020 09:32:17
    I *still* see people alone in their cars, driving, and wearing
    a mask!

    When people do that I wonder if they are doing it so they don't forget to
    put it on when they get out of the car. If they are driving a long
    distance, and the mask is actually one that will protect (some) against
    COVID, they will get sleepy. I had to report to the office one day last
    week. After wearing one for 30 minutes or so, I realized I should never
    wear one while driving... I would fall asleep.

    We have had a mask mandate since, well, I can't remember when. Our cases
    have skyrocketed recently. A couple of weeks back, the medical experts
    were saying that positive cases were up, hospital visits were up, but that
    ICU stays were remaining flat. I am not sure if that is the case now.
    "We" are in Kentucky, USA, BTW.

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  • From Utopian Galt@21:4/108 to The Godfather on Sunday, November 15, 2020 08:49:23
    BY: The Godfather(21:1/165)


    We have waaaaaaaayyyy more positives then deaths than the shutdown times
    of the past. Heck, today we were at 8500 new cases, back in March/April
    it was like 1,000 and everyone was freaking out. I'd love to hear the "science" relating to the viruses (I don't know what it's called this
    late at night but ...) strength now versus back then. But so far we are
    I think we need to measure the cases that need hospital care versus the situations that just make someone bedridden.


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  • From The Godfather@21:1/165 to Utopian Galt on Sunday, November 15, 2020 23:16:50

    I think we need to measure the cases that need hospital care versus the situations that just make someone bedridden.

    Amen! I think that would be a much more realistic number as to the severity of the virus for sure. I don't look at US totals in depth, just my state; I know my state has a dashboard that shows % of hospitalizations (number in ICU, % of ICU occupancy, etc...) Those totals show me more of the reality of the situation then anything else. If the hospitals are being overrun, then clearly states need to reevaluate shut downs and/or restrictions; and only in the cities/townships that are experiencing the spike.

    -tG

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  • From The Godfather@21:4/158 to Al on Monday, November 16, 2020 04:37:26
    That's a lot of new cases. That many new cases can cause havok in hospitals for

    Todays numbers are 6,877 new positive cases, 22 new deaths, 11.3% 7-day positivity0
    rate. ICU usage is 33.8% for COVID, 40% total. Statewide ventilator usage is 17.8%.

    So .. the positive cases are high but I'd say we're doing OK, not great .. in hospitals. Looks like only 22% of ICU beds are available state wide.

    Still too scary for me to be out running around like nothings going on for sure.

    those that end up needing hospitalization. We have in the range of 500 - 800 new cases a day here in BC, that is up significantly. I hope that families will
    not have to deal with too many untimely deaths in their homes.

    It's been a tough year and for those that celebrate the holidays it's going to be tough too. My Dad already canceled Thanksgiving as a result of his age/high risk; and having so many grand kids in school right now.

    Sorry if this message is jacked, I'm in 16:9 mode right now and the message editor
    needs some work.


    I'll reply more later :) Entire lines are now disappearing saying "End of message."
    -tG

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  • From Al@21:4/106.1 to The Godfather on Sunday, November 15, 2020 21:15:41
    Re: Re: covid, here we go again..
    By: The Godfather to Al on Mon Nov 16 2020 04:37 am

    Todays numbers are 6,877 new positive cases, 22 new deaths, 11.3% 7-day positivity0
    rate. ICU usage is 33.8% for COVID, 40% total. Statewide ventilator usage is 17.8%.

    Lots of work for people in the healthcare field. I hope we don't run them out of the stuff/energy they need to do their job.

    So .. the positive cases are high but I'd say we're doing OK, not great .. in hospitals. Looks like only 22% of ICU beds are available state wide.

    Not much headroom there. I hope the number of new infections can be slowed down.

    Still too scary for me to be out running around like nothings going on for sure.

    I try not to be scared or paranoid but just be aware of what is happening and try my best to not get myself or others infected.

    It's been a tough year and for those that celebrate the holidays it's going to be tough too. My Dad already canceled Thanksgiving as a result of his age/high risk; and having so many grand kids in school right now.

    We are living in interesting times, eh? It hard to say what we should or should not do. For now we just do the best we can with what we've got.

    There's gonna be one hellofa party when we finally get this solved somehow.

    Sorry if this message is jacked, I'm in 16:9 mode right now and the message editor
    needs some work.

    That's what it looks like here. Long line, short line long line. BTW, how do my messages look on your wide screen? I'll write more stuff here just so you can have something to look at.. :) I hope it looks good on your wide screen.

    Ttyl :-),
    Al

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to Al on Sunday, November 15, 2020 07:31:00
    Al wrote to Ogg <=-


    If I was out walking my dog in the country I would not wear a mask but
    it would be handy. I wear a mask when out shopping and coming into
    close contact with others.

    I walk my dog twice a day. I'm outside and always keep my distance
    from people. I've started noticing people wearing masks on their
    walks (mostly elderly people) and noticed people pulling their masks
    up when they walk by.

    I may start bringing a mask with me, out of courtesy to other people.
    What does it hurt to show a little consideration for other people?

    I *still* see people alone in their cars, driving, and wearing
    a mask!

    Ok, that I don't understand.


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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to Bob Roberts on Sunday, November 15, 2020 07:32:00
    Bob Roberts wrote to Al <=-

    I will sometimes leave mine on in the car just because I'm going from store to store and its not good to handle it and take it on and off.

    Good point. I've gotten in the habit of sanitizing my hands before
    taking my mask off.

    Folks, make sure you wash your cloth masks often, too!



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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to paulie420 on Sunday, November 15, 2020 07:54:00
    paulie420 wrote to Ogg <=-

    Yea, I'm with you that... this is hard to navigate. I'm in the position that I don't HAVE to heed the warnings and even lockdowns.. but my
    state just put in a new ONE MONTH lockdown and I'm feeling pretty
    sh*tty over it man..

    I am considered essential services, and I have a pass from my
    company. If things get really bad, I could always fall back on that.

    I don't want to be one of the people who just thumbs this thing - and hell, I don't want to catch covid at all... but the thought of staying
    in for a new month is just... really on me tonight.

    I think that I'll mostly heed the lockdown; but man.. the last year has really been hard on me and my career. I'm running at about 50%. Which;
    I still feel blessed that I haven't lost everything... I'm afloat and all..

    50% employment or 50% effectiveness?

    Afloat is a good way to describe it. When this is over, we're all
    going to be incredibly lucky to be more or less where we were in
    March of 2020. Unfortunately, that won't be the case for the majority
    of us - and for those who have lost someone or have loved ones in
    recovery, there's no way I could get my head around it.

    I think we're all taking a hit at some level.

    Some people are unemployed and looking for some level of support from
    the government, essential workers are strained from the stress of
    exposing themselves to a virus for a paycheck, employers are cutting
    back on hours and people to save money (and because they can do it
    with relative impunity during a pandemic...)

    Those who are fortunate to be able to work from home are dealing with
    stresses unseen until now and just trying to hold it together. We're
    not a fully optimized remote workforce holding zoom meetings and
    making our own lattes in our kitchen. We're juggling kids who see
    parents stressed and afraid and watching the news, kids who aren't
    getting anywhere near the creative outlets and exercise they used to,
    sitting in front of a zoom classroom instead of being with their
    friends.

    Then there are the no-longer-empty-nest parents who are paying for a
    dorm room or an apartment that their college kids cannot live in, and
    are instead back home on Zoom calls while the parents pay $50K a year
    for their kids to be back home learning in an environment which is a
    fraction of what they should be experiencing. I think I learned more
    in school from living in dorms and group houses and learning how to
    work with people than I did about Computer Science.

    I think of tech workers in San Francisco in studio apartments without
    roommates, like I was - without any outdoor space and without any
    family contact. It must be troubling to be used to going out with
    friends whenever or wherever you wanted, then going to a lockdown.

    I'm fortunate to have a house with rooms for my kids, an office space
    for my wife and I, 2 outdoor decks and a back yard we're working on.
    We have physical contact, space to move around and space to be out of
    everyone's hair when we need to.










    I just don't know what to think about a new lockdown, and this new
    white house coming to America in the next few months. Yes, I thought
    Trump should move along already; only because of who he has been over
    the last year. Nothing else. He wasn't all bad... but I'm scared that
    the new administration is going to try to lock us down.

    This is still totally FUBAR; I just can't wait till covid moves along
    man.

    Thanks for posting, and... we're all getting thru this the best we can. Lets hope its over soon enough. God.



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  • From Utopian Galt@21:4/108 to The Godfather on Sunday, November 15, 2020 21:17:48
    BY: The Godfather(21:1/165)


    If the hospitals are being overrun, then clearly states need to
    reevaluate shut downs and/or restrictions; and only in the
    cities/townships that are experiencing the spike.
    We are going to get small businesses pernamently destroyed in an effort to make covid-19 "nearly non existent". We need reliable tests that have less false positives. I know we need to stay away from politics in this network, but I hope we can figure out a way to respect lives and the economy. Or make sure our posts have an element on how to unite people.


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  • From Chaise@21:1/108 to Ogg on Sunday, November 15, 2020 20:42:19
    On 11/14/20, Ogg said the following...

    How's everyone fairing with the covid situation in your area?

    Central California here. We've seen a slight bump in cases after Halloween.
    I suspect that has more to do with kids/families running house to house all night than the season or 'second wave'. Time will tell. The growth rate on new cases seems to be dropping.

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  • From Chaise@21:1/108 to Blue White on Sunday, November 15, 2020 20:59:24
    On 11/15/20, Blue White said the following...

    When people do that I wonder if they are doing it so they don't forget to put it on when they get out of the car.

    Good chance. A few weeks back, I walked into the gas station by work,
    grabbed a soda, went through the checkout, and got back to the car before realizing I did it all without a mask. I felt bad, totally spaced, but it's easy to forget that we're still in the middle of this.

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  • From Vk3jed@21:1/109 to Ogg on Monday, November 16, 2020 19:55:00
    On 11-14-20 23:22, Ogg wrote to All <=-

    How's everyone fairing with the covid situation in your area?

    Currently, all is good, with 0 new cases and 0 deaths in the last 17 days. Also 0 mystery cases and only 3 active cases in the whole state - none are serious. However, South Australia, which has done really well through the pandemic with 0 cases in a long time has a new outbreak that reached 18 in 48 hours.

    We did have a serious second wave here in Victoria, and the government is cautiously reopening. Expecting some significant news on easing of restrictions this coming Sunday.


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  • From Vk3jed@21:1/109 to Al on Monday, November 16, 2020 20:11:00
    On 11-14-20 22:20, Al wrote to The Godfather <=-

    That's a lot of new cases. That many new cases can cause havok in hospitals for those that end up needing hospitalization. We have in the range of 500 - 800 new cases a day here in BC, that is up
    significantly. I hope that families will not have to deal with too many untimely deaths in their homes.

    Here in Victoria, Australia, we peaked at over 700 new cases/day at the height of the second wave. Today, we stand at 17 days in a row of zero new cases or deaths. There were a series of stuffups that led to the second wave. The turning point came when masks were made mandatory, and then the severe Stage 4 restrictions in August-September knowcked it right down.

    As long as folks stay vigilant we can flatten the curve again. I am
    hoping for a vaccine and that it won't be long til it's ready, and when
    it is ready I hope it works.

    There has been some promising early news on the vaccine front, but still a while before any of the stage 3 testing is complete.

    For the record, despite my tone, I'm no skeptic; I'm staying put and preventing myself from a careless death :)

    Me too. I don't like it but that is what we have to do today whenever possible.

    Better safe than sorry. While I'm confident that given my age and general state of health, that I would survive COVID, there's also the issue of chronic health effects, which could have very serious consequences. And some sources say that unlike the acute effects, which are (on average) more severe in older or unwell people, the chronic effects affect a broader range of people. And as COVID can infect major organs, we don't fully know the extent of chronic COVID symptoms across the lifespan, because it simply hasn't been around long enough.

    That's not something I'm going to gamble on, so I'm happy to continue taking precautions, at least until a suitable vaccine is available.


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  • From paulie420@21:2/150 to poindexter FORTRAN on Sunday, November 15, 2020 23:32:25
    50% employment or 50% effectiveness?
    Afloat is a good way to describe it. When this is over, we're all
    going to be incredibly lucky to be more or less where we were in
    March of 2020. Unfortunately, that won't be the case for the majority
    of us - and for those who have lost someone or have loved ones in
    recovery, there's no way I could get my head around it.


    I'd say 50% of my normal income... I own a business and am aware that even @ 50%, I'm one of the lucky ones...

    Your entire reply reminded me that I am lucky and... in some way gave me pause to think of others and be thankful for what I still have.

    Sometimes I get jealous of my, wealthy, friends whom are out of work and forget that even if it looks good - they are suffering in ways that I am not... so anyway;

    thanks. I hope this changes for all of us; soon.



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  • From Oli@21:3/102 to Weatherman on Monday, November 16, 2020 12:20:37
    Weatherman wrote (2020-11-15):

    They figure it isn't as exciting to report that 99% of the people recover each day with little or no symptoms.

    here we go again ...

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  • From Arelor@21:2/138 to poindexter FORTRAN on Monday, November 16, 2020 06:33:53
    Re: Re: covid, here we go again..
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Al on Sun Nov 15 2020 07:31 am

    I *still* see people alone in their cars, driving, and wearing
    a mask!

    Ok, that I don't understand.

    This subject has popped up before.

    I do it sometimes. Usually when I am driving from job to home and I expect to stop by to buy
    groceries and other things. It is easier to just not take the mask off ajnd wear it on all the way
    than to put the mask on and off 4 times in the same trip.
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  • From Memo@21:3/128 to Arelor on Monday, November 16, 2020 14:11:50
    It is easier to just not take the mask off
    ajnd wear it on all the way


    This is what I prefer too. I'm taking the mask on before I leave home, and
    take it off, after being home again and washed my hands.

    BTW: I'm not going by car, I'm using a bike only ;)


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  • From Weatherman@21:1/132 to The Godfather on Monday, November 16, 2020 08:43:15

    I think we need to measure the cases that need hospital care versus
    the UG> situations that just make someone bedridden.

    Amen! I think that would be a much more realistic number as to the
    severity of the virus for sure. I don't look at US totals in depth, just
    my state; I know my state has a dashboard that shows % of
    hospitalizations (number in ICU, % of ICU occupancy, etc...) Those totals show me more of the reality of the situation then anything else. If the hospitals are being overrun, then clearly states need to reevaluate shut downs and/or restrictions; and only in the cities/townships that are experiencing the spike.

    That number would be 1%. In addition, there are meds that can (and should be) getting prescribed to the higher risk people in the event they test positive to prevent them from ever needing to go to the hospital.

    - Mark

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  • From Weatherman@21:1/132 to The Godfather on Monday, November 16, 2020 08:46:56

    So .. the positive cases are high but I'd say we're doing OK, not great
    .. in
    hospitals. Looks like only 22% of ICU beds are available state wide.

    We are still dealing with the backlog of illnesses that were pushed aside when this entire virus thing stated. Most of our hospitals are operating at near capacity but not due to the virus. Due to the backlog from earlier in the year and things that were not getting treated.

    Less than 5% inpatient are virus related, 95% are everything else.

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  • From Weatherman@21:1/132 to Al on Monday, November 16, 2020 08:49:21

    Lots of work for people in the healthcare field. I hope we don't run them out of the stuff/energy they need to do their job.

    True, and many are getting burnt out and leaving. Turnover rate is the highest it has ever been in some departments in healthcare. There are lots of reasons for it, more than just the virus.

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  • From Ogg@21:4/106.21 to Arelor on Monday, November 16, 2020 10:04:00
    Hello Arelor!

    ** On Monday 16.11.20 - 06:33, Arelor wrote to poindexter FORTRAN:

    I do it sometimes. Usually when I am driving from job to home and I expect to stop by to buy groceries and other things. It is easier to just not
    take the mask off ajnd wear it on all the way than to put the mask on and off 4 times in the same trip. --

    What kind of mask design are you wearing?

    Even the traditional loop-over-the-ears design can be pulled
    off one ear with one hand and left hanging from the other ear,
    and then reapplied with one easy motion with one hand.

    However, I am actually wearing my mask at home, alone. LOL

    It is 12C in the house right now. But I find that the mask
    keeps my nose warm. :)

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to Arelor on Monday, November 16, 2020 06:50:00
    Arelor wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

    I do it sometimes. Usually when I am driving from job to home and I
    expect to stop by to buy groceries and other things. It is easier to
    just not take the mask off ajnd wear it on all the way than to put the mask on and off 4 times in the same trip.

    If I didn't wear glasses, I could see that. As it is, I can't see
    much because my glasses are fogged up! :)




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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to Weatherman on Monday, November 16, 2020 07:20:00
    Weatherman wrote to Ogg <=-

    They figure it isn't as exciting to report that 99% of the people
    recover each day with little or no symptoms.

    State's ICUs filling up, long-tail Covid cases, no understanding of
    long-term effects; I don't think we know enough to be this cavalier
    about it.

    99% is an easy number to deal with. 246,000 deaths in the USA alone
    and climbing is not.



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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to The Godfather on Monday, November 16, 2020 07:24:00
    The Godfather wrote to Utopian Galt <=-

    else. If the hospitals are being overrun, then clearly states need to reevaluate shut downs and/or restrictions; and only in the cities/townships that are experiencing the spike.

    That level of granularity would be effective if people respected
    public health rules. I could imagine if I lived in a town that was
    "locked down" (and we all need to be clear that we *don't* know what
    that means) that many people would just go one town over, eat at a
    restaurant, drink at a bar, and potentially spread Covid to the next
    town over.

    If we'd truly shut down nationwide in March for 3 weeks, I wonder how
    this would look now. We'd have taken a hit economically, but the long
    drain isn't looking any better.



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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to Al on Monday, November 16, 2020 07:26:00
    Al wrote to The Godfather <=-

    Lots of work for people in the healthcare field. I hope we don't run
    them out of the stuff/energy they need to do their job.

    How are we doing for health care PPE these days? Haven't heard much
    about it except from the president claiming all is well.




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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to Utopian Galt on Monday, November 16, 2020 07:35:00
    Utopian Galt wrote to The Godfather <=-

    We are going to get small businesses pernamently destroyed in an effort
    to make covid-19 "nearly non existent".

    Agreed. I'm saddened to think that in a post Covid-19 world that
    chains and franchises will be the only smaller businesses to survive.

    The government response to aid small businesses seemed more designed
    to prop up unemployment figures than to aid small business - or is
    that just my imagination?

    We need reliable tests that
    have less false positives. I know we need to stay away from politics in this network, but I hope we can figure out a way to respect lives and
    the economy. Or make sure our posts have an element on how to unite people.

    Cheap, reliable testing and taking the kids that otherwise would have
    gone to Zoom classes their first year of college, and turning them
    into a Covid "corps" to assist with the massive task of contact
    tracing and testing. That would provide a boost to the economy, but
    the academic world is teetering.

    Education has been pushed as a human right in this country, and
    grants and student loans have helped inflate the cost of education
    way beyond the inflation rate, and have become exclusive clubs that
    measure rejection rates as a metric.

    In good times, that's fine, but when Bobby's parents are spending
    $58L a year for him to take Zoom classes in his parents' basement,
    it's time to rethink things.

    Schools on shaky financial grounds will fail this year. Schools with
    a wait list will do OK. The schools that succeed will have to find a
    way to accelerate e-learning and bring in more students than they can
    fit into the freshman halls and widen their audiences.

    As some have said, Covid-19 isn't uncovering anything new - it's
    accelerating 10 years' change in businesses into 6 months.





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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to Chaise on Monday, November 16, 2020 09:34:00
    Chaise wrote to Ogg <=-

    Central California here. We've seen a slight bump in cases after Halloween. I suspect that has more to do with kids/families running
    house to house all night than the season or 'second wave'. Time will tell. The growth rate on new cases seems to be dropping.

    I was surprised to see kids trick-or-treating. Halloween and
    Thanksgiving, combined with colder weather forcing people indoors is
    going to be tough.



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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to Chaise on Monday, November 16, 2020 09:35:00
    Chaise wrote to Blue White <=-

    On 11/15/20, Blue White said the following...

    Good chance. A few weeks back, I walked into the gas station by work, grabbed a soda, went through the checkout, and got back to the car
    before realizing I did it all without a mask. I felt bad, totally
    spaced, but it's easy to forget that we're still in the middle of this.

    I did the opposite - went through a drive-through, ordered food,
    raised my drink to my mouth, and my mask deflected the straw up
    across my cheek and poked me in the eye!



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  • From Arelor@21:2/138 to Weatherman on Monday, November 16, 2020 15:41:56
    Re: Re: covid, here we go again..
    By: Weatherman to The Godfather on Mon Nov 16 2020 08:46 am


    So .. the positive cases are high but I'd say we're doing OK, not great .. in
    hospitals. Looks like only 22% of ICU beds are available state wide.

    We are still dealing with the backlog of illnesses that were pushed aside wh this entire virus thing stated. Most of our hospitals are operating at near capacity but not due to the virus. Due to the backlog from earlier in the y and things that were not getting treated.

    Less than 5% inpatient are virus related, 95% are everything else.

    - Mark
       

    Here in Spain we are seeing an avalanche of patients in private healthcare. These are not posh, rich, snobs or whatever have you. This is regular people who is getting rejected at socialized healthcare because they shutdown lots of rooms for covid cases and have no room for anything else (mind you, to my knowledge, many covid rooms remain empty).

    Situation is dire due to overload. We are having orthopedia docs dealing with cancer cases because there are no enough cancer docs available.

    It is not nationwide to my knwledge but at local level it sucks hard.
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  • From Arelor@21:2/138 to poindexter FORTRAN on Monday, November 16, 2020 15:44:34
    Re: Re: covid, here we go again..
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to The Godfather on Mon Nov 16 2020 07:24 am

    If we'd truly shut down nationwide in March for 3 weeks, I wonder how
    this would look now. We'd have taken a hit economically, but the long
    drain isn't looking any better.


    We locked down in Spain, hard, for 100 days, and we are objetively fucked now.

    They are talking about another lockdown.
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  • From Atreyu@21:1/176 to Arelor on Monday, November 16, 2020 17:13:55
    On 16 Nov 20 15:44:34, Arelor said the following to Poindexter Fortran:

    They are talking about another lockdown.

    Toronto is eyeballing another lockdown too.

    Atreyu

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  • From Adept@21:2/108 to Arelor on Monday, November 16, 2020 22:54:29
    I *still* see people alone in their cars, driving, and wearing
    a mask!

    Ok, that I don't understand.

    This subject has popped up before.

    It's just that masks are terribly comfortable -- I think everyone will be wearing them in the future.

    (Now I'm just wondering how obvious that was.)

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  • From ryan@21:1/168 to Adept on Monday, November 16, 2020 15:00:11
    It's just that masks are terribly comfortable -- I think everyone will be wearing them in the future.

    As you wish!

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  • From Adept@21:2/108 to poindexter FORTRAN on Monday, November 16, 2020 23:01:03
    If I didn't wear glasses, I could see that. As it is, I can't see
    much because my glasses are fogged up! :)

    I think the only time I manage to not fog my glasses up is when I wear my
    good mask (a fancy dust mask with a 3D printed bit to filter the output),
    which tends to lead to me having my glasses on top of the rubber bits of it, and then I have to be very careful going down the stairs because suddenly I'm looking at them not through the glasses and my depth perception is off.

    Good mask fit is hard. As is talking through masks. Especially when one is quiet and doesn't speak the local language very well. :)

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  • From Blue White@21:4/134 to Utopian Galt on Monday, November 16, 2020 15:27:49
    Utopian Galt wrote to The Godfather <=-

    BY: The Godfather(21:1/165)

    We have waaaaaaaayyyy more positives then deaths than the shutdown times of the past. Heck, today we were at 8500 new cases, back in March/April it was like 1,000 and everyone was freaking out. I'd love to hear the "science" relating to the viruses (I don't know what it's called this
    late at night but ...) strength now versus back then. But so far we are

    I think we need to measure the cases that need hospital care versus the situations that just make someone bedridden.

    I would also throw in how many of them had an underlying condition that
    made them more likely to be hospitalized with COVID, like COPD.


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  • From Blue White@21:4/134 to The Godfather on Monday, November 16, 2020 15:31:34
    The Godfather wrote to Al <=-

    Todays numbers are 6,877 new positive cases, 22 new deaths, 11.3% 7-day positivity0 rate. ICU usage is 33.8% for COVID, 40% total. Statewide ventilator usage is 17.8%.

    So .. the positive cases are high but I'd say we're doing OK, not great
    .. in hospitals. Looks like only 22% of ICU beds are available state wide.

    If ICU usage is 40%, how is availability only 22%? That only adds up to
    62%, unless I forgot to carry a 1 or something. :)



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  • From Blue White@21:4/134 to Oli on Monday, November 16, 2020 15:34:58
    Oli wrote to Weatherman <=-

    They figure it isn't as exciting to report that 99% of the people recover each day with little or no symptoms.

    here we go again ...

    POLITICAL TOPIC ALERT!

    It is a swipe at journalists. How is that political?



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  • From Adept@21:2/108 to Blue White on Tuesday, November 17, 2020 00:34:52
    I would also throw in how many of them had an underlying condition that made them more likely to be hospitalized with COVID, like COPD.

    Isn't that a weird metric? I mean, do we do that with anything else?
    Especially since there are a variety of risk factors that make people more likely to be hospitalized, and that variety is large enough that probably
    a majority qualify for one reason or another.

    Mind you, I _love_ having more data for everyone to sift through, medical privacy and whatnot aside. It'd always be interesting to know more.

    Especially if we could start finding some spurious but entertaining connections.

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to Arelor on Monday, November 16, 2020 16:41:29
    Re: Re: covid, here we go again..
    By: Arelor to poindexter FORTRAN on Mon Nov 16 2020 03:44 pm

    We locked down in Spain, hard, for 100 days, and we are objetively fucked now.

    They are talking about another lockdown.

    I think the horse is out of the barn -- probably too late for a shutdown to work effectively with this many cases now.
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  • From Warpslide@21:3/110 to Adept on Monday, November 16, 2020 21:11:19
    On 16 Nov 2020, Adept said the following...

    It's just that masks are terribly comfortable -- I think everyone will be wearing them in the future.

    I'm just waiting for someone to invent those nose filters from the 2006 movie Ultraviolet.

    https://i.imgur.com/o7PcoRH.jpg


    Jay

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  • From Utopian Galt@21:4/108 to Poindexter Fortran on Monday, November 16, 2020 17:45:22
    BY: poindexter FORTRAN(21:4/122)


    In good times, that's fine, but when Bobby's parents are spending
    $58L a year for him to take Zoom classes in his parents' basement,
    it's time to rethink things.
    I would rather go to Grand Canyon University and get a MA for 16k if im getting zoom classes.


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  • From Hatton@21:4/10 to Adept on Tuesday, November 17, 2020 02:05:08
    Re: Re: covid, here we go again..
    By: Adept to Arelor on Mon Nov 16 2020 10:54 pm

    It's just that masks are terribly comfortable -- I think everyone will be wearing them in the future.

    My daughter included that quote in her Salutatorian speech this summer.

    As well as "Fly me to the moon... PLEASE!"

    Hatton

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  • From Spectre@21:3/101 to Al on Tuesday, November 17, 2020 12:26:00
    Lots of work for people in the healthcare field. I hope we don't run them out of the stuff/energy they need to do their job.

    And hope for enough of them to stay healthy.


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  • From Spectre@21:3/101 to Memo on Tuesday, November 17, 2020 12:42:00
    It is easier to just not take the mask off
    ajnd wear it on all the way

    This is what I prefer too. I'm taking the mask on before I leave home, and take it off, after being home again and washed my hands.

    I'm the other way around. Since I'm allergic to paper masks from the start I've been wearing a cartridge respirator. Problem is the only one I could get is not a good fit and damned uncomfortable. So I take it off any chance I get... even if its dangling around my neck knowing I'll need it in a few minutes.

    Spec


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  • From Spectre@21:3/101 to poindexter FORTRAN on Tuesday, November 17, 2020 12:46:00
    about it except from the president claiming all is well.

    Blowing his Trumpet again...


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  • From Spectre@21:3/101 to poindexter FORTRAN on Tuesday, November 17, 2020 12:49:00
    I was surprised to see kids trick-or-treating. Halloween and
    Thanksgiving, combined with colder weather forcing people indoors is
    going to be tough.


    "Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that." - George Carlin

    Spec


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  • From Al@21:4/106.1 to poindexter FORTRAN on Monday, November 16, 2020 18:43:11
    Re: Re: covid, here we go again..
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Al on Mon Nov 16 2020 07:26 am

    Lots of work for people in the healthcare field. I hope we don't run
    them out of the stuff/energy they need to do their job.

    How are we doing for health care PPE these days?

    I haven't heard either. I hope the cupboards are not bare today.

    Haven't heard much about it except from the president claiming all is well.

    All his claims are going to the same place as his University, his airline, his steaks and wines, his casinos and his charities.

    Ttyl :-),
    Al

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  • From Al@21:4/106.1 to Spectre on Monday, November 16, 2020 18:55:40
    Re: Re: covid, here we go again..
    By: Spectre to Al on Tue Nov 17 2020 12:26 pm

    Lots of work for people in the healthcare field. I hope we don't run
    them out of the stuff/energy they need to do their job.

    And hope for enough of them to stay healthy.

    Yes, healthcare workers are facing a clear and present danger.

    Ttyl :-),
    Al

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  • From paulie420@21:2/150 to poindexter FORTRAN on Monday, November 16, 2020 16:48:54
    I was surprised to see kids trick-or-treating. Halloween and
    Thanksgiving, combined with colder weather forcing people indoors is
    going to be tough.

    I just made the decision to skip Thanksgiving with the family in Ohio. My sister recently brough my 73 year old mother to live with her from an assisted-living stroke rehab place; which is wonderful, my sister is a minister- as was my mother- and to offer her that level of care was really awesome of my sister... however, shes hosting like... a full Thanksgiving day this year.

    I would have visited, had it just been her immediate family and my Mom. I'm dying to see my mother, as this last year has been hard on her. But... I disagree with the Thanksgiving dinner event they are planning. Our mother is in her 70s, and to me its too much risk.



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  • From The Godfather@21:1/165 to Blue White on Monday, November 16, 2020 22:48:15
    If ICU usage is 40%, how is availability only 22%? That only adds up to 62%, unless I forgot to carry a 1 or something. :)

    Because the 43% in the ICU have COVID, while only 22% of the ICU availability TOTAL in the state is 22% for all ICU cases combined. I should have been more clear, but was typing off the dashboard I was reading to make sure I had the percentages right.

    -tG

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  • From The Godfather@21:1/165 to The Godfather on Tuesday, November 17, 2020 00:44:27
    If ICU usage is 40%, how is availability only 22%? That only adds up 62%, unless I forgot to carry a 1 or something. :)
    Because the 43% in the ICU have COVID, while only 22% of the ICU availabilityTOTAL in the state is 22% for all ICU cases combined. I should have been moreclear, but was typing off the dashboard I was
    reading to make sure I had thepercentages right.

    -tG

    And I still said that wrong. Sorry, been creating a 132x37 theme all day. Now that I can slow down. Here are how the stats should have read:

    39% ICU beds are in use- Non-Covid
    34.7% ICU beds are in use- Covid
    26.2% ICU Beds Available

    Numbers updated to todays also .. or .. well I guess it's after midnight, so yesterday I suppose.

    Non covid ICU patients, 16.8% of ventilators are in use. 8.3% in use for covid patients.

    Anyway, the stats I guess tell me that there isn't a whole heck of a lot of room in hospitals for us to be going all crazy, treating this like it's not a real deal, for sure.. Today (Yesterday) we had 5218 new positive cases. To me, this sounds worse then when it started but we are testing a lot more then ever before. The death rates, however are as high as back in March now .. so stay safe everyone, and/or keep the COPD and Elderly safe ....

    -tG

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  • From Ogg@21:4/106.21 to paulie420 on Tuesday, November 17, 2020 01:25:00
    Hello paulie420!

    ** On Saturday 14.11.20 - 21:16, paulie420 wrote to Ogg:

    This is still totally FUBAR; I just can't wait till covid moves along man.

    Thanks for posting, and... we're all getting thru this the best we can. Lets hope its over soon enough. God.

    In the news..

    [Bloomberg News : Stefan Nicola and Tim Loh
    : Publishing date: Nov 13, 2020 : Tesla Inc.'s Elon Musk
    tweeted he may have Covid-19 and renewed his conspiratorial
    posting about the virus that has infected almost 53 million
    people.]

    "Something extremely bogus is going on," the chief executive
    officer wrote late Thursday. "Was tested for covid four times
    today. Two tests came back negative, two came back positive."

    Same test, same nurse.

    So.. did the two positive tests count towards the "big wave"
    of data? Or, did the two negative tests take them off the
    reports of "cases! cases! cases, we're all gonna die if we get
    this thing" numbers?


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  • From Arelor@21:2/138 to poindexter FORTRAN on Tuesday, November 17, 2020 03:14:26
    Re: Re: covid, here we go again..
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Arelor on Mon Nov 16 2020 04:41 pm

    Re: Re: covid, here we go again..
    By: Arelor to poindexter FORTRAN on Mon Nov 16 2020 03:44 pm

    We locked down in Spain, hard, for 100 days, and we are objetively fucke now.

    They are talking about another lockdown.

    I think the horse is out of the barn -- probably too late for a shutdown to work effectively with this many cases now.

    My horses once escaped from my barn once.

    They disliked the experience so much that they returned on their own accord and, since them, have refused to go out of their house on their own.

    I have a picture of a time when the wind tore down the gates of the horsefield, and I found the horses waiting for me at the gate, not walking out.
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  • From Weatherman@21:1/132 to Arelor on Tuesday, November 17, 2020 08:09:26

    Here in Spain we are seeing an avalanche of patients in private
    healthcare. These are not posh, rich, snobs or whatever have you. This is regular people who is getting rejected at socialized healthcare because
    they shutdown lots of rooms for covid cases and have no room for anything else (mind you, to my knowledge, many covid rooms remain empty).

    Much the same over here - at least in my local area. Hospitals are overloaded - but not with virus patients. They are overloaded with "everything else", which is likely pent up demand from earlier in the year as other serious issues were being set aside and ignored.

    - Mark
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  • From Charles Pierson@21:4/111 to Arelor on Tuesday, November 17, 2020 09:42:30
    Thus spake Arelor:


    My horses once escaped from my barn once.

    They disliked the experience so much that they returned on their own accord and, since them, have refused to go out of their house on their own.

    I have a picture of a time when the wind tore down the gates of the horsefield,
    and I found the horses waiting for me at the gate, not walking out.

    I had a dog once who was the same way. She wouldn't leave the yard if the gate was open. she'd sit there waiting for me to come back in.

    There was one time she did get out. My wife saw through the kitchen window. She (the dog, not the wife) was chasing a squirrel around the yard and ot ran out of the fence. The dog jumped the 4ft fence like it was nothing and froze in place when she hit the ground. I had to go get her and bring her back to safety, because she wouldn't move.



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  • From Joacim Melin@21:2/130 to Weatherman on Tuesday, November 17, 2020 19:21:28

    There never seems to be any reports on how the vast majority O>> of people sailed through this thing or how bad their sysmptoms O>> were.

    It's just bad bad bad... we will die.

    It is a media virus, plain and simple. The fear porn drives their
    rating similar to the a hurricane approaching does for the Weather
    Channel.

    They figure it isn't as exciting to report that 99% of the people
    recover each day with little or no symptoms.

    - Mark

    As one who just recovered from Covid, and still suffering from it's effects also watched (from a far) my mother in law coming VERY close to dying from it, I can safely say this: you, sir, are a fucking idiot.


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  • From Adept@21:2/108 to poindexter FORTRAN on Tuesday, November 17, 2020 18:52:56
    They are talking about another lockdown.

    I think the horse is out of the barn -- probably too late for a shutdown to work effectively with this many cases now.

    Germany's soft lockdown has resulted in a plateauing of cases, at least.

    But it does seem like the super-spreader events are those that are indoors where people are gathering somewhat close without masks on. So maybe "no
    indoor dining or buying alcohol at night" make a solid difference.

    But it's unfortunate that it's so hard to test all these things in a scientifically-useful manner.

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  • From Blue White@21:4/134 to The Godfather on Tuesday, November 17, 2020 16:54:44
    The Godfather wrote to Blue White <=-

    If ICU usage is 40%, how is availability only 22%? That only adds up to 62%, unless I forgot to carry a 1 or something. :)

    Because the 43% in the ICU have COVID, while only 22% of the ICU availability TOTAL in the state is 22% for all ICU cases combined. I should have been more clear, but was typing off the dashboard I was reading to make sure I had the percentages right.

    I guess I am somehow trying to add that up and get 100 but I guess those numbers don't add up that way. :)


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  • From Bob Roberts@21:2/118 to paulie420 on Tuesday, November 17, 2020 17:26:56
    I would have visited, had it just been her immediate family and my Mom. I'm dying to see my mother, as
    this last year has been hard on her. But... I disagree with the Thanksgiving dinner event they are
    planning. Our mother is in her 70s, and to me its too much risk.

    Good for you. Now isn't the time for unncessary risk for yourself or loved ones.

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  • From ryan@21:1/168 to paulie420 on Tuesday, November 17, 2020 17:30:44
    I would have visited, had it just been her immediate family and my Mom. I'm dying to see my mother, as this last year has been hard on her.
    But... I disagree with the Thanksgiving dinner event they are planning. Our mother is in
    her 70s, and to me its too much risk.

    Kudos to you - this probably wasn't a decision you arrived to lightly and I commend you for choosing the hard right over the easy wrong. There's a chance your act will save her life, and we'll never know for sure, but I personally appreciate the fact that you're being selfless here.

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  • From ryan@21:1/168 to Weatherman on Tuesday, November 17, 2020 17:36:57
    Here in Spain we are seeing an avalanche of patients in private healthcare. These are not posh, rich, snobs or whatever have you. This regular people who is getting rejected at socialized healthcare because they shutdown lots of rooms for covid cases and have no room for anythi else (mind you, to my knowledge, many covid rooms remain empty).

    Much the same over here - at least in my local area. Hospitals are overloaded - but not with virus patients. They are overloaded with "everything else", which is likely pent up demand from earlier in the
    year as other serious issues were being set aside and ignored.

    Not trying to argue or delve into a political debate, but...do either of you work in these hospitals? Where are you getting your statistics here?

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  • From ryan@21:1/168 to Joacim Melin on Tuesday, November 17, 2020 17:38:38
    As one who just recovered from Covid, and still suffering from it's effects also watched (from a far) my mother in law coming VERY close to dying from it, I can safely say this: you, sir, are a fucking idiot.

    While I don't echo your tone, I did recently lose an aunt who was otherwise healthy, and now her daughter (who is under 18) needs a different family
    member to care for her.

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  • From Arelor@21:2/138 to ryan on Wednesday, November 18, 2020 03:27:25
    Re: Re: covid, here we go again..
    By: ryan to Weatherman on Tue Nov 17 2020 05:36 pm

    Here in Spain we are seeing an avalanche of patients in private healthcare. These are not posh, rich, snobs or whatever have you. Th regular people who is getting rejected at socialized healthcare beca they shutdown lots of rooms for covid cases and have no room for any else (mind you, to my knowledge, many covid rooms remain empty).

    Much the same over here - at least in my local area. Hospitals are overloaded - but not with virus patients. They are overloaded with "everything else", which is likely pent up demand from earlier in the year as other serious issues were being set aside and ignored.

    Not trying to argue or delve into a political debate, but...do either of you work in these hospitals? Where are you getting your statistics here?

    Most of my work is remote but I happen to be in charge of the servers which register the appointments.

    I also do a lot of phone work talking to the doctors on the field and, when the subject pops up, this is what they have been telling me.

    I am also in close contact with some pharma and orthesis providers and the tale is pretty much the same.

    So yeah, I am not the most optimistic person right now.
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  • From The Godfather@21:1/165 to Blue White on Wednesday, November 18, 2020 05:13:32
    read the other email i wrote, the correction.

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to paulie420 on Tuesday, November 17, 2020 06:55:00
    paulie420 wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

    I would have visited, had it just been her immediate family and my Mom. I'm dying to see my mother, as this last year has been hard on her.
    But... I disagree with the Thanksgiving dinner event they are planning. Our mother is in her 70s, and to me its too much risk.

    Thankfully my sister understands and is declining to do Thanksgiving
    with my 83 year old mom and our family. We're the only one she's
    spending time with now, and my sister has 2 kids and has public
    exposure as part of her job.

    My mom is adapting. She and I were talking about the dodginess of
    our local Safeway, and she signed up for safeway.com delivery.
    Anything to keep her away from the customers - I'm not worried about
    the employees...




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  • From Paradigms Shifting@21:1/101 to Ogg on Wednesday, March 31, 2021 22:51:16
    Every morning when I drive to work along a lone 4km stretch of
    backroad, I pass a person walking their dog. There are no
    houses and other people around and this person is wearing a
    mask!

    I *still* see people alone in their cars, driving, and wearing
    a mask!

    I think there is another virus that has superceded covid.

    This is a VERY TOUCHY subject for a lot of people, so I'm going to be very careful about how I go about addressing this one.

    The most deadly, dangerous, damaging "virus" in all of world history, has
    been fear. Fear alone has brought down empires and nations. Stalin used it. Hitler used it. Any despot worth his salt has weaponized fear. These days,
    the problem isn't any "single despot". I think we all can probably agree that the problem is a group of individuals, not a single individual.

    They have many names. Some call them the ruling class / billionaire class. Others call them big tech, big pharma, the military industrial complex, among many others. Whatever one wants to call them, most of these names are
    accurate.

    Any civil functioning society depends upon civil open discourse. Doctors and scientists need to be able to put all of their data on the table to explore
    it and debate it and figure things out. Regular people need to be able to discuss issues, present data and opinions, and be encouraged to research and think critically. Without this, society implodes.

    We are currently living in an imploding society of cults of personality,
    cults of experts, so-called "fact checkers", twitter outrage mobs / cancel culture, and so on. Censorship is on the rise. People are becoming
    increasingly addicted to fear and outrage.

    All of the main stream official data on covid and covid measures shifts
    between the ranges of contradictory to ridiculous. Scientists and doctors are slandered and censored. People who have concerns about the dangerous new experimental jab being gas lit as "anti-vaxxers". We live in a world where people think that destroying the economy, decreasing mental health,
    increasing suicide, drug abuse, etc, etc is a rational measure to take
    against covid.

    We're living in Idiocracy, which resides someplace between 1984 and Brave New World. The world has gone absolutely mad. All deaths are covid deaths. Get
    shot in the face, you've died of covid. Covid seems to have magically cured
    the flu and it apparently does not exist anymore, according to official records. People have been so filled with fear that even after this fuckery ends, however it ends, if it ever ends -- there will be a whole new group of people who will wear masks literally for the rest of their lives.

    The world is suffering from a bizarre mixture of Stockholm Syndrome, Munchhausen's Syndrome and Paranoid Schizophrenia.

    On the bright side, at least all of the madness is starting to make BBSing
    have a resurgence, so at least there's that! :)

    .:- Paradigms Shifting :-.

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  • From Paradigms Shifting@21:1/101 to Adept on Wednesday, March 31, 2021 22:53:56
    On 15 Nov 2020 at 02:21p, Adept pondered and said...

    131
    house coming to America in the next few months. Yes, I thought T**** should move along already; only because of who he has been over the l

    Ah! He who must not be named!

    The Prime Sinister of Canada? Or some other bog beast that begins with a capital "T"? :D

    .:- Paradigms Shifting :-.

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  • From Paradigms Shifting@21:1/101 to Weatherman on Wednesday, March 31, 2021 22:56:07
    On 15 Nov 2020 at 10:26a, Weatherman pondered and said...

    There never seems to be any reports on how the vast majority
    of people sailed through this thing or how bad their sysmptoms
    were.

    It's just bad bad bad... we will die.

    It is a media virus, plain and simple. The fear porn drives their
    rating similar to the a hurricane approaching does for the Weather Channel.

    They figure it isn't as exciting to report that 99% of the people
    recover each day with little or no symptoms.


    YES!!! When I saw a glimpse of a "covid stats door" in a video my reaction
    was like "oh Christ, the BBS Scene doesn't need this fear porn!"

    .:- Paradigms Shifting :-.

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  • From Paradigms Shifting@21:1/101 to Blue White on Wednesday, March 31, 2021 22:59:30
    On 15 Nov 2020 at 09:32a, Blue White pondered and said...

    110
    I *still* see people alone in their cars, driving, and wearing
    a mask!

    When people do that I wonder if they are doing it so they don't forget to put it on when they get out of the car. If they are driving a long distance, and the mask is actually one that will protect (some) against COVID, they will get sleepy. I had to report to the office one day last week. After wearing one for 30 minutes or so, I realized I should never wear one while driving... I would fall asleep.

    We have had a mask mandate since, well, I can't remember when. Our cases have skyrocketed recently. A couple of weeks back, the medical experts were saying that positive cases were up, hospital visits were up, but
    that ICU stays were remaining flat. I am not sure if that is the case now. "We" are in Kentucky, USA, BTW.

    My primary line of questioning is pretty well summed up in this short video: https://www.bitchute.com/video/RKL0beqzLFjn/

    The title of the video is "What Is PCR?" and I think it is quite telling.

    .:- Paradigms Shifting :-.

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  • From Paradigms Shifting@21:1/101 to All on Wednesday, March 31, 2021 23:44:11
    So life drags me away for a bit, I come back here -- and I am literally experiencing message area activity levels that I've not experienced in a very long time. A practical deluge of new messages!

    On that note, a few things.

    I tried looking for Magicka BBS Software and all of the links I found that
    are supposed to be a home page for the software, tell me that the url is not able to resolve. I'm guessing some folks here might know a thing or two about that and point me in the right direction?

    I've been watching the new "BACK TO THE BBS" Documentary Series and so far,
    I'm liking what I see!

    I've seen something about "encrypted netmail" for echonets as of late. Does this make the actual message itself encrypted so that only the recipient can read it? Or does it only encrypt it in-transit so that it can't be
    intercepted by a third party?

    I've also been noticing a means of securing a telnet connection by means of WebSocket. Do any terminal softwares support WebSocket as of yet, or only the HTML telnet clients?

    I'm playing a massive game of catchup on changes that have happened within
    the BBS Scene over the last few years. Thanks!

    .:- Paradigms Shifting -:.

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  • From apam@21:1/182 to Paradigms Shifting on Wednesday, March 31, 2021 21:16:11
    I tried looking for Magicka BBS Software and all of the links I found
    that
    are supposed to be a home page for the software, tell me that the url
    is not
    able to resolve. I'm guessing some folks here might know a thing or
    two about
    that and point me in the right direction?

    Magicka can be found at https://gitlab.com/magickabbs/magickabbs

    I don't work on it anymore as I started over with C++ on a system called Talisman. Magicka is in plain C, it seems to work, I haven't had anyone
    tell me there are bugs in it (which I'm happy to fix if they come up).

    Andrew

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  • From Paradigms Shifting@21:1/101 to apam on Thursday, April 01, 2021 14:19:15
    On 31 Mar 2021 at 09:16p, apam pondered and said...

    I tried looking for Magicka BBS Software and all of the links I found that
    are supposed to be a home page for the software, tell me that the url is not
    able to resolve. I'm guessing some folks here might know a thing or
    two about
    that and point me in the right direction?

    Magicka can be found at https://gitlab.com/magickabbs/magickabbs

    I don't work on it anymore as I started over with C++ on a system called Talisman. Magicka is in plain C, it seems to work, I haven't had anyone tell me there are bugs in it (which I'm happy to fix if they come up).

    So is Talisman essentially "Magicka: Reloaded" ?

    .:- Paradigms Shifting -:.

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  • From Adept@21:2/108 to Paradigms Shifting on Thursday, April 01, 2021 01:41:08
    Ah! He who must not be named!

    The Prime Sinister of Canada? Or some other bog beast that begins with a capital "T"? :D

    With the no-politics rule being what it is, I think we can all handle being a little flexible with the "he who must not be named" title.

    However, if we can talk about RoUS (Rodents of Unusual Size), I think the
    chat would be all the better for it.

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  • From Adept@21:2/108 to Paradigms Shifting on Thursday, April 01, 2021 01:53:37
    cults of experts, so-called "fact checkers", twitter outrage mobs /
    cancel culture, and so on. Censorship is on the rise. People are becoming

    For what it's worth, I think I'd consider any serious usage (and many
    unserious usages) of "cancel culture" to be an _extremely_ political
    statement, and thus running roughshod over the "no politics" rule.

    Since I feel that way, I'm _definitely_ not responding to any of the rest of the message.

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  • From Paradigms Shifting@21:1/101 to Adept on Thursday, April 01, 2021 16:02:16
    On 01 Apr 2021 at 01:41a, Adept pondered and said...

    Ah! He who must not be named!

    The Prime Sinister of Canada? Or some other bog beast that begins wit capital "T"? :D

    With the no-politics rule being what it is, I think we can all handle being a little flexible with the "he who must not be named" title.

    However, if we can talk about RoUS (Rodents of Unusual Size), I think the chat would be all the better for it.

    Did not know about that rule. I simply figured that there must have been a reason that a True Homer Simpson's DOH was not being named. ;)

    .:- Paradigms Shifting -:.

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  • From Paradigms Shifting@21:1/101 to Adept on Thursday, April 01, 2021 16:07:11
    On 01 Apr 2021 at 01:53a, Adept pondered and said...

    cults of experts, so-called "fact checkers", twitter outrage mobs / cancel culture, and so on. Censorship is on the rise. People are beco

    For what it's worth, I think I'd consider any serious usage (and many unserious usages) of "cancel culture" to be an _extremely_ political statement, and thus running roughshod over the "no politics" rule.

    Since I feel that way, I'm _definitely_ not responding to any of the
    rest of the message.

    Was not aware of that rule until now. But if I may ask, how does this network define "politics"? I've noticed in my encounters online, how people define
    that can be as diverse as it is disturbing.

    I grew up with a definition that politics has to do with the interworkings of government and political parties. Therefore I do not view censorship as a political issue, seeing as it is not the government itself actually doing any of the censoring.

    At least not in the USA, its not.

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  • From Adept@21:2/108 to Paradigms Shifting on Thursday, April 01, 2021 03:14:44
    Did not know about that rule. I simply figured that there must have been
    a reason that a True Homer Simpson's DOH was not being named. ;)

    Yeah, it was my joking way of reminding people about the no-politics rule. Given how mentioning at least one political individual tends to make people begin spasming politics (pro or con), "he who must not be named" also seems apt.

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  • From Utopian Galt@21:4/108 to Adept on Wednesday, March 31, 2021 20:23:58
    BY: Adept(21:2/108)


    |11A|09> |10For what it's worth, I think I'd consider any serious usage (and many|07
    |11A|09> |10unserious usages) of "cancel culture" to be an _extremely_ political|07
    |11A|09> |10statement, and thus running roughshod over the "no politics" rule.|07
    I'll just keep it neutral and just state thats the reason why Facebook might go in the way of Myspace in the future.


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  • From apam@21:1/182 to Paradigms Shifting on Thursday, April 01, 2021 13:27:17
    So is Talisman essentially "Magicka: Reloaded" ?

    Not really. They're similar in that they are both BBS systems, but it's a complete starting from scratch.

    Magicka has some things talisman doesn't, talisman has some things
    magicka doesn't. Talisman isn't a drop in replacement like WWIV 5.x is
    for WWIV 4.x

    Andrew

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  • From Adept@21:2/108 to Paradigms Shifting on Thursday, April 01, 2021 03:24:35
    Was not aware of that rule until now. But if I may ask, how does this network define "politics"? I've noticed in my encounters online, how people define that can be as diverse as it is disturbing.

    "We know it when we see it".

    I think the actual rule also involves religion (it's in the FSXnet info pack, if you're wondering), but the general idea is that if it's a heated discussion (or is likely to trigger such a discussion) and you have some idea on where a political party falls on the issue, it's probably politics.

    But the rule survives on civility. If someone is going to go to the mat
    saying something is not political, and they really must continue discussing
    it, it'll probably just be bad for the network.

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  • From apam@21:1/182 to Utopian Galt on Thursday, April 01, 2021 13:29:08
    I'll just keep it neutral and just state thats the reason why Facebook
    might go in the way of Myspace in the future.

    Maybe, but I doubt it. You're assuming that the majority of people
    disagree with the way facebook is operating, or at least care enough to
    have an opinion.

    Andrew

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  • From Utopian Galt@21:4/108 to Apam on Wednesday, March 31, 2021 21:30:18
    BY: apam(21:1/182)


    |11a|09> |10Maybe, but I doubt it. You're assuming that the majority of people|07
    |11a|09> |10disagree with the way facebook is operating, or at least care enough to|07
    |11a|09> |10have an opinion.|07
    |15There are people in my crowd who want to leave it. But they cant quit it cold |15turkey.


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  • From Blue White@21:4/134 to apam on Thursday, April 01, 2021 15:43:18
    apam wrote to Utopian Galt <=-

    I'll just keep it neutral and just state thats the reason why Facebook
    might go in the way of Myspace in the future.

    Maybe, but I doubt it. You're assuming that the majority of people disagree with the way facebook is operating, or at least care enough to have an opinion.

    There is also something psychological with the likes and the dopamine and
    other stuff that goes on that gets people hooked, sort of like a drug. I
    don't think that MySpace quite got the hang of that bit of it.




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  • From Paradigms Shifting@21:1/101 to Adept on Tuesday, April 06, 2021 21:56:33
    On 01 Apr 2021 at 03:14a, Adept pondered and said...

    Did not know about that rule. I simply figured that there must have b a reason that a True Homer Simpson's DOH was not being named. ;)

    Yeah, it was my joking way of reminding people about the no-politics
    rule. Given how mentioning at least one political individual tends to
    make people begin spasming politics (pro or con), "he who must not be named" also seems apt.


    Me personally, I am non-political and I have no politics. A concept that
    seems difficult for many to grasp when they encounter me. I do not trust government and I have no party loyalties. I think politics is merely s divide and conquer shit show, not unlike WWE Wrestling or Jerry Springer in maturity and attitude.

    So I don't do left, right, elephants, donkeys, cults of personality or group think team loyalty. I am more of a George Carlin / Bill Hicks viewpoint, if
    you get my meaning.

    As George Carlin once said when he explained why he does not vote: "on
    election day, I'll be doing pretty much the same thing you'll be doing. the only difference being -- when I masturbate, at least I'll have a little something to show for it!" <G>

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  • From Paradigms Shifting@21:1/101 to Utopian Galt on Tuesday, April 06, 2021 21:58:38
    On 31 Mar 2021 at 08:23p, Utopian Galt pondered and said...

    BY: Adept(21:2/108)


    For what it's worth, I think I'd consider any serious usage (and
    many
    unserious usages) of "cancel culture" to be an _extremely_
    political
    statement, and thus running roughshod over the "no politics"
    rule.
    I'll just keep it neutral and just state thats the reason why Facebook might go





    in the way of Myspace in the future.


    Well then, I have a treat for you: https://spacehey.com

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  • From Paradigms Shifting@21:1/101 to apam on Tuesday, April 06, 2021 22:00:17
    On 01 Apr 2021 at 01:27p, apam pondered and said...

    So is Talisman essentially "Magicka: Reloaded" ?

    Not really. They're similar in that they are both BBS systems, but it's a complete starting from scratch.

    Magicka has some things talisman doesn't, talisman has some things
    magicka doesn't. Talisman isn't a drop in replacement like WWIV 5.x is
    for WWIV 4.x


    Well, I don't really know what either of them have or had, but I do get your point.

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  • From Paradigms Shifting@21:1/101 to Adept on Tuesday, April 06, 2021 22:06:49
    On 01 Apr 2021 at 03:24a, Adept pondered and said...

    Was not aware of that rule until now. But if I may ask, how does this network define "politics"? I've noticed in my encounters online, how people define that can be as diverse as it is disturbing.

    "We know it when we see it".

    I think the actual rule also involves religion (it's in the FSXnet info pack, if you're wondering), but the general idea is that if it's a
    heated discussion (or is likely to trigger such a discussion) and you
    have some idea on where a political party falls on the issue, it's probably politics.

    But the rule survives on civility. If someone is going to go to the mat saying something is not political, and they really must continue discussing it, it'll probably just be bad for the network.

    I've met so many people who have so many different perceptions on how all of that would even be defined. So here's what I'll do:

    - if people want me to drop a subject, political or not, I'll drop it. There
    is no benefit to honking people off unnecessarily, or rambling on about something no one gives a shit about.

    - I will avoid old school obvious politics (ie: anything explicitly to do
    with red, blue, elephants, donkeys or any other similar colors or animals in that context)

    - play everything else by ear

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  • From Paradigms Shifting@21:1/101 to apam on Tuesday, April 06, 2021 22:09:27
    On 01 Apr 2021 at 01:29p, apam pondered and said...

    I'll just keep it neutral and just state thats the reason why Facebook might go in the way of Myspace in the future.

    Maybe, but I doubt it. You're assuming that the majority of people disagree with the way facebook is operating, or at least care enough to have an opinion.


    The phenomenon I have come across is not so much that people don't disagree with how Facebook is operating, but rather: they are literally addicted to using it.

    Crack addicts know crack is bad, but as GI Joe would say: knowing is only
    HALF the battle.

    .:- Paradigms Shifting :-.

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  • From Paradigms Shifting@21:1/101 to Blue White on Tuesday, April 06, 2021 23:06:03
    On 01 Apr 2021 at 03:43p, Blue White pondered and said...

    apam wrote to Utopian Galt <=-

    I'll just keep it neutral and just state thats the reason why Facebook might go in the way of Myspace in the future.

    Maybe, but I doubt it. You're assuming that the majority of people disagree with the way facebook is operating, or at least care enough have an opinion.

    There is also something psychological with the likes and the dopamine and other stuff that goes on that gets people hooked, sort of like a drug. I don't think that MySpace quite got the hang of that bit of it.


    Yep! Dopamine for the instant gratification addiction, and cortesol for the fear addiction. The perfect mix of fire and ice to make people completely insane, and coming back for more!

    .:- Paradigms Shifting -:.

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  • From Spectre@21:3/101 to Paradigms Shifting on Wednesday, April 07, 2021 05:22:00
    - I will avoid old school obvious politics (ie: anything explicitly to do with red, blue, elephants, donkeys or any other similar colors or animals

    Does that include the elephant and wheelbarrow pub? :)

    Spec


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  • From Gamgee@21:2/138 to Spectre on Tuesday, April 06, 2021 21:58:00
    Spectre wrote to Paradigms Shifting <=-

    - I will avoid old school obvious politics (ie: anything explicitly to do with red, blue, elephants, donkeys or any other similar colors or animals

    Does that include the elephant and wheelbarrow pub? :)

    Is that in Melbourne?

    I'm a US citizen, and live in the US, but have spent a couple of "hazy"
    days in that fine establishment, back in about the year 2000. :-)



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  • From Spectre@21:3/101 to Gamgee on Thursday, April 08, 2021 15:02:00
    Does that include the elephant and wheelbarrow pub? :)

    Is that in Melbourne?

    That it is, Fitzroy St, St Kilda. Once home to "Les Girls" prior to becoming the elephant.

    I'm a US citizen, and live in the US, but have spent a couple of
    "hazy" days in that fine establishment, back in about the year 2000.

    Would've been a good time to be here...

    Spec


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  • From djatropine@21:1/121 to Paradigms Shifting on Saturday, April 24, 2021 13:02:37

    On Wednesday, April 7th Paradigms Shifting muttered...
    Me personally, I am non-political and I have no politics. A concept that seems difficult for many to grasp when they encounter me. I do not trust government and I have no party loyalties. I think politics is merely s divide and conquer shit show, not unlike WWE Wrestling or Jerry Springer in maturity and attitude.

    So I don't do left, right, elephants, donkeys, cults of personality or group think team loyalty. I am more of a George Carlin / Bill Hicks viewpoint, if you get my meaning.

    As George Carlin once said when he explained why he does not vote: "on election day, I'll be doing pretty much the same thing you'll be doing. the only difference being -- when I masturbate, at least I'll have a little something to show for it!" <G>


    You are smart..

    I am so American that Professional Wrestling is REAL and Politics is fake.

    Now. I have a idea for a political party, stricly to make money..
    If I can get registered by the FEC.
    The God Guns and Kittens Party..

    A Kitten holding a Bible and AR-15
    If you like one or all three of the above. you are eligible for joining
    and sending donations.

    ANother political party for competition will be the God Guns and Hamsters party.







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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to djatropine on Sunday, April 25, 2021 13:50:35
    On 24 Apr 2021 at 01:02p, djatropine pondered and said...


    On Wednesday, April 7th Paradigms Shifting muttered...
    Me personally, I am non-political and I have no politics. A concept t seems difficult for many to grasp when they encounter me. I do not tr

    You are smart..

    I am so American that Professional Wrestling is REAL and Politics is
    fake.
    Now. I have a idea for a political party, stricly to make money..

    Guys, if you want to chat about politics please take it to another network.
    In the end I've found that such topics often end in acrimony so ask you drop this thread please.

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