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7 votes
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So we’re all hoarding beans now
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Work From Home (WFH) Thread - March 16th, 2020
I suspect many of you are, like me, working from home today and in the near future. I thought that it might be nice to have a single thread where we can chat about WFH and our day to day lives...
I suspect many of you are, like me, working from home today and in the near future. I thought that it might be nice to have a single thread where we can chat about WFH and our day to day lives while self-isolating in order to feel a bit less isolated. If people think this kind of thing is a good idea, perhaps this can be a daily (or weekly o_o) thread.
Feel free to talk about:
- Day to day life at home
- What's on your agenda for work
- Your thoughts on self-isolating and quarantine.
- Casual talk that you might normally have with coworkers .
- Anything else! (Though of course, the rest of the site still exists)
I personally tend to get more work done while working from home as there are less interruptions in the form of meetings and informal breaks. So in a weird way I'm looking forward to this time in order to get quite a bit done. Still, it's hard not to get cabin fever.
How are you all doing?
19 votes -
Interactive media for self-care
5 votes -
Do you think the measures being taken to stop the virus will/are be(ing) effective? If not, which measures do you think would work best?
Admittedly this depends on the measures being taken, which vary wildly from country/state to country, so you should probably specify where are these measures being taken to a national or state...
Admittedly this depends on the measures being taken, which vary wildly from country/state to country, so you should probably specify where are these measures being taken to a national or state level depending in the location.
12 votes -
An interview with Masayuki Uemura, the engineer who designed the Famicom and helped take Nintendo into video games
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Do you still post on Reddit?
There are some very specific kinds of interactions that are much harder to find anywhere else. At the same time, large subreddits tend to have stringent rules, which mods frequently apply in an...
There are some very specific kinds of interactions that are much harder to find anywhere else. At the same time, large subreddits tend to have stringent rules, which mods frequently apply in an inconsistent and subjective manner.
I get that it's hard to manage a sub with thousands of people, but at the same time, it is frustrating to make an effort to write a long post just to realize there is no place for it.
To make matters worse, the principle of charity is basically unheard of, and people will evaluate your sentences in such a way to make them the least true, sometimes adding personal hostilities.
Posting on Reddit feels like something that should require a legal department, and I would very much like to stop doing that altogether. At the same time, places like /r/emacs are essential to help me quickly solve issues, and /r/destructiveReaders/ gave me some of the best criticism of my material I have ever had (and I'm including people from outside the Internet).
So I guess it comes up to self-control to not waste my time with subs that are prone to be toxic. But it's hard, sometimes.
Do you still post on Reddit? If so, what are your strategies to avoid unnecessary frustration?
32 votes -
If the measures we're taking to fight the coronavirus work, they'll look like we were overreacting. But the alternative is worse
14 votes -
GitHub acquires npm
26 votes -
A detailed factsheet on the Coronavirus from our world in data
5 votes -
Brave has filed a formal GDPR complaint against Google for infringing the GDPR “purpose limitation” principle with an internal data free-for-all
12 votes -
Experimental coronavirus vaccine test opens with first doses to four volunteers
8 votes -
Bay Area authorities place strictest order in country: ‘Shelter in place,’ only essential businesses open in six counties
19 votes -
Canada to bar entry to most travellers who are not citizens or permanent residents, with exceptions for US citizens
14 votes -
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is the escape we all need right now
7 votes -
Am I depressed or just lazy?
3 votes -
The strange and dangerous world of America’s big cat people
5 votes -
French antitrust watchdog fines Apple 1.1 billion euros for anti-competitive coordination with wholesalers
9 votes -
Here’s a list of authors whose tours have been canceled due to coronavirus, if you’d like to support them by buying books
11 votes -
Twenty-four video conferencing tips to go from telecommuting zero to hero
5 votes -
Swedish heavy metallers Amaranthe have entered the studio in Denmark to start work on their new full-length album – the follow-up to their 2018 LP, 'Helix'
6 votes -
Inside Xbox Series X: The full technical specs
5 votes -
Scientists are leading Notre Dame’s restoration—and probing mysteries laid bare by its devastating fire
6 votes -
How Helsinki and Oslo cut pedestrian deaths to zero – after years of committed action, neither city recorded a single pedestrian fatality in 2019
6 votes -
I wonder what the social media meta data is like right now
Facebook et al. must be excited right now with this jackpot of acute behavioral data they're acquiring, in the context of a global catastrophe. I wonder if anyone has any insight here into what...
Facebook et al. must be excited right now with this jackpot of acute behavioral data they're acquiring, in the context of a global catastrophe. I wonder if anyone has any insight here into what kind of research they are doing? I know it's all usually a tight secret.
One idea that came to mind is that this would be excellent data to weaponize. Now we (as in social media corps.) can generate a pretty good model of what a global conflict looks like on the level of individual behavior and how that can be used for an advantage. The other edge of the sword would be this will help future public health initiatives but somehow I don't see this info being made publically available...
7 votes -
Inexpensive, reusable electrodes for EMG
3 votes -
Sweden's government said it had decided to send troops to Mali to join French-led special forces that are fighting militants linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State
4 votes -
Little Big - Uno (2020)
5 votes -
What's the coronavirus like where you are?
The last thread on this was from February 29, and a lot has changed since then. What are things like currently where you are?
27 votes -
Amazon glitch stymies Whole Foods, fresh grocery deliveries
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Amazon's Arm-based Graviton2 Against AMD and Intel: Comparing Cloud Compute
4 votes -
Key source of corporate cash seizing up amid US credit market rout
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Washington debate discussion thread
Admittedly I deleted and re-uploaded this because I was worried I had posted the original thread too soon. A'ight, here we are. Spreadsheet time. When will the debate be broadcasted? The debate...
Admittedly I deleted and re-uploaded this because I was worried I had posted the original thread too soon.
A'ight, here we are. Spreadsheet time.
When will the debate be broadcasted?
The debate will be recorded March 15th, 8-10 PM ET. (1-3 AM UTC)
Where will it happen?
In the CNN studio in Washington DC. Note that they moved it from Phoenix due to the Coronavirus.
Who will moderate it?
Dana Bash and Jake Tapper from CNN and Ilia Calderón from Telemundo.
Where can I watch this?
It will most likely be livestreamed in CNN's YouTube channel.it was livestreamed on CNN's website.So, what's new and how will this change anything?
This is the first and possibly the last one-on-one debate in the primary between Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden and (also due to Coronavirus concerns) It has no live audience. It will also occur before some of the largest states in the primary vote.
So what do you think should happen? What questions should be asked? What should the candidates do and what should we talk about?
12 votes -
Tech in the time of COVID-19
3 votes -
Coronavirus victims in Italy will be denied access to intensive care if they are aged 80 or more or in poor health should pressure on beds increase
8 votes -
Fact check: Joe Biden has advocated cutting Social Security for forty years
5 votes -
Problems with "snackbar"/"toast" notifications, and what to use instead
10 votes -
Federal Reserve cuts rates to zero and launches massive $700 billion quantitative easing program
22 votes -
The UK backs away from “herd immunity” coronavirus proposal amid blowback
7 votes -
'Herd immunity': Why Britain is actually letting the coronavirus spread
15 votes -
A QUIC look at HTTP/3
7 votes -
Managing your anxiety in times of hysteria (satire)
4 votes -
JetBlue has banned a passenger from the airline after he flew whilst awaiting the results of a coronavirus test
7 votes -
New York City officials tell the UN that the coronavirus has spread widely throughout the city
11 votes -
Best cheese for a tuna melt (sandwich)
I want something settled - which general class of common cheese is better for a tuna melt sandwich: A "white" cheese like Swiss, Provolone, or Havarti A "yellow" cheese like any cheddar, Velveeta,...
I want something settled - which general class of common cheese is better for a tuna melt sandwich:
- A "white" cheese like Swiss, Provolone, or Havarti
- A "yellow" cheese like any cheddar, Velveeta, or American
Obviously this is just a matter of opinion, but I contend one of these opinions is better than the other.
6 votes -
Calls mount to free low-risk US inmates to curb coronavirus impact on prisons
6 votes -
Not enough face masks are made in America to deal with coronavirus
7 votes -
US President Donald Trump says he could demote Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell, risking more market turmoil
6 votes -
'Bernie bros' and the debate about how to deal with the "dirtbag left" explained
7 votes -
A UN locust forecaster explains the crisis in East Africa
6 votes