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[Kagus]

US deaths from COVID-19 have just now (by the official count, at least) passed 100,000. 

*Toots party horn*

*Confetti falls*

*The confetti is anthrax*

[Starver]

What y'all need to do is buy expensive 5G-blocking USB sticks....

(And I've got a bridge to sell you, too. It... stops gayness. Or keeps you gay. That's how clever the bridge is. Very cheap, love you long time!)

[ChairmanPoo]

What y'all need to do is buy expensive 5G-blocking USB sticks....

(And I've got a bridge to sell you, too. It... stops gayness. Or keeps you gay. That's how clever the bridge is. Very cheap, love you long time!)

It makes sense folks. I mean, a bridge that stops gayness from getting in should also stop it from getting out. 

[ZBridges]

"Holographic nano-layer catalyser" that uses "quantum oscillation?" Definitely sounds legit.

[wierd]

quantum oscillation you say?  What kind of quantum oscillation? 

If you mean, "Vacuum energy oscillations", I want to see the Nobel prize they are hiding.  If you mean "quantum state tipping due to random thermal excitation states", then that totally is doable, and resulted in the "Over-Unity" (ahem) semiconductor junction results from some years back. (basically, a warm LED, held at JUUUUUUUUST under the bandgap energy, will have that bandgap energy tipped by thermal oscillations, converting the thermal energy into the needed potential to push an electron over the bandgap, which is an inherently quantum process. In the process, the diode becomes cooler, and a photon is emitted. It is "over unity" in terms of electrical energy inputted, and photons emitted. The extra energy is not magical, it comes from conversion of heat in the environment.)

[Bralbaard]

They must have used the star trek technobabble generator or something similar to come up with that crap.
https://www.technobabble.biz/

[McTraveller]

Back in COVID-19 news:  We usually go to the pool at my mother-in-law's condo in the summer.  The county in which that pool is located has just issued a decree that all public pools, including at condos, are to remain closed "indefinitely."  I'd rather they had done something like they did down at my parents house (but that is 700 miles away) where the pool is open, but by appointment only to limit. Also, the county health commissioner has given no criteria for when they might open.

Incidentally this the main cause of the complaints about the leadership here in MI: they just say "This is what we are doing, and we are monitoring and may change our minds" but there is no transparency so nobody knows what to expect and it all feels arbitrary.

Personally though this sucks - now I have to maintain a portable pool at my house.  We had an above-ground when I was a kid and I hated it.  I really don't want the maintenance hassle, even though the one my wife bought is only 8 foot diameter and 2 feet deep. 750 gallons.... *sigh*

EDIT dang I can't even do math today...

[Frumple]

... like, man, "have to" is a hell of a turn of phrase unless someone involved actually requires water based therapy for health reasons or somethin', and it doesn't sound like it with a two foot deep pool. My mostly deprived poor ass can't really wrap my head around that mentality, not gon' lie.

[TamerVirus]

Lots of people stocking up on backyard pools in anticipation of a social distance summer. Reports saying demand is through the roof

[McTraveller]

... like, man, "have to" is a hell of a turn of phrase

When you are married and have kids, your perspective on "have to" changes dramatically...

[Kagus]

... like, man, "have to" is a hell of a turn of phrase

When you are married and have kids, your perspective on "have to" changes dramatically...

I imagine that the realization of the fact that we're in a crippling and even lethal pandemic also changes one's perception of "have to".

[Frumple]

... like, man, "have to" is a hell of a turn of phrase

When you are married and have kids, your perspective on "have to" changes dramatically...

I mean, the number of folks in my area that meet those conditions without having a pool or trying to maintain one is... not small. 'Cause, y'know, lotta' folks 'round here are frikkin' poor. Little kiddy pool might be a thing (though even that's fairly rare), but it doesn't sound like you're talking the cheap-ish inflatable shit.

Your perspective does change, but not towards the direction of a pool being a necessity, from what I've noticed, basically. Rather the opposite, even.

Any case, the statement that it's a necessity is a pretty damn alien mindset to me stands, heh. Back when I was a kid I think we tried the inflatable thing like... one summer, and then just kinda' went without most years.

[McTraveller]

Oh I don't think it's necessary at all.  I am struggling to espouse an environment of contentment in a world that is always about "more".

I could say "no" but then I'd be reminded even more than I already am by my wife and kids that "all I do is say 'no'".  In a world that has gone mad (sorry, I do think that closing pools for this is mad. It is way beyond sensible precaution and into the "we're so scared we don't even want to come within a mile of something that maybe could get us into liability trouble" territory.  Basically "we don't have in place the real things we need to help public health like good tests and contact tracing, so we have to force everyone to stay isolated and separated")...

Anyway, in a world that has gone mad, "having to" set up a (yes it is an inflatable) pool to give my kids something to do outside is an inconvenience, but one that I'm able to do, thankfully.

[Starver]

Lots of people stocking up on backyard pools in anticipation of a social distance summer. Reports saying demand is through the roof

If you put a portable pool up on your roof, it'll probably be through it, yes, because that confined water will be heavy and you probably normally don't have more than a few simultaneous inches of rain at the absolute worst of times.

Just sayin'.

[misko27]

The US will be pulling out of WHO, says Trump.

I broke the other link, use that one.

Edit: fixed nytimes link: fixed