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« Reply #12060 on: November 06, 2020, 06:52:54 PM »
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/coronavirus-r-rate-school-closures-lockdown-lancet-study-b1251617.html
yeah duh, those little fuckers are running all the place. Smearing their snot and phlegm on everything they touch.
If 1 kid has the flu, the entire class has it within a day and so do all the parents.

But the parents could not handle raising their own kids as they were used to dumping them at kid farms and eventually the iPad battery runs dry.
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« Reply #12061 on: November 06, 2020, 11:05:31 PM »
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« Reply #12062 on: November 07, 2020, 04:19:16 AM »
Trumps revenge :trumps
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« Reply #12063 on: November 07, 2020, 10:45:57 AM »
1132 new cases for Ontario today, a new record.
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« Reply #12064 on: November 07, 2020, 11:02:04 AM »
:(  Xmas is going to be so bad

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« Reply #12065 on: November 07, 2020, 12:32:41 PM »
5-6 days after black friday gonna kill more people than 911

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« Reply #12066 on: November 07, 2020, 05:40:52 PM »
I was exposed thanks for some careless  :brain at work, got my test done yesterday and now I'm waiting for results in total isolation.


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« Reply #12067 on: November 07, 2020, 08:29:48 PM »
Excess deaths March-June 2020 vs March-June 2019: 166,030

Most excess deaths:
NEW YORK 39,535
NEW JERSEY 17,718
ILLINOIS 9,591
CALIFORNIA 8,454
MASSACHUSETTS 8,037

As a percentage:
NEW YORK 76% higher
NEW JERSEY 72%
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 52%
MASSACHUSETTS 42%
CONNECTICUT 39%

Fewer deaths than 2019 (March to June):
MONTANA   -13
MAINE   -22
ALASKA   -59
HAWAII   -218

Note: My math may be off.

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« Reply #12068 on: November 07, 2020, 08:44:50 PM »
5-6 days after black friday gonna kill more people than 911
Me watching the Biden victory parties with unmasked people yelling and screaming :corona_mj
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« Reply #12069 on: November 07, 2020, 08:57:23 PM »
I honestly feel anyone going out on Black Friday is going to be an idiot.

Are stores having BF per usual? I can't imagine it.

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« Reply #12070 on: November 08, 2020, 01:33:54 AM »
5-6 days after black friday gonna kill more people than 911
Me watching the Biden victory parties with unmasked people yelling and screaming :corona_mj

I only saw masked people yelling and screaming

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« Reply #12071 on: November 08, 2020, 07:13:18 AM »
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« Reply #12072 on: November 08, 2020, 07:42:49 AM »
I honestly feel anyone going out on Black Friday is going to be an idiot.

Are stores having BF per usual? I can't imagine it.

Are the retail stores, hurting from the pandemic, going to forgo their event that is designed to put them back in the black? I think we know the answer

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« Reply #12074 on: November 08, 2020, 11:15:00 AM »
1132 new cases for Ontario today, a new record.

Aaand that record lasted a day, because today’s count is 1328.  :-\
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« Reply #12075 on: November 08, 2020, 01:34:27 PM »
Black Friday will be DEAD FRIDAY  :fbm
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« Reply #12076 on: November 08, 2020, 02:35:55 PM »
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« Reply #12077 on: November 08, 2020, 03:05:53 PM »
I was told corona would be gone on election day?
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« Reply #12078 on: November 08, 2020, 03:31:17 PM »
The Biden Deception streaming now at banned.video :biden
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« Reply #12079 on: November 08, 2020, 06:41:47 PM »
That cousin I tried to speak sense to, and another cousin both revealed themselves to believe in the plandemic.

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« Reply #12081 on: November 08, 2020, 11:02:24 PM »
Biden is president, it's BLM Friday now btw
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« Reply #12082 on: November 09, 2020, 12:05:24 AM »
My governor announced a ban on casual gatherings for two weeks to slow the spread, except we are also keeping the economy entirely open. If you want to see your grandma you need to do it at Chili's. Money's gotta change hands.  :killme

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« Reply #12083 on: November 09, 2020, 09:02:35 AM »
Just heard on the news that the Pfizer Vaccine is 90% effective.

Thank you Joe!  :like
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« Reply #12084 on: November 09, 2020, 10:38:37 AM »
Mr cruise stocks are going through the roof  :miyamoto
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« Reply #12085 on: November 09, 2020, 07:32:31 PM »
https://twitter.com/JoeMillerJr/status/1325766427840827392

I just realized, this was the stuff from Germany Trump reportedly tried to get exclusive rights on before the summer :ohhh
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« Reply #12086 on: November 09, 2020, 10:40:26 PM »
Halloween is on Saturday this year.

The corona parties will be lit af.

I'll like a shosta post if the US isn't over 100k on Tuesday November 10

We're going to blow past my prediction
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« Reply #12087 on: November 09, 2020, 10:41:55 PM »
no like for shosti  :-\
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« Reply #12088 on: November 10, 2020, 06:08:20 AM »
https://twitter.com/JoeMillerJr/status/1325766427840827392

I just realized, this was the stuff from Germany Trump reportedly tried to get exclusive rights on before the summer :ohhh

That was CureVac, another German biotech company with weird capitalisation. That said, BioNTech's vaccine is mRNA based, and no other mRNA based vaccine has ever been approved, so I remain slightly sceptical.

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« Reply #12089 on: November 10, 2020, 06:25:27 AM »
I have no idea what mRNA is, means or stands for, but it’s a sinister looking collection of letters that gets the conspiratorial part of my brain going :tinfoil
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« Reply #12090 on: November 10, 2020, 07:02:14 AM »
A vaccine only has to be 90% effective? I didn't know that shit

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« Reply #12091 on: November 10, 2020, 08:28:36 AM »
I have no idea what mRNA is, means or stands for, but it’s a sinister looking collection of letters that gets the conspiratorial part of my brain going :tinfoil

I don't care if it's made out of Element Zero or dissected babies, just give me those 5G Nano machines already so I can go out and eat steaks again :dice

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« Reply #12092 on: November 10, 2020, 08:37:47 AM »
maybe it's a UK thing, but from the reaction to this i've read around, there's a not insignificant subset of people who seem genuinely gutted that this shite might come to an end. there's obviously some cynicism, gallows humour and people gutted that they might have to go back to their wagecage, but there's a definite sort of curtain twitching authoritarian loser who has been getting off on us all having to live like shut ins and don't want to lose their sense of moral upmanship or be stripped of their ability to feel a deep sense of science-backed disdain whenever they see a crowd of people out enjoying themselves.

i love a bit of catastrophe porn more than most, but i never thought a world altering pandemic would be so utterly monotonous and boring.

though i suppose the fact i traded in salaried job security for work/life freedoms a decade ago means i've only briefly had to live the office feedbag existance so any chance of a vaccine doesn't have grim "back to school" undertones that it might have for some.

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« Reply #12093 on: November 10, 2020, 08:39:04 AM »
It’s easy to get 90% effectiveness if you’ve got the source code for the virus  :tinfoil
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« Reply #12094 on: November 10, 2020, 08:51:05 AM »
wfh removes the need for commuting or forced socializing and a bunch of other things. Like driving 2 hours to a client for a 30 minute meeting.
People don't have to cancel plans, COVID cancels their plans. Want to escape your boss because you fucked up?, just disable Slack and blame it on a broken router.

Of course you don't celebrate your birthday, COVID, I get it...
Of course you can't make your deadline, COVID, I get it...
Of course you won't ship my package today, COVID, I get it...

Productivity is way down, except for tech and webshops, which can't keep up with demand so $$$$$
Everything in general moves a whole lot slower now and you can just casually browse some titties during boring zoom calls  :pimp

For lots of people life is just a whole lot simpler now. Not so many choices to make, not so many things to do.
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« Reply #12095 on: November 10, 2020, 08:54:10 AM »
You jerk it more often now Nintex? You can rub one out while the code compiles now.

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« Reply #12096 on: November 10, 2020, 09:01:56 AM »
i mean of course WFH is better 90% of the time (or WF Wherever you want is a better term), but you've got to make that happen for yourself. hopefully enough people have now realised just how much the commute life is an unnecessary imposition put on them and even in a covid-free future, mandatory office attendance for the majority of jobs is seen as an outdated institution.

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« Reply #12097 on: November 10, 2020, 09:21:24 AM »
I imagine a lot of office jobs will stay work from home cos businesses will see how much they’ll be able to save from rent, operational costs and maintenance :money
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« Reply #12098 on: November 10, 2020, 10:28:57 AM »
https://twitter.com/celliottability/status/1326182355585933312

I think that's a record for Ontario. Also 4.8% positivity.

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« Reply #12099 on: November 10, 2020, 10:40:43 AM »
but there's a definite sort of curtain twitching authoritarian loser who has been getting off on us all having to live like shut ins and don't want to lose their sense of moral upmanship or be stripped of their ability to feel a deep sense of science-backed disdain whenever they see a crowd of people out enjoying themselves.

Hard to determine if it's that, or agoraphobics that now feel validation within a lifestyle they once felt shame over.


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« Reply #12100 on: November 10, 2020, 10:47:29 AM »
I have no idea what mRNA is, means or stands for, but it’s a sinister looking collection of letters that gets the conspiratorial part of my brain going :tinfoil

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« Reply #12101 on: November 10, 2020, 10:51:15 AM »
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« Reply #12102 on: November 10, 2020, 10:57:11 AM »
I have no idea what mRNA is, means or stands for, but it’s a sinister looking collection of letters that gets the conspiratorial part of my brain going :tinfoil

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Acid?

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« Reply #12103 on: November 10, 2020, 10:59:29 AM »
Imagine getting cucked by Bill Gates and 5auGi  :girlaff
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« Reply #12104 on: November 10, 2020, 11:12:23 AM »
My productivity was up quite a bit back in March and April but tapered off after that.  I noticed boundaries are getting pushed a lot more since being home.  My team is hourly but we contacted all hours of the day, especially if there are any infrastructure issues.  The upside is lots of overtime money.  I do miss going into the office and socializing at work.  We still talk a lot over Zoom but it’s not the same.  I’m allowed onsite but I have heard some stories about people being told to violate the company policy and come to work anyway.  Everybody is panicky about upcoming releases.

Idaho cases are skyrocketing and we’re going back into closing things down a little more. I expect working from home to be the norm going forward. 

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« Reply #12105 on: November 10, 2020, 11:12:25 AM »
Lets say we believe Bill Gates is using the vaccine to rewrite our genetic code, mRNA is exactly the kind of code name he'd use

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« Reply #12106 on: November 10, 2020, 11:23:55 AM »
i mean of course WFH is better 90% of the time (or WF Wherever you want is a better term), but you've got to make that happen for yourself. hopefully enough people have now realised just how much the commute life is an unnecessary imposition put on them and even in a covid-free future, mandatory office attendance for the majority of jobs is seen as an outdated institution.
I've always had the flexibility to do both.

Sprint and crunch projects with a team spirit at the office or work creatively with a group of people is always fun.
But I also like to deep dive in a difficult problem and write proposals at home.

The most difficult thing with constantly working from home is that work and spare time start to blend.
You wake up late for the first remote meeting. Then you work, eat lunch behind the PC etc. .
And in my case there's always an infinite amount of work to do.

Same for other people too, like clients call me a 8 or 9 in the evening because their working hours are also less structured.

I imagine a lot of office jobs will stay work from home cos businesses will see how much they’ll be able to save from rent, operational costs and maintenance :money
I dunno, in general managers like to track progress and there's a lack of transparency right now.
Most meetings people request are really those 'circle back' - 'is everyone aligned' type of useless meetings that anxious managers need to feel confident.

What I don't like personally is the 'ghosting'. In the office you can just shout: "Can you call back client X?" and they can't just ignore you.
Now you can ask that, you see the indicator that someone is typing, and then nothing.  :rage
And then all you can do is spam them with question marks every so often.

Sometimes you're just staring at your screen waiting for an answer to a really simple or short question.
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« Reply #12107 on: November 10, 2020, 11:25:18 AM »
i finish my assigned work for the day early all the time and then start drinking on works dime :smug
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« Reply #12108 on: November 10, 2020, 11:29:53 AM »
I mostly play Civ VI during Zoom calls  :doge

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« Reply #12109 on: November 10, 2020, 12:11:10 PM »
Everyone at my work seems to be camera shy so pants are optional.

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« Reply #12110 on: November 10, 2020, 12:21:13 PM »
i finish my assigned work for the day early all the time and then start drinking on works dime :smug
I just start drinking  :idont
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« Reply #12111 on: November 10, 2020, 12:44:53 PM »
finishing the beer I fell asleep drinking rn :kermit
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« Reply #12112 on: November 10, 2020, 02:43:25 PM »
Everyone at my work seems to be camera shy so pants are optional.

Work didnt provide us with webcams, so I dont have one.

Im not buying that shit on my own dime
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« Reply #12113 on: November 10, 2020, 02:46:37 PM »
Everyone at my work seems to be camera shy so pants are optional.

Work didnt provide us with webcams, so I dont have one.

Im not buying that shit on my own dime
They're also expensive as fuck still for no reason. Bought one for an employee last week.

720p Logitech shit, usually $20 now $89  :sheik
Can't really send a Chinese knock-off their way either, might have COVID in the box.
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« Reply #12114 on: November 10, 2020, 02:52:04 PM »
webcams what is this 2004?

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« Reply #12115 on: November 10, 2020, 03:03:48 PM »
webcams what is this 2004?

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« Reply #12116 on: November 10, 2020, 03:08:27 PM »
webcams what is this 2004?

:heh
This is COVID and people working in tech who somehow have shitty gear or no gear at home.  ???

I never quite realized how that differs so much today from 5 - 10 years ago when all of us in tech were nerds who could build our own rigs and your computer at work or school was always shittier than the absolute beast you had at home.
Some didn't even have SSD's or a decent display.
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« Reply #12117 on: November 10, 2020, 03:15:20 PM »
i work on an imac so its built in anyway :biden
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« Reply #12118 on: November 10, 2020, 05:45:12 PM »
Biggest Dutch newspaper wrote an op-ed on the corona measures and lock down and how the government feels about our health minister.
A senior government official was quoted: "These are distinguished mentally-challenged policies not based on any facts"
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« Reply #12119 on: November 10, 2020, 06:11:14 PM »
dutch directness  :noah
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