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Carillon posted:No I really appreciate that, but it's like what should I be looking for to know it's over? A rate of infection below x? 0 cases over x days or weeks? I just realized I don't have any idea of what over night look like locally and many people I know who I might look to seem to be treating it as a done deal, which lol. At the moment in Victoria, Australia, we're on full lockdown. Chemists, supermarkets and petrol stations are open, restaurants are doing takeaway only, school is learn from home, which is hopefully finishing this week. Everything else is open for pickup only, or closed completely. Our 14-day moving average of new cases is around 9.7, and we've been told that going to the next stage (being able to socialise with one nominated household, groups of ten people in outdoor settings, outdoor seating at restaurants with 25% capacity maximum) is dependent on having a that average be less than 5. Regardless of that, we have a face mask mandate that requires anyone over the age of 12 leaving the house to wear a mask at all times, scarves and neck gaiters don't count, and fines of $200 for not wearing a mask and fines ranging from $4,957 to $20,000 for breaching the regulations. Having a government that has a plan is the key thing here. Stravag posted:Depending on where dining indoors has already restarted. I know NC has indoor dining open And 1800 cases a day.
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Oct 11, 2020 06:54
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Memento posted:At the moment in Victoria, Australia, we're on full lockdown. Chemists, supermarkets and petrol stations are open, restaurants are doing takeaway only, school is learn from home, which is hopefully finishing this week. Everything else is open for pickup only, or closed completely. Not even kidding I'm really happy there's a coordinated push for public health, here in the states there's very much less of that. I guess it's just the disconnect between seeing other places actually reinforce the public nature of public health and then seeing people I know bragging about flying or going to bars that gets to me and unfortunately rouses a sense that maybe by still bring careful I'm doing it wrong.
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Oct 11, 2020 07:04
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The pandemic is going to still be going on somewhere in the world (America for sure) until a vaccine is developed and distributed. Everything else depends on where you live. I just had thanksgiving dinner with a group of 10 people at my friends parents house because I live on an island in Canada with a pretty low number of cases and nobody is hugely worried right now. If I lived in some terrible country like America or Britain or some other parts of Canada I probably wouldn't be doing that. If I lived in New Zealand I probably would have forgotten there was a pandemic at all for a few weeks.
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Oct 11, 2020 07:08
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Memento posted:At the moment in Victoria, Australia, we're on full lockdown. Chemists, supermarkets and petrol stations are open, restaurants are doing takeaway only, school is learn from home, which is hopefully finishing this week. Everything else is open for pickup only, or closed completely. In Finland we have way more cases than that (although 200-300 a day doesn't seem like A Lot to me) and there's only the vaguest of restrictions going on - bars shut earlier than normal and there's a recommendation to wear a mask in indoor public cases, but there's no enforcement and maybe like 10% of people wear them in shops. Yesterday I went to a cafe, an arcade and a pub, and basically the only difference from "normal" was earlier last orders and seeing some people wearing masks. I've probably never been happier to live here tbf
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Oct 11, 2020 10:42
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Carillon posted:No I really appreciate that, but it's like what should I be looking for to know it's over? A rate of infection below x? 0 cases over x days or weeks? I just realized I don't have any idea of what over night look like locally and many people I know who I might look to seem to be treating it as a done deal, which lol. If you want to see how New Orleans is thinking about things, they have a milestone comparison here. Basically as long as: New cases per day less than 50 (roughly 100 per million); R0 less than 1; Positive test rate 5% or less; Hospital beds in use at 60% or less; and Getting contacts for tracing from 75% or more or new cases, ...then they're willing to relax the restrictions somewhat more from previous. https://app.powerbigov.us/view?r=ey...e=ReportSection
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If the rate goes down in your area (so speed of spread and hospital use is contained), then restrictions might relax. But that's about statistical averages and you have to decide how much risk of you personally going through symptoms and risking death you're willing to take on. In the US, as long as people are traveling between states and most people haven't been vaccinated, the US (except Alaska and Hawaii?) will still have a certain level of personal risk even if it's a bit lower/major spreading is unlikely.
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Stravag posted:Depending on where dining indoors has already restarted. I know NC has indoor dining open That usually has very little to do with actual safety: South Carolina relied on restaurant association's coronavirus reopening guideline quote:As South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster prepared to announce the end of a coronavirus stay-at-home order, his top staff received an email from the state health department. quote:He was hardly alone. Thousands of pages of emails provided to The Associated Press under open-records laws show that governors across the U.S. were inundated with reopening advice from a wide range of industries – from campgrounds in New Hampshire to car washes in Washington. Some governors put economic interests ahead of public health guidance, and certain businesses were allowed to write the rules that would govern their own operations.
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Oct 11, 2020 15:24
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Ras Het posted:In Finland we have way more cases than that (although 200-300 a day doesn't seem like A Lot to me) and there's only the vaguest of restrictions going on - bars shut earlier than normal and there's a recommendation to wear a mask in indoor public cases, but there's no enforcement and maybe like 10% of people wear them in shops. Yesterday I went to a cafe, an arcade and a pub, and basically the only difference from "normal" was earlier last orders and seeing some people wearing masks. I've probably never been happier to live here tbf Probably why your cases are accelerating. I'd be very concerned, if I were you. https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/finland/ Lockdown isn't fun, but it's necessary.
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Hyperlynx posted:Probably why your cases are accelerating. I'd be very concerned, if I were you. The trick to reading those daily case graphs is to set them to log scale. It looks less scary that way.
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Oct 11, 2020 22:44
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Does anyone know of a webcomic (or maybe a manga) and it's an issekai where a person is trapped in a game as a spider.
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Oct 11, 2020 23:14
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Boba Pearl posted:Does anyone know of a webcomic (or maybe a manga) and it's an issekai where a person is trapped in a game as a spider. "So I'm a Spider, So What?"/「蜘蛛ですが、なにか？」 has a manga adaptation (US Amazon link for vol 1) and was mentioned in my first Google hit for isekai where a person is trapped in a game as a "spider". It seems they might not be in a game, though.
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Oct 11, 2020 23:32
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Where is the cheapest place to buy a cheap ole microphone for the computer? I just need something that'll plug into the aux cable of my computer and allow me to communicate with other people for gaming.
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Oct 12, 2020 02:29
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You can get a USB microphone for around $20 from basically any online electronics retailer. Something like this would almost certainly suit. https://www.pccasegear.com/products/49916/simplecom-um350-flexible-neck-usb-desktop-microphone This one is an aux cable mic that clips onto your headset https://www.pccasegear.com/products/2885/zalman-zm-mic-1-microphone
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Yeah, I just use a random $20 walmart mic for that and it's worked fine for years now.
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How do you get extra money from an eBay buyer after they have paid for something? e.g. they buy an item, pay the listed price, then ask for an upgraded delivery method for extra cost, so need to pay an extra $10. I can't find a method for doing this, other than issuing a refund, then creating a new invoice for the revised amount (and paypal will charge me for the first, refunded payment). I've tried googling, but it keeps giving answers from 2014 which was before changes were made to prevent this. (e.g. you can't send them a paypal request for payment because ebay hides their email address. If you send them your address through the ebay messaging service, it gets blocked) or solutions that only work if they haven't paid you already.
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I don't use eBay but is there really no way to contact a buyer, even if they contacted you with a question? I can understand obfuscating their contact info but if eBay doesn't allow any contact at all that seems insane. Assuming I'm misunderstanding and you can contact them, give them your phone number and have them Zelle you the ten bucks E: if "zelle" would be blocked, as seems likely, just send your phone number and ask them to text you. Or are phone numbers blocked too? Put up another auction for a gun wrapper for 10 dollars and tell them to Buy It Now? regulargonzalez fucked around with this message at 15:52 on Oct 12, 2020 |
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regulargonzalez posted:I don't use eBay but is there really no way to contact a buyer, even if they contacted you with a question? I can understand obfuscating their contact info but if eBay doesn't allow any contact at all that seems insane. Assuming I'm misunderstanding and you can contact them, give them your phone number and have them Zelle you the ten bucks You can send them a message, but ebay will prevent you from sending it if it includes a phone number or email address and will penalise you if you try too many times. So, yes, it is very frustrating. E: that new listing does seem to be the only option: which means they will take extra fees (rather than just the standard percentage if the original auction sold for more). eBay really hates the sellers. Moo the cow fucked around with this message at 15:58 on Oct 12, 2020 |
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Oct 12, 2020 15:56
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Hey, how do I stop my Mouse 4 from doing "Previous Page" on windows 10, anyone know?
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Boba Pearl posted:Hey, how do I stop my Mouse 4 from doing "Previous Page" on windows 10, anyone know? Download the official driver from the manufacturer and you should be able to configure or even disable any buttons
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Moo the cow posted:How do you get extra money from an eBay buyer after they have paid for something? This sounds like a real loving hassle. Is messaging them and telling them that it's not really an option without additional cost and trouble on your end not an option? The auction listed shipping as such and that's basically on them for that. This seems like something they should've asked about before buying said item. Alternately is it possible to just omit characters from the email address and provide instructions and an explanation of how to fix it to get the additional funds?
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dog nougat posted:This sounds like a real loving hassle. Is messaging them and telling them that it's not really an option without additional cost and trouble on your end not an option? The auction listed shipping as such and that's basically on them for that. This seems like something they should've asked about before buying said item. It is a real hassle: they asked for the delivery to be sent using a tracking option, I told them that it would be an extra cost of $x and were they okay with that? Instead of replying to me and letting me issue an invoice for the new amount, they paid the original standard post amount. I'd have thought the option to add to the invoice/issue an updated invoice was a simple feature and I've been feeling stupid for not being able to find out how to do it. But nope, you can't do that. dog nougat posted:Alternately is it possible to just omit characters from the email address and provide instructions and an explanation of how to fix it to get the additional funds? In the end, I told them 'no'.
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does anyone remember that guy who used to reveal how magic illusions were done, on tv? who was that guy? what did career magicians think of his act? did they hate him?
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bad posts ahead!!! posted:does anyone remember that guy who used to reveal how magic illusions were done, on tv? who was that guy? what did career magicians think of his act? did they hate him? This the guy? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Val_Valentino At a quick glance his wikipedia seems to answer your questions
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bad posts ahead!!! posted:does anyone remember that guy who used to reveal how magic illusions were done, on tv? who was that guy? what did career magicians think of his act? did they hate him? I distinctly remember Harry Anderson doing a magic special where he talked poo poo about the Masked Magician and then did the same tricks that had been revealed but with new twists that proved he wasn't doing them with the hidden tricks the mask magician showed.
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bad posts ahead!!! posted:does anyone remember that guy who used to reveal how magic illusions were done, on tv? who was that guy? what did career magicians think of his act? did they hate him? 90% chance you were thinking of the Masked Magician guy, but it's at least possible you meant James Randi. He never set out to spoil anyone's act, but when someone started claiming to have real-life psychic abilities that were not just part of the show, he'd call them out on it and demonstrate the fraud. He once famously assisted Johnny Carson in debunking Uri Geller, and he's the guy behind the million-dollar challenge that you might have heard of.
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yeah, it was definitely val valentino. i didn’t know he revealed himself, interesting.McCracAttack posted:I distinctly remember Harry Anderson doing a magic special where he talked poo poo about the Masked Magician and then did the same tricks that had been revealed but with new twists that proved he wasn't doing them with the hidden tricks the mask magician showed. this is kind of badass. thanks yall
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I already asked this in coc but since there are so many computer people around I'd ask it here. Where can I find some programming lessons or courses that can take me from novice/intermediate level to real-world situations and projects? I'm at the point where language doesn't matter all that much, but most of my tiny amount of experience is in Java. I'm getting a little concerned that I'm about to start my last year of a cs degree in January (old guy taking classes) and all I know is theory. This program has been very bottom-up - we have learned a ton of individual concepts but not how to use them all together to do anything practical.
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Manager Hoyden posted:I already asked this in coc but since there are so many computer people around I'd ask it here. I liked udemy for web dev stuff when I was first starting, the courses are usually  and some public libraries have _free_ access to udemy if you're luck to live in one of those areas!
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The IT certification thread in hardware/software has a ton of useful info and knowledgeable posters. Might also help to look at job postings in your field to see what languages and skills are in demand.
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Manager Hoyden posted:I already asked this in coc but since there are so many computer people around I'd ask it here. you should just try to make something dude
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owlhawk911 posted:you should just try to make something dude This is not always very useful advice. I never have any idea what to make for myself. Anything I might do, someone else has already done. It's like telling someone "just write something!"
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hooah posted:This is not always very useful advice. I never have any idea what to make for myself. Anything I might do, someone else has already done. It's like telling someone "just write something!" tbh if someone was like "i've been in writing school for years, i know about all these literary devices and poo poo, any tips on how i can learn to actually tell a story" that probably would be my advice. and it's way more applicable for coding
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learn by doing is a legit strat
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Poke around here and see if anything excites you: https://www.firsttimersonly.com/
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owlhawk911 posted:learn by doing is a legit strat It is, but you have to understand that for a lot of people they don't even have the framework in place that lets them do that. What, do I just open notepad and start writing code in it? How do I make it do thing when I'm finished? I realise that the code will almost all be copied and pasted from Stack Overflow at this point in time in someone's learning but without having some fundamentals (open python, write code:
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Penguissimo posted:Poke around here and see if anything excites you: Yes, thank you so much. That is a great resource.
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Memento posted:It is, but you have to understand that for a lot of people they don't even have the framework in place that lets them do that. What, do I just open notepad and start writing code in it? How do I make it do thing when I'm finished? I realise that the code will almost all be copied and pasted from Stack Overflow at this point in time in someone's learning but without having some fundamentals (open python, write i was figuring the first half of dude's cs degree might've touched on some of that Penguissimo posted:Poke around here and see if anything excites you: this is a great idea though
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Manager Hoyden posted:I already asked this in coc but since there are so many computer people around I'd ask it here. don't program. go be a project manager or something instead every single person/organization/tutorial/bootcamp/program in the world telling you that software development is a good field is corporate interests trying to saturate the market to drive down salaries
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owlhawk911 posted:i was figuring the first half of dude's cs degree might've touched on some of that lol, I missed that completely, fair cop
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