Everything posted by Apep
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Captain Picard is back
It wasn't good, but it wasn't that bad. There wasn't enough time to properly develop the new characters, even though they actually tried to flesh them out and answer questions. Mystery and open questions are okay. We don't need things wrapped up in tidy packages. And they failed on that score. So arcs could have been cut. I'd say diversity was the weak point, because there were too many humans and human-looking aliens. I'm not asking for much, maybe a Ferengi or an Andorian. A Breen would have been awesome. The deus ex machina solution at the end of the series was telegraphed a mile away. In typical ST fashion, they finally have a decent SF trope, I expect them to ignore the bigger implications forever. They want space soap operas, not SF.
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Captain Picard is back
Could have been worse.
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Formerly DT: COVID-19 - Featuring Lots of Politics, now CR because political talk not going away
It may not be up for a vote, but I just saw them discussing it and taking public comments. We're probably still a day or two behind Dallas.
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Formerly DT: COVID-19 - Featuring Lots of Politics, now CR because political talk not going away
Here is a good discussion of using CPAPs for less severe cases of ARD, a topic which I touched on last week.
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Formerly DT: COVID-19 - Featuring Lots of Politics, now CR because political talk not going away
Tarrant County is currently having an emergency meeting to discuss shelter in place.
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Formerly DT: COVID-19 - Featuring Lots of Politics, now CR because political talk not going away
Unsurprising. One of my friends lives near Baltimore and he reported having to go to the hood to buy TP that fell off a truck.
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Formerly DT: COVID-19 - Featuring Lots of Politics, now CR because political talk not going away
That’s called an antibody test. China and Singapore have them. Not sure about us.
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Formerly DT: COVID-19 - Featuring Lots of Politics, now CR because political talk not going away
Shaming people for quarantining or not quarantining? It's hard not to do the latter.
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Formerly DT: COVID-19 - Featuring Lots of Politics, now CR because political talk not going away
For mild cases of ARDs, (acute respiratory distress), it sounds like CPAPs can be used as ventilators. They can even be improvised from standard ER equipment. They don't require much more than than hoses, masks, and a wall outlet. They can be used with O2 concentrators and a connector to supplement oxygen. If things are really that bad with ventilator supplies, shouldn't we start CPAP/BiPAP drives and decontamination procedures? For example, I have three working CPAPs, a primary, one for travel, and an old one that I never sold on the gray market.
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SurlyHorns Coronavirus contingency plan
Can we have a major increase in our allotment of daily posrep for the duration of the pandemic? Until this past week I had never hit the cap. I'm hitting it every day.
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Captain Picard is back
Good ep, but “I just know things” is kinda lazy writing.
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Formerly DT: COVID-19 - Featuring Lots of Politics, now CR because political talk not going away
That's possible. It is also possible they knew the WHO pandemic announcement was coming and needed them in the WH. Even if that's not true, that's how they'll need to play it.
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Formerly DT: COVID-19 - Featuring Lots of Politics, now CR because political talk not going away
The first presumptive case in Tarrant County is the rector at Trinity Episcopal. https://www.fortworthtrinity.org/about/news/covid-19-and-trinity/?fbclid=IwAR2gsK-IdFu2z_LyOxyTZD_vue-mQYMGvjcOXmIlo1nfdwGmBuzp9uw-cao
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Formerly DT: COVID-19 - Featuring Lots of Politics, now CR because political talk not going away
He's a dentist. He wants to maximize the chances he infects you.
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Formerly DT: COVID-19 - Featuring Lots of Politics, now CR because political talk not going away
Lactated ringers? WTF are those, part of a HuCow fetish?
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Jewish kid kicked off Anderson HS robotics team for making anti-Semetic joke
If the teacher was writing to a third party robot league trying to blacklist the kid, won't he get crucified under FERPA?
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Formerly DT: COVID-19 - Featuring Lots of Politics, now CR because political talk not going away
Inspired by the manscaping thread, I shaved my asscrack so that my existing TP stores will be more efficient.
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FBI Raids HISD Offices
4, x, x, 2, 3, x, x, 5, 6, 1, 7
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Formerly DT: COVID-19 - Featuring Lots of Politics, now CR because political talk not going away
I went to Aldi today and it was pretty dead. No one buying a ton except me, and, honestly, I only bought a few extra things compared to my normal monthly shopping trip. Tons of canned goods left. Lots of rice, even the really big bags. They did seem low on beans, but that appears to be a merchandising decision from a few months ago.
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Formerly DT: COVID-19 - Featuring Lots of Politics, now CR because political talk not going away
The dog could be environmentally contaminated, but that's been one of my big questions. Can dogs get it and, if so, can they spread it to other dogs in adjoining yards (not to mention all the strays)?
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Captain Picard is back
Apparently the solution was to have someone other than Frakes direct the episode. Way too deus ex machina at the end.
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GOT Hot Take
The series had its moments, but was always a pale imitation of the books. Except for the Winds of Winter episode (and maybe a couple of others), I already couldn't rewatch it.
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Better Call Saul. Not coming back until 2020
El Camino would like a word with you.
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Star Trek Discovery: Season 2 - It Got Good. Real Good. (Ep 1 inside)
Agreed with the weak story line and few side plots, but I'd say the problem was more that they didn't know how to work with a serial than that they weren't episodic enough. Airiam is the easiest example, her actual intro and end shoehorned into too tight a space. In a better serial, e.g. Game of Thrones, her intro as more than a background character would have been in season 1 and the show runners would have been competent enough to make sure she got the occasional touch. Another example would be the end-of-the-David-Tennant-era, series-4-Doctor-Who level of campiness with all the goodbyes and dialoguing at the end of Season 2. Picard suffers from the same problem. After years of binging series, we don't need subplot lines wrapped up in neat, episodic bows. They can let the subplots stew and breathe over the course of a season (or seasons).
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DNA kits revealing some secrets.....
Very sad. She doesn't even know they don't use swabs for 23andme.