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I mean we're going to throw every single right out the window due to COVID-19 so my guess is we'll be in 1984 around April 15th.
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I mean we're going to throw every single right out the window due to COVID-19 so my guess is we'll be in 1984 around April 15th.
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What!? And he didn't even have the courtesy to add "and some I assume are good people"?
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China promotes bear bile as coronavirus treatment, alarming wildlife advocates
Do you want another pandemic? Because this is how you get another pandemic. Seriously China quit ingesting parts of animals to "cure" things.
Do you want another pandemic? Because this is how you get another pandemic. Seriously China quit ingesting parts of animals to "cure" things.
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Bill Gates offered a more realistic, politics-free assessment of the situation on CNN last night.
https://www.cnn.com/videos/business...rus-town-hall-shutdown-april-peak-sot-vpx.cnn
6-10 weeks of nationwide shutdown required to get a firm grip on the spread of the virus. Of course, he's not exactly living pay-check-to-pay-check.
https://www.cnn.com/videos/business...rus-town-hall-shutdown-april-peak-sot-vpx.cnn
6-10 weeks of nationwide shutdown required to get a firm grip on the spread of the virus. Of course, he's not exactly living pay-check-to-pay-check.
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And here I thought things regarding wildlife in China would be turning around.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cn...-wildlife-consumption-ban-intl-hnk/index.html
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Army checkpoints on every street.
I'm not asking you to defend the material. My question was asked as a hypothetical in case what seems logical to me is actually not. I don't specifically expect you as an individual to know the answer, it was just in case anyone knew anything I may have missed.
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So...the rich and the powerful (aka The Chinese Communist Party) are the ones who patronize eating wild life.
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I think this is the second time in 20 years they've made it illegal.
Oof that's bad. All our healthcare workers where I work are getting a pay raise effective immediately and they're all getting a bonus as well. They can submit a form and get 100% of their childcare reimbursed and they're going to get some extra vacation days to take once this is all over. In addition to all that, the community is providing free food, volunteer child care for those who can't find any, free rental cars to stay off public transport, and free lodging at local hotels if the healthcare worker wants to distance themselves from their family. I think pretty much every place is giving out free food if you show your hospital badge.
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In Hamburg there's tones of people outside. Most close to their homes but still. Lots of kids running around, people running, cycling, in roller blades, etc.
Sight of the day though: a young couple leaving their home (with presents and heart shaped balloons at the door), dressed as if they were gonna get married that day. They were just holding hands and walking around the neighborhood. I saw them again 1h later by the river, still on their own. She carried a small bokeh of red flowers on her free hand. He had an orange bow tie and wore light blue. It made me stop and think. They probably missed the big party and ceremony with all their friends and family but, on the other hand, had quite a unique day.
Sight of the day though: a young couple leaving their home (with presents and heart shaped balloons at the door), dressed as if they were gonna get married that day. They were just holding hands and walking around the neighborhood. I saw them again 1h later by the river, still on their own. She carried a small bokeh of red flowers on her free hand. He had an orange bow tie and wore light blue. It made me stop and think. They probably missed the big party and ceremony with all their friends and family but, on the other hand, had quite a unique day.
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This is something I don’t understand, internet speeds slowing down, and I’ve read that some places on are bandwidth restrictions.
I get that more people are at home and using the internet from home....but what about all the business that are shut down and not using the internet?
As someone who has an irregular work schedule and spends a lot of time on the internet during all times of the day, typically you don’t see any change in internet performance except from maybe midnight to 7-8 AM when most people are sleeping. It’s not like you get any kind of better speeds mid day when people are at work, because they’re using the internet at work.
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The nature of usage changed with confinement: watching a video consume way way more data than browsing. Download a video game too. Playing online games does not consume a lot of bandwith, though.
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Web Browsing: around 0.33 Mbit/s
Netflix UHD: up to 25 Mbit/s
Netflix HD: up to 5 Mbit/s
Playing Fortnite: around 0.03 Mbit/s (without streaming it...)
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Why would connecting to the internet from home use more bandwidth than connecting to the internet from the office?
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That interesting, thanks. I wouldn’t have guessed that gaming was so light weight, compared to streaming a movie. I guess I would have assumed gaming was more intensive due to it being two-way traffic, as opposed to streaming which is just one way.
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