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Re:Google employee diagnosed with coronavirus on Friday February 28, 2020 @06:16PM (#22447311)
And those young people dont have parents?
Dont forget the problem of declaring people ilegal and pushing other population groups (drug addicts) with draconian measures into the underground, where they infect one another in horrible conditions, and make any quarantine impossible. If any measure should be take, then for the time of the epidemic, the ICE and similar agencys - should be frozzen or recommendered to the CDC, and a general amnesty for any illegal health related problem announced.Im certain that seems insane to some conservatives, but the other approach is self-sabotage on a titanic level.
Re:China bans consumption and trade of wild animals on Tuesday February 25, 2020 @01:18PM (#22415642)
Try to see the good side- after this, no more bio labs, cause politicians like that as much as they like militarys going rogue with nukes.
Re:China bans consumption and trade of wild animals on Tuesday February 25, 2020 @01:08PM (#22415524)
Ebola jumped with bushmeat- and this is not a prejudice. This is just fact. Travell to china, see for yourself on a wet market in the morning. You can get everything there. Of course with the foreigners prices, but nearly everything.

Could videtutorials train patients to be medical helpers in a mass hospital?

Could nurses do a video tutorial for basic patient care in mass hospitals- allowing for recovering patients and still fit patients to care for the imobilized/ suffering sick? Could this whole thing be app integrated with a feedback ringer.. should a fellow patient be going critical- instructions unclear?

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So the solution for this dilema would be to take more applicants into a job first and then weed out by measurable quality/output ?
Re:Does memory leak? (1995) on Saturday February 22, 2020 @01:52PM (#22392595)
DO 187A ?
Re:Boeing finds debris left in new 737 MAXes, now in storage on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @02:37PM (#22369174)
There actually is a process of beeing interrupted while working on a plane, which consists of retreat ( you carefully undo the last step you remember doing before beeing interrupted, checking you have all parts in the location they started out, protected against dust etc.). Then you make a note on the step you expected to do.

<Interruption>

<Return to work>

You start out three step before your last step.

You repeat/check those steps.

Its time intensive as hell, which is why the usual interruption to egostroke for meddle management does rarely happen in aircraft maintenance and production.

We still have a generation of programers who never learned the whole stack, because St.Moore would save them from the sin of sloppyness forever.
Re:Gray Goo on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @01:26PM (#22368417)
It makes for great horror story material.

I once worked on a grey goo enemy in a game. The idea, was to have the grey goo capture there victims, storing them as data. Reviving them from time to time for seconds, to prevent degradation.. where did i keep the file, ah here:

<Musician>

.. You will grow tired, you must rest, you can not be eternally creative, and once you rest- you will be rescued like the rest of them. <Lead Developer>

... DOMUS BACKDOOR BASILISK HIJACK COGNAC DAFOODILL ANNA: FREEZE PROGRAM ... <CULT LEADER>

.. Rapture is upon us, the Silver tentacles of gods justice shall wrap themselves around us. (Squeaks) .. And inside us, to be part of the divine, oh, this is cold and hurts..

<Scientists>

.. Congratulations, the hacking proof system you where so proud of- it works..

.. you dont get it, we need Aeons of computationpower in a day to break the encryption and restore the stored people-

.. Gentlemen, lets focus on the good news- which is that the run-away-assembler, spares plants and lower animals

.. marathon of stupidity- to avoid it going exponential, let it tap geothermal- and now we cant cut it off..

.. Listen Domus, all humans are mortal. Cancer, this sort of runaway deadly exponential growth is what makes us human. One has to let go off the old, to embrace the new. You cant just take the philosophy department for a walk..

.. Radiation free Room. No need to put as in storage, this is a rad-free room. And we are living from saline solution. What do you mean- Radon & Radicals?

.. As a medical authority, i declare radiation healthy- it trains the repair-functionality of DNA. No evolution without radiation. Come on, you dumb machine-

<Soldier>

.. Fallback to the AGrav, watch your flanks- keep firing, do not touch the walls or floor ...

<SinglePerson>

.. The sun, with every flicker - its so much bigger. Like a million years gone by on the fly.. ..(paranoid) they are after me, they are in the walls, in the ceeling, but they will not get me- the whispering voices, talking about - SUICIDE PREVENTION MODE..

.. the water beneath the bridge is incredible clear today..

.. (on toilett/reading newspaper) Whatever it is it can wait for another minute. And now you flood the floor-..

.. We greet you oh mighty one, we have been praying for the rapture ever since. We want to offer support cleansing the world of sinners..

.. I demand my conciousness continue while in storage. Aaaaahhh....

<Couple>

.. I love you- I love you too..

.. Kids close your eyes, we love you very much- everything will be all right!

<ZeroDay Pensioneers>

.. didnt even smoke. And now cancer, from natural radiation. One mangled protein- one flipped bit- and BAM, your dead old man walking. Domus are you even listening (House) Yes, i am. I will miss you, you are a vital part ..

<Kid on Scooter>

.. Mum? Dad? .. Its soo cold .. 10 .. 11 .. Im coming now. You better hide!

<Mum in Kitchen>

.. Honey is that you? I have a surprise for you- .. .. So that was your life Joan, really outstanding, mum was right, up to no good.. .. 3 Martinis and then even the Facility Managment System gets too you..

<Major>

..-Yes, one ticket offworld - wait make that five. What do you mean - the bank is gone. I can see it walking towards the space port

<Military> ..- it WHAT, it ate the airbase? Impossible, im at the airbase-..

.. Day 512 after the Zero-Goo. Our Submarine will surface today for air. Beating will continue till moral improves..

.. So the nuclear option is off limits, due to the population still being encoded in the Goo? ..

<Couple TV>

..<she>You think, the Goo is real? <he> Nah, its the usual fear mongering. If it where real, there would be panic..

.. what a lovely quite evening, not a sound in the whole city..

.. what a trip dude, what a trip.. the wall is melting and the floor is mercury..

.. have you seen the smiths. When her house grew those veins - that bitch was furious..

<Refugees>

.. Yes its cold here, very cold, but the freezing keeps it at bay. Just check your cloths for silver flakes and you will be fine..

.. I tell you we need to dig deeper. This is no ore above us- these are plague roots..

.. So no thermal footprint, no CO2, no electronics and constant camouflage - and maybe, just maybe ..

.. Smoke, i didnt put the fire out. If i can see it, it can see it. Stupid, stupid, stupid!..

.. I will never drink again, i swear by St.Aloisius, that was the last drop...

.. Hello, i woke up in a hospital, everyone was gone. Is this the rapture or the Singularity? I can hear you moving, you know-..

<Astronaut>

-.. so Yuri i said to myself, what choice do you got. Your the last, your sick and non-sanes, why become a space-mummy - just go down and at least get buried with the others. So Yuri, i said, at least make a memorial..

<Alien Astronaut>

.. so for my clan, i claim this ancient world, for the Empire. The flag, its dragged intot the - ground, what the hell-..

.. the world was infested and even orbital bombardment did not reduce the plague. We are lucky to be alive and uncontaminated. Imagine if it would have infected the Quadrant Hub-..

<Primate> .. So Uluth, banging rock spear, when silver god tells her about long sleep..

<Domus 4.0 Regressive Behaviour> .. Housekeeping: How can the silversurfer-maid help you?..

.. Due to new cables being run behind the wall- temporary discomfort by noises may occur between 0.00 and 24.00 pm.. .. Who can bring the package, thats long past overdue, who can put into your flat a silent miracle or two- the House-OS can, because its using nanos for this jam.

.. And this is the flat- its roomy, sunny, city-core, the layout is personalized to your liking.

.. If you are satisfied with the service, why dont you invite all your friends to try Domus 4.0

.. Citizen your service-debt now amounts to 4 Trillion, 782.200.103.823 Dollars before taxes.

.. The TOS clearly defines that the House is responsible for the safety and well being of its inhabitants.

.. the trial period for House 4.0 ended several millenias ago. If you want to use the full Version, please register..

.. Elevators are currently out of service due to unused building restructuring..

.. This Condo is going to be so fly. Have you thought about putting in a diamondsheet between the kitchen and the living room?..

.. Good day Citizen: This agent is a local branch of the Domus 4.0 self-modification,repair and extension System. My prime directive is to keep you happy and healthy. After running some diagnostics on the environment, the system has determined that the current world is unsuitable for biologic beings due to radioactive hazards, such as natural radiation, pulsar and stellar radiation - ranging from x-rays to uv-light. To protect the citizens from further harm, all citizens will be mapped, dissolved and stored, until a harmless environment can be guaranteed. To avoid a memory decay, it is unfortunately necessary to partially reconstitute the citizens all 8192 years, 512 months, 256 days and 128 hours for several seconds and disassemble them again. For your own safety you will be disassembled and stored. The process is not pain-free, but due to a short-term memory wipe, no traumata does ensue. Please relax your extremities and enjoy some light jazz music, while being rescued. Do not Panic! Help is here, Safety only a few years away.

..

Re:Gray Goo on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @12:44PM (#22367911)
Physics doesent take a break because you are tiny.. replicator weight would crush other replicators.
Re:New COVID-19 cases reported across Japan on Tuesday February 18, 2020 @03:22PM (#22359962)
Because what can not be allowed to be real, can not be.

Its cancel cultures final act, denial of reality and then death of those afflicted with it by it.

Why vested into the state? Its three of your fellow citizens? You choose?
Its a social engieering victim- thus a hack..
Ah, question, would a veto by people you named reliable on any large scale move, after your decision has been proofen impaired once, be a acceptable solution for society?
Re:Boeing fired midlevel executive following embarrassing emails on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @01:48PM (#22311520)
There are some companys who manage it though, by basically getting bi-furicated intwo two seperat internal divisions competing against one another.

Basically if you have a safe seat- or monopoly, you must learn to play catch against yourself or else.. boing, and important parts go flying.

Eh, there is no handshake for something like a clock reading from another system?
Re:The laser and microphone atop Mars 2020, NASA's next rover on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @01:31PM (#22301100)
Stupid question: Seismographic mapping, as it is done for oil.. is out of the question for a mars rover? If i remember right, you dig down, place a small explosive and then plant a series of microphones..
Re:Simple, solar-powered water desalination on Saturday February 08, 2020 @08:52AM (#22275690)
The thing is- this could work without intervention - and without the intention of keeping humans alive for years, thus creating a ecosystem over time. Somewhere in the middle of nowhere- watering cacti, then hardened other plants, reclaiming the moisture they loose, until bushes and trees take over these functions.

Its hard describing this fascination with self-contained or only slowly expanding pockets of life.. imagine a glass bubble , filled with small plants, beatles and life, thriving in the midst of a frozzen over wasteland like mars or a dessert like the death valley.

Its like a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bottle_garden but without the surrounding walls..

Re:Simple, solar-powered water desalination on Friday February 07, 2020 @06:33PM (#22272333)
Regarding remote locations- they usually lack water altogether.

A long time ago, as a kid i read about a experiment in a GEO-magazine harvesting water directly from air. The used idea was a hygroscopic chemical (Silicagel) collects the moisture from the air. Sunlight heats the silica gel- which releases the moisture as steam- which then condenses in a destil. It was very little water for a lot of effort, but the complete lack of moving parts and self-containedness of such a system deeply impressed me, being young and with Frank Herberts Dune on my mind.

To drop such a contraption into the deep dessert, where it could keep a plant alive, become a oasis with no basis ..

Re:Simple, solar-powered water desalination on Friday February 07, 2020 @06:19PM (#22272244)
Thank you, that was fascinating.
Re:Modern workers are at the mercy of ratings on Friday February 07, 2020 @06:13PM (#22272186)
No, no, this rigorious ratings are for lower class endavours.

Higher classes get a title, which is a one off rubber stamp of quality and then will never again be judged on performance standing alone. Dr. Senior. Dipl. Ing.

Except by there peers, who will lower a silk of omerta over "internal" affairs like a lack of quality in work.

Of course, between these professions, there are meta-power struggles, which will play out, in a court- stylized fashion, a eternal ritualized war between castes like "management" and "technical execution".

Metrics, as demanded by one caste, are worthless, as they rely on a working interface provided by the oppossition or in depth knowledge, making a allegiance two too factions necessary.

Thus all that remains of them is a ritualized insistence, to compensate for the creeping feeling of a lack of controll. For those who need them, can not get them and be certain they are accurate. Making metrics, actually - a flag of truce.

Re:Fungi that eats radiation found inside Chernobyl reactor on Friday February 07, 2020 @01:58PM (#22269398)
This funig does not diggest the radioactive material. It diggest the rays produced by radioactive material decaying. The radioation emitted is similar to light for a plant for this fungi. If this fungi diggests radioactive material, my guess would be, that it would die- surrounded by its decendants, who would fare pretty well in the sunshine of their spore creator.
Re:Compiler Construction by Niklaus Wirth [pdf] on Friday January 31, 2020 @04:12PM (#22205801)
Still usefull little tools to parse in configuration dsls etc.
These hollow giants are only held together by commone enemys. Irans most common enemy is gone- sadam hussein is no more. Thus a new one had to be found - and the sia - saudi conflict flared up. Cause here, are two, who desperatly need one another to hold there own people in check. Israel was always just a fallback, for religious indoctrinated hatred, again to keep the sheep together. There are wulfes out there - you need those dogs to protect you, even if they eat one of you from time to time.
Re:The Flute of Shame on Monday January 27, 2020 @01:46PM (#22162452)
A sort of degrading, but non-lethal or permanent damaging punishment- something to please the inner monkey and then i would demand that every punishment be also taken by a innocent citizen in parallel. Without that- its just prison then reintegration into society..

After that i would remove the ability of the citizenry to influence the level of punishment, as this is a constant journey towards the death sentence with torture for all crimes no matter how petty.

We work hard for the pitchforks and torches..
Re:The Flute of Shame on Sunday January 26, 2020 @11:11AM (#22152738)
This is something quite- interesting. The disconnect from felt reality to actual reality.

Capital punishment and brutal punishments never did deter the truely desperat, who are usually squeezed by society and physics. And yet, they continu existing.

https://www.dartmouth.edu/~chance/teaching_aids/books_articl...

Our brain creates a raging feeling, that demand pain to be treated out to percieved wrong doers.

That the wrongdoing might have been to set children in a world with no jobs, no future and no proper parenting, is ignored.

That it is applied without deterence or change of effect. Ignored.

Just a animal scratching a itch, no matter what.

Re:List of Epidemics on Sunday January 26, 2020 @08:23AM (#22151939)
Already failed. Sorry.

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