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tv makers that also make phones can’t build Fire TVs because they’ll lose the right to use Android on their phone models. -- (link) - spamlet Mar 15, 15:59
Starbucks announces "to-go" model. Removes seating from stores. -- (link*) - budice Mar 15, 15:50
Like seriously can someone explain the TP hoarding to me? -- nm - JackDawson Mar 15, 15:46 15
- Initial symptoms included diarrhea. Multiple kids (or women) in a household and you're quarantined? Stock up / hoarding. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 15, 16:03 2
  - it's not a common symptom -- nm - ty97 Mar 15, 16:03 1
    - Not NOW. I just think that may have been the initial concern. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 15, 16:06
- I think their worry is that the places that make the TP won't be open to supply the stores if they're all quarantined. That's my best guess -- nm - Krusty Mar 15, 15:51
- Do you want to be in lockdown for two weeks or more without it? And if everyone else is buying it up, it looks like a real risk, so you do too. -- nm - znufrii Mar 15, 15:50 3
  - I mean. There’s always the shower -- nm - JackDawson Mar 15, 15:58 2
    - True. -- nm - znufrii Mar 15, 15:59 1
      - If there’s no running water we are dead anyway, so I don’t understand it at all -- nm - JackDawson Mar 15, 16:02
- At this point it's just Copycats thinking "other people are buying this, so I need to too!" -- nm - Beryllium Mar 15, 15:47 5
  - I don't get it, but it is self perpetuating. I know we started buying more stuff when we started seeing the shelves getting empty. Not sure when - pmb Mar 15, 15:51 2
    - Is it you’re worried about not being a schmuck or worried about not having to eat? If it really gets to that people will loot and it’s all over anyway -- nm - JackDawson Mar 15, 15:57 1
      - I'm not really worried about not being able to eat. Just more that it may make things more complicated. The problem is none of us have experienced - pmb Mar 15, 16:18
  - My friend started hoarding it about three weeks ago (I know several TP hoarders) and he explained But I was drunk and none of it made sense -- nm - JackDawson Mar 15, 15:48 1
    - I ordered a 24-roll pack on Amazon that arrived a few days ago, but that's only because I was running low and couldn't find any in stores! -- nm - ty97 Mar 15, 15:50
- seriously no clue -- nm - ty97 Mar 15, 15:47
so much for Frozen 2; can't get it here I guess for some reason -- nm - Beaker Mar 15, 15:45 2
- Uh oh -- nm - Beryllium Mar 15, 15:47 1
  - Tuesday I guess in Canada. -- nm - Beaker Mar 15, 15:49
Love this. -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 15, 15:42 2
- I saw a very similar one earlier of one guy doing the same thing. Gave me a chuckle. :-) -- nm - Krusty Mar 15, 15:46
- ha! -- nm - mud Mar 15, 15:45
NYC schools closed until 4/20 -- (link) - Krusty Mar 15, 15:32 6
- The wording I read is that is the *earliest* they might reopen -- nm - ty97 Mar 15, 15:42 1
  - Yes. It says they plan to reopen on 4/20 but obviously they'll adjust it if they have to. -- nm* - Krusty Mar 15, 15:44
- 420, someone had fun figuring that one out -- nm - budice Mar 15, 15:40 1
  - That certainly crossed my mind. -- nm - Krusty Mar 15, 15:43
- Wow that’s a long while -- nm - JackDawson Mar 15, 15:37
- Not long enough -- nm - eag Mar 15, 15:33
THR: Cannes has said it will not make a decision regarding the 2020 festival until mid-April, .. -- (link) - mud Mar 15, 15:29
Current scene at JFK airport -- (link) - budice Mar 15, 15:17 17
- Well, truth be told, in the Immigration and Customs area you never can take photos. There are millions of such warnings in all airports. (NM) - Marlowe Mar 15, 15:21 1
  - Yup this. -- nm - spamlet Mar 15, 15:31
- This is an unusual case of pictures not telling a thousand words. Okay, there are people waiting in line at the airport. And? - Max Mar 15, 15:19 8
  - We're concerned that there may be people coming back from Europe who are infected so let's shove them all into a confined space together. -- nm - Dano Mar 15, 15:32 5
    - Serious Q I don't think has been answered: if standing in line with people who are infected but not coughing or touching, can you catch it? - Max Mar 15, 15:54 4
      - IANAD: I think it's possible, yes. It's an airborne respiratory virus, hence the 3-6 foot spacing rule. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 15, 16:05 2
        
        I read it's mostly through the droplets. (NM) - Marlowe Mar 15, 16:06 1
        
        The CDC has two bullet points - JaxSean Mar 15, 16:12
      - Droplet transmission suggests "maybe, but not exactly" -- nm - Beryllium Mar 15, 15:54
  - The measures are making things worse wow -- nm - JackDawson Mar 15, 15:22
  - That’s the line to come into the country. I’m guessing they are doing health screenings and it’s slowing everything down. -- nm - spamlet Mar 15, 15:21
- "People in line being told to not to take pictures." -- nm - mud Mar 15, 15:18 5
  - I’d love to give it the benefit of the doubt and say it is due to security reasons... - Qale Mar 15, 15:23
  - Which as Marlowe said is relatively normal -- nm - Beryllium Mar 15, 15:23 3
    - Yeah, immigration and customs areas at all US airports have tons of signs forbidding photos -- nm - ty97 Mar 15, 15:25 2
      - I was once at JFK T8 international baggage claim (so the customs area) and an employee was going around to people using their phones - ty97 Mar 15, 15:26 1
        
        I've seen one guy be truly ripped off by an official once. He got a few warnings, and still held his phone. - Marlowe Mar 15, 15:35
Dow Futures: -1000 -- (link) - budice Mar 15, 15:13 9
- Maybe announcing massive stimulus measures on a Sunday afternoon, days before your scheduled meeting... indicates a reason to panic? - Will Hunting Mar 15, 15:29 6
  - Right? How could they be this dumb about it? -- nm - spamlet Mar 15, 15:31 5
    - Hi, you must be new. Welcome to reality. I'm Cuzzin Todd! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 15, 15:49
    - Do you really think that tipped the scales? All you have to do is have your eyes open and you can see the money being drained out of the economy for - pmb Mar 15, 15:49
    - Unless it really is that bad ... or Jerome Powell hates Trump and wants to fuck him over. - Will Hunting Mar 15, 15:34 2
      - I think it was just yesterday that Trump mused about firing Powell -- nm - ty97 Mar 15, 15:44
      - True -- nm - spamlet Mar 15, 15:35
- Autograph this, asshole. -- nm - Reagen Mar 15, 15:15 1 1
  - ! .. [snork] -- nm - mud Mar 15, 15:17
I hear Montreal and Portland mentioned when people talk about MLB expansion but I wonder if New Orleans would support a team. -- (edited) - Krusty Mar 15, 15:12
maybe they should just air Mars Attacks! when they give these Press Conferences? -- nm - Jovian Mar 15, 15:05
USC reports first confirmed case of COVID-19 -- (link) - budice Mar 15, 15:04
And so it hits close to home. A local friend reports that her toddler has a fever and difficulty breathing. She’s going in for a coronavirus test. -- nm - Mop Mar 15, 15:03
I think what prompted the IL bar and restaurant closings was the fact that the bars were packed yesterday for St. Patty's day. - pmb Mar 15, 15:00 1
- I still haven't gotten over the *nurse* from Colorado who flew to Chicago to go out to the bars for it -- nm - ty97 Mar 15, 15:02
Aaaaand... Xbox Live is down again. -- (link) - Mop Mar 15, 14:57 1
- I went back to playing Skyrim. Comfort food as a video game. -- nm - Qale Mar 15, 15:20
Japan has made it a crime to hoard/resell paper and cleaning supplies. $10,000 and 1yr jail time. -- nm* - budice Mar 15, 14:54
I found the flag of the kingdom in Shrek. This looks familiar... hmm... -- (link) - Mop Mar 15, 14:51 [Image] 2
- Looks a little like BC's flag, or at least several components are shared ... -- nm - Beryllium Mar 15, 15:21 1
  - Ding! -- nm - Mop Mar 15, 15:33
Biden adopts Warren's bankruptcy plan, Sanders/Warren free college plan (for those with income <125,000) -- (link) - ty97 Mar 15, 14:47 2
- Good. Shows he’s listening, at least. -- nm - znufrii Mar 15, 15:04
- That's great, but what we need at this moment is adoption of the Andrew Yang plan. - pmb Mar 15, 14:55
what do you think the unemployment rate will be at the end of the month? 30-40% was great depression levels -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 15, 14:43 2
- Climbing from the 3.x up to 4.2 or so... and it’ll top out at about 5 in the late spring before stabilizing at 4.7 or so into the fall. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 15, 14:46
- 4.5% maybe a percentage point higher -- nm - Bacon Mar 15, 14:45
California Governor on Bars, Clubs, Restaurant, Schools. That Guidelines are emphasized over a Blanket Order. Compassionate Flexbility for needs. -- nm* - budice Mar 15, 14:37
Donny has so little credibility that him saying there's no reason to hoard means RUN TO THE STORE NOW AND BUY EVERYTHING ANYTHING *AN*Y*THING -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 15, 14:24 8
- If he said that he’s right. It’s extremely anti social behavior and completely unnecessary - JackDawson Mar 15, 14:27 7
  - right, for the wrong reason. -- nm - Reagen Mar 15, 14:34 4
    - Does it matter? Do we care more about doing the right thing and getting together this together or proving he’s a monster? Do we really need this as an - JackDawson Mar 15, 14:41 3
      - Does it matter if he’s right if he lacks any credibility that people would listen to him, or if they did, understand that that was the actual message? -- nm - znufrii Mar 15, 15:02 2
        
        Nope that’s true but I’m just pointing out my agreeing with his Point -- nm - JackDawson Mar 15, 15:08 1
        
        at this point the president is damage that needs to be routed around - Reagen Mar 15, 15:16
  - Yes, he's right, but zeit's point is that the stopped clock is actually a freewheeling clock -- nm - Beryllium Mar 15, 14:34 1
    - thanks, I was sure the obvious sarcasm was ..uh..obvious -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 15, 14:39
My sister is thinking of driving out here from Alberta to visit ... would be fun, but too risky I think -- nm - Beryllium Mar 15, 14:20 4
- It’s Mad Max out there! -- nm - Mop Mar 15, 14:42
- inter-Provincial borders might be closed, so likely not a good idea -- nm - Beaker Mar 15, 14:24 1
  - To cars? Inconceivable. But understandable. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 15, 14:27
- Just have her camp on the way!! -- nm - Andie Mar 15, 14:22
He cares about nothing! but the markets. -- nm - Andie Mar 15, 14:17 4
- he cares about nothing but himself, and thus his re-election and thus the economy - Jovian Mar 15, 14:50
- "I don't know where the press got their fake news," -- (link) - mud Mar 15, 14:21 2
  - Not a WORD about health!!!! related aspects so far. -- nm - Andie Mar 15, 14:22 1
    - "You will not hear anything bad about me unless it's a month or two from now," Trump says as he talks about the moves by the Fed. -- nm - mud Mar 15, 14:26
If I order something made-to-order from Pottery Barn that takes 6 weeks do you think... - Cuzzin Todd Mar 15, 14:17 3
- otoh, gig jobs will be the only thing available, you'll get someone to walk across 3 states for $10 -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 15, 14:21
- Honestly, I’ve shifted to the ‘all bets are off’ phase. -- nm - Volnelk Mar 15, 14:19 1
  - Yeah -- nm - Pippy-with a side eye Mar 15, 14:20
Germany trying to prevent US from moving c19 vax research to America so they can claim patent, EU says vax should be free -- (link) - zeitgeist Mar 15, 14:11
Fed just cut rates to zero and started QE again. -- nm - spamlet Mar 15, 14:11 1
- how do you borrow money if you get no interest? I guess you buy the bonds at lower dollar value than stated? -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 15, 14:13
Yep, now I'm remembering that Connie Sellecca was the main attraction in my love of Greatest American Hero - TWuG Mar 15, 14:10 1
- oh yeah -- nm - prayformojo Mar 15, 14:57
Has ST discussed Dean Koontz In the Eyes of Darkness? - Spawn Mar 15, 14:04 4
- The starting location of the virus in the novel is the same, but nothing else really is. - Cuzzin Todd Mar 15, 14:09 3
  - That's not what the internet is telling me! -- nm - spamlet Mar 15, 14:10 2
    - DAMMIT. Cause if it's on the internet it must be true. - Cuzzin Todd Mar 15, 14:12 1
      - Thank you. -- nm - Spawn Mar 15, 14:24
2033: First Year of the Quaranteens. -- nm* - Shaun Mar 15, 13:57
“One pastor said half of his church is ready to lick the floor, to prove there’s no actual virus,” an Arkansas pastor told me. -- (link) - Remlik Mar 15, 13:48 7
- There's still tetanus, dummies! -- nm - Max Mar 15, 14:59
- Yeah, this is what prompted my red state/blue state post. -- nm - Volnelk Mar 15, 14:21
- does the congregation know the snakes the pastor plays with had their poison sacs removed? boyd crowder says stay in your lane -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 15, 14:16
- I'm just gonna wait out all the dumb. -- nm - Mop Mar 15, 13:54
- Ffs -- nm - Andie Mar 15, 13:52 2
  - God wants them to own the libs! -- nm - Remlik Mar 15, 13:57
  - The Darwin Virus. -- nm - Mop Mar 15, 13:55
LA County Confirms 16 More Coronavirus Cases, Totaling 69 -- nm - budice Mar 15, 13:43 1
- Nice. -- nm - Qale Mar 15, 15:38
Cuomo says NYC schools will close -- (link) - ty97 Mar 15, 13:39
I think a lot of school years are done, they just don't want to admit it yet. -- nm - Reagen Mar 15, 13:38 13
- CA Gov closes bars, clubs, brewpubs. Restaurants operate with 50% occupancy "social distancing" -- (link*) - budice Mar 15, 14:12
- Yeah I think Alberta just being honest about it. -- nm - spamlet Mar 15, 13:56
- I'm not even sure how that would work. Like, what about the subjects that must be learned in order to move to the next classes? -- nm - Spawn Mar 15, 13:55 4
  - this will lead to a new online school industry -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 15, 14:20
  - In our case, we discussed in an All Hands on Friday that we need to think about what we're not going to get to - Reagen Mar 15, 14:15 1
    - 8th graders, too. -- nm - Spawn Mar 15, 14:22
  - Yeah, like everything, it’s a mess. We have a levy on Tuesday and as a result, haven’t even scheduled yet for next year. Most have. -- nm - Volnelk Mar 15, 14:01
- Cali Gov is 40 mins late on his presser now. Think there's a lot of juggling for restaurants, bars, schools. -- nm* - budice Mar 15, 13:41 2
  - FB is now live for Gov -- (link) - budice Mar 15, 13:59
  - "No Guv, No Luv" -- nm - budice Mar 15, 13:45
- A LOT of stuff is done. Many restaurants and small businesses won't ever reopen. -- nm - TWuG Mar 15, 13:39 1
  - Tragic and true. -- nm - Andie Mar 15, 13:52
- I was wondering if they would use Summer Vacation now and then resume classes when Summer Vacation would have started. -- nm - Bacon Mar 15, 13:39
I had an idea for a product to build whilst being a shut-in. Unfortunately the kids are shut in, too, so it probably won't happen. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 15, 13:34 3
- If your product is a huge, multi-room pillow and blanket fort, it could work … -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 15, 13:49
- they could help! -- nm - mud Mar 15, 13:36 1
  - The older one could, yes -- nm - Beryllium Mar 15, 13:37
Illinois restaurants and bars will remain open for inside dining for the rest of the day. - zunkskunk with the bad take Mar 15, 13:26
California shutting down restaurants and bars too (stream) -- (link*) - budice Mar 15, 13:25 [youtube] 1
- (was supposed to start 30mins ago, still waiting) -- nm - budice Mar 15, 13:32
Portland distillery makes hand sanitizer to give to customers -- (link) - ty97 Mar 15, 13:25 4
- artisanal hand sanitizer -- nm - Max Mar 15, 15:00
- And you can drink it? -- nm - Mop Mar 15, 13:50
- I just grabbed some bottles yesterday. Putting them out in the front yard this afternoon in the style of a "little free library." - ReluctantCynic Mar 15, 13:50 1
  - cool...save one, might be a valuable artifact of our era -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 15, 14:09
Americans' confidence in officials during this crisis -- (link) - Reagen Mar 15, 13:21 4
- At least the GOP understand not to travel. -- nm - Spawn Mar 15, 13:56 1
  - Unrelated, but the NBA has frowned on traveling for years -- nm - Beryllium Mar 15, 14:13
- In times of crisis, Americans tend to rally around the president. So the fact that Trump's approval isn't 100% is something, at least. -- nm - Mop Mar 15, 13:51
- This indie numbers aren't very inspiring. -- nm - Max Mar 15, 13:28

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