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When do the asian markets open? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 15, 22:56 2
- like 6 hours ago? Hong Kong is down ~3.5%, Shanghai -2%, Australia closing in on -10%. -- nm - mafic Mar 15, 23:00
- stock markets? the Chinese grocery store in town or business as usual in china? -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 15, 23:00
TSA will now allow 12 oz of hand sanitizer in carry-ons. -- nm - Meg Mar 15, 22:48 1
- They should also allow 12oz bottles of alcohol that have >60% abv -- nm - Beryllium Mar 15, 22:53
Meg, with the governors orders, isn't the sale off? -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 15, 22:46 2
- Hard to say. Much of it is outdoors and I'm not sure we'd actually have 50 people onsite at any given time. -- nm - Meg Mar 15, 22:52 1
  - Will anyone actually show up? -- nm - Andie Mar 16, 03:30
I like how expressive Michelle Hurd is. -- nm - Max Mar 15, 22:42
A meat market in the area (that usually serves hi-end restaurants) opened their store to the public to buy meat not currently available in stores - - Meg Mar 15, 22:32 10
- See if you can get a box of gyro meat. - JaxSean Mar 15, 22:43
- what kind of meats would not be available to the public? - zeitgeist Mar 15, 22:41 2
  - In my market today there was very little meat. These people were selling a full range from ground beef on up. And I'd guess at wholesale prices. -- nm - Meg Mar 15, 22:45 1
    - ok, we have a store here that specializes in sales really cheap but you have to buy 10lbs at a time, meat, veggies whatever -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 15, 22:48
- Woolworths is having seniors and disabled only shopping hour from 7-8am starting tomorrow. -- nm - mafic Mar 15, 22:34 5
  - It's great they're doing it but I don't get out of bed until 8:00 :-) -- nm - Meg Mar 15, 22:36 4
    - 9 -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 15, 22:36 3
      - you could use the opportunity to set up a toilet paper empire. it's basically free money! -- nm - mafic Mar 15, 22:39 2
        
        this disease doesn't effect the bowels. the us manufacturing capabilities are at their peak. and I don't know how to make TP. -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 15, 22:58
        
        a couple Costco TP packs and she'll have to sleep on the deck or her car, besides the kitties would shred it all up -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 15, 22:42
Can I get a math check? - David Mar 15, 22:01 15
- 100 * (1.1^10) = 259.3, 100 * (1.5^10) = 5766.5 -- nm* - Strongbad Mar 16, 04:13
- 100+10=110+11=121+12=132+13=145+15=160+16=176 +18 ETC -- nm* - zeitgeist Mar 15, 22:18 2
  - 121 + 12 = 133 -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 15, 22:26 1
    - and that's why the space probe crashed into the moon instead of landing softly, oh well, its just a billion or two -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 15, 22:32
- 100 * 0.1 / 365 * 10 = 0.27 + 100 = 100.27 - gort Mar 15, 22:06 2
  - I was thinking of interest -- nm - gort Mar 15, 22:07 1
    - I probably could have worded it better. I apologize for that and thank you for helping. -- nm - David Mar 15, 22:08
- assuming those percents are per day, and 100 is the day 0 figure (so ten solid days of increase, not starting on day 1, ending day 10). - mafic Mar 15, 22:05 7
  - Perfect, thanks. It's 1 am, and I can't be wrong about health calculations. -- nm - David Mar 15, 22:07 6
    - (This is the number of infected at 10 percent growth vs. 50 percent growth after 10 days.) -- nm - David Mar 15, 22:08 5
      - By my calcs, at 50 percent growth rate, all Americans would have COVID-19 on day 37. It's day 158 at 10 percent. -- nm* - David Mar 15, 22:13 4
        
        it's more complicated (and most likely slower) than those. what you need here is some Gaussian process regression! - mafic Mar 15, 22:27 2
        
        Oh, I'm aware, but I'm just having to explain the concept of flattening the curve right now. - David Mar 15, 22:43
        
        and dead people can't transmit anymore -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 15, 22:34
        
        And I have the current rate over the last two days as 25% and 30%. - David Mar 15, 22:17
Besides MGM closing their strip properties indefinitely on tuesday, so is the Wynn. -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 15, 21:45
The season premiere of Westworld felt like several Black Mirror episodes rolled into one -- nm - Jovian Mar 15, 21:03 2
- brilliant, pure Blade Runner -- nm - mud Mar 15, 21:16 1
  - 😂 -- nm - Beryllium Mar 15, 21:21
ST Poll -- Over/Under on the number of times you will leave your house/property/apartment/whatever over the coming week? - znufrii Mar 15, 21:00 11
- Even when i start working from home i will go for a walk or jog everyday, unless they shut that down. Groceries once a week. -- nm - Andie Mar 16, 03:41
- 7 -- nm - Max Mar 15, 22:39
- Work till Wednesday, after that, probably do some walks, so probably 7. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 15, 21:35
- I'm moving in a week, so probably lots. after that very few. -- nm - mafic Mar 15, 21:31
- I have to go to one of the libraries to drop off some groceries they ordered (and won't be able to use) and will try to get out and walk each day. -- nm - Meg Mar 15, 21:21
- 5-ish, not counting going outside on the patio/balcony. - Beryllium Mar 15, 21:15 1
  - The weather is looking decent this week. -- (pic) - Beryllium Mar 15, 21:23 [Attachment]
- I have to go to the county recorder to look up wedding applications 3x a week, have a ceremony or two out. maybe a shopping trip. - zeitgeist Mar 15, 21:12
- I have to work so business as usual until the goverment steps in -- nm - Bacon Mar 15, 21:12
- Probably 14. We have a yard. I’ll go out with my daughter. Number of people I’ll talk to beside my wife and daughter? 0. -- nm - Volnelk Mar 15, 21:08
- 6 times I have to get mail. my number 11 -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 15, 21:03
My name for the upcoming slowdown ... -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 15, 20:56 1
- Nice -- nm - JaxSean Mar 15, 21:35
CBSA officer at Toronto Pearson airport tests positive for COVID-19 -- (link) - budice Mar 15, 20:44 3
- Los Angeles, effective tonight at midnight until (at least) March 31: “Movie theaters, gyms and fitness centers will be closed... -- (link) - budice Mar 15, 20:47 2
  - LA Times liveblog: no paywall -- (link) - budice Mar 15, 20:53
  - oh no, I feel bad for LA Fitness -- nm - Beryllium Mar 15, 20:52
I've missed enough of Westworld since the first season finale that tuning in to the last 20 minutes of tonight has me lost and uninterested. -- nm - Max Mar 15, 20:16
in case you're curious, several of our clients are making contingency plans to shut down their mines for 'a number of weeks' - mafic Mar 15, 20:14 1
- Gonna be a brutal week at work. -- nm - Deep in the code mines Mar 15, 20:18
Oh, and US stock market futures for tomorrow are limit-down. Again. In case anyone was wondering. -- nm* - znufrii Mar 15, 20:01 2
- Gonna be a brutal week at work -- nm - JackDawson Mar 15, 20:15
- Goldman Sachs expects 5% GDP contraction in Q2 -- (link) - znufrii Mar 15, 20:02
Here, this will cheer you up. -- (link) - David Mar 15, 19:57 [youtube] 3
- and this dog too -- (link) - Jovian Mar 15, 20:53
- also, this dog -- (link) - Max Mar 15, 20:15 1
  - That is fantastic. -- nm - pmb Mar 15, 20:30
Sometimes, what you need is to stumble upon Lin Manuel rocking a keyboard and My Shot on Periscope. Nm -- nm - Turd Ferguson Mar 15, 19:52
And apparently an old theater acquaintance of mine is stuck on one of those cruise ships off the coast of Chile right now. - znufrii Mar 15, 19:50
The fun part is I'm in the one retail dpeartment that will never close. I'm working until I'm sick, I guess. -- nm - Tim Mar 15, 19:48 5
- Are you seeing any delays in medicine deliveries? -- nm - Pippy-with a side eye Mar 15, 20:13 1
  - Nothing out of the ordinary yet. -- nm - Tim Mar 15, 20:15
- 3 of my customers are nurses, they're expecting tons of overtime and sleeping at the hospitals -- nm - Remlik Mar 15, 20:03
- And while I have no basis for it, I’m convinced I have it but am asymptomatic. -- nm - Tim Mar 15, 19:53
- can you limit to drive through only? -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 15, 19:52
Will Hunting will greatly admire the artistry of this tweet. -- (link*) - Beryllium Mar 15, 19:33
For loans, what's the difference between 5.75% interest rate and 6.88% APR? - Beryllium Mar 15, 19:32 5
- somewhere around 17% difference in the amount of interest paid over the life of the loan -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 15, 19:56
- APR is calculated after reducing the principal by points and certain fees. - znufrii Mar 15, 19:37 3
  - *pulls out the whiteboard* -- nm - Katie Porter Mar 15, 19:40 2
    - If I'm doing the math correctly, it works out to about 16.5% in points and fees upfront? -- (edited) - znufrii Mar 15, 19:42 1
      - maybe not quite that high, because I forgot to account for compounding. -- (edited) - znufrii Mar 15, 20:10
Maybe it's a ramp up in testing, but I didn't realize NY state had outpaced WA and CA for confirmed cases -- (link*) - ty97 Mar 15, 19:27 3
- Yup. It’s gonna get real bad here -- nm - JackDawson Mar 15, 19:28 2
  - my anxiety level just went from 11 to 14 -- nm - ty97 Mar 15, 19:32 1
    - Breath breath breath -- nm - JackDawson Mar 15, 19:33
Is SpaceX going to have to delay their first manned spaceflight? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 15, 19:25 5
- But what's more socially distant than space? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 15, 19:34
- Probably -- nm - TWuG Mar 15, 19:27
- maybe speed it up. -- nm - Reagen Mar 15, 19:26 2
  - Moon base plans have been pushed back by a year. (Heheheh) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 15, 19:28 1
    - Elon'll send them anyway. "Just make do, that's the pioneer spirit!" -- nm - mafic Mar 15, 19:48
This boing boing post ends with the worst pun I've ever heard. Like, it has its own fallout cloud. -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 15, 19:05
"The Working From Home With A Kid Schedule" -- (link) - Reagen Mar 15, 19:02
"Can I do accents? Well, boy-o.." "I've heard enough!" -- nm - Santiago Cabera Mar 15, 18:54 1
- I'll grant you that that role was a hell of a mountain to climb. -- nm - Mop Mar 15, 19:21
Los Angeles is closing all bars and sit down restaurants. jnine has been gone for a week and has no food in the house. I guess I'll be living on - jnine Mar 15, 18:54 5
- WA state too... also Doc at Evergreen hosp (nearest to the nursing home with 29 dead) is in serious condition -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 15, 19:54
- people at freeway exits selling oranges -- (edited) - Peglegpete Mar 15, 19:43
- Delivery and drive thru? -- nm - Mop Mar 15, 19:19
- Southeast PA as well. -- (link*) - znufrii Mar 15, 19:05 1
  - And now NYC as well -- (link) - ty97 Mar 15, 19:09
Biden seems fine in the debate, FWIW. -- nm - Reagen Mar 15, 18:46 5
- The campaign posters just write themselves. "BIDEN: HE'S FINE." -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 15, 19:50
- No coronavirus on him! -- nm - Mop Mar 15, 19:17
- Ever since South Carolina hes been lazered focused everything people were hoping from Joe months ago -- nm - eag Mar 15, 18:49
- There's no audience, right? Does that make it better, worse, no different? - ty97 Mar 15, 18:47 1
  - No Bernie bros makes it better for me. -- nm - jnine Mar 15, 18:56
WUT -- (link) - ty97 Mar 15, 18:45 12
- does this guy still have a job? -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 15, 19:58
- First they came for the sports... -- nm - znufrii Mar 15, 19:43
- Maybe he can lick some church floors. -- nm - Mop Mar 15, 19:12
- I hope all right wing Republicans go out and mingle together in large groups. Maybe have some Trumpet rallies. -- nm - jnine Mar 15, 18:58
- kind of an American and to a slightly lesser extent Western cultural thing. rights of the individual are paramount for a lot of them. - mafic Mar 15, 18:54 7
  - That I expect some of, but the Soros thing........ -- nm - ty97 Mar 15, 18:55 6
    - The Soros thing is a huge tell. If someone mentions him you immediately know they're anti-Semitic and deep into believing conspiracy theories. -- nm - TWuG Mar 15, 18:58
    - yeah, that's just a right-wing thing. maybe with a dash of antisemitism (probably, but tough to say in isolation). -- nm - mafic Mar 15, 18:57 2
      - just a dash? - znufrii Mar 15, 19:08 1
        
        I'm being charitable for lack of data. from the one post I just go "is it fully antisemitism or just Soros the left wing bogeyman?" -- nm - mafic Mar 15, 19:46
    - I mean if you’re going nutter you might as well go full nutter. -- nm - spamlet Mar 15, 18:56 1
      - But you never go full nutter -- nm - eag Mar 15, 18:58
Kudos to Mr. Ludwig for not taking this tweet down. -- (link) - Strongbad Mar 15, 18:44 2
- Two weeks ago. He should totally leave it up, for historical records. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 15, 18:45 1
  - The aliens who visit after we're wiped out will take one look at Twitter and burn it down. They'll never see this. -- nm - Mop Mar 15, 19:19
dude playing Elton John in Rocketman is a great singer -- nm - Beaker Mar 15, 18:42 1
- Yeah, I wonder if anyone noticed. - Mop Mar 15, 19:17
Canadian Tire is maintaining normal hours for the time being, so we're not quite at Condition Red in Canada yet. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 15, 18:42 6
- what about that donut place Jim Thortons? -- nm - Remlik Mar 15, 18:59
- Why are some stores reducing hours? Is there a logic to that? -- nm - ty97 Mar 15, 18:42 4
  - Requires less staffing -- nm - znufrii Mar 15, 18:47
  - the local malls all did -- nm - Beaker Mar 15, 18:43 1
    - Reducing gathering points is another reason for some -- nm - Beryllium Mar 15, 18:44
  - Most of the time I think it's due to reduced patronage -- nm - Beryllium Mar 15, 18:43
SITWAP: Patient 31 in Korea -- (link) - Strongbad Mar 15, 18:40 2
- Nitpik but that map with the circles should have used columns instead. - Mop Mar 15, 19:16 1
  - Agreed. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 16, 04:12
MGM just announced its Strip Properties are going to be closing immediately, until AT LEAST May. No Bellagio. No Mandalay Bay. -- nm - Remlik Mar 15, 18:36 4
- That's a lot of layoffs. Wow. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 15, 19:32
- yeah, just called my mom to tell her that at this point we are presuming that we are not going to be able to make it out to see them next month. -- nm - znufrii Mar 15, 19:27
- Well … - ReluctantCynic Mar 15, 18:39 1
  - but I get free parking at their properties!! -- nm - Peglegpete Mar 15, 19:18
Heh -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 15, 18:36
Subway usage, week over week -- (link*) - ty97 Mar 15, 18:31 1
- That's good at least -- nm - JaxSean Mar 15, 19:18
Dawson, with the pictures of how dead everything is, I'm surprised Stardust still has a line -- nm - ty97 Mar 15, 18:31 2
- That and Applebee’s FULL when I walked by -- nm - JackDawson Mar 15, 18:43 1
  - ugh -- nm - ty97 Mar 15, 18:43
my hoarding of beer was a horrible, horrible mistake for my liver -- nm - Beaker Mar 15, 18:31 5
- Alpine!!!! -- nm - Shaun Mar 15, 18:38
- Keep hydrated they say -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 15, 18:33
- As long as you keep your kidneys good. -- nm - Dano Mar 15, 18:32
- wouldn't be a problem if you'd hoard instead of binge! -- nm - mafic Mar 15, 18:31 1
  - one leads to the other -- nm - Beaker Mar 15, 18:33
nobody seems to be hoarding coffee here yet. this surprises me. I'd buy coffee before toilet paper. -- nm - mafic Mar 15, 18:28 1
- We bought a couple extra bags just in case -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 15, 18:30

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