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Sweden went all-in on trying for herd immunity from Covid. The result? Their life expectancy has dropped by the biggest amount since WWII -- (link) - decline Nov 25, 09:22 3
- THe thing is .... there is no such thing as natural herd immunity. YOu need a vaccine for that. - loosilu Nov 25, 09:52 1
  - You know, all those diseases that just infect themselves out of existence... -- nm* - Reagen Nov 25, 10:18
- also, *well done* Norway. -- nm - Andie Nov 25, 09:25
If you hated Brussels sprouts as a kid because they were smelly and bitter, try them again. The bitterness has been bred out - TWuG Nov 25, 09:21 2
- I hated them as a kid. Tomorrow, I'm making them with pancetta and some balsamic vinegar. I thought my palette matured, I was wrong, they've changed! -- nm - jnine Nov 25, 09:57
- I finally started liking them after about four recent tries. - Dark Callisto Nov 25, 09:22
IN Daily totals: 2461, 2741, 2009, 2062, 2587, 3649, 3205, 3505, 2787, 3080, 2951, 3756, 4462, 4714, 5007, 4689, 4213, 4879, 5156, 6654, 5708, 8541, 6844, 5218, 5541, 6143, 7420, 6912 , 6983, 6255, 5606, 5702, 6059 -- (edited) - 🦃Spawn🦃 Nov 25, 09:07
AWS is showing "increased API errors in US-EAST-1". PANIC!!! -- nm - Mop Nov 25, 09:03 1
- Yeah, it's causing ... issues. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 25, 09:05
So we're Wyze product fanboys and fangirls. They just put out some wireless headphones, and for $50, are very, very good. - JaxSean Nov 25, 09:01 3
- isn't that mapping software? -- nm - amanda jeans Nov 25, 09:32
- Is that the tech company that's been around so long that I vaguely remember them for making what we would currently call dumb terminals? - JD Nov 25, 09:04
- Wyze? Is that a Biffy Clyro thing? - 🦃Spawn🦃 Nov 25, 09:02
Sigh. Indiana seeking a SCOTUS ruling on parental rights of gay couples -- (link) - TWuG Nov 25, 09:01 4
- omg. -- nm - Andie Nov 25, 09:16
- Never change Indiana -- nm - Jovian Nov 25, 09:11 1
  - We certified Trump yesterday and I wanted to run people over while driving home from work. -- nm - 🦃Spawn🦃 Nov 25, 09:15
- FFS -- nm - 🦃Spawn🦃 Nov 25, 09:09
Jags going with QB Mike Glennon this weekend vs CLE. 1st start since 2017. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 25, 08:58 7
- Minshew has a qb rating of 94 for a team trying to tank...maybe he’s not an all-pro but he’s not the biggest problem. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 25, 09:04 5
  - I suspect they were worried he was doing too well and might cause issues next year when they draft a QB #1. -- nm - David Nov 25, 09:24 4
    - I mean, he very easily could be Kirk Cousins Jr, good numbers and will never be a winner but this is Mike Glennon. No one should stick their neck out - Will Hunting Nov 25, 09:27
    - I just checked. PFF has him at 69.7, which is higher than Carson Wentz (66.4). -- nm - David Nov 25, 09:27 2
      - To be fair, if Wentz wasn’t signed to that contract, would he still be Philly’s future? He’s both injury prone and making no progress recently. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 25, 09:29 1
        
        In my experience with PFF, 60-75 is the ranger where someone's good enough to start, but you probably aren't winning with them. - David Nov 25, 09:31
- *eye squint* we have a QB named Mike Glennon? ...ok. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 25, 09:02
More football news: Maradona has died at 60 due to heart attack. -- (link) - spamlet Nov 25, 08:57 3
- Whoa. Hadn't realized he was so old, though. -- nm - Mop Nov 25, 09:03 1
  - I actually thought he was older, but the Math actually checks out with what I knew, when I stop to think about it. - Marlowe Nov 25, 09:13
- Ah I missed mud’s post below the WaPo thread. -- nm - spamlet Nov 25, 08:58
Before going onto covid numbers, I give ST the chance to call me an idiot. -- (edited) - Spawn Nov 25, 08:56 2
- Carshield! -- nm - VMan Nov 25, 09:03
- I don't think you're an idiot. - ReluctantCornucopia Nov 25, 08:58
More football news. Vandy might have a female Kicker this Saturday due to players quarantining. She practiced with the team yesterday - Strongbad Nov 25, 08:51
The Tesla Semi will have ~620 miles of range and use the new structural battery architecture. - TWuG Nov 25, 08:47 4
- I’m glad they’re quoting full and not empty. Probably not enough for over the road but would be enough for local work. -- nm - spamlet Nov 25, 09:00 1
  - The mandated 11 hour max day effectively limits a day's drive to ~700 miles - TWuG Nov 25, 09:08
- So, more potential fiery batteries of death? -- nm - decline Nov 25, 08:51 1
  - Probably fewer since the battery cells will be part of the structure instead of as individual cells epoxied into packs - TWuG Nov 25, 08:57
Bama HC Nick Saban is now COVID+ with symptoms. Will not coach against Auburn Saturday, Sarkisian will assume HC duties -- nm - Strongbad Nov 25, 08:44 2
- Is it me or does it seem like an overwhelming number of college sports coaches are getting COVID? FB and Basketball... -- nm - Diva🦃🦃🦃 Nov 25, 08:53 1
  - Not sure. It feels higher in college sports across the board, we're just hearing about the coaches publicly. - Strongbad Nov 25, 08:56
do you get wapo when you lcick? -- (link) - amanda jeans Nov 25, 08:37 24
- Yep -- nm - Marlowe Nov 25, 09:33
- Yes. -- nm - ReluctantCornucopia Nov 25, 08:57
- yes. -- nm - Diva🦃🦃🦃 Nov 25, 08:53
- Yup -- nm - VMan Nov 25, 08:51
- these seem like words... -- nm - Beaker Nov 25, 08:51
- Sounds like Amazon Web Services is having some issues today, and if WaPo was using that for parts of their deployment chain, could be the cause -- nm - Beryllium Nov 25, 08:47 2
  - (ST uses AWS for image uploads, so that might be affected) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 25, 08:48 1
    - dammit!! -- nm - decline Nov 25, 08:50
- Works for me -- nm - MDH Nov 25, 08:46
- Works for me -- nm - Krusty Nov 25, 08:40
- yes -- nm - prayformojo Nov 25, 08:39
- No. I get "Welcome to Open Resty" whatever that is. -- nm - pmb Nov 25, 08:39 4
  - Ditto -- nm - Green Bean Cuzzinrole Nov 25, 08:47 1
    - But I can get to WaPo articles, just the main page seems to give me that. -- nm - Green Bean Cuzzinrole Nov 25, 08:49
  - Same. -- nm - loosilu Nov 25, 08:41
  - same -- nm - Uhtred, son of Uhtred Nov 25, 08:40
- I get OpenResty, which sounds like they misconfigured their servers -- nm - Beryllium Nov 25, 08:38 1
  - Web coding with Lua? That sounds neat - I'd never heard of openresty before. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 25, 08:39
- Works for me. -- nm - znufrii Nov 25, 08:38 5
  - Probably what is going on is that half of their load-balanced web servers failed to deploy their full configuration, so a bunch of traffic is - Beryllium Nov 25, 08:42 4
    - Or it's a conspiracy by the alt-right to prevent us from getting to a real news source -- nm - decline Nov 25, 08:44 1
      - "Democracy Dies in Lua" -- nm - Beryllium Nov 25, 08:46
    - Interesting, thx. -- nm - znufrii Nov 25, 08:43
    - And furthermore, most load balancing software tries to lock specific users to specific servers - and that is why the reloads also fail. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 25, 08:42
A funny in-joke for animators -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 25, 08:35
RIP Diego Maradona, 60 -- (link) - mud Nov 25, 08:34 4
- daughter just told me. RIP one of the best ever -- nm - Beaker Nov 25, 08:54 3
  - best ever cheats -- nm - Max Nov 25, 08:58 2
    - ain't cheatin' if they don't catch you -- nm - Beaker Nov 25, 09:05 1
      - Well I hope the hand of god gives him a fresh one across the cheek when he arrives. -- nm - Max Nov 25, 09:12
The Dispatch sent their intern (because they're expendable) to watch as much Newsmax and OAN as they could take and report back. -- (link) - spamlet Nov 25, 08:24
THR: Hollywood's 20 favorite films of the decade -- (link) - mud Nov 25, 08:21 1
- They lost me at 20 and again at 19. And 11. And 7. And 2. This is a terrible list. -- nm - David Nov 25, 09:22
Racism creates some ridiculous burdens -- (link) - TWuG Nov 25, 08:21
uh-oh Wegman's -- (link) - ty97 Nov 25, 08:15 3
- Not really that surprising given what I know about my home town (where Wegmans is from) -- nm - decline Nov 25, 08:26 2
  - Is it the 'cuse or Rochester? I forget. -- nm - loosilu Nov 25, 08:29 1
    - Rochester -- nm - decline Nov 25, 08:29
Leaving my grocery shopping until today was totally a smart call, right? -- nm - loosilu Nov 25, 08:14 2
- I was just at the most local grocery to where I'm at it and there was barely anyone there - JD Nov 25, 09:10 1
  - Yup, she's really slumming it to be so far north 😉 -- nm - Megberry Sauce 🦃🥧🏈 Nov 25, 09:20
Putting our abusive relationship with Trump behind us -- (link) - znufrii Nov 25, 08:12
Stalker Poll Question: For folks who have expressed interest in games (board games, video games, card games), what games do you already have? And ... - ReluctantCornucopia Nov 25, 08:10 10
- Inside -- (edited) - Reagen Nov 25, 11:19
- I just ordered a backgammon set, I've got dominos, I'd like two people type games. -- nm - Pippy Nov 25, 09:15
- Not really a game, but I do think tarot cards are nifty. -- nm - Dark Callisto Nov 25, 08:43
- Not a game player. With just two of us in the house nothing really works. -- nm - TWuG Nov 25, 08:25 3
  - In addition to Krusty's post, a lot of great games -- and some of the best games in the past decade -- have online versions. - ReluctantCornucopia Nov 25, 08:36
  - I just saw this the other day... -- (link*) - Krusty Nov 25, 08:30 1
    - Interesting! -- nm - TWuG Nov 25, 08:38
- The only game i don't have that i would like is Cards Against Humanity. (I know, I know.) -- nm - Andie Nov 25, 08:23
- I haven't looked at buying new board games in a while but my Amazon list has Betrayal At House On The Hill, Geek Out, Sushi Go Party, Wits & Wagers, -- (edited) - Krusty Nov 25, 08:15
- we own alot of games. don't really need more. a real good deck of cards maybe -- nm - Beaker Nov 25, 08:12
Reports are that DJ LeMahieu is looking for a 5 year deal for $100m. That would take him through until he's 37-38. - Krusty Nov 25, 08:09 2
- I dunno, a 38 year old 2B sounds like a big negative - spamlet Nov 25, 08:42 1
  - It can be but he can also move positions. We had him at 1st and he did very well. Maybe selling high on Luke Voit is an idea the team is looking at - Krusty Nov 25, 09:38
President Trump's trip to Gettysburg, PA today has been canceled after Rudy Giuliani was exposed to a second person who tested positive. -- nm - mara Nov 25, 08:05 10
- I thought he was quarantining. -- nm - jnine Nov 25, 10:04
- “The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here.” -- nm - TWuG Nov 25, 08:22
- why would he be going to gettysburg? -- nm - amanda jeans Nov 25, 08:14 6
  - PA Senate GOP leadership is meeting there, from what I read, and invited him. -- nm - znufrii Nov 25, 08:17 4
    - DOes he still think he can flip the state or something? -- nm - loosilu Nov 25, 08:18 3
      - He can be there and people cheer for him. That's all he wants. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 25, 08:44
      - With him its about appearances lets not forget -- nm - eag Nov 25, 08:20
      - Who knows what he thinks anymore. -- nm* - znufrii Nov 25, 08:19
  - I was about to type that. -- nm - loosilu Nov 25, 08:15
- oh yes, that bastion of honestly Boris Epshteyn tested positive. - Jovian Nov 25, 08:13
Guess Who's Back / Back Again / Biden's Back / Tell A Friend -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 25, 08:02 3
- Is it great again? -- nm - Mop Nov 25, 09:04
- I looked at the comments. Why did I look at the comments?! -- nm - znufrii Nov 25, 08:10
- But Marco Rubio said... -- nm - David Nov 25, 08:09
Bery, re: the cPanel thing... - Mop Nov 25, 07:58 1
- Sounds like it -- nm - Beryllium Nov 25, 08:00
You’re telling me that an elected official who supported Trump might have been abusing their office?!!! -- nm - Mop Nov 25, 07:56
Has anyone shared Brian Koppelmen's piece on the meaning of Thanksgiving? - ReluctantCornucopia Nov 25, 07:45
Where's Johhny Lawrence (Jim)? What's the medical record code for 'Voodoo Death' because um...yeah, that happened. -- nm - Diva🦃🦃🦃 Nov 25, 07:42 8
- Right now? Covid. We're marking all deaths as Covid right now, donchaknow. We get paid more. -- nm* - Johnny Lawrence Nov 25, 08:28 4
  - I had a friend say that to me and I was crestfallen. -- nm - Diva🦃🦃🦃 Nov 25, 08:32 3
    - I have too. I politely let them know that billing is exactly what I do. -- nm - Uhtred, son of Uhtred Nov 25, 08:36 2
      - I mean if you really thought it worked that way, wouldn't you be trying to get away from a capitalistic system? - Reagen Nov 25, 08:37 1
        
        people are so stupid that they don't know how stupid they are -- nm - Uhtred, son of Uhtred Nov 25, 08:39
- Are there subcodes for: death as a proxy for a voodoo doll; death while attempting to kill with a voodoo doll; suicide by vooodoo doll? -- nm - Max Nov 25, 07:46 1
  - It's ICD-10. They have codes for every damned thing you can imagine (and some you can't) -- nm - Apple Baron Betty 🥧 Nov 25, 08:17
- LALD1973 -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 25, 07:45
Is it weird that Paperback Writer was actually on vinyl? -- nm - crash davis Nov 25, 07:30 1
- 😆 -- nm - JD Nov 25, 09:14
NO PEACE WITH CANADA! -- nm - ty97 Nov 25, 07:26 18
- 54-40 or Fight! -- nm - prayformojo Nov 25, 07:46
- How about the DANES - eag Nov 25, 07:40 4
  - No, I'm not. My journey continues. My path’s leads north to blood fields. To revenge and to Bebbanburg. Destiny is all -- nm - Uhtred, son of Uhtred Nov 25, 08:35
  - "Danish is a garbage language for garbage people." -- (link) - Krusty Nov 25, 07:59 [youtube]
  - I don't understand why we haven't just split the difference on Hans Island to give us another land border. -- nm - Reagen Nov 25, 07:54
  - Biden loves dogs. As long as keep sending over tiny horses, they’ll be fine. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 25, 07:46
- I'm looking forward to a little gumbo diplomacy. -- nm - ReluctantCornucopia Nov 25, 07:32 1
  - I need to figure out how to start a conflict with her so I get invited over for gumbo. -- nm - crash davis Nov 25, 07:37
- I propose a peace treaty the terms of which involve the US giving up a Caribbean island in exchange for a land bridge between Washington and Alaska. -- nm - Apple Baron Betty 🥧 Nov 25, 07:29 2
  - As long as the U.S. restores diplomatic relations with Cuba sufficient to lift the embargo and travel bans, I'm all for it. -- nm - ReluctantCornucopia Nov 25, 07:33
  - Offer them Mar-a-lago if they'll just build some better hotels in North BC and Yukon along the Alcan -- nm - crash davis Nov 25, 07:33
- If we had acquired Greenland, it would have gone a long way to boxing them in -- nm - crash davis Nov 25, 07:28 5
  - And put us that much closer to the 5 troop bonus. -- nm - Apple Baron Betty 🥧 Nov 25, 07:30 4
    - Yoooou! -- nm - Qale Nov 25, 07:38
    - Nice ... - ReluctantCornucopia Nov 25, 07:34
    - Yes! All military command rooms the world over have giant boards from Parker Brothers. -- nm - crash davis Nov 25, 07:31
    - heh -- nm - Beaker Nov 25, 07:31
- *shrugs* Sorry, for whatever it is we did, eh. -- nm - Canada Nov 25, 07:28
One Day At A Time canceled (again), this time by the Pop network -- nm - Beaker Nov 25, 07:21 2
- In other news, something called the Pop Network is apparently a thing that exists. -- nm - Green Bean Cuzzinrole Nov 25, 07:53 1
  - Schitt's Creek was on it. -- nm - loosilu Nov 25, 07:58
I also ride or die with the Berkley Software Distribution. -- nm* - ReluctantCornucopia Nov 25, 07:19 3
- This is literally why I like macs. The terminal is BSD-based. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 25, 07:32 1
  - Absolutely. I wish I'd had the opportunity to spend more time with Macs in undergrad and grad school. - ReluctantCornucopia Nov 25, 07:53
- You kids with your TicTacs and your PhonoGrams... -- nm - crash davis Nov 25, 07:28

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