I wish more people in situations like yours would make it public, and more media and political attention was given to it. Long Covid is a big problem, it’s still growing, and it’s only going to get worse if we don’t start investing significantly in prevention and support.
What we’re doing now is how societies decline.
I hope things get better for you.
Indeed.
We recently learned that covid causes neurons to fuse. This suggests that over time, a society that doesn’t take precautions against spreading it will become stupider and develop a significantly higher rate of mental and/or physical disorders.
We don’t know how that will take shape, of course, but it reminds me of the prevalence of lead (e.g. from leaded gasoline) through a big chunk of the 20th century, and the corresponding IQ decline and violent crime rise among generations who spent much of their lives exposed to it.
I just put the installers onto a thumbdrive.
I hope you’re powering up that thumb drive every few weeks. Flash memory will lose charge if left unpowered for too long, corrupting your data.
I wonder what percentage of the people involved in passing these laws have investments in the big porn companies that were threatened by PornHub.
“It is obvious to everyone: Elbrus processors are not yet at the level required to compete equally with the PS5 and Xbox, which means the solution must be unconventional.”
That unconventional approach could involve either simplifying games to the degree that Elbrus CPUs can handle (the Russian audience still has access to world-class games and would likely not play those ‘simplified’ games)
Oh, let’s not be hasty. Nintendo has had great success with underpowered consoles, and Tetris (Тетрис) is a shining example of this sort of thing. :)
I prefer physical keyboards, too, as do many others. It turns out those of us who spend a lot of time composing text are outnumbered by those who do more content consumption, though, so the surface area is given to touchscreens, and profit-driven manufacturers seldom bother with keyboard models any more.
As for light quality, yep, incandescent bulbs were generally more pleasant. But not so much better as to justify the pollution now that we have 8 billion people on this planet.
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I guess you’re implying that rough service bulbs use more power at any given light output? Because I know from experience that they are much more sturdy than typical household bulbs. That’s not a myth.
I think we have been able to manufacture sturdier incandescent bulbs for a long time. The “rough service” bulbs made for appliances do pretty well, for example.
I’m not sure why the technology didn’t become common. I would guess that cheap and frequently replaced bulbs making more profit probably has something to do with it.
I’ve been using GE Relax HD most recently. I don’t remember when I bought them, but it has been at least 5 years. I haven’t had one die yet.
(All the Cree bulbs I used before these died quickly.)
Edit: I have read that LED bulbs usually die early because of their driver circuitry running too hot. If you are able to give yours better ventilation, it might help.
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Or use Firefox reader view, which cleans it right up. :)
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They seem to have returned to it recently. Total redesign of power play. Thargoid war with titan battles (basically massive multiplayer raids). New ships. New frame shift drives. Colonisation coming soon.
I think this is an important angle for bosses, investors, and legislators to digest. If they were made to understand the impact on profits and economy, they might not be so eager to push employees into work conditions that spread the disease.
I love the fact that classical and other instrumental music is still part of popular culture, and thriving, in no small part through the games we play every day. Thanks for posting this.
I wasn’t even aware that it was an MMO.
The entire galaxy is shared by everyone playing the game, in real time. You can encounter each other, fight, team up, or avoid each other, and your actions influence the state of the shared simulation. Definitely an MMO.
What am I missing?
The most recent thing you probably missed was the thargoid war, culminating in a battle with the titan that parked itself over Earth and took over the Sol system. You might compare it to a fantasy MMO raid, but at a much larger scale.
Colonisation is coming soon.
“Oxygen.”