>> just one or two atoms in the volume of a typical office room

So...is that a 30x50x12 open office hell room or a 10x10x9 real office like engineers used to have when productivity and/or quality was important?

>> Bray is one of the co-authors of XML specification.

Do you realize that he just became an example of "why you should never promote engineers to management"?

>> the networks they've built for logistics for treating the former will be useful for the latte

OK I get that, but we currently have no vaccine to distribute. Why not stay on target and keep the existing network strong?

>> I could see that if the US federal govt manufactures a vaccine for COVID and wants to distribute it as efficiently as possible it would presumably end up distributed via neighborhood pharmacy and grocery stores

I also get that, but that's an argument AGAINST using Gates' distribution channels since they already exist.

>> We've taken an organization that was focused on HIV and malaria and polio eradication, and almost entirely shifted it to work on this

Er...how 'bout you stick to that focus rather than trying to grab the limelight? It's quite likely those diseases will continue to be deadly. Not to mention the famous fallacy that because you're good at X you're good at Y. (See various peanut farmer - reality show host - community organizer - Governor of Texas - president references.).

We can only hope. Interesting article about the mass arrests two days ago of Hong Kong protest leaders while the rest of the free world deals with the Wuhan Coronavirus.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.yahoo.com/amphtml/lifestyle/foreign-governments-condemn-hong-kong-034903199.html

Of course the app violates privacy. However, I think hope the debate moves beyond the false sense of privacy the EU, CCPA and other crappy laws provide back to "should someone who is sick with X really have the 'privacy' right to not allow everyone else to know about it."

I, for one, am perfectly fine with moving back to the pre-HIPAA model where people who checked into the hospital had their name, age and condition broadcast (printed in the newspaper back then) for everyone in the community to see.

I'm not cool with having a "mother may I" app like Google/Apple/China have that could block me from entering a building, buying a ticket, leaving my house, meeting with my undesirable friends, voting, etc. that a lot of sheeple seem to like right now.

â€oeGot an idea boss. Since everyone is using video conferencing and those companies are valued at their all time maximum today, letâ€(TM)s buy one NOW, so weâ€(TM)ll sure to get a dime on the dollar after we drive it into the ground.†- overheard at Verizon last week

>> DCMS teamed up with leading gaming companies in the UK like King Games, Rebellion and Codemasters to include the messages

"Teamed up" = "spent taxpayer money that could have been used on actual public health on useless advertisements instead". Please stop.

Yes. Yes it does. I spent some time in an oppressive city IT consulting a few years ago and spent many of my offhours on an emulator beating the original Bard's Tale.

Time to introduce the next generation to my high school highlight.

>> inexplicably vetoed at the last minute by Gov. Andrew Cuomo

Just follow the money for the "explica-nation". It's New York - do you think any legislation passes without a little bit of grift?

>> Maybe the democrats can deceptively edit a video where Biden is able to hold a coherent thought

That's originally what I thought when I read "Mr. Biden's allies have expressed anxiety about his ability to break into the national conversation". You can't "break in" if you sound like your other hobby is yelling at squirrels.

>> You're all going into lockdown

No, there seems to be a long list of exemptions that will keep hundreds of millions of people in motion (unfortunately, like other countries):
From TFA (https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1242476674710560770), the exceptions include all food shops, banks, insurance companies, media, IT, gas, storage, hotels, etc. Education, worship, "political gathering" and other groups have been banned, but funerals for up to 20 people are allowed. Etc.

As annoyed as I am about a government deciding to announce with crappy screenshots on Twitter (are websites down?) the feedback is interesting, with multiple people claiming that door-to-door delivery has either been stopped or is already moving under the pay-to-play thumb of corrupt local authorities.

>> Even to shit?

No, remote coding and committing will still be allowed. Documentation and project plans too, I would imagine.

>> India's 1.77 homeless

I see COVID has claimed your power of ten exponent.