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I have decided that at the age of 78 I am just as likely to die of Covid as anything else. I had my last booster back in May, and am declining all future offers.
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$20 says you'll live longer now.
Jeremy Falcon
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Longer than what (or who)?
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Longer than you otherwise would have. People that live the longest are generally happy. Folks that worry about everything tend not to be happy.
Jeremy Falcon
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But there is no "otherwise", we only live as long as we live. We can possibly keep alive into old age by good diet and keeping active, but equally some of the healthiest people can die quite young.
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You're missing the point dude. And there is an "otherwise"... for instance... let's say you thought about jumping off a cliff. And I'm no... don't. It's safe to say you'd live longer than you otherwise would've had you jumped off one.
Not sure why you're going to argue with me being nice. Guess you're bored or something. Might wanna look inward dude.
Jeremy Falcon
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Jeremy Falcon wrote: You're missing the point dude. No I don't think so. As I said, you can try to change your life style in the hope of living a long life. But there is no way of knowing how long you might have lived if you did not change it.
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I'm 60 y/o (vaccinated w/ 1 boost - all in 2021) and have made the same decision. COVID has generally weakened to head cold / flu levels of severity so I don't see the point of endless boosters of mRNA.
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It clearly also has serious effects on mental state as the claim of 21C in Wales in October is clearly the machination of a disturbed mind. You'll be telling us next that it isn't raining ...
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Nah, that was in the kitchen where Herselfs' oxygen concentrator lives - it squashes air to separate O2 from N2 and that generates a lot of heat. Think small space heater and you won't be too far off. It'll be handy in winter, but it was a PITA in summer ...
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"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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The wife & I had our flu & Covid jabs last Friday - one in each arm. She retired to bed feeling very under the weather as though she had flu. I had pains in upper arms and neck that others have mentioned - which I don't usually get - plus also felt unusually cold.
I definitely think the Pfizer vaccination has more side effects as I had the AstraZeneca one before and had no side effects at all.
Of course, it could just be that I getting old...
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I don't think you know what 'old' is, sonny.
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StarNamer@work wrote: I definitely think the Pfizer vaccination has more side effects as I had the AstraZeneca one before and had no side effects at all.
Of course, it could just be that I getting old...
Not sure who's the older one between the two of us, but I had the initial Pfizer (BioNTech) shot and all the boosters since and didn't have any side effects, beside a bit of a sore upper arm for a couple of hours, but that was to be expected...
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I know feeling awful like that sucks, but here's the positive side of it: it indicates you have a robust immune system.
I've been dealing with lymphoma for over 7 years now, and the worst aspect of the type I have is that it knocks my white count down, down, down. After not reacting to the 1st 2 shots and 2 boosters, the oncologist ordered a special blood test that revealed no antibodies. She explained that my crappy immune system just didn't react to the vaccines.
Given your reaction, it's likely you now have LOTS of antibodies
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I think you are right, I just wish it wouldn't get quite so enthusiastic
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"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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I'm deep into some antiquated C and C++ code (some here would say antediluvian )
I'd like to start instructing my team to clean up code as they go.
We have ton of low level libraries that cannot be easily updated (time and budget concerns)
And from what I can see, they work.
Do you know of any documents and/or white papers that discuss this particular topic ?
For now, I'm telling people to use reference instead of passing everything by pointers and use const as much as possible.
To at least indicate code intent.
I can't even use STL (string and vector) at this point.
CI/CD = Continuous Impediment/Continuous Despair
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Maximilien wrote: We have ton of low level libraries that cannot be easily updated (time and budget concerns)
And from what I can see, they work. Then... the classic: do not touch a running system.
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
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(I have the source)
I could probably go in and wreak havok !!
CI/CD = Continuous Impediment/Continuous Despair
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Quote: do not touch a running system. Good advice unless it has, or is causing, lots of bugs or hindering development.
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Greg Utas wrote: Good advice unless it has, or is causing, lots of bugs or hindering development. I agree with that specially the second part, but (big but) only if you have someone that knows what is going in the underwears... if not, leave it running and replace it by something new, taking care that the new is covering the same functionality before replacing and having a good backup (just in case).
M.D.V.
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Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
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I don't see any bigger problems, as long you do not need to switch from 32 to 64 bit and there is pointer arithmetics involved in the code
Btw. 'const ref' vs. 'const pointers', I think it makes no big difference, but I can be wrong.
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It's still a 32bit application.
The way I see it, we'll update to 128bit version before 64bit.
CI/CD = Continuous Impediment/Continuous Despair
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Update or re-write it?
M.D.V.
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Introducing const to a system that didn't use it, or used it haphazardly because some developers never bothered, can be quite the exercise. It's like trying to pull a shirt out of a dryer--the chain reaction can be quite messy. I've even gone down that rathole in code that I've written. "Hmm, this should probably have been const ." And then giving up after lots of unexpected compile errors or deciding that mutable should be used far more sparingly.
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You can't compartmentalize parts of it?
If you could then you create a different project/build and create a library from just that. Then the rest of the code uses that library (not the code.)
For maintenance you then decide whether to update the library (nothing else) or not. The API layer to the library would remain exactly the same during the primary update. You might update the API layer after that to make it more consistent.
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