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Is this the virus that everyone is talking about that the Chinese invented to retaliate against our trade tariffs with them?
"One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson
"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
"You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him." - James D. Miles
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It's a curious form of retaliation to unleash it on their own residents first.
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...probably due to a Windows Update bug.
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All that paper gets rough after a while. Just saying.
It was only in wine that he laid down no limit for himself, but he did not allow himself to be confused by it.
― Confucian Analects: Rules of Confucius about his food
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From which occacion do you have your experience, and for how long did you store the paper?
How was it stored - plastic wrapped, or otherwise?
How long time after acquisition are we talking about - months? years?
At which time would you consider it so bad that it would be better without it?
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The missus bought two AAA batteries for the remote to watch Netflix.
Does that count?
A Fine is a Tax for doing something wrong
A Tax is a Fine for doing something good.
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Cp-Coder wrote: Which made me wonder: Are any of our members stocking up on non-perishables as a precaution?
Not a prepper, but fully stocked.
Buying during sales in bulk, which most Dutch people do. Also nice to have a little stock for when you get flu/sick/it's raining/or dont wanna walk.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Just goes to show we have as many idjits as everyone else - some silly pillock started a rumour on FB/Instagram or one of those SM tools and all the tolls went out and loaded up on dunny paper.
Thankfully SWMBO keeps the pantry full and we can wait out the stupidity.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity -
RAH
I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
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Nope, I can just keep using a wire brush in lieu of TP. For other items, I've got some canned goods stocked up, but I'm not otherwise concerned about it. Our greatest risk, having nothing at all interesting to offer foreigners, is the annual River Run, in which thousands of bikers descend on our area. They mostly hang around Laughlin, NV, which is across the Colorado River from us, so I don't bother to partake of the festivities. I don't have a motorcycle, so what would be the point? 
Will Rogers never met me.
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I'm not deliberately, no. Though if I notice that something I regularly buy is very low on stock in the supermarket, I might buy it now rather than wait till I need it again. However a quick search reveals that things like anti-bac handwash is now available online (but running out!) at around £50 for a normal sized bottle (normally 99p from the supermarket). These people won't get Covid but they might starve to death. Darwin was definitely right. Meantime hundreds more people have died of flu this year than coronavirus, not to mention the thousands dying on our roads or from obesity- or smoking-related diseases. Rather than wearing masks and not shaking hands, more lives would be saved if people looked up from their phones before crossing the road.
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You're right, I should stock up on smokes.
And maybe bacon; not that I'm expecting a shortage, but with all these new preppers, prices might go up.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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My country rarely embarrasses me (let's not mention the cricket) but sometimes it outdoes itself.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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I always thought that Australia was *great* at cricket!
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Clothes, but no cigar! 
Ba-tish!
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark Twain
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I guess the tobacconist evape-orated. 
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Yup - must've gone up in smoke! 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark Twain
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Ashes to Ashes ...
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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tux to tux.
I'd rather be phishing!
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Only two things are certain in this life: Death and Tuxes.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Quote: tobacconist
Hadn't heard that word in eons. Is that still a thing?
Language evolution is interesting. Is anyone visiting a chemist rather than a pharmacist nowadays?
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From using a tar based moskito repellant (which is indeed effective), I have come to love that slight scent of tar in all my sports clothes.
Since childhood, I loved the scent of tobacco. Yet I detest the smoke when it is burning, whether as cigars or as cigarettes.
So: Keep a few cigars in your pocket, as a kind of perfume. But please do not burn them.
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So I'm working with a 3rd party API (why do I need to be ethical and not mention who???) but anyways, one of the parameters when opening a session is simply Name defined as type string with the comment "Session Name".
So I've got a test jig and I figured I'd give the session a name with a timestamp so in the product, I can see when my code created it as part of the testing process.
Like this:
"Name": "Session 3/6/2020 8:32:22 AM"
And I get back a this:
{"ErrorCode": 99996}
Seriously, WTF. I try the CURL example they provide (which is actually nice of them) and it works. After having been in this business for as many years as I have, that intuitive "OMG, please don't tell me they can't handle special characters in the name" feeling starts tingling in the fingers that want to reach for the battle axe.
Turns out / and : characters aren't allowed (and probably some other characters too). Dashes and dots are fine, so I instead:
"Name": "Session 3-6-2020 8.32.22 AM"
OK. WTF. What parser are they using, and why the elephant are they even parsing the content of the "name string"? Why would they care??? Someone actually wrote code to verify certain characters are disallowed?
 !!!! AND WHY DIDN'T THEY DOCUMENT THAT !!!!
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It's probably because they use the Name in the filename for the "telemetry" data that they forward to to their marketing and industrial-espionage departments.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Ding ding ding! I believe we have a winner.
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