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And if the government told you to cripple your business down to 10 or 15% of its normal revenue. Would you still be so happy go lucky?
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DRHuff wrote: And if the government told you to cripple your business down to 10 or 15% of its normal revenue.
Would that then make those businesses even more reliant on the government?
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How did we get from "wearing a mask" to "crippling a business".
I'm a business owner. I am very, very aware of the issues us small business owners are facing.
Please don't link social responsibility with the strategy and philosophies of how governments are and are not responding to this crisis. They are two very different things.
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Yep, it's another one of those things that seems to polarise people.
One is either in or out, there is no complexity or room for discussion.
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Here, Nassau County in NY, people are pretty good about it. My community is very non-urban, so if you go out for a walk you may likely wear it on your chin unless someone is approaching. Then on it goes. Public places, stores, etc., make sure you wear them (if for no other reason than to not be closed down).
Although idiot still exist (so many Millions in NY State), the memory of what we went through to begin with and how COVID was beaten back to below 1% (before the Traveling morons decided an uptick was needed). Many stores still keep their (extra early AM) seniors/nurse/EMT hours, even when occupancy restrictions were lifted.
And, of course, one need only look at the states that found it more comfortable to pretend it was all a Hoax, or just another flu, and that they should have spent time building more hospitals as they weren't going to otherwise inconvenience themselves.
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Slow Eddie wrote: It Seems to me that British TV is far superior to American TV
I guess you have not seen much British TV. The current schedules are full of dross, Coronation Street, Eastenders, Emmerdale (in all of which, everyone hates everyone else), Mrs. Brown's Boys (awful), far too many cookery programs, rarely a decent film ...
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I don't know about current UK TV programs, but The Boss and I like to watch older British shows on Amazon TV and Britbox. US TV just has to many brainless, rubbish shows to our liking. We stream the British shows, so we don't even need cable to watch.
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Having been in both the UK and the US several times, I have to say that UK TV beats US by a lot.
This is obviously an opinion which might not be shared by everyone, but the godawful amount of commercials every few minutes would make the difference if nothing else does.
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Never stop dreaming - Freddie Kruger
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UK TV is fast catching up in all areas. Even though the BBC channels do not have commercials, much of their output these days is "opium for the masses".
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It always was, it's just the masses that change. 
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Never stop dreaming - Freddie Kruger
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Quote: but the godawful amount of commercials every few minutes
Another reason to stream British shows: They are commercial free (at least at the moment).
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Now that's being a bit unfair. I've noticed that over the Christmas period, at just about any time of day you can also watch, Queen concerts, Queen documentaries, Freddie Mercury documentaries, Freddie tribute concert and Brian May's "How to train your badger."
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"I'm in the 'low risk' group ... I don't need to do anything."
The same types that don't wash their hands when they use the bathroom.
So, 8 out of 10 door knobs, railings, merchandise, etc.
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Slow Eddie wrote: What is it like where you live?
Everyone wears a mask when at a store, unless they have a medical condition that prevents that. Outdoors, it varies - if people are talking close together or are in a crowded outdoor area, they probably are, otherwise some people don't, especially when they are alone and certainly more than 6 feet separated. Some people do wear masks, even if they are taking a walk in the woods with their SO. I see people wearing masks while driving alone in their car.
Slow Eddie wrote: Also, do you intend to get the vaccination when it is available?
Me personally, absolutely not. However, I am not an anti-vaxxer and respect those who do get the vaccine and can certainly understand the reasons. Enough said on that matter.
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Generally people in Toronto wear masks. We don't want to (except when it's -stupid degrees outside, in which case they are great!) but we do and there's no griping or complaining. You wear yours, I'll wear mine, and if I have it and keep my distance (which everyone also seems good at) then maybe I've lowered your risk of getting it, and vice versa.
It's pretty much a non-issue here, except for the occasional person who feels the need to make a point or who doesn't want to be "told" what to do. Canada's actually funny like that: no one's "told" to things, but everyone is expected to do the right thing. And generally Canadians do.
Slow Eddie wrote: do you intend to get the vaccination when it is available?
Absolutely.
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Chris Maunder
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I love the treading very close to political line on this question. NOT!
Anyway since you asked. Iowa/Midwest. We pretty much do a fairly decent job of wearing a mask. Depending upon where you go. Get a ways away from a city and nope not so good. The more people around the more likely you will find the percentage of people wearing a mask to be higher.
I would say 100% in my small town at the grocery store are wearing a mask. But we aren't far from Des Moines sooo.....
AS for the shot. PErsonally I have a needle phobia. (stupid I know, But I do pass out frequently from getting needles stuck in me) So I would rather not. Not because it doesn't work, not because I don't believe in vaccinations(I do believe in them). Mostly just because I hate falling down and going boom.
That being said I will probably get the shot and just warn the person. oh well. Life.
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Nelek wrote: I will probably take it, but I am not going to be "next" for a big while, what actually doesn't bother me because I am still a bit sceptic about the "fast results" and the missing mid term studies.
As long as I'm not part of the first million or so, I'm glad to take it. The first millions, and the delays getting it to them, leave adequate time for a serious problem to show itself. A live study, more or less, to avoid dead people Any efficiency in giving immunity is worth it, so long as they are honest about it, and if it's not highly likely, then a way to test for it.
So, indeed, the long-term followup wasn't done. In my case, my wife won't let me make any more babies with her (or anyone else) - so that worry is gone. More importantly, getting sick and then well, again - the long-term damage done to a significant number of survivors makes it further worth the risk. I even got a Flu Shot for perhaps the first time, or at least in memory.
It's the usual game of life: minimizing one's losses by balancing them with risks
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W∴ Balboos, GHB wrote: As long as I'm not part of the first million or so, I'm glad to take it. The first millions, and the delays getting it to them, leave adequate time for a serious problem to show itself. A live study, more or less, to avoid dead people Any efficiency in giving immunity is worth it, so long as they are honest about it, and if it's not highly likely, then a way to test for it.
In a similar thread I said: "it is like software, I prefer to wait until SP1"
Until I am in the "next" group, it is going to be a (probably) big while, as I am a mid-aged healthy white man without any "system-relevant" profession. I suppose I will get the possibility in the 4th or 5th wave at soonest. Which already brings a couple of million shots worldwide before I get mine.
W∴ Balboos, GHB wrote: I even got a Flu Shot for perhaps the first time, or at least in memory.
I started a couple years ago and I haven't had it, but it is always that paradox that you don't know if you would have had it if not vaccinated. My wife was vaccinated too and got it twice since I started. That's why I don't complain and continue doing it
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I've been struggling to debug my JSON pull parser ever since I traded away line and column counting for a significant performance opportunity. I regret nothing. NOTHING!
And yet, all I get now for my location in the document is a cryptic offset of characters from the beginning of the stream/file/connection/whatever. Basically, a position property.
So i've been trying to track the progress of my reader while it's doing automated extractions. The reader's path through the document can get really complicated and hard to follow. That's fine, when it works, but it's still got a few problems.
So how the heck do I debug this without my line and column counting?
Woo!
vscode-position - Visual Studio Marketplace[^]
It shows me the document's current position next to the line and column info in VS code.
I owe this person an alcoholic beverage of their choosing. 
Also, bless VS code for being extensible with friggin typescript!
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Greetings While testing some of the C++ std::filesystem functions on a PC with a small simple console program the executable froze and the video monitor began beeping whenever I clicked on or moved the wireless mouse. I of course have no idea as to the real cause of this strange mouse/video monitor phenomena. Running the code again after a necessary reboot as the response was also very sluggish did not duplicate the mouse\video monitor phenomena. Any ideas? Thank You Cheerios
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Impossible to guess. It could be something in your code, which means using the debugger. It could be some arbitrary program using the resources of the PC. It could be a hardware problem. Bottom line is that you need to gather much more information.
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It's probably out of cheese: ++?????++ Out of Cheese Error. Redo From Start.[^]
Ad a WiFi repeater inside your fridge to prevent it happening again.
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OriginalGriff wrote: Ad a WiFi repeater inside your fridge to prevent it happening again.
No no no! He needs to run his entire system through codewitches json parser running on an Arduino Beowolf cluster
Or nuke the site from orbit.
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