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mitchty commented on Amazon raises overtime pay for warehouse workers reuters.com/article/us-he... · Posted by u/hhs

Your position is just another that has yet to catch on to the fact of asymptomatic transmission. There are countless sources indicating this is happening. Just take the time to read one.

mitchty · 6 years ago

> Your position is just another that has yet to catch on to the fact of asymptomatic transmission. > Just take the time to read one.

This isn't my position, its from virologists. And I'll thank you to not presume I don't already know of those sources. Those aren't relating to aerosols in the air for 3 hours.

Listen to practicing virologists on the matter not me: http://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-592/

And as a note, I'm really resisting not getting pissed off at your comment which seems to presume I'm too dumb to know about asymptomatic transmission.

Perhaps you could, I don't know link to some bioarxiv sources or actual information rather than alluding to things. My comment was exclusively in regards to the virus surviving in aerosol form for 3 hours. Its a contrived environment where that can happen. Transmission in the air isn't what I am discounting. Capiche?

Actually forget about it. I'm just going to stop commenting entirely on this matter.

mitchty commented on Amazon raises overtime pay for warehouse workers reuters.com/article/us-he... · Posted by u/hhs

1337biz · 6 years ago

I believe this 100% to be true. Considering that under certain conditions the virus can stay in the air for up to 3 hours, masks definitely are helpful.

mitchty · 6 years ago

> I believe this 100% to be true.

Based on what evidence exactly?

> Considering that under certain conditions the virus can stay in the air for up to 3 hours, masks definitely are helpful.

Those conditions being using a Goldberg Drum designed to keep aerosols that can't stay airborne for as long as possible? If yes then yeah sure this virus can survive in the air for 3 hours, but that isn't normal reality. It can't stay aloft that long, it will hit a surface.

Goldberg Drum: https://academic.oup.com/aje/article-abstract/68/1/85/188529...

You really only need the mask if you're going out and symptomatic. Even then, as noted, leave the masks for the people that are encountering sick people daily. They need them way more than you do walking around buying groceries.

mitchty commented on We called it RAID because it kills bugs dead devblogs.microsoft.com/ol... · Posted by u/soheilpro

smacktoward · 6 years ago

The one thing all long-lived systems have in common: nobody ever intended them to be long-lived systems.

mitchty · 6 years ago

There's nothing more permanent than a temporary solution.

mitchty commented on Firm wielding Theranos patents asks judge to block coronavirus test arstechnica.com/tech-poli... · Posted by u/ohjeez

bumby · 6 years ago

>The only incentive for innovation on this planet is monetary

This reads very much like the anti-atheist argument of, "Who's going to stop you from raping and pillaging if there's no almighty being keeping you in line?"

It seems more like an indictment of the speaker than of the rest of society.

mitchty · 6 years ago

> It seems more like an indictment of the speaker than of the rest of society.

It most certainly is, I have Christian friends that have used that exact line asking me how I can have morals as an atheist without the threat of a higher diety. As if being nice for the sake of just being nice is an impossible concept. Or in this case that only money would inspire me to do work. As we know from studies, money isn't the only incentive for innovation. In fact at a certain point, ~75k it tends to become less of an incentive.

mitchty commented on Firm wielding Theranos patents asks judge to block coronavirus test arstechnica.com/tech-poli... · Posted by u/ohjeez

rubyn00bie · 6 years ago

> There are super smart people I respect but they accept bad behavior as a form of pragmatism. Like they’ll excuse patent trolls because they’re just working a legal angle and trying to make money like everyone else.

They are not smart. Just stop telling yourself this about those people and stop respecting them. Stop it.

They're unbelievably ignorant and likely hide that ignorance under the guise of expertise in an unrelated field literally filling your life and others with bullshit. Stop calling fuckos like the ones at Labrador "smart." Stop calling anyone who thinks they're smart "smart."

Call them "fuckos," because that's what they are...

mitchty · 6 years ago

> They are not smart. Just stop telling yourself this about those people and stop respecting them. Stop it.

They can be smart, they can also lack empathy and be smart. Both can be true at the same time. Intelligence isn't an indicator of empathy.

mitchty commented on Apple’s WWDC 2020 kicks off in June with an all-new online format apple.com/newsroom/2020/0... · Posted by u/aaronbrethorst

izacus · 6 years ago

I know it's a running joke about how Apple tends to exaggerate in their marketing speak... but the way how they're trying to sell this as "all new, innovative way of presenting a conference" without mention of current crisis is a bit distasteful :/

mitchty · 6 years ago

What would be tasteful in a conference announcement about the conference? They mentioned it just fine.

mitchty commented on Coronavirus has disrupted supply chains for nearly 75% of U.S. companies axios.com/coronavirus-sup... · Posted by u/hhs

wcoenen · 6 years ago

But the maximum is 64GB RAM? https://www.apple.com/macbook-pro/

mitchty · 6 years ago

It is now yep! 32GiB was the prior max.

mitchty commented on Farmers are hacking their tractors because of a repair ban (2018) [video] youtube.com/watch?v=F8JCh... · Posted by u/seanalltogether

lotsofpulp · 6 years ago

> Farmers like those subsidies, they're a good thing. City people hate them, think they're a bad thing "we spend taxes for farm states"

Could it be because those same farmers turn around and vote against government handouts for everyone else?

mitchty · 6 years ago

No, from the farmers I grew up with. They hated Democrats for wanting to remove those specific subsidies because it was good for the environment. But to do it it means you have to have land be otherwise "unproductive".

So they get rather angry at being forced to farm every acre of land knowing it will spite themselves later. Its a bit more complex than anyone makes it out to be. But easier to just call farmers dumb and that they vote against their interests. Which is ultimately self defeating and ignores the realities of modern farming and the history of how we got here.

mitchty commented on Farmers are hacking their tractors because of a repair ban (2018) [video] youtube.com/watch?v=F8JCh... · Posted by u/seanalltogether

Dirlewanger · 6 years ago

That may be true, but Democrats will at least be more ostensibly receptive of the issue. Bernie Sanders makes it an explicit point on his campaign website. I'm guessing other candidates have as well.

mitchty · 6 years ago

> That may be true, but Democrats will at least be more ostensibly receptive of the issue. Bernie Sanders makes it an explicit point on his campaign website. I'm guessing other candidates have as well.

As someone that grew up in a pure Red state for decades and grew up on a farm/ranch, there is zero chance of them voting Democrats for the reasons you think they should.

Want to know at least one reason why? Know those farm "subsidies" democrats love to hate? Also known as: the government pays for farmers to keep fields fallow so we don't get another dust bowl. Farmers like those subsidies, they're a good thing. City people hate them, think they're a bad thing "we spend taxes for farm states". Yes I'm overgeneralizing but i've real work to do today so I can't get super complex.

Get to know a few farmers and understand that your perspective on Democrats is highly skewed on their policies towards places with population centers. You can argue Republicans are worse in as many ways as you want, but until you understand why none of those ways matter to farmers, you'll forever lack an understanding of why things are the way they are.

mitchty commented on Stop using Material Design text fields matsuko.ca/blog/stop-usin... · Posted by u/lukastyrychtr

coolyd · 6 years ago

Don't forget, the material design specifications and frameworks are being made freely available. When you compare interfaces designed by that vast majority of developers, using MD is an enormous step up in usability and functionality. It also incorporates concepts that, while not being the most "accessible", are patterns the vast majority of users have become familiar with and can navigate without explanation. For example, interactions like gestures are not accessible or obvious but are commonplace and understood.

Constructive criticism of design is important and with these frameworks being open source, we can modify and "improve" as we see as appropriate. Google has invested enormous amounts of money, energy, and time into making this available for free. They are not enforcing these concepts, even on their own platforms so we should appreciate that they make these systems available if you choose to use them.

mitchty · 6 years ago

> It also incorporates concepts that, while not being the most "accessible", are patterns the vast majority of users have become familiar with and can navigate without explanation.

Does that include ios/macos/windows users?