How COVID-19 is affecting society

[Fionalein]

I could see how that could be useful to see in general how far apart people are in a crowd. As for how far one individual is from others, typical cellphone gps is only accurate to 10 feet or so I think, so that wouldn't work.

still would detect massive gathering or people moving in bulk (in contrast to chance meetings staying near to each other) the math to do so isn't that hard...

 

[Sid]

On the beaches the police in NL use small drones to detect and warn violators since this weekend.

 

[Essence Lumin]

On the beaches the police in NL use small drones to detect and warn violators since this weekend.

In Brazil they use helicopters to blow sand at people on the beach.

 

[Beebo Brink]

As cruise ship carrying sick and dead passengers moves toward Florida, governor says state can't take them

LeAnn Morris Pliske, of Fort Lauderdale, said when she first heard about the ship bound for Fort Lauderdale she thought “oh that’s terrible — we don’t want that here.” Then she learned her aunt and uncle were on board.

 

[Sredni Eel]

 

[Salome]

 

[Isabeau]

Since many of you may be wearing these types of pants at the moment, tip of the day if you find the bow annoying.

 

[Salome]

I’m not sure if anyone has been following his status, but John Prine’s family today have posted that he’s stabilized and no longer listed in critical condition from the virus.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

 

[danielravennest]

As cruise ship carrying sick and dead passengers moves toward Florida, governor says state can't take them

If we learn anything from this pandemic, it's get the people off the ship as quickly as possible and spread them out. The same logic applies to large office buildings, shopping malls, or any other place with lots of people - get them out and separate them.

 

[danielravennest]

New York currently has 13,700 people hospitalized for the coronavirus. 30,000 units is not at all unreasonable for the near future.

Once again Trump is showing his inability to look past the moment to consequences. If New York is allowed to become known as a "Plague City" because it is so crowded, people are going to want to move away to less crowded places. At the same time lots of people are learning they can work from home. If people move away, property values will go down and they will have more vacancies. Trump owns a lot of high-end New York property, just the kind of people who can afford to move out.

 

[Essence Lumin]

The Internet Archive is making their open library available to anyone, anytime with no waitlists. It has loads of current material. As a random example, The #1 book last year at Amazon was When The Crawdad Sings. They have it.

The legality is dubious. However, the book industry knows it would look terrible to fight this in court now. And the Internet Archive isn't speaking about that either, presumably so not to make waves.

An Online Library Is Venturing Into Uncharted Legal Waters

Welcome to Open Library | Open Library

 

[Casey Pelous]

The Internet Archive is making their open library available to anyone, anytime with no waitlists. It has loads of current material. As a random example, The #1 book last year at Amazon was When The Crawdad Sings. They have it.

The legality is dubious. However, the book industry knows it would look terrible to fight this in court now. And the Internet Archive isn't speaking about that either, presumably so not to make waves.

An Online Library Is Venturing Into Uncharted Legal Waters

Welcome to Open Library | Open Library

There's nothing "dubious" about the legality -- they're flat out stealing copyrighted material, and they'll be facing some serious legal action when things settle down.

As someone who makes a significant part of my living from my copyrights, I have zero sense of humor about this.

 

[Salome]

There's nothing "dubious" about the legality -- they're flat out stealing copyrighted material, and they'll be facing some serious legal action when things settle down.

As someone who makes a significant part of my living from my copyrights, I have zero sense of humor about this.

Of course the authors who scrape by to barely make a living on their work are now being called “idea landlords” for speaking out against the theft of their work.

 

[Aribeth Zelin]

Of course the authors who scrape by to barely make a living on their work are now being called “idea landlords” for speaking out against the theft of their work.

Yeah, one of my housemates is one of those barely making a living with his work....

--and an awfully large chunk of my friends are on varying degrees of making a living writing books.

 

[Free]

 

[Katheryne Helendale]

The British police are considering how to cope when 20%--30% of their officers are off sick, or self-isolating:

Police will ignore some crimes as officers fall victim to coronavirus | News | The Times

Police will ignore some crimes as officers fall victim to coronavirus Fiona Hamilton, Crime and Security Editor Monday March 30 2020, 12.00am, The Times It is understood that at least one regional for...

www.evernote.com

I'm starting to understand why a lot of people here in the US have been stocking up on guns and ammo these past several weeks.

 

[Free]

 

[Free]

How soon to the Canadian border runs?

NYC Speakeasy Owner Arrested After a Dozen People Were Found Inside: Police

The owner of a New York City bar has been arrested for allegedly violating the social distancing order after police found at least a dozen people inside, drinking and gambling. As bars and restaurants across the city and state have been ordered to extend their closure to April 15 to stop the...

www.nbcnewyork.com

 

[Free]

It's amazing how many "smart" people turn out to be lumberingly stupid.

Coronavirus: Red Bull boss Helmut Marko wanted drivers to get exposed to coronavirus | Sporting News

Red Bull boss Helmut Marko has revealed that he pitched an idea to have his drivers get exposed to coronavirus whilst the season was suspended.

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