Tales from Coronavee-rooss Italy, mamma mia!
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@PleegWat said in Tales from Coronavee-rooss Italy, mamma mia!:
@Bulb said in Tales from Coronavee-rooss Italy, mamma mia!:
“so vast they're visible from space” does not mean that much when a decent ground imaging satellite has resolution around tenth of metre (see also https://what-if.xkcd.com/32/).
My usual interpretation of that is what an astronaut on the ISS can see with the naked eye. I can't imagine that bar being met for something less than a kilometre across.
The human naked eye has an angular resolution of approximately 0.00028 radians[20], and the ISS targets an altitude of 400 km[21]. Using basic trigonometric relations, this means that an astronaut on the ISS with 20/20 vision could potentially detect objects that are 112 m or greater in all dimensions. However, since this would be at the absolute limit of the resolution, objects on the order of 100 m would appear as unidentifiable specks, if not rendered invisible due to other factors, such as atmospheric conditions or poor contrast. For readability from the ISS, using the same trigonometric principles and an assumed legibility requirement of 18 arcminutes[22], each letter would need to be approximately 2km tall.
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@Bulb said in Tales from Coronavee-rooss Italy, mamma mia!:
“so vast they're visible from space” does not mean that much when a decent ground imaging satellite has resolution around tenth of metre (see also https://what-if.xkcd.com/32/).
Most "satellite maps" are actually photographs taken by low-altitude aircraft.
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@Rhywden And now our state's minister of education is already talking about the need to be prepared for maybe even months of at least reduced lessons where physical attendance is required.
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@El_Heffe said in Tales from Coronavee-rooss Italy, mamma mia!:
By the way, the temperature highs have been (according to internet sources) ~15–21°C in that area last two week and are expected around 25°C next week, with humidity around 20% much of the time, and those people probably don't have much air-conditioning and live outside a lot. Didn't stop the oubreak…
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@Rhywden said in Tales from Coronavee-rooss Italy, mamma mia!:
@Rhywden And now our state's minister of education is already talking about the need to be prepared for maybe even months of at least reduced lessons where physical attendance is required.
No measures will be lifted before the new infection rate goes to the single digits, if not has been zero for several days. Assume that moment won't be till the summer vacations.
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I went to a mall to get something to eat. I've lived in this city for over 10 years and I've never seen it so empty.
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Looks like he was selling two squirts for a pound.
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@boomzilla This morning I heard a report on the radio about two pharmacies in Amsterdam selling DIY store dust masks for €15 each. This is, apparently, about ten times the DIY store price for the same masks — and they’re dust masks, not medical masks designed to protect against viruses.
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Things are starting to go head over heels here.
Yesterday morning I canceled a planned client meeting because "it's unclear what the situation will be in two weeks" and arranged a video conference instead. Yesterday afternoon, I got ordered to home office (today I was still at the office to organize having access to everything remotely and to instruct the students). Today, my state announced schools will be closed starting Monday (the disorganized chaos of federalism @Rhywden has mentioned), and apparently (I'm not sure that's in effect) no gatherings over 75 people. My city has closed the swimming pool.
(Crap, now I won't get any exercise at all while sitting on my chair at home all day)
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@topspin said in Tales from Coronavee-rooss Italy, mamma mia!:
Crap, now I won't get any exercise at all while sitting on my chair at home all day
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@Benjamin-Hall said in Tales from Coronavee-rooss Italy, mamma mia!:
@boomzilla said in Tales from Coronavee-rooss Italy, mamma mia!:
@dfdub I think you're ignoring how often it's the secondary infections that kill people and it also helps explain why these things (flus, colds, etc) tend to be more prevalent in seasons when we're cooped up inside.
Then I'm doomed. Because it's also the peak of the allergy season--just going outside today for a couple minutes left me feeling it. Stupid oak trees.
You'll be fine. No outside contact means no possibility of infection.
I've already joked that "Ha, complete social isolation? This is what I've been training for!" But then I started wondering if I am actually better prepared than normal people, maybe that little bit of social interaction I get from work I need more than most people. I don't know, we'll see.
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@topspin With church and school canceled, the only in-person human interaction I'm likely to get in the next 2 weeks is the weekly D&D game (with a couple other young guys) and (if you can call it human interaction) at grocery stores. If that doesn't get canceled.
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@topspin said in Tales from Coronavee-rooss Italy, mamma mia!:
Today, my state announced schools will be closed starting Monday
Mine, too, for two weeks at least. Also, the United Methodist Church in Virginia shut down all of their churches until the 22nd of March so all of our Scout activities are canceled.
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@topspin said in Tales from Coronavee-rooss Italy, mamma mia!:
I've already joked that "Ha, complete social isolation? This is what I've been training for
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@Benjamin-Hall Both of my D&D groups are preparing for the possibility of playing online if things get worse here.
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@boomzilla What's with this idea that all geeks are introverts?
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@Mason_Wheeler Just say something heartwarming about your lovely and I'll... well... I'll downboat you! Yes, that's what I'm going to do.
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@Applied-Mediocrity No, just that I know a lot of geeky people, including myself, who are very outgoing. Sure, there's some degree of bias towards introversion, but it's fairly minor IME.
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@Mason_Wheeler said in Tales from Coronavee-rooss Italy, mamma mia!:
@boomzilla What's with this idea that all geeks are introverts?
I don't know. You're the first to mention it.
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@boomzilla In response to the article you linked. (And hundreds of other iterations of that exact same joke that have popped up in the last couple weeks.)
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@Mason_Wheeler said in Tales from Coronavee-rooss Italy, mamma mia!:
@boomzilla In response to the article you linked. (And hundreds of other iterations of that exact same joke that have popped up in the last couple weeks.)
I'm not sure what you're trying to tell me. I know that you were replying to what I posted. I don't know why you brought up geeks.
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Hey? Watch who you are calling a geek. Some of us are just introverts, no need to get nasty about it.
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@boomzilla said in Tales from Coronavee-rooss Italy, mamma mia!:
@Mason_Wheeler said in Tales from Coronavee-rooss Italy, mamma mia!:
@boomzilla What's with this idea that all geeks are introverts?
I don't know. You're the first to mention it.
I think that was relatively true in the past. Technical fields were attractive to introverts, because you were judged by your work and less by bologna. But as it's become more respectable to the masses, bologna has become a major part of the work, what with heavy-duty management philosophies, e.g. full-service scrum, and as a result there's less room for introverts.
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@Dragoon said in Tales from Coronavee-rooss Italy, mamma mia!:
Hey? Watch who you are calling a geek. Some of us are just introverts, no need to get nasty about it.
Geek has become less of an insult than it used to be. Some geeks would be insulted to be called introverts.
What's the difference between an introverted an an extroverted programmer?
An extroverted programmer looks at your shoes when he's talking to you.
I became a programmer because I didn't have the personality to be an accountant.
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@jinpa said in Tales from Coronavee-rooss Italy, mamma mia!:
@Dragoon said in Tales from Coronavee-rooss Italy, mamma mia!:
Hey? Watch who you are calling a geek. Some of us are just introverts, no need to get nasty about it.
Geek has become less of an insult than it used to be. Some geeks would be insulted to be called introverts.
Also, no one was talking about geeks until @Mason_Wheeler brought them up.
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@Benjamin-Hall said in Tales from Coronavee-rooss Italy, mamma mia!:
the only in-person human interaction I'm likely to get in the next 2 weeks is the weekly D&D game
Hope you roll high for infection resistance.
Filed under: someone who doesn't know anything about D&D tries to make a joke.
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After the state mandated two weeks, our district raised two more weeks. Closed until April 10th.
EDIT: The week of March 30th was scheduled as Spring Break, so really just one additional week of closure.
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@Zecc said in Tales from Coronavee-rooss Italy, mamma mia!:
@Benjamin-Hall said in Tales from Coronavee-rooss Italy, mamma mia!:
the only in-person human interaction I'm likely to get in the next 2 weeks is the weekly D&D game
Hope you roll high for infection resistance.
Filed under: someone who doesn't know anything about D&D tries to make a joke.
Thanks. =)
That'd be a CON save. And thankfully, my CON (against disease anyway) has always been high. I've never gotten the flu--the only sickness I have is allergy related (stupid trees).
And the game is on Monday nights at a FLGS (which is totally dead at that time--usually we're the only ones there), there are only 5 of us, none of which are big social people, and we don't touch each other's stuff (beyond occasional dice). So I think the risks are minimal. And I'd go stark raving mad if I didn't do that. Plus, I'd rather help the business stay going--I'm thinking of buying some things I don't really need just to inject some cash, because I can.
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@boomzilla said in Tales from Coronavee-rooss Italy, mamma mia!:
After the state mandated two weeks, our district raised two more weeks. Closed until April 10th.
EDIT: The week of March 30th was scheduled as Spring Break, so really just one additional week of closure.
Ouch. That sucks for the parents, especially those with 2 workers. My family (brothers and sisters) are all really lucky that they have a stay-at-home parent in all cases. And/or homeschool.
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@remi said in Tales from Coronavee-rooss Italy, mamma mia!:
Chit-chat on social media:
Someone: with all those people confined inside their homes, there will be a baby boom in 9 months.
Me: the most popular 2021 names for babies are going to be Wuhan for boys, Covide for girls.Wasn't there a story a few days ago about stores running low on condoms in China?
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@Benjamin-Hall said in Tales from Coronavee-rooss Italy, mamma mia!:
@boomzilla said in Tales from Coronavee-rooss Italy, mamma mia!:
After the state mandated two weeks, our district raised two more weeks. Closed until April 10th.
EDIT: The week of March 30th was scheduled as Spring Break, so really just one additional week of closure.
Ouch. That sucks for the parents, especially those with 2 workers. My family (brothers and sisters) are all really lucky that they have a stay-at-home parent in all cases. And/or homeschool.
Yeah, I just have one in junior high school, so we'd be OK either way, but I work from home and my wife doesn't have an outside job so we're just going to be going nuts from having him around all the time. Though probably lots of play dates, etc, I suppose.
Until someone gets it, anyways.
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@boomzilla said in Tales from Coronavee-rooss Italy, mamma mia!:
A neighboring district has closed schools through March 20th.
Santa Clara county (bay area) just closed schools (starting 3/16) thru 4/3.
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@boomzilla said in Tales from Coronavee-rooss Italy, mamma mia!:
@jinpa said in Tales from Coronavee-rooss Italy, mamma mia!:
@Dragoon said in Tales from Coronavee-rooss Italy, mamma mia!:
Hey? Watch who you are calling a geek. Some of us are just introverts, no need to get nasty about it.
Geek has become less of an insult than it used to be. Some geeks would be insulted to be called introverts.
Also, no one was talking about geeks until @Mason_Wheeler brought them up.
Do the terms "nerd" and "geek" have different meanings/connotations for you? To me they're used in the same ways and @Mason_Wheeler was just responding to the article link you posted.
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@Benjamin-Hall said in Tales from Coronavee-rooss Italy, mamma mia!:
@topspin With church and school canceled, the only in-person human interaction I'm likely to get in the next 2 weeks is the weekly D&D game (with a couple other young guys) and (if you can call it human interaction) at grocery stores. If that doesn't get canceled.
A few of the game stores around here have shut down their game rooms and planned events for now. Many smaller stores make most of their money off of trading card and/or miniatures events, so I'm sure it's a tough call for them. :(
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I guess I'll throw in my plans for these trying times:
- I'll still go to game nights as long as they're being held.
- I recently acquired Pathfinder: Kingmaker and actually started playing it instead of letting it join the backlog, so that should keep me entertained for a bit.
- There's always my personal programming projects....
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@Parody said in Tales from Coronavee-rooss Italy, mamma mia!:
I recently acquired Pathfinder: Kingmaker and actually started playing it instead of letting it join the backlog, so that should keep me entertained for a bit.
It's entertaining right up until it becomes immensely frustrating, between the glitches, the poor design of the barony-management system, and the insanely punishing difficulty throughout everything.
I got it hoping it would be essentially a new and improved Neverwinter Nights, but... nope. Not even close.
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@Mason_Wheeler said in Tales from Coronavee-rooss Italy, mamma mia!:
insanely punishing difficulty throughout everything.
Turn-based mod supposedly makes encounters easier.
I can't say that it did much for me. My DEX monk bought it in the final prologue fight - a crit of 12 from bandit archer with high initiative roll (19) before my 1st turn (14; would have been next!). That's just embarrassing...
Not going to start RTwP vs TB here (not true BG3 etc.), I think I'll try again without the mod. I've always been initiative freak in TB, and yeah, it takes a while to always get the first move, but here rolls appear to be really all over the place.
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Here in Argentina the idiot government has finally mandated that everyone who arrives into the country with lots of coronavirus cases must remain in quarantine for 14 days. However, there is zero border control and everyone who arrives from all over the world go through migrations and customs together. This is Ezeiza international airport:
Our idiot president also said that drinking hot beverages kills the virus which is completely false. They also have not shut down schools and universities, claiming that kids are not vulnerable, forgetting that adults work at schools. The teachers were constantly at strike during the Macri administration because they didn't like him, yet they go to work during a pandemic.
To make matters even worse, there is only one hospital authorized by the government to test people to see whether they have coronavirus, and they can only do eight tests a day. When the director of that hospital complained that they couldn't test everyone the government sacked her and hired someone who was convicted of embezzlement and theft. And these are the same guys who blatantly falsified inflation statistics for years, so it's not going to be a surprised that they will lie about how many people have coronavirus.
Mom is doing better, brother gets two weeks of home office. Sadly I get no home office at my company, everyone who doesn't get coronavirus symptoms goes to work.
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@Mason_Wheeler said in Tales from Coronavee-rooss Italy, mamma mia!:
@Parody said in Tales from Coronavee-rooss Italy, mamma mia!:
I recently acquired Pathfinder: Kingmaker and actually started playing it instead of letting it join the backlog, so that should keep me entertained for a bit.
It's entertaining right up until it becomes immensely frustrating, between the glitches, the poor design of the barony-management system, and the insanely punishing difficulty throughout everything.
I ran the tabletop campaign it's based on and your description doesn't sound all that different. Just replace "glitches" with "do-it-yourself storyline" and "insanely punishing difficulty" with "rather easy difficulty unless you boost the monsters and put huge restrictions on what the PCs can do with their free time". It's not a bad set of parts, but it isn't a grab-and-go campaign like most of what Paizo makes.
I got it hoping it would be essentially a new and improved Neverwinter Nights, but... nope. Not even close.
Yeah, that combo of modding, adventure creation toolset, and GM interaction is a hard act to follow. :(
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@Parody The difficulty on this is insanely punishing. It's nearly impossible to beat the freaking tutorial level without massive save scumming if you choose any non-melee/tank build, and it only gets harder from there. And there are huge restrictions on what you can do with your free time: when doing certain barony management events, it locks down your entire party for 2 weeks, leaving you unable to do anything while the time passes, including "abort the passage of time to deal with emergencies that just popped up." There are approximately a thousand of these that you need to do if you want any real chance of success.
Yeah, that combo of modding, adventure creation toolset, and GM interaction is a hard act to follow. :(
I wasn't even thinking about that. The NWN mod scene is amazing, but this isn't even a worthy successor to the NWN main campaign!
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@Parody said in Tales from Coronavee-rooss Italy, mamma mia!:
@boomzilla said in Tales from Coronavee-rooss Italy, mamma mia!:
@jinpa said in Tales from Coronavee-rooss Italy, mamma mia!:
@Dragoon said in Tales from Coronavee-rooss Italy, mamma mia!:
Hey? Watch who you are calling a geek. Some of us are just introverts, no need to get nasty about it.
Geek has become less of an insult than it used to be. Some geeks would be insulted to be called introverts.
Also, no one was talking about geeks until @Mason_Wheeler brought them up.
Do the terms "nerd" and "geek" have different meanings/connotations for you? To me they're used in the same ways and @Mason_Wheeler was just responding to the article link you posted.
Nerd is overly interested, geek is a personality... As far as I understand it.
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@Mason_Wheeler said in Tales from Coronavee-rooss Italy, mamma mia!:
@Parody The difficulty on this is insanely punishing. It's nearly impossible to beat the freaking tutorial level without massive save scumming if you choose any non-melee/tank build, ....
Hmm...I didn't have any problems with a Ranger (archer) or Bard. I can't speak to the rest because I'm still messing around in part 1. It is completely open, like many of the older RPG games and the tabletop campaign.
Yeah, that combo of modding, adventure creation toolset, and GM interaction is a hard act to follow. :(
I wasn't even thinking about that. The NWN mod scene is amazing, but this isn't even a worthy successor to the NWN main campaign!
Hmm...I'll have to see what kinds of dumb decisions the NPCs make, assuming I get that far into Kingmaker. That was the flaw in the NWN original campaign, after all. (And I'm not just talking about our heroine in her backless prom armor!)
It is a lot easier to give yourself a bunch of Bags of Holding in NWN, though.
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@jinpa said in Tales from Coronavee-rooss Italy, mamma mia!:
What's the difference between an introverted an an extroverted programmer?
An extroverted programmer looks at your shoes when he's talking to you.
I keked.
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@dcon said in Tales from Coronavee-rooss Italy, mamma mia!:
stores running low on condoms in China?
I was seriously considering purchasing a condom. Just for the novelty.
I have not yet. Maybe I will. Someday.
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@Carnage said in Tales from Coronavee-rooss Italy, mamma mia!:
@Parody said in Tales from Coronavee-rooss Italy, mamma mia!:
@boomzilla said in Tales from Coronavee-rooss Italy, mamma mia!:
@jinpa said in Tales from Coronavee-rooss Italy, mamma mia!:
@Dragoon said in Tales from Coronavee-rooss Italy, mamma mia!:
Hey? Watch who you are calling a geek. Some of us are just introverts, no need to get nasty about it.
Geek has become less of an insult than it used to be. Some geeks would be insulted to be called introverts.
Also, no one was talking about geeks until @Mason_Wheeler brought them up.
Do the terms "nerd" and "geek" have different meanings/connotations for you? To me they're used in the same ways and @Mason_Wheeler was just responding to the article link you posted.
Nerd is overly interested, geek is a personality... As far as I understand it.
A nerd is into stupid, pointless things that don't interest me. A geek is into the same cool but often misunderstood things I like
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@Carnage I understand it backwards honestly. Especially today. "Geek" has become almost positive, whereas "nerd" keeps the negative connotation because it's about the person on the whole.
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Different sources disagree, as it’s really just down to usage and how different insults evolved differently. I use both affectionately, but see geek as more positively connoted (first image).