Archive for April, 2020
Andrew Kaufman, M.D.: “I Do Not See Any Conclusive Evidence Whatsoever That There Is Any Virus.”
April 1st, 2020Via: Secrets of Saturn:
Las Vegas Marking Parking Places for Homeless Encampment
April 1st, 2020Any bailout trillions over here? Nope, none here. But how about a white rectangle painted on a parking lot? Good for whatever ails ya. Via: PBS: Homeless people in Las Vegas have been directed to sleep in rectangles painted on the pavement in a makeshift parking lot camp as a way to limit the spread […]
The GitHub Arctic Vault Program
April 1st, 2020First seeds, now code. GitHub is owned by Microsoft, by the way. Via: Github: The GitHub Arctic Code Vault is a data repository preserved in the Arctic World Archive (AWA), a very-long-term archival facility 250 meters deep in the permafrost of an Arctic mountain. The archive is located in a decommissioned coal mine in the […]
“Surveillance Capitalism” Is Now a Pandemic Necessity
April 1st, 2020Via: Bloomberg: There are no atheists in foxholes, and no tech regulators in a coronavirus lockdown.What was once thunderously described as “surveillance capitalism” is now a pandemic necessity. Twitch is where our children go to school; Twitter where epidemiological models are debated; and WhatsApp where we have drinks with friends.
Trillions in Coronavirus Spending Could Explode Deficits to World War II Levels
April 1st, 2020Trillions here. Trillions there. “Now there’s no telling just how high the deficit will go.” Via: Marketwatch: Now there’s no telling just how high the deficit will go. … Altogether, deficit spending in the next two years could drive the national debt to around $29 trillion from an estimated $23.6 trillion right now. Previously the […]
Coronavirus Testing Kits Heading to the UK Contaminated with Covid-19
April 1st, 2020Via: Evening Standard: Testing kits which were headed to the UK have been found to be contaminated with coronavirus. The Government has said that it aims to boost the rate of tests to 25,000 every day by the end of April at the latest and has asked private companies to help drive up test production. […]
“If the Virus Hadn’t Caused the Crash, Something Else Would Have”
April 1st, 2020Via: Bloomberg: The novel coronavirus has already had a significant impact on the global economy, which will worsen if the outbreak and the shutdowns designed to contain it continue for very long. But it’s only an accelerant: If not Covid-19, as the disease caused by the virus is known, something else would have started the […]
