bonifartius 𒂼𒄄 @bonifartius@social.cleverlibre.org

@parasurv@mstdn.io it isn't that sites are completely unusable with other engines, it's more like death by 1000 cuts. some modal not going away, some boxes rendering slightly in the wrong position etc.

@parasurv@mstdn.io i've come to think that our lazyness is the problem, we expect so much hand-holding from the web platform by now that it isn't feasible to build and maintain a browser which can access e.g. google documents if you aren't a giant company. the mainstream web is only accessible with chrome engine by now. the _good_ web can be used with nearly anything (lynx, netsurf, dillo, pick your flavor).

@atruehero@mstdn.social most tests (except one afaik) use multiple markers with each having high specificality near 100%, counting as positive only if both markers are positive.

the usual number of deaths has gone down due to masks and distancing being effective against airborne viral infections, not only covid.

occupations where masks are used aren't filled with brain damaged individuals: like microelectronics plants, research labs and hospitals.

ymmv.

@2ck the default was java. i've only used other languages (both low level or other paradigms than OO/imperative) in seminars i chose to attend to.

@makeworld move fast and break things isn't hacker, it's valley techbro 💁

@atruehero@mstdn.social @Demosthenes the tests aren't false positive but extremely sensitive. they can detect minimal virus loads which may not make you sick as your immune system has it under control. still you may be spreading.

if you have a healthy diet you don't need extra vitamins. too many vitamins are reproducibly doing more harm than good. synthetic vitamins are also not created equal due to problems of nature being good at producing only one enantiomer, while artificial synthesis nearly always produces both.

healthy diet is a bit complicated, but my vote is for traditional dishes people have eaten every day. mostly plant-based, spiked with cheap proteins like eggs or milk products. meat was scarce.

@atruehero@mstdn.social @Demosthenes the masks are to reduce the amount of particles spread by breathing etc.

it isn't meant to protect you from getting sick, it is to reduce the amount of people you make sick.

it's like the filter in a vacuum cleaner. it removes ~95% of stuff. this can be improved by adding a hepa filter etc. but there is always leakage. still we use vacuum cleaners with filters.

the point of measures like masks and distancing isn't to "never get it", but to prevent having too many severe cases at once requiring intensive care, as that is a limited resource. other sicknesses and accidents are still happening.

i'm also critical of vaccines, especially rushed ones, but this is due to big pharma. vaccination works, it has for 100s of years.

boy, the dystopia came quick 😑

@tombies@social.tchncs.de @Josefine in backstein mit interessanten gemauerten verzierungen wäre sowas garnicht so schlimm, imho. will aber niemand mehr bezahlen (bisschen absurd bei den preisen). https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/Chilehaus_Hamburg_1.jpg

new blog section containing conspiracy ideas i have while sitting on the toilet: "what if covid is a plot to curb carbon emissions?"

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was more painless than expected. just required hplip-plugins of a specific version. magick ✨

good old printer setup time 🕺

@lupyuen i wish the jolla people would buy into the pinephone. this is looking more and more like the jolla 1 feature wise :)

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