🎓 Dr. Freemo 🇳🇱 @freemo@social.cleverlibre.org

@Pat Its as determinitive as breeding is. I think anyone who has seen just how far we can take the breeding of plants, and very much so in radical new directions that match our wishes, would know that our own species is just as easily manipulated.

Of course, im not suggesting we should do it, at that point its little more than eugenics if we take full control, and that isnt ethical. But we do have a great deal of control over it, at least in theory.

@Pat We cant stop natural selection, but the choices we make will determine the direction natural selection takes.

@Pat N100 repirators or medical masks, if used properly by medical professionals, likely do reduce the spread of infection. Sadly it is, however, speculative as this has not been proven experimentally, but its a reasonable assumption none the less.

Where it breaks down is if the wearing of masks by the general public does the same. I have oft argued that, lacking any evidence to suggest either way, I can see the possiblity that wearing masks by the general public may actually be **speeding up** the rate of infection rather than slowing it down. They are not trained in the proper use of masks and even if they were masks are not intended for long-term use and by using them for any extended period of time may actually be spreading the disease due to people touching and adjusting their mask as well as taking it down to drink.

When I observe thevast majority in public and how the vast majority use their mask I often see it causing them to use them in a way that would be obvious to me that it is spreading germs rather than preventing it.

So for that reason I feel confident, though it is my personal opinion, that masks are likely causing the disease to spread if it is having any effect at all.

@Pat That doesnt line up with your OP.. Your op stated the number of deaths specifically since the mask mandate was relaxed. That would seem to imply ther eis causation there (otherwise why did you pick that date?).

Moreover the date you picked as the reference point was well after DT was out of office anyway. So not sure that was really your intent with the OP.

That said I do believe you feel that way about DT **as well**, no doubt. but seems to be conflating issues and not really what this post reads as.

@namark well my C++ is a little rusty but functionally they should be relatively equivalent as far as I can tell. The second one may be a bit slower as it reassigns a variable with function level scope before returning it (and the scope therefore being dropped)... but aside from the second one being a little inefficient they should behave the same.

@Parienve That vvould actually make a lot more sense :)

@matrix Aww never mind. I just looked it up. Seems its just a photoshop edit, sad.

@matrix Please either link me or tell me the context so i can find this.. I must see this!

@namark Are you asking because you dont know, or as a riddle?

@lucifargundam

https://youtu.be/nGifKRV8Wys

@lucifargundam I could never forget about koko.. it was extraordinary the level to which she could communicate and the things she would say

@stux that makes sense.

@hans_w The gorilla who could speak english.

@lucifargundam How in the world do you not know about koko. It was literally a gorilla that learned to speak english using sign language and could hold a conversation. Koko even described the death of her mother and was a huge robin williams fan (whom he got to meet).

I miss koko... the world needs you right now koko!

@stux No it shouldnt. As long as you are picking a healthy dns server then your choice wont have any effect. All DNS servers should be able to resolve the same content in the same way.

@alex

Will they though. There are already crypto backed cards that bear the visa and mastercard logo. So far they seem to be doing the opposite and actually providing revenue for visa and mastercard.

@feld

@stux Not surprised, glad it works!

@stux good luck!