Ian Kenway @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org

@Eki Hi there, I notice you've been on the server for a bit but never had a chance to welcome you, I am the admin/founder here at QOTO. Hello and welcome. Must have missed you as you seem to post sporadically.

How are you doing and how are you enjoying the community here at QOTO so far. I'd love to hear your perspectives.

Also what are your areas of interest, What sort of work do you do in the STEM field? How long have you been in STEM? Do you have any projects you've worked on you'd like to share. I haven't seen much in your profile about your STEM pursuits so would love to hear more about what you have going on.

Also if there is anything I can help you with, please feel free to reach out anytime.

Mwy o eira dros nos. #Ceredigion yn edrych yn hudol y bore 'ma.
More snow overnight. Ceredigion looking magical this morning.
#Pontrhydygroes #Elenydd

Here's my summary of today's #Covid19Cymru figures:
Cases down a fair bit. R stable. Deaths up (but I predicted that - yesterday was far too low). Ceredigion improving.

There were 1831 new cases reported today. That's the first time we've been under 2000 for over 3 weeks.
7-day average: 2182 - DOWN 47

R (estimate): 0.91 (UNCHANGED)
It actually falls a touch in the third decimal place, but given the time of year, when data are expected to be less reliable, we can't read anything into that.

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Yesterday I said that I believed the 13 deaths reported were "improbably" and "I expect a correction at some point". That happened today. The 65 reported is completely in line with expectations.
7-day average: 33.0 - UP 0.29

There were 13 new cases reported in #Ceredigion - the second lowest in Cymru (Môn has 9 today). The 7-day average is now 16.0 - DOWN 0.86
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One final word - please don't go out partying. We've been going the right direction in Cymru the last couple of weeks. But the virus is still out there and widespread. I think the new strain(s) probably haven't gained much ground here (that could explain why we're not suffering England's fate at the moment), but we do know it's here. If I'm right about that, this makes it even more important that we minimise our risks, so that we can keep going in the right direction.
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A man walks into a near-empty storefront, and asks the shopkeeper, pardon me, but are you out of meat? And the shopkeeper replies, ah, you're in the wrong place. We're out of fish. The store that's out of meat is across the street.

The only growth market Brexit has opened up for the UK is recycled Soviet-era Russian humor.

The #US may be having a bad time with nearly 4000 deaths a day from #Covid-19 and 20 million infections, the #UK has in the past couple of days had nearly 1000 deaths per day and over 50000 new infections per day. No wonder tighter measures are belatedly in place. Other parts of Europe are not doing too well either.

#Pandemic #Coronavirus

@matera First they came for Flash, but I did not speak out, because Flash was dead to me for almost a decade.

Then they came for JavaScript, but I did not speak out, because I block that shit for a reason.

Then they came for PHP, but I did not speak out, because I'd rather use literally anything else.

Then they came for Java, but I did not speak out, because I didn't run the JVM on any of my systems.

Then they came for Ruby, but I did not speak out, because Rails is a ghetto.

Then they came for C#, but I did not speak out, because I avoided .NET like the JVM.

Finally they came for me, and I invited them inside for tea and biscuits and thanked them for saving us from a future of webshit.

If you seriously think like the OP in this meme you can kindly go fuck yourself, thanks.

@freemo A long time ago, I'd be offended in your position. Now, I understand and accept that a large percentage of human beings are illogical and have mental disorders. Don't waste time trying to logic someone out of something they didn't logic themselves into.

Here's my summary of today's #Covid19Cymru figures:
Cases down. R up (but still well under 1). Deaths surprisingly low

There were 2281 cases reported today. Positivity (as someone observed yesterday) remains high, at around 30%.
7-day average: 2229 - DOWN 105)
R (estimate): 0.91 - UP 0.01

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This small rise in R is not of huge concern, but it's the second day in a row that it's gone up. It says the rate of fall is getting slower. But cases are still falling (R < 1).
It would be unwise to read much into this, given the irregularities of Christmas data.

13 new deaths were reported. That's surprisingly low for what should be a "normal" Wednesday. I'd go as far as to say that it's improbable, given the situation. I expect a correction at some point.
7-day average: 32.71 - DOWN 5.43
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The big disappointment in today's data is #Ceredigion. It seems this is a "catch-up" day after 2 days of very low figures. But I wouldn't have expected to see such a phenomenon at county level, where other counties seem to have been in line with their usual.
35 new cases: 7-day average 16.86 - UP 0.29
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@freemo Writing code is absolutely all about successive drafts. Even working code is usually not the last draft, I almost always redraft what I’ve done to make it clear to whoever will be reading it what’s going/what the important parts are

#Siberia #permafrost yields well-preserved #IceAge woolly #rhino | #Science | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/dec/30/siberia-permafrost-yields-well-preserved-ice-age-woolly-rhino

#Palaeontology #Russia #Evolution #Biology #Zoology #GlobalWarming #ClimateChange

Loving someone unconditionally while not letting yourself be destroyed by the bad times in their life is probably one of the hardest things to achieve. But my god if you can get there it is a wonderful place to be.