Acleacius wrote on Feb 28, 2021, 21:05:
All they had to do was get rid of that idiot carmack, who thought jump scares were a thing for doom 3.
He forced out others trying to correct him, now hopefully that he's gone for good.
MattyC wrote on Feb 28, 2021, 23:39:Scheherazade wrote on Feb 28, 2021, 15:22:
If you are gonna argue with me, argue with what I actually said.
-scheherazade
I’m your huckleberry... Hydroxychloroquine does is not a viable COVID treatment, full stop.
And for the record:Scheherazade wrote on Feb 28, 2021, 15:22:
if not, no loss to me.
I hope I just misunderstood you here, because it sure was a loss to people that actually needed that medication for things it is used to treat like RA and lupus.
WannaLogAlready wrote on Feb 28, 2021, 19:21:Scheherazade wrote on Feb 28, 2021, 15:22:
Depends on the study.
eg a quick google shows :
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.22.20040758v2
Pneumonia symotoms improved in 80% of HCQ group vs 55% of control group.
2 GCQ patients had adverse reactions.
In any case, there is a littany of studies. They range from HCQ helps, to HCQ has no significant effect.
There is also a difference between 'improves symptoms' and 'shortens disease', and different studies focus on different aspects.
In any case, the compound is inoculus to the vast vast majority of people. I already know I tolerate quinine, so I would have no reason not to try it. If it helps, good, if not, no loss to me.
-scheherazade
Scheherazade,
You base your opinion on a March 2020 study, nearly a year old, when both HCQ and Covid19, were barely under study ?
Speechless.
Beamer wrote on Feb 28, 2021, 16:13:wtf_man wrote on Feb 28, 2021, 13:25:
#5 Oh Hell no. I work hard for my paychecks. I do not want to pay for other people's medical, college, slavery reparations (My family wasn't even in this country then), living wage stipends (welfare on steroids). I don't get why you want to steal from people that work hard and give it to people that don't. I never understood that logic. And before you say "tax the rich"... that never works. They hire armies of accountants for the loopholes, or pass on the cost somehow, or move their money out of the country. And when there is a shortage to fund these "programs"... the middle / working class gets stuck with the bill and screwed. At least Bernie was honest regarding everyone's taxes go up.
You probably pay less than you take in, so you needn't worry. For example , you say you have kids. Even if they went to public school, their education took far more in tax dollars than you paid, total.
People like me subsidized your daughter's education. Remember that before you whine about subsidizing anyone else's.
WannaLogAlready wrote on Feb 28, 2021, 13:17:Scheherazade wrote on Feb 28, 2021, 12:56:Beamer wrote on Feb 28, 2021, 12:36:
The same people that whine about how untrustworthy politicians are get all their news and science from politicians
How is anyone still bringing up HCQ? Even Trump gave that one up 6 months ago.
How are some people so out of touch with reality?
Probably because HCQ helps some people very much.
Its downside is mainly that it doesn't reliably have an effect in every patient.
For some people they were recovering in half the time as others with the same condition at the time it was administered.
For other people it had no effect at all.
Meaning it's not dependable.
Since HCQ was created as a safer alternative to quinine for malaria treatment (Quinine is already safe enough to be sold at the grocery store (tonic water)), and HCQ is readily available, it's a decent add-on treatment to administer 'just in case it helps'.
HCQ was actually one of 3 compounds that China identified in the first few months as gaving some effect. They published their studies about it, which I read out of curiosity. HCQ was not actually the best compound, one other was twice as likely to help. But afaik HCQ was cheap and widely available.
It's a shame HCQ got politicised. It annoyed me how people dismissed it just because of the association with Trump.
-scheherazade
And here we go again spreading ignorant opinions 'cause hearsay and "reasons".
Those of a imbecile ignorant and willfully criminal president that heard about it in Fox or from a very interested big pharma donating "friend".
HCQ was dismissed because of the last full serious and finally complete scientific tests that required time and effort to produce.
And lives to be lost unfortunately : though not nearly as toxic as the other compound Scherezade mentions, HCQ has light noxious effects that will add to overwheming an already taxed organism.
Is China using it ?
No country is still supporting it, except Brasil's Trump, the wildly irresponsible Bolsonaro (who lost various Health Ministers already but what do doctors know, eh?), while panned by medics.
There are millions of dosis bought by the GOP states following the sainted word of their orange god, that nobody is using, nor wants, even free.
It's not people dismissing it, it's professionals, hospitals, doctors.
But every minute one clueless is born and all that.
Beamer wrote on Feb 28, 2021, 12:36:
The same people that whine about how untrustworthy politicians are get all their news and science from politicians
How is anyone still bringing up HCQ? Even Trump gave that one up 6 months ago.
How are some people so out of touch with reality?
The Half Elf wrote on Feb 25, 2021, 11:04:Cutter wrote on Feb 24, 2021, 20:59:
And what would the point of that be, Joe? We already know why there's a shortage. Rather, people would like to know what you'd actually do about it. Maybe like open some fab plants at home? The pandemic has illustrated more clearly than anything else the critical need to manufacture stuff in your own country. Canada, more than anyone else, desperately needs to learn that lesson. Fuck free trade.
Pervs order large number of pervy mousepads? Shocker.![]()
Why the fuck would I make stuff in the US? I can make millions on the dollar for some cheap asian labor, and install nets around the building to catch the suicidal workers.
OR
I could be like Elon Musk and move my business out of California (like many have done) because of the operating cost and state regulations.
So what exactly would the President do? Companies are in the business of making money right? From a buisness standpoint why would it make sense to open plants in the US?
ldonyo wrote on Feb 12, 2021, 13:19:
Elon should probably worry about turning Tesla cars into well-made Tesla cars before he starts trying to float them over the road.
The Flying Penguin wrote on Jan 12, 2021, 13:54:Simon Says wrote on Jan 12, 2021, 13:45:The Flying Penguin wrote on Jan 12, 2021, 13:40:
For the life of me, I don't understand why conservatives want to repeal section 230. I can only assume that because of Trump's misunderstanding of what it is (I'm sure he never bothered to read it, since he couldn't be bothered to read the Constitution in the last four years), and his constant repeating of the 'repeal 230' chant, everyone is just buying into it.
Probably the same stupidity as the left's 'defund the police' mantra.
Now don't be disingenuous. You're comparing apples to oranges. The "left" ( rest of the world's center ) has been pretty clear what they meant "defund the police", they meant to reduce it's funding to:
-Demilitarize it.
-Divert some of the funding to social programs.
-Reduce the police's workload by letting other organisms funded by the social programs deal with calls that have nothing to do with crimes and which police routinely bungles and has no training to deal with, often resulting in tragic unnecessary deaths and violence from the police.
-Other provisions I don't remember which are as clear as those stated above.
Not being disingenuous at all. It's a marketing slogan. Something easy to yell over a bullhorn, but unfortunately it's a poor choice of words.
I know what they mean by it, but it just gives the Right, fuel to mis represent it. Obama himself pointed this out after the election. He specifically called out using the phrase 'defund the police' as what likely caused the loss of house seats.
I'm a left leaning independent, and fully support the idea of 'demilitarizing the police' (there, a better slogan, I offer it royalty free for anyone's use).
You and I may understand what it means, but you and I read a wide range of news sources. Conservatives (even the reasonable moderate ones) get their news from Fox or worse, and they constantly take the literal meaning of the phrase and use it to stoke fear of the 'socialist agenda'.
I have lot's of reasonable conservative friends, not MAGA hat wearing nut jobs, who nonetheless, still believe that 'defund the police' is literal. They don't read the New York Times.
We've become a sound bite society. And that's a lousy sound bite.
Chipp0r wrote on Jan 10, 2021, 16:30:
We live in interesting times
- China is laughing at the western world for it's treatment and handling of the coronavirus which has brought huge expense and deaths due to a slow to react government and unwilling population to adhere to rules because we so used to being liberal and free.
- The strongest nation on earth elects a right wing narcissistic as president and is able to rile and maintain a loyal following.
- UK shot themselves in the foot with Brexit.
These make troubling times for western countries - As a string of bad decisions left up to the will of the people has caused all the above to happen and continue to persist. As social media continues to dominate and provide every person in every household their own echo-chambered view of life, these problems will deepen. We talk to people less to get other views, we understand less and less about the reality we live in thus we care less and ultimately, we'll be a race of selfish idiots being ruled by a rich elite and vain media superstars.
This is exactly like watching a Black Mirror episode and unless something is bravely done to take us off this path we're going then I do fear for the future.
HorrorScope wrote on Jan 3, 2021, 19:15:
Firefox doesn't need a facelift.
VaranDragon wrote on Dec 16, 2020, 04:45:
I wonder if the 3080Ti is going to be as powerful as the 3090RTX.
Cutter wrote on Nov 30, 2020, 13:36:
Been mulling over getting a new mouse and KB. Anyone have any suggestions? I'm considering getting one of those new lightweight mouses. This seems like good value for the money - Lightweight Wired Gaming Mouse, 26 RGB Backlit USB Gaming Mice & 7 Buttons Programmable Driver,PAW3325 12000DPI. I was considering the Steelseries Aerox 3 but shipping is $40 on those so no. Keeping in mind I'm not a pro gamer or even really FPS anymore I don't need uber top of the line gear.
With the keyboard I'm looking for something RBG individual key programmable, quiet - no clicky keys, and something that's easy to disassemble to clean. I'll never understand why so many keyboards are so difficult to take apart to clean. Ideally in the $100 or, preferably, less category. Thanks
Burrito of Peace wrote on Nov 14, 2020, 13:39:
1: Go AMD! About time you roared back to life on all fronts.
2: HighPoint? Hard, HARD pass.