VaranDragon wrote on Dec 3, 2020, 09:54:
If this is your takeaway from what I wrote then I feel very sorry for you my friend. You seem to suffer from a very specific set of cognitive dissonance.

DukeFNukem wrote on Dec 3, 2020, 09:48:

People die all the time on airplanes, motorcycles, trains, skydiving, rock climbing. Why take the chance? Sure the statistics of people who die flying on planes is small, but still, why take the chance? Anybody got any stories of somebody they know who died on a plane or motorcycle so that we can be safe by not doing those things any more? *face palm*

DukeFNukem wrote on Dec 3, 2020, 09:48:

VaranDragon wrote on Dec 3, 2020, 02:57:
Let me share my experience with Covid. It's relatively light compared to what was written here but it is still sobering as to how dangerous it can be.

So I play in a a band. We got together for rehearsal about two and a half weeks ago on a Sunday. We were avoiding playing together up until then as there are no gigs to be had during this time, but on Monday we were due in a recording studio to record a new tune and felt we had to practice it some. We played for about an hour and a half, two tops. All of us were healthy no symptoms. The very next day, early in the morning our singer let us know that he developed flu like symptoms with a body temperature of 38.5. We all went into self-isolation just as a precaution. Anyways to cut a long story short, he managed to infect ALL of us. Yes we all got tested. That's 5 other people that were there (4 others in band, 1 producer who was with us for 15 minutes!) All of us developed relatively mild, flu like symptoms except for our other guitarist, who developed early onset pneumonia had pretty high body temperature for two weeks before finally pulling through. He is still bedridden. They wouldn't admit him to a hospital due to being swamped by more serious cases of Covid 19. Gave him some antibiotics and sent him home.

100% infection rate from our singer who we later found out attended a wedding three days prior and didn't let us know. (Where he probably got infected).

Im not saying everyone is that infectious, but apparently there are people out there who are.

So yeah. There it is. Stay safe. For most this is a trivial disease, but why take the chance you end up being one of the few for whom it isn't. Or even worse, infect someone else who ends up having serious complications.

A body temperature of 38.5? Was he dead? You mean 98.5, okay.

Stay safe how? By not living your life at all? By letting fear of a germ rule every aspect of your very existence? Why take the chance? Because life is a chance. Because everybody dies. There are now over 12 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the United States. If you know anything about exponents, you know that there is nothing you can do to prevent the spread now short of immersing yourself in a black pod filled with red jello and a breathing tube and remaining in suspended animation for the rest of your life.

People die all the time on airplanes, motorcycles, trains, skydiving, rock climbing. Why take the chance? Sure the statistics of people who die flying on planes is small, but still, why take the chance? Anybody got any stories of somebody they know who died on a plane or motorcycle so that we can be safe by not doing those things any more? *face palm*

Statistics tell us what we need to fear. And statistics show us that COVID-19 is really nothing to be fearful of. The less exposure you have to viruses the more weak your immune system becomes. You're not going to prevent anything from spreading at this point by looking like a mental patient because you're wearing a mask, when driving down the highway in your car with a mask on.

With a 99% + recovery rate for most people and a 95%+ recovery rate for elderly people it's insane that were still talking about this bitch called COVID-19 as though it were the most ferocious killing virus on the planet. It's not. The only pandemic going on right now is one of brainwashing people into thinking that the only solution to a virus that has one of the lowest case fatality rates in history is a rushed vaccine. Sorry, vaccines aren't magic bullets for old people. Everybody dies.

When they can produce a vaccine that gives me eternal life I might be interested in that one. Until then, it's all snakeoil sales gimmicks. It's all about the Benjamins!

Mr. Tact wrote on Dec 3, 2020, 09:06:
I'd have to say that's very irresponsible of your singer. If I were you, I'd be extremely unhappy with him...

WannaLogAlready wrote on Dec 2, 2020, 19:13:
My father passed on november 26th.
Pneumonia and Covid, 95 years old.
He was very healthy and spry before, lived very well and had a kind wife (no symptoms so far).
Take care all.

RedEye9 wrote on Dec 2, 2020, 18:46:
I think I mentioned before that the i5 3570k was the go to cpu for it's time.
I wish I'd bought one but i cheapened out and went with the $120 AMD A10-5800K, if memory serves the 3570 was closer to $230.

WannaLogAlready wrote on Dec 2, 2020, 19:13:
My father passed on november 26th.
Pneumonia and Covid, 95 years old.
He was very healthy and spry before, lived very well and had a kind wife (no symptoms so far).
Take care all.

WannaLogAlready wrote on Dec 2, 2020, 19:13:
My father passed on november 26th.
Pneumonia and Covid, 95 years old.
He was very healthy and spry before, lived very well and had a kind wife (no symptoms so far).
Take care all.

jdreyer wrote on Dec 2, 2020, 17:30:

Steele Johnson wrote on Dec 2, 2020, 17:08:
Ahh, the good 'ol 286 processor, back in the day when you upgraded your cpu every 6 months. And here we are today, using our 5 - 10 year old cpus. Funny how times change

Yeah, my Intel 3570K Core i5 is 8.5 years old, and still chugging. I don't really notice any problem with games. I keep meaning to upgrade to a new AMD, but since this one still works fine, I have a hard time justifying it to myself.

Burrito of Peace wrote on Dec 2, 2020, 14:04:
The only thing I could add would be to echo her last three sentences. Wear a mask. Wear it properly. Stay home.

Blue wrote on Dec 2, 2020, 17:19:

Steele Johnson wrote on Dec 2, 2020, 17:08:
Ahh, the good 'ol 286 processor, back in the day when you upgraded your cpu every 6 months. And here we are today, using our 5 - 10 year old cpus. Funny how times change

I was thinking the exact same thing when I went back and saw I built this machine in September 2013. For this I even used a previous-generation CPU at the time. The fourth-gen Core 2 processors were already out, but I got an i5-3570K. I overclocked it to 4GHz and it's still running like a top seven years later. I definitely upgraded within 6 months at least once back in the day.

Steele Johnson wrote on Dec 2, 2020, 17:08:
Ahh, the good 'ol 286 processor, back in the day when you upgraded your cpu every 6 months. And here we are today, using our 5 - 10 year old cpus. Funny how times change

Steele Johnson wrote on Dec 2, 2020, 17:08:
Ahh, the good 'ol 286 processor, back in the day when you upgraded your cpu every 6 months. And here we are today, using our 5 - 10 year old cpus. Funny how times change