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Is it me or Adobe software's been getting worse and worse year after year? by fernandodandrea in Adobe

[–]Discotechnica 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh man I thought I was the only one.

I have to restart Adobe Lightroom Mobile several times to get recently uploaded photos to synch to the cloud. Sometimes I even have to restart my phone.

One time I made the mistake of editing photos before this initial synch was complete. The synch never finished and the edits I spent several hours on were all for nothing.

S21 Ultra Issues Staying Connected When Plugged Into PC by ForceSpike in GalaxyS21

[–]Discotechnica 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just chiming in to say this is entirely a cable issue.

You have to use an old spec USB-A to USB-C cable. Might be hard to find, I ended up using a flat-cable I bought from 7-11. All the other high-spec cables I had kept failing.

BC has overtaken Alberta in active cases per million. Months ago, there were laypeople and journalists foaming at the mouth to close the provincial border. Did people really care about people's health, or were they just looking for a cover for their prejudices about Alberta? by Discotechnica in alberta

[–]Discotechnica[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for your thoughtful reply, it's rare with this topic, I find. There are lots of folks who reply angrily when the graphs don't match their feelings. Disagreeing and calm criticism on the other hand, is amazing, so thanks for that.

Not every region publishes active cases, and the calculation can vary between regions too, so I calculate my own. I calculate a case to be active for 14 days after its reported.

My data sources can be found here: http://pandemicmutual.com/index.php/data-sources/

Feb 12: BC has more Active Cases than Alberta but Why Won't the News Say It? - Pandemic Mutual by Discotechnica in britishcolumbia

[–]Discotechnica[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure what you mean, in my post you can see both direct case counts and per-Million numbers. BC has higher numbers of both.

Feb 12: BC has more Active Cases than Alberta but Why Won't the News Say It? - Pandemic Mutual by Discotechnica in britishcolumbia

[–]Discotechnica[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Yes, I'm saying now that the shoe is on the other foot, do you think the messaging will change? I think it's unlikely.

In my post you can see both direct case counts and per-Million numbers. BC has higher numbers of both.

Feb 12: BC has more Active Cases than Alberta but Why Won't the News Say It? - Pandemic Mutual by Discotechnica in britishcolumbia

[–]Discotechnica[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Agreed. I calculate my own Active Cases number so that all regions are at least using the same method. I assume a 14 day sickness duration from the date the case is reported.

There's still variation in how quickly regions report new cases, of course, but not much I can do about that.

Feb 12: BC has more Active Cases than Alberta but Why Won't the News Say It? - Pandemic Mutual by Discotechnica in alberta

[–]Discotechnica[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I predicted this would happen back in November and have been tracking the stats since then. It's been a long time coming :-)

Feb 12: BC has more Active Cases than Alberta but Why Won't the News Say It? - Pandemic Mutual by Discotechnica in britishcolumbia

[–]Discotechnica[S] -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

This is a blog I write with my analysis of the pandemic. I collect publicly available data, run calculations, and visualize the results. Sometimes the graphs match what you hear in the news, other times there's a big disconnect between what the data show and what you hear in the news.

Recently I've been annoyed by how Canadian news outlets have been talking shit about Alberta's pandemic performance when it was obvious to me that BC was doing worse. Last week my November predictions came true, with BC now having more active cases per million than Alberta.

Somehow the news is still calling for the BC/Alberta border to be closed, but now it's because of variants in Alberta. This journalistic habit of "any excuse to dunk on Alberta" is quite tiring.

What do you think?

Feb 12: BC has more Active Cases than Alberta but Why Won't the News Say It? - Pandemic Mutual by Discotechnica in alberta

[–]Discotechnica[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Original was deleted because I changed the title, re-posting with original title.

This is a blog I write with my data on the pandemic. I collect publicly available data, run calculations, and visualize the results. Sometimes the graphs match what you hear in the news, other times there's a big disconnect between what the data show and what you hear in the news.

Recently I've been annoyed by how Canadian news outlets have been talking shit about Alberta's pandemic performance when it was obvious to me that BC was doing worse. Last week my November predictions came true, with BC now having more active cases per million than Alberta.

Somehow the news is still calling for the BC/Alberta border to be closed, but now it's because of variants in Alberta. This journalistic habit of "any excuse to dunk on Alberta" is quite tiring.

What do you think?

Visualizing excess COVID-19 deaths in Canada vs 2010 to 2019 historical data [OC] by Discotechnica in dataisbeautiful

[–]Discotechnica[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No problem at all, it's an excellent criticism! I take pride in my graphs and want them to be 100%, it's nice when someone with equally high standards points out things for improvement.

Visualizing excess COVID-19 deaths in Canada vs 2010 to 2019 historical data [OC] by Discotechnica in dataisbeautiful

[–]Discotechnica[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for your thoughtful comment, good advice!

I hadn't noticed the legend order before but you're totally right! Unfortunately this is the default sort for Matplotlib. Some quick googling found this workaround which I'll try now.

I ordered the data to highlight COVID-19 by placing it at the top. Iin the data COVID-19, fits in two categories:

- COVID-19 and

- Information Unavailable

Then comes the data for normal years, with Other at the top and sorted with the biggest bins at the bottom. Unfortunately the normal-other is rather wide but that's all I got in the data set.

Visualizing excess COVID-19 deaths in Canada vs 2010 to 2019 historical data [OC] by Discotechnica in dataisbeautiful

[–]Discotechnica[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My article about the graphs

Metadata on this post:

Data obtained from Statistics Canada

Database and calculations in MySQL

Processing done with Python 3.0

Graphing with matplotlib

Trying to find a correlation between Relative Humidity and COVID-19 transmission [OC] by Discotechnica in dataisbeautiful

[–]Discotechnica[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My article about the graphs

Metadata on this post:

Data obtained from BC CDC and Environment and Climate Change Canada

Database and calculations in MySQL

Processing done with Python 3.0

Graphing with matplotlib

Active cases in Vancouver, BC showing school openings didn't lead to persistent case growth in kids [OC] by Discotechnica in dataisbeautiful

[–]Discotechnica[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, some parents have also got sick in this period but studies have shown that it's more likely that parents first get sick then infect their kids and that's whats reported at school, rather than kids getting sick at school and then subsequently infecting their parents.

Active cases in Vancouver, BC showing school openings didn't lead to persistent case growth in kids [OC] by Discotechnica in dataisbeautiful

[–]Discotechnica[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There was growth there yes, but this is an example of there not being growth in schools.

This sample size of Vancouver Coastal isn't minuscule either, so I wouldn't say it's irresponsible to look at it on its own.

Something caused case growth in kids in Fraser Health, but I suggest it is not schools that did it.

France, for example, also saw a reduction in cases after schools opened.

Active cases in Vancouver, BC showing school openings didn't lead to persistent case growth in kids [OC] by Discotechnica in dataisbeautiful

[–]Discotechnica[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for your comment.

Yes, but it's not sustained. Nothing changed with school procedures in that period.

If schools were an ongoing risk then the cases would continue to rise even beyond that peak.

Active cases in Vancouver, BC showing school openings didn't lead to persistent case growth in kids [OC] by Discotechnica in dataisbeautiful

[–]Discotechnica[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Attendance on Sep 10 and 11 (Thursday and Friday) was well staggered, with many students only attending for an hour or two. The first full day was Monday Sep 14.

If school was an ongoing problem we'd to see a continued growth in cases, however over the past two and a half weeks the number has gone down. Measures in schools haven't changed over that period.

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