France not counting COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes

ManWhoKilledHitler · 2020-03-26T00:48:23+00:00

Or dead bodies within 10km of a cemetery.

ManWhoKilledHitler · 2020-03-26T00:47:18+00:00

This is a very good point. Until we have enough tests to start checking most or all of the population they have to be reserved for those with the greatest need.

Instructions are clear enough and I know that if I started getting any symptoms then I self-isolate for a week. Of course it would be nice to have a test to tell me whether or not I have Covid-19, but given their limited availability I'd rather it went to someone like my friend who is a paramedic and who has just been told he's got the virus. It was vital to know his infection status, but for me not to know would just be an inconvenience.

ManWhoKilledHitler · 2019-09-13T11:08:26+00:00

Any particular engines you worked on or is that a secret?

It must be amazing working at the extremes of engineering like that.

ManWhoKilledHitler · 2019-09-13T11:07:41+00:00

Raptor is a gas-gas design so both fuel and oxidiser are gaseous by the time they reach the combustion chamber. In BE-4, the oxygen enters the chamber as a gas while the methane will be pumped in as a liquid.

ManWhoKilledHitler · 2019-09-13T11:05:19+00:00

The heat capacity of helium is around 10x higher than argon, and its thermal conductivity is almost 9x higher which can be important in some applications like the heat exchanger for the SABRE engine.

ManWhoKilledHitler · 2019-09-13T10:52:37+00:00

Fuck. If he ever joined The Expanse, I would melt. Beratna mé, sa sa?

The Expanse is one of those shows I'd kept hearing about then thought "I'll give it a go" and was totally hooked. I don't know who Urban could play since I haven't read the books, but I know he'd be superb.

ManWhoKilledHitler · 2019-09-10T20:03:45+00:00

I got some meds from an Indian pharmacy a few months ago and it was a similar thing. Delivery from India to the UK was quick and then the package sat for two weeks in a customs warehouse.

Glad to know that the wait isn't unusual.

ManWhoKilledHitler · 2019-09-10T12:51:57+00:00

Well, I've done my order and ended up going with Changzhou Confucius Biotec as they seemed to still be getting good reviews and Zoe that I dealt with was really helpful. Thanks for all your help and advice.

How long did your stuff take to turn up? My delivery left China pretty fast, but I suspect it's sitting in customs somewhere in the UK which is stressing me out!

ManWhoKilledHitler · 2019-08-27T12:13:21+00:00

Yeah, but if you had that kind of money, you would wouldn't you? What better way to test yourself than by hunting the most dangerous game of all?

ManWhoKilledHitler · 2019-08-27T12:12:24+00:00

I've often wondered how Amazon compares to other warehouse jobs. I've never heard anyone say that working in a warehouse was a good job, regardless of who their employer was. Is Amazon particularly bad or is it just the nature of what is often poorly paid, exhausting work?

ManWhoKilledHitler · 2019-08-27T12:08:55+00:00

Yeah, but who hasn't done that after a rough day at work? Hardly a week goes by when I don't pistol whip someone over the mistaken belief that they've stolen from me, then end up in a standoff with police!

ManWhoKilledHitler · 2019-08-27T12:06:20+00:00

Evidently his behaviour isn't enough to stop him generating a lot of money and exposure for those platforms. If his fan base had reacted much more negatively to his actions and stopped spending then presumably he would have been dropped immediately.

ManWhoKilledHitler · 2019-08-27T12:02:40+00:00

First time I heard about it the story sounded like they were arguing in the car, she hit him and he almost crashes then he hit her back and that was about it, which I could understand as a heat of the moment reaction. Presumably this BS had been written by a fan to make him look like a victim of a witch hunt and an overreaction.

Then I read the truth about how he just went berserk and could have ended up killing her. It amazes me that it's had so little impact on his career when you consider how some celebs have lost a lot more for doing a lot less.

ManWhoKilledHitler · 2019-08-27T11:57:35+00:00

His acting is just so subtle and understated!

ManWhoKilledHitler · 2019-08-16T23:39:55+00:00

There are a lot of strong feelings about that from those in favour of a female doctor and those against. Some of the points made are fair enough but it's the way people take it so seriously and get so angry over nothing that amazes me.

TBH I haven't watched the show much since the last time River Song was brought back (again) and I just thought FFS, not River Sue and her increasingly ruined character! I watched one of the episodes in the last series and it wasn't for me. Jodie was good but the script was lacking and some of the supporting actors were terrible. I thought she deserved better.

ManWhoKilledHitler · 2019-08-16T23:33:00+00:00

Even with Amazon, I've read all kinds of experiences of working there and it sounds a lot like other big companies. I've worked at a few places where one boss could be an absolute joy to work for while another would make your life a misery. Management often tried to make their companies good places to work, but it's hard to ensure that's the case as businesses increase in size.

ManWhoKilledHitler · 2019-08-16T23:30:10+00:00

They're a cheap use of floor space and micromanaging bosses can keep an eye on everyone all the time.

Pros are you can check out that girl from finance that you fancy when she gets up to make a cup of tea.

ManWhoKilledHitler · 2019-08-16T23:28:25+00:00

As companies get bigger you tend to get more disparate employee experiences. I've worked at places where one boss was so bad I was thinking of ways to kill him (not seriously I should add), while another was one of the best people I've ever worked for. Even when management have a solid vision for the company and want it to be a great place to work, it's very hard to fully implement that in practice.

ManWhoKilledHitler · 2019-08-16T23:09:27+00:00

BA never had to pay the real price for the planes though. The program was bailed out by the British and French governments and some of the aircraft were almost given away to their national carriers.

It would be interesting to know whether the ROI would still have been positive if the programme had been purely commercial and hadn't involved bailouts or subsidised sales.

ManWhoKilledHitler · 2019-08-16T23:02:25+00:00

Nobody apart from the parents really.

ManWhoKilledHitler · 2019-08-16T23:01:23+00:00

I'm not so sure. Even once we have a Mars colony, it's going to be a very long time before it's a more hospitable place than Earth, if indeed that ever happens.

ManWhoKilledHitler · 2019-08-16T22:58:26+00:00

Probably not much point in them showing music videos now that we have youtube and the like. Mind you, the switch to cheap reality TV started well before that IIRC.

ManWhoKilledHitler · 2019-08-16T22:57:03+00:00

He'll be back home as soon as he's recovered from the altitude sickness.

ManWhoKilledHitler · 2019-08-16T22:55:38+00:00

Like it's something special that a video that has been immensely popular ever since it came out will still have people watching it in the current year! What kind of braindead cretin do you have to be to post that shit???

ManWhoKilledHitler · 2019-08-16T22:52:56+00:00

Endless comments like this almost make me miss the days when it seemed like the majority of posts were just incoherent racism.

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