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Stanislaw Lem on Packaging Materials
by Ryan Carboni 24 Mar '20

24 Mar '20

Our mighty civilization strives for the production of commodities as impermanent as possible in packaging as permanent as possible. The impermanent product must soon be replaced by a new one, and this is good for the economy; the permanence of the packaging, on the other hand, makes its disposal difficult, and this promotes the further development of technology and organization. Thus the consumer copes with each consecutive article of junk on an individual basis, whereas for the removal of the packaging; special antipollution programs are required, sanitary engineering, the coordination of efforts, planning, purification and decontamination plants, and so on.

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Researchers demonstrate the missing link for a quantum internet
by jim bell 24 Mar '20

24 Mar '20

https://phys.org/news/2020-03-link-quantum-internet.html

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"Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity."
by Ryan Carboni 24 Mar '20

24 Mar '20

Stupidity still makes for one hell of a cover story. Stupidity doesn't absolve one from responsibility though.

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How South Korea Flattened the Curve
by coderman 23 Mar '20

23 Mar '20

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/23/world/asia/coronavirus-south-korea-flatt… THE INTERPRETER How South Korea Flattened the Curve The country showed that it is possible to contain the coronavirus without shutting down the economy, but experts are unsure whether its lessons can work abroad. By [Max Fisher](https://www.nytimes.com/by/max-fisher) and [Choe Sang-Hun](https://www.nytimes.com/by/choe-sang-hun) March 23, 2020Updated 6:38 p.m. ET No matter how you look at the numbers, one country stands out from the rest: South Korea. In late February and early March, the number of new coronavirus infections in the country exploded from a few dozen, to a few hundred, to several thousand. At the peak, medical workers identified 909 new cases in a single day, Feb. 29, and the country of 50 million people appeared on the verge of being overwhelmed. But less than a week later, the number of new cases [halved](https://www.cdc.go.kr/board/board.es?mid=a30402000000&bid=0030&act=view&list_no=366446&tag=&nPage=4). Within four days, it [halved again](https://www.cdc.go.kr/board/board.es?mid=a30402000000&bid=0030&act=view&list_no=366493&tag=&nPage=3) — [and again](https://www.cdc.go.kr/board/board.es?mid=a30402000000&bid=0030&act=view&list_no=366512&tag=&nPage=3) the next day. On Sunday, South Korea reported only [64 new cases](https://www.cdc.go.kr/board/board.es?mid=a30402000000&bid=0030), the fewest in nearly a month, even as infections in other countries continue to soar by the thousands daily, devastating health care systems and economies. Italy records several hundred deaths daily; South Korea has not had more than eight in a day. South Korea is one of only two countries with large outbreaks, alongside China, to [flatten the curve](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/03/19/world/coronavirus-fla… of new infections. And it has done so without China’s draconian restrictions on speech and movement, or economically damaging lockdowns like those in Europe and the United States. As global deaths from the virus surge past 15,000, officials and experts worldwide are scrutinizing South Korea for lessons. And those lessons, while hardly easy, appear relatively straightforward and affordable: swift action, widespread testing and contact tracing, and critical support from citizens. Yet other hard-hit nations did not follow South Korea’s lead. Some have began to show interest in emulating its methods — but only after the epidemic had accelerated to the point that they may not be able to control it any time soon. President Emmanuel Macron of France and Prime Minister Stefan Löfven of Sweden have both called South Korea’s president, Moon Jae-in, to request details on the country’s measures, according to Mr. Moon’s office. The head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has [hailed](https://www.who.int/dg/speeches/detail/who-director-general-s-openi… South Korea as demonstrating that containing the virus, while difficult, “can be done.” He urged countries to “apply the lessons learned in Korea and elsewhere.” South Korean officials caution that their successes are tentative. A risk of resurgence remains, particularly as epidemics continue raging beyond the country’s borders. Still, Scott Gottlieb, a former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, has repeatedly raised South Korea as a model, [writing on Twitter](https://twitter.com/ScottGottliebMD/status/1239037491241537536), “South Korea is showing Covid-19 can be beat with smart, aggressive public health.” Lesson 1: Intervene Fast, Before It’s a Crisis Just one week after the country’s first case was diagnosed in late January, government officials met with representatives from several medical companies. They urged the companies to begin immediately developing coronavirus test kits for mass production, promising emergency approval. Within two weeks, though South Korea’s confirmed cases remained in the double digits, thousands of test kits were shipping daily. The country now produces 100,000 kits per day, and officials say they are in talks with 17 foreign governments about exporting them. Officials also swiftly imposed emergency measures in Daegu, a city of 2.5 million where contagion spread fast through [a local church](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/10/world/asia/south-korea-coronavir…. “South Korea could deal with this without limiting the movement of people because we knew the main source of infection, the church congregation, pretty early on,” said Ki Mo-ran, an epidemiologist advising the government’s coronavirus response. “If we learned about it later than we did, things could have been far worse.” South Koreans, unlike Europeans and Americans, were also primed to treat the coronavirus as a national emergency, after a 2015 outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome in the country killed 38. The coronavirus is thought to have a [five-day incubation period](https://annals.org/aim/fullarticle/2762808/incubation-period-corona…, often followed by a period of mild symptoms that could be mistaken for a cold, when the virus is [highly communicable](https://www.statnews.com/2020/03/09/people-shed-high-levels-o…. This pattern creates a lag of a week or two before an outbreak becomes apparent. What looks like a handful of cases can be hundreds; what looks like hundreds can be thousands. “Such characteristics of the virus render the traditional response, which emphasizes lockdown and isolation, ineffective,” said Kim Gang-lip, South Korea’s vice health minister. “Once it arrives, the old way is not effective in stopping the disease from spreading.” Lesson 2: Test Early, Often and Safely South Korea has tested far more people for the coronavirus than any other country, enabling it to isolate and treat many people soon after they are infected. The country has conducted over 300,000 tests, for a per-capita rate more than 40 times that of the United States. “Testing is central because that leads to early detection, it minimizes further spread and it quickly treats those found with the virus,” Kang Kyung-wha, South Korea’s foreign minister, [told the BBC](https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-asia-51897979/coronavirus-south-kore…, calling the tests “the key behind our very low fatality rate as well.” Though South Korea is sometimes portrayed as having averted an epidemic, thousands of people were infected and the government was initially [accused of complacency](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/27/world/asia/coronavirus-sout…. Its approach to testing was designed to turn back an outbreak already underway. To spare hospitals and clinics from being overwhelmed, officials opened 600 testing centers designed to screen as many people as possible, as quickly as possible — and keep health workers safe by minimizing contact. At 50 drive-through stations, patients are tested without leaving their cars. They are given a questionnaire, a remote temperature scan and a throat swab. The process takes about 10 minutes. Test results are usually back within hours. At some walk-in centers, patients enter a chamber resembling a [transparent phone booth](https://www.scmp.com/video/coronavirus/3075969/south-korean-hospital…. Health workers administer throat swabs using thick rubber gloves built into the chamber’s walls. Relentless public messaging urges South Koreans to seek testing if they or someone they know develop symptoms. Visitors from abroad are required to download a smartphone app that guides them through self-checks for symptoms. Offices, hotels and other large buildings often use thermal image cameras to identify people with fevers. Many restaurants check customers’ temperatures before accepting them. Lesson 3: Contact Tracing, Isolation and Surveillance When someone tests positive, health workers retrace the patient’s recent movements to find, test — and, if necessary, isolate — anyone the person may have had contact with, a process known as contact tracing. This allows health workers to identify networks of possible transmission early, carving the virus out of society like a surgeon removing a cancer. South Korea developed tools and practices for aggressive contact tracing during the MERS outbreak. Health officials would retrace patients’ movements using security camera footage, credit card records, even GPS data from their cars and cellphones. “We did our epidemiological investigations like police detectives,” Dr. Ki said. “Later, we had laws revised to prioritize social security over individual privacy at times of infectious disease crises.” As the coronavirus outbreak grew too big to track patients so intensively, officials relied more on mass messaging. South Koreans’ cellphones vibrate with emergency alerts whenever new cases are discovered in their districts. Websites and smartphone apps detail hour-by-hour, sometimes minute-by-minute, timelines of infected people’s travel — which buses they took, when and where they got on and off, even whether they were wearing masks. People who believe they may have crossed paths with a patient are urged to report to testing centers. South Koreans have broadly accepted the loss of privacy as a necessary trade-off. People ordered into self-quarantine must download another app, which alerts officials if a patient ventures out of isolation. Fines for violations can reach $2,500. By identifying and treating infections early, and segregating mild cases to special centers, South Korea has kept hospitals clear for the most serious patients. Its case fatality rate is just over one percent, among the lowest in the world. Lesson 4: Enlist The Public’s Help There aren’t enough health workers or body-temperature scanners to track everybody, so everyday people must pitch in. Leaders concluded that subduing the outbreak required keeping citizens fully informed and asking for their cooperation, said Mr. Kim, the vice health minister. Television broadcasts, subway station announcements and smartphone alerts provide endless reminders to wear face masks, pointers on social distancing and the day’s transmission data. The messaging instills a near-wartime sense of common purpose. Polls show majority approval for the government’s efforts, with confidence high, panic low and scant hoarding. “This public trust has resulted in a very high level of civic awareness and voluntary cooperation that strengthens our collective effort,” Lee Tae-ho, the vice minister of foreign affairs, told reporters earlier this month. Officials also credit the country’s nationalized health care system, which guarantees most care, and special rules covering coronavirus-related costs, as giving even people with no symptoms greater incentive to get tested. Is The Korean Model Transferable? For all the attention to South Korea’s successes, its methods and containment tools are not prohibitively complex or expensive. Some of the technology the country has used is as simple as specialized rubber gloves and cotton swabs. Of the seven countries with worse outbreaks than South Korea’s, five are richer. Experts cite three major hurdles to following South Korea’s lead, none related to cost or technology. One is political will. Many governments have hesitated to impose onerous measures in the absence of a crisis-level outbreak. Another is public will. Social trust is higher in South Korea than in many other countries, particularly Western democracies beset by polarization and populist backlash. But time poses the greatest challenge. It may be “too late,” Dr. Ki said, for countries deep into epidemics to control outbreaks as quickly or efficiently as South Korea has. China turned back the catastrophic first outbreak in Hubei, a province larger than most European countries, though at the cost of shutting down its economy. South Korea’s methods could help the United States, though “we probably lost the chance to have an outcome like South Korea,” Mr. Gottlieb, the former F.D.A. commissioner, [wrote on Twitter](https://twitter.com/ScottGottliebMD/status/1238058027510575107). “We must do everything to avert the tragic suffering being borne by Italy.” Max Fisher reported from New York, and Choe Sang-Hun from Seoul, South Korea.

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Corona cash -- Fw: Aussie parliament: Hand out $84 billion in cash, then piss off for 5 months
by Zenaan Harkness 23 Mar '20

23 Mar '20

Take notice: --------------------------------------------------- OK, so with broad compliance (acceptance of the lock down) within our community obviating the "need" for a heavier "sanction against the unruly" such as electricity grid "lights out", and a steady ratcheting of the "don't panic" narrative so that folks are finally dawning with the awareness that "something's happening, may be I should buy some spare toilet paper and pasta", and finally the "Western" money reset on our doorstep, the Aussie parliament has done a sensible thing (from the point of view of TPTB) increasing welfare cheques by ~$250 per week. Then, they packed up parliament for the next 5 months. Literally. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-23/coronavirus-economic-stimulus-passes… Yes, you read that right. What does it mean? --------------------------------------------------- It means that welfare recipients in Australia (those who tend to live week to week at subsistence level) are about to get some relevant cash to stock up on toilet paper, pasta and potatoes, starting nowish, and first arriving (per the normal dole cycle) over the coming two weeks - also, these additional payments might continue for a couple of months it seems. Why is this is a "good thing"? --------------------------------------------------- Those otherwise unable, are now able to do a little stockpiling. If this is relevant to you, let's be grateful for how merciful this actually is. Seriously, if you have not done so already, take the steps you need to, to be ready for a month long "full" lock down! It may not be a full month, or it may end up being a little more. Some guess it should only need to be about two weeks. What does this predict? --------------------------------------------------- This tells us that folks should have two or three payment cycles (4 to six weeks) to get their house in order, set aside a few supplies for the Level 5 "hard" lockdown which is evidently coming. It also means we're perhaps about 3 months out from the global financial reset. Russia at least has positioned herself extraordinarily well for a beautiful sovereign seat! Thank you Putin! We shall soon see the beginnings of the shape of the new, this time multi polar, world order. Our gutless cowards in Canberra Australia have sold our nation out to the highest NWO bidder to the tune of about a trillion dollars, despite the fact we mine so much gold we could have fully backed our entire currency with about 10 years of our sovereign gold output! Alas, we are likely to repeat another "century of humiliation" as Rothschild's bitches. As some might say, "you get what you f#@4ing deserve"; howso? well, the fine conspiracy theorists at cypherpunks, anti-empire, duran, russia-insider and even Donald Trump himself prior to being elected, have been diligently highlighting certain conspiracies^Bfacts, for many years now, but humans, the sheeple or plebes or plebles, in general "just wanna watch the footy, stop bugging me moron!" Notwithstanding, again, let's be grateful for the reprieve right now, that almost everyone is being granted the means to stash some staples for the coming transition. ----- Forwarded message from Zenaan Harkness <zen(a)freedbms.net> ----- From: Zenaan Harkness <zen(a)freedbms.net> Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2020 09:47:50 +1100 Subject: Aussie parliament: Hand out $84 billion in cash, then piss off for 5 months Hand out $84 billion in cash, then piss off for 5 months :) Coronavirus stimulus package worth $84 billion passed without objection by Parliament https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-23/coronavirus-economic-stimulus-passes… ----- End forwarded message -----

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Cpunk Carl Johnson "CJ" "Toto": Listen To Me, Or Don't. *I* Am Listening To Me...
by John Young 23 Mar '20

23 Mar '20

>From: PerformanceArt PerformanceArt <performanceart709(a)hotmail.com> >Subject: Listen To Me, Or Don't. *I* Am Listening To Me... > ><https://finance.yahoo.com/news/dollar-dips-early-trading-kiwi-204656151.html>https://finance.yahoo.com/news/dollar-dips-early-trading-kiwi-204656151.html > >It was a few weeks ago, when I was incrementally buying small >quantities of food, silver and gold, and sanitizing supplies---while >being laughed at---that I saved, as a reminder, a couple of articles >that basically said, "WTF? This Financial/Medical Crisis Is >***DIFFERENT*** than the ones that have come before." >Over a decade ago I bought five gallon buckets of 'survival' >supplies and a quantity of precious metals and then stored them. I >didn't 'warn' anyone to do the same, or proclaim that I was >particularly more astute or smarter than those who didn't do so. In >fact, I didn't particularly think that was the case. I merely >thought it was a good move, like financial advisers who suggest that >one 'diversify' their risk between competing markets. >In the recent 'ascent' of the current 'crisis' I have been ahead of >the curve in getting out in front of it and the actions I have taken >have, so far, proven to have increased the survival and >sustainability of myself and those I love. >Maybe I have just been 'lucky' or maybe I have been 'right'... >It doesn't matter, because my sole purpose for this missive is to >urge my friends and family to give serious, rational thought to the >events that are currently taking place and to realize that they have >to take *responsibility* for their future and their ability to care >for those they love and humanity in general. >The article I have shared, above, is the 'first sign' of the US >dollar 'weakening' and beginning to stumble. Just like the 'first >signs' that the coronavirus was going to cause some problems. The >Russians purposefully abandoned the OPEC alliance in order to throw >a monkey wrench into the current state of our non-renewable >resources economy. Not because they have *bad* intentions, but >because they are looking for the best forward path for their own >country, economy and people. Saudi Arabia then took further >actions, in retaliation, because they are MORONS who don't fully >understand that they are playing into the hands of other countries, >like Russia and China, that are jockeying for position in replacing >the US as the go-to safe haven investment/currency source. Many >things are 'happening' and 'changing' behind the scenes that you and >I aren't privy to. >Do you want my *prediction* about how it is all going to play >out? Sorry, don't have a clue... >All I want to communicate to my friends and family is that things >are 'different' than they have been up to this point in time. I >have two copies of 'The Black Swan' so current events haven't 'surprised' me. >Stock up on whatever you need to carry you through uncertain >times. Get yourself some precious metals, some CryptoCurrency and a >supply...dare I say 'hoard'?...of good, old-fashioned fiat >currency. If any of the foregoing 'hits the skids' the others will >vastly increase in value. Have you ever had anyone tell you they >wouldn't accept a pound of gold for a loaf of bread? Me neither... > >Breaking News: Science Has Proven That If You Plant A Garden You >Are Less Likely To Go Hungry! >All I am saying, is that the only thing you can 'hoard' that has the >possibility of 'saving' you is...common sense. If you are receiving >this email, it is because I love you and that is what I want you to know. > >Your government may send you a check for a thousand dollars, to help >you out. Or a million, and coupons for a thousand loaves of >bread. The coronavirus may kill millions and totally destroy our >financial structure or it may just go away tomorrow. It has >happened before. The last 'crisis' came to the point where >everybody, those in power and the common citizen, wondered if >everything was going to 'implode' and destroy civilization as we >know it. It was avoided and we all went, "Whew!" and continued on >as if nothing had happened. ><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_economic_crises?fbclid=IwAR1l1qqua4SD…>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_economic_crises?fbclid=IwAR1l1qqua4SD… >If you want to PANIC!!! > >1st century >The Financial Panic of AD 33. >The result of the mass issuance of unsecured loans by main Roman >banking houses. >Well, it's been done before...many times...and we're still here. > >So, here's the deal... >What should you be doing in 'a time of crisis?' You should be doing >what you should have been doing all along. And you *know* what that >is...for you. I can't give you any advice, because I know what is >right for me, and you know what is right for you. Saint Peter >denied Christ three times, then picked himself up and did what he >knew he needed to do. Buddha sat under a tree until he 'figured it >out' and proceeded to live his life accordingly. Mahatma Ghandi >realized 'all men are brothers' and it gave him the strength to live >his life as if that were true. Mother Teresa had no fear of the >lepers, because she knew what she needed to do. >You know whatever it is you need to do. Do it. >If you decide that what you need to do is say, "Hey! I'll count on >California to grow all of my food and save nothing but fiat money >because the government said, 'Don't worry, we're *good* for it...'" >I will *cringe* but...good luck to you. >I have stored up some food because...I need to eat most every >day. I have bought some gold and silver because...it has been an >acceptable form of payment for thousands of years before Visa and >Master Card came along. I have some investments in CryptoCurrency >because it is the wave of our financial future...if everything >doesn't totally go to shit. I have a stash of fiat currency in case >the Powers That Be manage to keep *that* scam going in the >foreseeable future. And I'm planting a garden, tomorrow, because I >really, really, really like eating... > >This missive would be *thousands* of pages long if I were telling >you about all of the bad things I've done, and all of the ways in >which I have managed to screw up, but it is immeasurably shorter >because I am merely trying to inform you what I have done, lately, >that has proven to be effective for the current situation that we are all in. > >My hope is that this communication will inspire you to think about >*your* life and *your* values, contemplate the current state of your >environment and the world around you, and take steps to ensure that >you and those you love will emerge on the other side of whatever >'crisis'...real or imaginary...that currently exists, and find >yourself saying, "I feel pretty good about myself." > >Love You, >PerformanceArt 05987-196 >Proud To Be A Felon In AMERI???A

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Re: Trump Tests Positive For Coronavirus
by Cecilia Tanaka 23 Mar '20

23 Mar '20

On Fri, Mar 20, 2020, 01:53 billstewart(a)pobox.com <stewarts(a)sonic.net> wrote: > Fortunately, we're all working from home these days, so things being NSFW are much less of a problem :-) I was thinking about sharing a list with 50 p0rn sites received yesterday, but I don't know who made the compilation, it seems a teenager thing, and don't wanna to feel ashamed because another disastrous email, hahaha!!! ;D

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Trump Tests Positive For Coronavirus
by Cecilia Tanaka 22 Mar '20

22 Mar '20

http://washingtonposttimes.com/donald-trump-virus Bye, bye, Mr. President... Gordon was a good man. This rotten orange is not.

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Join with others of like mind/ spirit, or suffer the consequences - UN disarmament officers hiring in NY - [PEACE]
by Zigger the N.gger 22 Mar '20

22 Mar '20

SHTF time can't be too far away when the UN is directly hiring "English-speaking DISARMAMENT, DEMOBILIZATION, AND REINTEGRATION OFFICERS" in down town New York. "Just a crazy conspiracy" TFBPTP and the legacy stream media say... Why Is The UN Hiring English-Speaking Disarmament Officers In New York? https://www.zerohedge.com/political/why-un-hiring-english-speaking-disarmam… https://www.theorganicprepper.com/the-un-is-hiring-disarmament-officers-in-… ... The United Nations is hiring in New York. http://archive.is/u7RMj#selection-317.0-317.54 What positions are they trying to fill? English-speaking DISARMAMENT, DEMOBILIZATION, AND REINTEGRATION OFFICERS. This job was posted the day after Christmas. So for all the folks who have been saying “nobody is trying to take your guns” you might want to read this job listing and reconsider your opinion. ... Dey's comin fo ya guns, boy! Might wanna considcer the conditions for open season to be (not declared but) implicit in the actions of the UN/ USA/ Federal Reserve Bank - unlikely to be televised - be prepared, perhaps have your family be somewhere else. Need a few in dey inside, too. Good luck,

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CopWatch: Drone Wars Edition, Umbilical Power Tethers
by grarpamp 22 Mar '20

22 Mar '20

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=copwatch+drone https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=recording+police+with+drone Lawsuits... https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=copwatch+lawsuit+won VICE - Policing the Police: The Copwatch Movement https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKRWOeqRWZM Wannabee auditors auditing wannabee auditors... https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc-0YpRpqgA5lPTpSQ5uo-Q/videos https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=drone+power+tether

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