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drussell:

--- Quote from: Bud on March 24, 2020, 08:10:16 pm ---Oh-oh
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The default quality.  You can still change it manually.

I believe Netflix was doing something similar in some areas.

Bud:
I do not think i can change youtube quality on my TV.

paulca:
A quote that has haunted me for days. 


--- Quote ---It seems totally incredible to me now that everyone spent that evening as though it were just like any other. From the railway station came the sound of shunting trains, ringing and rumbling, softened almost into melody by the distance. It all seemed so safe and tranquil...

Around me, the daily routine of life; working, eating, sleeping, was continuing serenely as it had for countless years.

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H.G.Wells - War of the Worlds - Jeff Wayne adaption - The Eve of the War | Horsell Common

nctnico:

--- Quote from: paulca on March 24, 2020, 08:15:00 pm ---A quote that has haunted me for days. 


--- Quote ---It seems totally incredible to me now that everyone spent that evening as though it were just like any other. From the railway station came the sound of shunting trains, ringing and rumbling, softened almost into melody by the distance. It all seemed so safe and tranquil...

Around me, the daily routine of life; working, eating, sleeping, was continuing serenely as it had for countless years.

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H.G.Wells - War of the Worlds - Jeff Wayne adaption - The Eve of the War | Horsell Common

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Every fiction can become reality at some point. We got the flip-phones from Star Trek too.

iMo:

--- Quote from: nctnico on March 24, 2020, 08:00:17 pm ---
--- Quote from: SiliconWizard on March 24, 2020, 06:36:34 pm ---Oh, and if masks don't work, why do all the medical practitioners currently wear one? Explain the conundrum.

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The point is that medical practitioners know how to use masks properly. The general public does not and that likely causes more harm than good. A mask has a limited useful life, needs to be handled right, disposed right, etc. It is pretty much the same discussion when isolation transformers come into play. If you drill down deeper you'll see that there are a lot of (not so obvious) conditions that need to be met for an isolation transformer to increase safety instead of actually reducing safety.

See these mask wearing guidelines from the WHO:
https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public/when-and-how-to-use-masks
Quote from the top video 'If you do not have symptoms then don't use a mask because there is no evidence it protects you'.

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I've never ever heard or seen somebody saying those general public face masks can protect you against the virus. In opposite, all say "be aware the simple masks do not protect against the virus".  All what CDC or WHO says is true, absolutely. The argument "you need trained medical personnel who can handle masks properly" is perfectly valid for laboratory and medical environment where the personnel is exposed to bacterial or viral infection.

The general public masks (ie DIY) protect the environment around the Wearer from droplets he/she is spreading by coughing and sneezing and talking (with some efficiency). Those are his/her droplets with his/her viruses and his/her bacteria caught by the mask he/she is wearing. That has been explicitly said here many times, afaik.

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