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cdev:
Obviously shifting to distance education is a big change.

A hot new thing there is virtual labs/simulated labs.

For example, here its described in a Nature article.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-06831-1

It seems to me as if despite electronics getting a huge head start with tons of EDA software already being available, that it would be hard to take any discipline and adequately simulate it because certain things just have to be learned by experiencing them.

But what do I know? Maybe I am just being old fashioned.

I like tinkering, thats the big draw of electronics for me.

coppice:

--- Quote from: cdev on June 05, 2020, 02:57:53 pm ---Obviously shifting to distance education is a big change.

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Most evidence to date says distance education just won't work. Really smart people do great with distance learning. Most people struggle - i.e. all those people who would typically get some assistance from the really smart people in the group when they learn together. MOOCs were flavour of the month for a while, but despite trying various strategies they are struggling to stay relevant.
cdev:
Big parts of the US, rural areas, dont even have broadband in any form yet! The providers just dont see it as profitable. That also may mean no phone coverage too.

It seems like putting in a national brodband network might have been a really good idea in Australia.

--- Quote from: coppice on June 05, 2020, 03:25:31 pm ---
--- Quote from: cdev on June 05, 2020, 02:57:53 pm ---Obviously shifting to distance education is a big change.

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Most evidence to date says distance education just won't work. Really smart people do great with distance learning. Most people struggle - i.e. all those people who would typically get some assistance from the really smart people in the group when they learn together. MOOCs were flavour of the month for a while, but despite trying various strategies they are struggling to stay relevant.

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edavid:

--- Quote from: james_s on June 03, 2020, 06:39:29 pm ---Things were really starting to look optimistic here in the Seattle area very recently, but then all these protests and riots broke out so I would not be surprised if we see a massive resurgence. If I were trying to think of a way to spread Covid to as many people as possible, a massive protest with thousands of people in close proximity screaming and yelling and marching all over a major city sounds like an absolutely ideal way to do it.

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The outdoor transmission rate is very, very low.  There's so much more air to dilute the droplets.

(Around here, the protesters are very conscientious about wearing masks, but it probably doesn't matter.)
james_s:

--- Quote from: edavid on June 06, 2020, 04:29:13 am ---The outdoor transmission rate is very, very low.  There's so much more air to dilute the droplets.

(Around here, the protesters are very conscientious about wearing masks, but it probably doesn't matter.)

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I hope so, but I'm not exceedingly confident. If Covid does start spreading like wildfire again we'll be right back where we started and I don't know that we could go through another round of months of lockdowns without suffering a total economic collapse.

On the other hand, if the protests don't result in a large spike in infections then we can be a lot more confident in opening things back up, at least outdoor things. Even under the best of circumstances we're going to be feeling the effects of the pandemic for a decade or more. Once things reopen there will be a huge rebound of pent up demand for things but eventually reality of the enormous debt accrued will catch up to us. Even as things stand, all the people who have fallen behind on their rent and mortgages are going to have to pay the piper. The eviction moratoriums will expire eventually and most people who are months behind will never be able to catch up.
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