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Working From Home - Impacts of Coronavirus

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Nusa:

--- Quote from: bd139 on March 22, 2020, 12:25:57 pm ---Yep. No frying pan? ESD metal tray with a couple of 25W resistors on it and a bench supply  8)

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Hot dogs are easy. Two nails and a mains cord. Learned that one when I was a kid.

donotdespisethesnake:

--- Quote from: james_s on March 21, 2020, 11:45:58 pm ---I think we'd be far better off if most people were sensible and composed and just stayed calm and took a few sensible precautions. Panicked and complacent people are both part of the problem and get in the way of those working on solutions.

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In your fantasy world, where everyone behaves sensibly like you, everything works out fine for the survivors. ("Every man for himself").

In the real world, people are not "sensible and composed and just stayed calm and took a few sensible precautions". Letting thousands of people die needlessly is not an option. Now do you understand the problem?

engrguy42:
I was at home all last week, and our company mandated it on Wednesday. And it will probably continue for the foreseeable future.

And while normally that would be a good thing (partly because I have a REAL computer at home, not the POS they hand out at work), in this environment it's freakin' depressing. Mostly because of the the hysterical click-bait doomsayers in the media, in internet forums, etc. The thought that there's this cloud hanging over and you can't do your normal daily stuff puts a damper on everything. Even if you wouldn't normally be running around doing stuff, just the thought of this big problem makes everything kinda depressing. 

On one hand I'll admit the overreaction is a good thing if it gets people to be super cautious and isolate and not spread this thing. But geez, these predictions of doom by self-proclaimed experts who have no clue what they're talking about are just useless, and only serve to upset everyone, and throw rationality out the window.

In my area basically all the stores are closed with the exception of supermarkets, WalMart and other food stores. The local university is operating online only, but when I drive thru it seems like 50% of the dorms are still occupied, with students walking around in groups like nothing's happening.

Strangely, it's guaranteed that when they get a 3 day holiday or spring break the campus is suddenly totally empty. Go figure. But hey, I'm just a boomer, so clearly they know something I don't.   

tom66:
I feel like this article is worth a read:
https://medium.com/wintoncentre/how-much-normal-risk-does-covid-represent-4539118e1196

nctnico:

--- Quote from: EEVblog on March 22, 2020, 09:50:37 am ---Looks like NSW (my state) and VIC is going into lockdown on Tuesday for "non-essential services", that supposedly is going to include schools. State decision. They have asked for federal approval apparently, don't I don't think they need it.
Don't know what that means to single one-man-band business like mine that don't have employees or the public visit. Good luck locking me out of my lab ;D

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It is a good idea to make sure you can continue your business from home (be it at a reduced scale). It is possible someone locks the building your lab is in. One of my customers is in a university building. They have spread the various equipment over people's homes so the company can continue to operate in a distributed manner.

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