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  1. Limo
    Yes, I believe you’re right and that this is the critical point. As long as enough people voluntarily take the vaccine it’s probably wisest not to force matters. At the same time I also believe this crisis has exposed some serious weaknesses in Western (European) societies. All this having to tiptoe around individual liberties at the cost of everything else has made dealing with the pandemic rather messy and difficult. The contrast with East Asia is stark, of course, but there I’m also thinking of a place like Ghana where the government said “there’s a virus going around, keep your distance and be careful” and that is exactly what people did because, unlike Brits, say, or Dutchmen, they were not stupid. Like Belgians, apparently. Despite their reputation for anarchy and governmental ineptitude they seem to have handled the pandemic quite well (for a Western country).
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    @manmower : You may not think mandating vaccinations is a good idea now, with COVID-19 being a relatively benign virus and all, but what about when we’re hit with something truly serious like SARS? Like it or not we’re probably heading towards a future where governments become much harsher in telling us what to do so we can continue to live together in those incredibly densely packed cities of ours without everyone getting killed. Think China - but hopefully without the Uighur thing.
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    Nazi experiments were terribly unscientific and yielded close to zero usable results.
  4. Limo
    Being kicked out of the FWP thread is not in any way in itself an FWP. It’s also not cringe. It’s more like “oof”. Now this, this is an FWP. Congratulations, you get to stay.
  5. Limo
    Not a FWP.
  6. Limo
    Unfortunately, no. That’s not how doctors work. Which is why antivaxxers are such unbelievable assholes: hey fuck it up for everybody.
  7. Limo

    Drambo

    Limo replied to Limo's topic in EKT General Discussion

    So despite starting the thread I hadn’t gotten around to playing with this yet because of 22 bucks and really don’t need more software. Now, however, I have, taking it with me on a holiday trip (short, not very far away because of COVID) on a 2019 iPad mini. It really is a lot of fun. You can go fairly deep with it - or at least experiment with unusual routings. The interface is fantastic, really well thought out (but do read through the manual a little bit). Sound is a bit dull, maybe (although that might just be me) but probably fixable in post. Overall really, really good. Recommended.
  8. Limo
    Yes, me too @dingformung Go talk to someone. Seriously. If only to get some ointment for your fingers. They must be worn out from typing so much.
  9. Limo

    Skateboarding

    Limo replied to gmanyo's topic in General Banter

    Anyone know where you can watch all of it? Our national tv station only provides clips of locals competing ? BBC and Belgian tv have complete videos but they’re inaccessible to me.
  10. Limo
    A while ago there was a clip posted here of the Israeli equivalent of John Oliver. If that is supposed to be the voice of reason in Israel then just … wow.
  11. Limo
    Well that’s … … a distinctive subsection of the population.
  12. Limo
    Very much so. But, yeah, those second shots really deliver. Even my wife had some side effects and her immune system is made of steel.
  13. Limo
    On the one hand … it doesn’t make his music any more or less good. On the other hand: playing music for the Olympics is a pretty public thing to do and this, of course, looks pretty bad in public, so yeah, no choice but to let him go. So: shrug. (but really: bullying kids with Down syndrome? Wow)
  14. Limo
    Surfhole Butlers
  15. Limo
    The missus and I treated ourselves to a copy of Paleo, a two person cooperative game (these work best for us) that has you hunt mammoths, build stone spears and escape caves. Rules are on the difficult side of missus-proof, but doable. Harshness is right at our level (perpetual noobs) so when we won we felt like we accomplished something (and it was exciting). If you’re a hardcore board game nerd, it’ll probably be too easy, though.
  16. Limo
    All Pfizered up.
  17. Limo
    This is really cool, btw. Such an understandable oversight on Google’s part and such a humorous way to point it out.
  18. Limo
    Good job. Also love the blatantly propagandist tone of the writing. The test flight was “clandestine”? How? It was neither illegal (what’s an illegal space flight anyway?) nor “secretive” - the article is filled with sound bites and info coming from Chinese defense contractors for crying out loud.
  19. Limo
    This is pretty fun. What is this? Where is it taken from?
  20. Limo
    The Netherlands is doing great as well:
  21. Limo
    Over here I’ve started work on the 73-75 Serge Homebuilt. The boards are spaciously laid out so soldering is not a big deal, but they’re big and I discovered you should really do each board in its entirety to keep things manageable. So it’ll be a while before there’ll be sound output.
  22. Limo
    Right. So now it's the "muh freedom" people that are causing everyone to lose their freedom to go to places without wearing a mask. Fantastic.
  23. Limo
    There's the case of the tribe in Papua New Guinea that ate so many of the brains of their vanquished foes they developed a mutation that made them immune against Creutzfeld-Jacob type diseases (where proteins in brain tissue you eat end up damaging your own brain). And of course the multiple times people decided milk was a good food source and developed a mutation that prevented the milk digesting gene to shut off at age five. So, yes, can happen.
  24. Limo
    Nurses are like bar people. The answer is no.
  25. Limo
    Now this, kids, is why the rest of the world thinks Americans are all a bunch of mentally defective goons.
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