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Web Development / GoDaddy is acquiring Neustar’s domain name registry services business
« on: Today at 01:43:50 AM »
 and renaming it GoDaddy Registry

GoDaddy goes vertical with Neustar registry acquisition | Domain Name News
https://domainnamewire.com/2020/04/06/godaddy-goes-vertical-with-neustar-registry-acquisition/

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Hardware & Technology / NJ Governor Requests Expertise of 6 People Who Still Know COBOL
« on: April 06, 2020, 11:03:43 PM »
What Is COBOL, What Does It Have To Do With The Coronavirus?
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/04/what-is-cobol-what-does-it-have-to-do-with-the-coronavirus.html

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Water Cooler / Boris Johnson moved to intensive care as symptoms 'worsen'
« on: April 06, 2020, 07:40:39 PM »
Coronavirus: Boris Johnson moved to intensive care as symptoms 'worsen' - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-52192604

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Water Cooler / Despite stay-at-home orders, 6 out of 10 are on roads
« on: April 05, 2020, 06:35:23 PM »
Yet, I can't chalk it all up to Darwin.  Debbie says that maybe half of those are government or essential services.

https://www.chron.com/news/article/Despite-stay-at-home-orders-6-out-of-10-are-on-15179476.php

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Traffic / Scientists extract an alarming stat about the amount of news Americans consume
« on: April 05, 2020, 04:12:08 PM »
good read
https://www.inverse.com/culture/how-much-news-is-actually-fake

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Water Cooler / Breadlines are forming
« on: April 05, 2020, 02:34:02 PM »
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-04/the-recession-bread-lines-are-forming-in-mar-a-lago-s-shadow

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Water Cooler / Win-Win
« on: April 05, 2020, 12:42:56 AM »
Trump 'may take' hydroxychloroquine despite no evidence it works - Business Insider
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-may-take-hydroxychloroquine-despite-no-evidence-it-works-2020-4

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Water Cooler / That 100k projection...
« on: April 04, 2020, 09:28:34 PM »
looking low.

"mid-April there could be a daily death toll of 2,200"

More than 1,000 COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. on a single day: Johns Hopkins
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/apr/3/more-1000-covid-19-deaths-us-single-day-johns-hopk/

So, even if we stabilize at the 2200/day for a month, then start down the curve, we'll blow past 100k.

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Water Cooler / About 15% of cats in Wuhan infected with novel coronavirus, researchers say
« on: April 04, 2020, 02:49:28 PM »

https://tass.com/world/1139957

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Water Cooler / Portugal: ‘big economic lesson’ is to reduce dependence on China
« on: April 03, 2020, 10:16:55 PM »
PM affirms pandemic’s ‘big economic lesson’ is to reduce dependence on China - Portugal Resident
https://www.portugalresident.com/pm-affirms-pandemics-big-economic-lesson-is-to-reduce-dependence-on-china/

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Water Cooler / Pandemic may exacerbate childhood obesity
« on: April 03, 2020, 04:56:19 PM »
FTFY: COVID-19 pandemic may exacerbate childhood obesity
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-04/cums-cpm040320.php

No doubt about it, cheap, processed carbs are the easiest to procure right now.

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Hardware & Technology / Google launches social distancing tracking site using location data
« on: April 03, 2020, 03:09:57 PM »

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/02/google-launches-social-distancing-tracking-site-using-location-data.html


https://www.google.com/covid19/mobility/

Ugh, reports are PDF.

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Traffic / I'm taking on a new seo client
« on: April 03, 2020, 02:45:14 AM »
Should be easy money.

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Water Cooler / Mid-term Concerns: Food Supply
« on: April 02, 2020, 08:38:03 PM »
Already Reeling from Flooding and Heat Waves, Farmers Struggle as Coronavirus Pandemic Takes Hold | The Weather Channel
https://weather.com/health/coronavirus/news/2020-04-01-farms-struggle-amid-coronavirus-pandemic

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Water Cooler / Why is New Orleans' coronavirus death rate 7 times New York's?
« on: April 02, 2020, 06:16:00 PM »
New Orleans residents suffer from obesity, diabetes and hypertension at rates higher than the national average, conditions that doctors and public health officials say can make patients more vulnerable to COVID-19, the highly contagious respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus.

Some 97% of those killed by COVID-19 in Louisiana had a preexisting condition, according to the state health department. Diabetes was seen in 40% of the deaths, obesity in 25%, chronic kidney disease in 23% and cardiac problems in 21%.


https://news.trust.org/item/20200402092110-6rvk1

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