Little Bits of Cheese

Little Bits of Cheese

  • August 29, 2020

    New COVID-19 layoffs make job reductions permanent

    As companies brace for years of pandemic-related disruption, thousands of furloughed workers are told they won’t be coming back.

    Source: New COVID-19 layoffs make job reductions permanent

    From the WSJ, this tracks what I’d expect but horrible to read. There isn’t a way to make these ends meet without outside help.

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  • August 29, 2020

    3-Year-Old Clinging to Unicorn Float Is Rescued From Sea in Greece

    The dramatic rescue of a child who drifted out to sea on a toy flotation device, captured on video, earned the praise of the Greek prime minister.

    Source: 3-Year-Old Clinging to Unicorn Float Is Rescued From Sea in Greece

    Uh, holy shit! I’m glad she’s okay.

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  • August 27, 2020

    Why T-shaped people?. A T-shaped person is capable in many… | by Jason Yip | Medium

    A T-shaped person is capable in many things and expert in, at least, one.

    Source: Why T-shaped people?. A T-shaped person is capable in many… | by Jason Yip | Medium

    This resonated to me. I really like the idea of T-shaped expertise. Know some things really really well, but know the bigger picture sufficiently.

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  • August 27, 2020

    Cosmic rays may soon stymie quantum computing

    The practicality of quantum computing hangs on the integrity of the quantum bit, or qubit.

    Source: Cosmic rays may soon stymie quantum computing

    This is really interesting. Low-level radiation from concrete?

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  • August 26, 2020

    D: What are you doing‽

    A: The right thing, that’s what.

    Twins…

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  • August 26, 2020

    Mike Pence mocked for spin on Trump election slogan | The Independent

    Mike Pence’s attempt to rebrand the president’s iconic slogan for the upcoming 2020 election has been ridiculed after his speech on the opening night at the Republican National Convention (RNC).

    Source: Mike Pence mocked for spin on Trump election slogan | The Independent

    I thought Twitter was kidding when he said “Make America Great Again, Again”.

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  • August 25, 2020

    Gmail told me tonight it had an issue checking a POP3 account. I clicked for details:

    Maybe they were a little late in telling me about it.

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  • August 25, 2020

    I’m fine.

    I’m okay that no one will read this.

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  • August 23, 2020

    COVID-19 takes the lives of a working-class father and his son an hour apart

    Father and son Dan and Ron Remillard died within an hour of each other, both victims of the coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 176,000 people. in the USA

    Source: COVID-19 takes the lives of a working-class father and his son an hour apart

    stories like this get me. I can’t imagine a family dealing with so much death in such a short time.

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  • August 23, 2020

    Trump to announce ‘breakthrough’ coronavirus therapeutic, White House

    President Trump is expected to announce on Sunday evening a “major therapeutic breakthrough” on the novel coronavirus, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany tweeted.

    Source: Trump to announce ‘breakthrough’ coronavirus therapeutic, White House

    The White House doesn’t get how untrustworthy they have been on this virus and, even if this breakthrough exists, how high of a barrier to adoption has been made because The White House announced. If this is legit, let the CDC and FDA do a joint conference without the HHS secretary or the President.

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