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Posted on 3/14/20 at 6:58 pm to PEPE
If you ban or limit face to face interaction or contact, anarchy will emerge as we become a mannerless society with no social rules or etiquette. This board and tRant are perfect examples of that.
Posted on 3/14/20 at 7:52 pm to paperwasp
AI health scanning added to existing facial recognition. Will look for physiological outliers/stress indicators. Probably throw in IR for temperatures. Probably already out there.
Posted on 3/14/20 at 8:07 pm to paperwasp
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What permanent, everyday changes come out of this coronavirus event?
In this country? Probably not a whole lot. Americans have short memories and will move on to the next fear inducing talking point.
Posted on 3/14/20 at 10:20 pm to paperwasp
I think people are going to notice how easily school can be done electronically and more people will start homeschooling.
ETA: Other than that? Probably nothing. It's being totally overblown. It's probable that even less people will trust the media and Democrats.
ETA: Other than that? Probably nothing. It's being totally overblown. It's probable that even less people will trust the media and Democrats.
This post was edited on 3/14/20 at 10:24 pm
Posted on 3/15/20 at 7:31 am to Shaft Williams
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I believe working from home and online university/college education will only grow from here on out and grow quickly.
We can only hope.
Posted on 3/15/20 at 8:54 am to Bham4Tide
Hopefully we have sort of pandemic response team funded by the government. That can set up shop and create screening processes for airports
Posted on 3/15/20 at 9:17 am to UltimaParadox
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Hopefully we have sort of pandemic response team funded by the government.
We did. Trump disbanded it.
Posted on 3/15/20 at 5:27 pm to Robot Santa
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We did. Trump disbanded it.
6 downvotes for making a simple, factual statement.
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Trump disbanded NSC pandemic unit that experts had praised.
“One year later I was mystified when the White House dissolved the office, leaving the country less prepared for pandemics like COVID-19,” Beth Cameron, the first director of the unit, wrote in an op-ed Friday in The Washington Post.
She said the directorate was set up to be the “smoke alarm" and get ahead of emergencies and sound a warning at the earliest sign of fire — "all with the goal of avoiding a six-alarm fire."
Posted on 3/15/20 at 6:21 pm to Robot Santa
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Trump disbanded it.
Anybody certain he did it and know why he did it?
This post was edited on 3/18/20 at 7:12 am
Posted on 3/15/20 at 6:25 pm to imjustafatkid
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It's probable that even less people will trust the media and Democrats.
Imo nobody should trust politicians or what the mainsteam media says regarding them and their shenanigans regardless of their party affiliation. But many people seem to be doing both -- they pick a side and believe its BS instead of the other side's BS. I don't think any of them have much integrity.
This post was edited on 3/19/20 at 12:01 pm
Posted on 3/15/20 at 6:45 pm to paperwasp
Your Mom won return my calls
Posted on 3/16/20 at 8:24 am to TidalSurge1
Considering that one side has traditionally had the overwhelming benefit of a biased media, a situation that was magnified by Donald Trump’s election so much that several supposedly reputable media companies jumped full-bore into the Orwellian “two minutes of hate” practice, only on a 24 hour basis. I’m going to have to see you’re statement and raise you.
I will note that Mainstream Republicans can be pretty reprehensible at times, especially when it comes to greed capitalism. However, at least they have some decency, and rather than existing for the purpose of amalgamating power to themselves, they seek to distribute freedom to the people.
I will note that Mainstream Republicans can be pretty reprehensible at times, especially when it comes to greed capitalism. However, at least they have some decency, and rather than existing for the purpose of amalgamating power to themselves, they seek to distribute freedom to the people.
This post was edited on 3/16/20 at 8:26 am
Posted on 3/16/20 at 8:58 am to paperwasp
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Will colleges offer more legitimate online ways to earn credits, and if so, can they continue to justify the exorbitant costs of higher education?
The cost of education is laughable. Don't get me wrong, I had a great time at the University of Alabama as a student but the OOS tuition cost (thx mom & dad) wasn't worth a fraction of what an undergrad degree from the capstone is currently priced at.
I think higher education, much like college football, lived pretty high on the hog the past ~15 years. Consumers, especially potential students who grew up learning how to do things on the internet via youtube, online classes etc.. are going to demand better value for college, or, start choosing all-digital options as they become more widely accepted.
Posted on 3/16/20 at 10:09 am to TidalSurge1
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Anybody know why he did it?
Because it was an Obama appointment
Posted on 3/16/20 at 10:33 am to stomp
One thing that I hope comes out of this is the NBA and MLB learn that their seasons are too long and could be shortened roughly 10-15% and there would be minimal impact to revenue but a significant impact to fan interest. I'm a sports junkie, but who gives a shite about a MLB game in April that has absolute minimal impact on the pennant race? At least MLB hasn't thrown open the flood gates to the post season like the NBA and NFL. When you can have a losing record and make the playoffs, your playoff is too big.
This post was edited on 3/16/20 at 10:34 am
Posted on 3/16/20 at 11:35 am to paperwasp
One things for sure, people won’t put aside politics in order to confront a crisis.
The amount of finger pointing on both sides while all of this shite is going on is ridiculous.
The amount of finger pointing on both sides while all of this shite is going on is ridiculous.
Posted on 3/16/20 at 11:56 am to FairhopeTider
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One things for sure, people won’t put aside politics in order to confront a crisis.
The amount of finger pointing on both sides while all of this shite is going on is ridiculous.
They will at the funerals.
In that the SEC Rant is often the measuring stick around these parts, it would be, in actuality, the perfect comparison for politics as usual. This is absolutely the most undignified, mean spirited group of supposed leaders this country has ever known.
Posted on 3/16/20 at 12:28 pm to ATLabama
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The cost of education is laughable. Don't get me wrong, I had a great time at the University of Alabama as a student but the OOS tuition cost (thx mom & dad) wasn't worth a fraction of what an undergrad degree from the capstone is currently priced at.
I think higher education, much like college football, lived pretty high on the hog the past ~15 years. Consumers, especially potential students who grew up learning how to do things on the internet via youtube, online classes etc.. are going to demand better value for college, or, start choosing all-digital options as they become more widely accepted.
There are a couple of factors at play here, ATL.
1) The Millennial generation. They were a huge cohort, their parents had the income to afford to send them to college and college was highly encouraged. Colleges and universities went high on the hog during those years. 1. They went on massive building campaigns without realizing that future generations would present smaller number of students. The universities cannot get value out of a building like they would an endowment that earns money. 2. The universities answered to demand and thus raised tuitions and started paying employees a lot more money. They either must now lay-off employees or keep costs high. 3. Schools, like Alabama, went aggressively after OOS students, knowing that they could charge more money to them. Now they have the infrastructure for 30k students or more, but can they continue to support it?
2) State lotteries. What do you think happens when you give a bunch of money to politicians? Will they put it into the bank or into other good investments to be used to help the people? Nope. They doled out the money to buddies. Many of these buddies used the money to build nice big buildings on university campuses. In GA, a number of former Jr./community colleges transitioned into four year colleges off the back of the GA lottery. Many of them did not really need to be four year colleges. They built buildings and dorms and hired more faculty and the costs go up and guess where the lottery money is? Tuition guarantees that once where in place got lower. The Lottery in some years has not even been able to support HOPE costs.
Posted on 3/16/20 at 1:08 pm to LovetheLord
One thing I hope comes out of this is people take notice of who this virus is targeting sans the elderly. People with poor immune systems, smokers and sedentary lifestyles are all at risk.
Hopefully this gets more people off their fat asses and causes them to reassess their living situation. Stop all the gorging on fast food and get outside once in a while.
Hopefully this gets more people off their fat asses and causes them to reassess their living situation. Stop all the gorging on fast food and get outside once in a while.
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