I agree. Java should just be left behind and never spoken of again.

Probably won't work on those, who sleep in a Faraday cage.

Those, along with Cookie AutoDelete: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-... then yes, I'd be ok too.

Think about it; if Charter has been able to make a profit for a long time WITHOUT websites needing to pay for data packets crossing Charter's network, why should they be allowed to charge for it now?

Charter just wants a bigger piece of the pie, and in particular, a piece they're not entitled to. They're just being greedy.

Sounds like it would need to be a police raid, maybe starting with a fire drill; everyone gathers outside, then they can announce the raid and let employees go home, while premises are being searched for evidence.

.. except that the Sun doesn't shine on/in Antarctica for about half the year, so it gets very dark and unbearably cold during that time, with or without ice. Even during summer, the Sun is quite low. Getting enough UV light to produce Vitamin D3 is a problem.

The only place I could imagine someone living there permanently, would be near the slightly volcanically active area, which has hot springs.

So, sure, with plenty of powerful full-spectrum lighting in huge indoor areas (for growing food), and some mandated UV "tanning", living there might be possible for a few million people.

Anything that gets checked during safety tests and is part of a car's standard function, will have to be always-on. Otherwise it would never be allowed on the road.

Can't imagine ever buying a BMW after this.

Though I suppose someone might figure out how to jailbreak the software, and make all features available, perhaps except online ones, since BMW could undoubtedly push a software update to reverse it.

Anyway, my next car will be an electric plug-in hybrid, so BMW's are not exactly that interesting in that regard.

I deleted my Amazon account a few months ago. I had been thinking about it for a while, and hearing about the mistreatment of employees was plenty reason to go through with it.

Since it's a fairly rapid reaction, tiny (nano/micron-size) gallium particles will be torn from the pellet, and if the aluminum/gallium ratio is balanced perfectly, in the end all you'll have is aluminum oxide laced with gallium particles.
It's quite similar to how a block of aluminum with a drop of mercury smeared onto it reacts with air humidity.

You may be the right person to ask:
Are any other viruses known to be able to reinfect those who've recovered from it?

I don't think there's any chemist worth their salt, who's thought this through:

CO2, in contact with coal, just needs a starting reaction (fire) to start turning into carbon monoxide (CO).
A mine fire can burn for decades, if not centuries, releasing vast amounts of carbon monoxide, which is highly toxic, making the area uninhabitable.
We already have an example of this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

Read it very closely. It offers some facts/insights about the virus, mixed in with speculation:
The facts/insights:
The RBD portion of the virus (which easily latches onto cells, the very reason why it's so contagious), is most similar to that of a coronavirus strain found in pangolins.
The cleavage site, which opens up cells, and injects virus RNA into it, is most similar to those in strains of bird flu.

The speculation:
1. The virus evolved/mutated into its current form prior to entering humans.
This means we should be able to find it in the wild. (We haven't).
2. The virus evolved/mutated into its current form in a human host.
This human host would need to have been infected with some form of bird flu, simultaneously with a coronavirus from a pangolin.

Claims it must be natural, because one or both of the above two scenarios are, to the researcher, vastly more likely, than cutting either part, most likely the part which creates the cleavage site, from a bird flu strain, and inserting it into a coronavirus strain from a pangolin, in a lab.

That the mortality is higher than what?
I am quite certain the mortality percentage is into the double-digits, so that's probably a yes.
I agree with you, that the result will look much, much different in a few weeks.

https://www.worldometers.info/...
is keeping track of the number of infected, recovered, and dead, of each country, and globally.
While some numbers may be slightly inaccurate or not quite up-to-date, I believe that site gives a fairly realistic overview of the pandemic.

There's one (practical) problem with that: You can't answer if you're dead.
So, someone who answered the first poll, and didn't answer the next, do you assume they're dead, or just didn't answer the poll?