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Comment Re:Think of the school children (Score 1) 128

It was mostly people in northern states in the darkest days of winter.

I was in 2nd grade in the southern U.S. the year Nixon had us stay on DST for a while. My friends and I really enjoyed the change. It was dark(-ish) when we walked to the bus stop, but we got to take flashlights to school (much more exciting when you're 7 years old!).

Comment Re:This is an entirely different level than CoViD (Score 1) 160

If Ebola catches on and goes viral globally it will be a very serious problem.

Fortunately, that's highly unlikely. There has never been a confirmed case of airborne transmission between humans. Most transmission is due to insufficient and unsanitary health care facilities, due to lack of funds.

Comment Re:Brilliant 4d chess! (Don cut WHO support) (Score 3, Informative) 160

Before I got the vax I signed a paper noting that it had a 93% percent Covid prevention rate in clinical trials.

I had already received three Pfizer shots when I came down with the virus (confirmed, with a test that came up positive in less than a minute). However, I am absolutely convinced that the severity of my case was so minimal (sleeping under a blanket on the couch in my clothes for 3-4 days) because of the enhanced response of my immune system, due to the vaccine.

Comment Re:Commercial programming languages are disappeari (Score 2) 34

What is SQL doing on the list? Everything else is a general purpose procedural language, and then they added in one domain specific query language?

It is kinda weird. On top of it not being a programming language, does any DB professional really use stock ANSI SQL? Doesn't every database have its own, unique extensions (PL/SQL maybe being the most famous example)?

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