This Story Makes The Trump Administration Look VERY Bad

On Mon, 20 Apr 2020 14:05:14 -0000 (UTC), Cursitor Doom
<cd@not4mail.com> wrote:

On Sun, 19 Apr 2020 19:34:47 -0700, jlarkin wrote:

What I (naturally) don't understand is how stressful the lockdown is for
people-people, people who have a deep need for social interaction.

Same here. I'm no sociopath, I can take or leave company but most of the
time these days I can well do without it. But I have a pal who's been hit
seriously hard by the lockdown. He really needs company very badly so is
suffering on account of the situation. I feel sorry for him, but at the
same time I can't relate to that need for others and am starting to lose
respect for him. Needy types are not attractive personalities AFAIC.

We know a couple of people who have a compulsive need to talk
constantly, usually about themselves and the minute details of their
lives. They are not-coincidentally, but happily, so terrified of the
virus that they are staying home.

When they show up I retreat to my office and put on some comfy
headphones, not connected to anything.



--

John Larkin Highland Technology, Inc

Science teaches us to doubt.

Claude Bernard

 

[bitrex]

On 4/20/2020 3:21 AM, Ricky C wrote:

On Monday, April 20, 2020 at 3:01:38 AM UTC-4, bitrex wrote:
On 4/19/2020 10:52 PM, Ricky C wrote:
On Sunday, April 19, 2020 at 5:23:07 PM UTC-4, bitrex wrote:
On 4/19/2020 11:32 AM, Bill Sloman wrote:
On Monday, April 20, 2020 at 1:10:37 AM UTC+10, bloggs.fre...@gmail.com wrote:
U.S. exported millions in masks and ventilators ahead of the coronavirus crisis- Jan/Feb 2020.

The White House and congressional intelligence committees were briefed on the scope and threat of the coronavirus in January and February, but President Donald Trump has not stopped exports of key medical equipment – a move taken by at least 54 other countries so far.

The data show how U.S. manufacturers stepped up production and cleared out inventory to supply protective medical equipment to China for weeks, even as the threat of the coronavirus became clear.

Can we say rank incompetence?

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2020/04/02/us-exports-masks-ppe-china-surged-early-phase-coronavirus/5109747002/

Let's just say that Donald Trump doesn't seem to have access to a particularly reliable crystal ball.

It's actually pretty odd that the US has done such a bad job of containing the epidemic. China seems to have contained it pretty effectively from a standing start, and places like Taiwan and South Korea had more warning and did better.


Trump doesn't much care if he saves something or wrecks it so long as
his name is in the headline and the history books as the man responsible

To Trump blame is rather like carbon credits. You keep people around who can assume the liability for blame. They are then shed from the group after they have taken their capacity. So he is paying them for their blame credits.


https://www.rawstory.com/2020/04/trump-supporters-are-willing-to-die-to-reopen-economy-when-its-my-time-to-go-gods-going-to-call-me-home/

So long as they stay among their own kind let them have their wish, I
suppose.

I like the way they seem to get so upset about their hair. Is getting your hair done such a big deal that they need to have a public protest? Really? That's like Larkin pouting about his garlic.

The good news is if Americans on average are lost without a professional
to cut their hair I don't think a civil war is very likely in the cards
the salon is not going to be open then, either.

 

[Pimpom]

On 4/20/2020 10:22 PM, bitrex wrote:

On 4/20/2020 3:21 AM, Ricky C wrote:

I like the way they seem to get so upset about their hair. Is getting your hair done such a big deal that they need to have a public protest? Really? That's like Larkin pouting about his garlic.


The good news is if Americans on average are lost without a professional
to cut their hair I don't think a civil war is very likely in the cards
the salon is not going to be open then, either.

I don't remember when I last visited a barber shop - if I ever
did. When I was a kid, my mother cut my hair. When I was young
and single, it was the era of long hair and it wasn't difficult
to trim one's own hair. My wife took over when I got married.

 

On Mon, 20 Apr 2020 09:16:13 -0700 (PDT), dagmargoodboat@yahoo.com
wrote:

In the middle of a world-wide pandemic originating in China, on Sunday, April 19, 2020 at 11:32:27 AM UTC-4, with no apparent sense of irony, Bill Sloman wrote:

It's actually pretty odd that the US has done such a bad job of containing the epidemic. China seems to have contained it pretty effectively from a standing start...

You have my vote for post of the day, sir.

Cheers,
James Arthur

Sloman is entirely innocent of irony.



--

John Larkin Highland Technology, Inc

Science teaches us to doubt.

Claude Bernard

 

[bitrex]

On 4/20/2020 12:52 PM, bitrex wrote:

On 4/20/2020 3:21 AM, Ricky C wrote:
On Monday, April 20, 2020 at 3:01:38 AM UTC-4, bitrex wrote:
On 4/19/2020 10:52 PM, Ricky C wrote:
On Sunday, April 19, 2020 at 5:23:07 PM UTC-4, bitrex wrote:
On 4/19/2020 11:32 AM, Bill Sloman wrote:
On Monday, April 20, 2020 at 1:10:37 AM UTC+10,
bloggs.fre...@gmail.com wrote:
U.S. exported millions in masks and ventilators ahead of the
coronavirus crisis- Jan/Feb 2020.

The White House and congressional intelligence committees were
briefed on the scope and threat of the coronavirus in January and
February, but President Donald Trump has not stopped exports of
key medical equipment – a move taken by at least 54 other
countries so far.

The data show how U.S. manufacturers stepped up production and
cleared out inventory to supply protective medical equipment to
China for weeks, even as the threat of the coronavirus became clear.

Can we say rank incompetence?

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2020/04/02/us-exports-masks-ppe-china-surged-early-phase-coronavirus/5109747002/


Let's just say that Donald Trump doesn't seem to have access to a
particularly reliable crystal ball.

It's actually pretty odd that the US has done such a bad job of
containing the epidemic. China seems to have contained it pretty
effectively from a standing start, and places like Taiwan and
South Korea had more warning and did better.


Trump doesn't much care if he saves something or wrecks it so long as
his name is in the headline and the history books as the man
responsible

To Trump blame is rather like carbon credits.  You keep people
around who can assume the liability for blame.  They are then shed
from the group after they have taken their capacity.  So he is
paying them for their blame credits.


https://www.rawstory.com/2020/04/trump-supporters-are-willing-to-die-to-reopen-economy-when-its-my-time-to-go-gods-going-to-call-me-home/


So long as they stay among their own kind let them have their wish, I
suppose.

I like the way they seem to get so upset about their hair.  Is getting
your hair done such a big deal that they need to have a public
protest?  Really?  That's like Larkin pouting about his garlic.


The good news is if Americans on average are lost without a professional
to cut their hair I don't think a civil war is very likely in the cards
the salon is not going to be open then, either.

Most military training seems to start with the basics: cleaning things,
washing things, picking up after yourself, answering questions promptly
"WWAT IS IT???" <https://youtu.be/gWwULJvVmcM?t=258>

 

[bitrex]

On 4/20/2020 2:39 PM, bitrex wrote:

On 4/20/2020 1:22 PM, Pimpom wrote:
On 4/20/2020 10:22 PM, bitrex wrote:
On 4/20/2020 3:21 AM, Ricky C wrote:

I like the way they seem to get so upset about their hair.  Is
getting your hair done such a big deal that they need to have a
public protest?  Really?  That's like Larkin pouting about his garlic.


The good news is if Americans on average are lost without a professional
to cut their hair I don't think a civil war is very likely in the cards
the salon is not going to be open then, either.


I don't remember when I last visited a barber shop - if I ever did.
When I was a kid, my mother cut my hair. When I was young and single,
it was the era of long hair and it wasn't difficult to trim one's own
hair. My wife took over when I got married.

I still go (well, in regular times I did) to the same barber shop my
father took me to when I was a kid, it's been family-owned and operating
for 60 years or so, well before I was around.

Yep, I had long hair too for a time but the balding-gene made that less
plausible as I entered my 30s!

It is fairly expensive about $30 US

That's including tip, it's customary in the US to tip barbers similar to
tipping restaurant wait-staff and hotel maids and such.

 

[bitrex]

On 4/20/2020 12:44 PM, dagmargoodboat@yahoo.com wrote:

On Sunday, April 19, 2020 at 11:10:37 AM UTC-4, bloggs.fre...@gmail.com wrote:
U.S. exported millions in masks and ventilators ahead of the coronavirus crisis- Jan/Feb 2020.

The White House and congressional intelligence committees were briefed on the scope and threat of the coronavirus in January and February, but President Donald Trump has not stopped exports of key medical equipment – a move taken by at least 54 other countries so far.

The data show how U.S. manufacturers stepped up production and cleared out inventory to supply protective medical equipment to China for weeks, even as the threat of the coronavirus became clear.

Can we say rank incompetence?

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2020/04/02/us-exports-masks-ppe-china-surged-early-phase-coronavirus/5109747002/

Oh that's silly Fred, it's transparent propaganda.

At a time when the U.S. hadn't had its first case (Jan. 21)
and China was readying mass graves, why wouldn't we export
medical supplies to China?

The article's language and rhetoric remind me of Maduro's.

Cheers,
James Arthur

Repeats "America First!" all the livelong day and naturally the one time
in his term it would have been a sensible policy the dickhead can't
follow through.

 

[bitrex]

On 4/20/2020 12:44 PM, dagmargoodboat@yahoo.com wrote:

On Sunday, April 19, 2020 at 11:10:37 AM UTC-4, bloggs.fre...@gmail.com wrote:
U.S. exported millions in masks and ventilators ahead of the coronavirus crisis- Jan/Feb 2020.

The White House and congressional intelligence committees were briefed on the scope and threat of the coronavirus in January and February, but President Donald Trump has not stopped exports of key medical equipment – a move taken by at least 54 other countries so far.

The data show how U.S. manufacturers stepped up production and cleared out inventory to supply protective medical equipment to China for weeks, even as the threat of the coronavirus became clear.

Can we say rank incompetence?

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2020/04/02/us-exports-masks-ppe-china-surged-early-phase-coronavirus/5109747002/

Oh that's silly Fred, it's transparent propaganda.

At a time when the U.S. hadn't had its first case (Jan. 21)
and China was readying mass graves, why wouldn't we export
medical supplies to China?

The article's language and rhetoric remind me of Maduro's.

Cheers,
James Arthur

What the fuck does "America First!" mean if you don't actually demand
America gets put first when required or is it just some right-wing
dog-whistle phrase that means "I'm a 70 y/o white guy and I hate libs
and niggers"

 

[bitrex]

On 4/20/2020 1:22 PM, Pimpom wrote:

On 4/20/2020 10:22 PM, bitrex wrote:
On 4/20/2020 3:21 AM, Ricky C wrote:

I like the way they seem to get so upset about their hair.  Is
getting your hair done such a big deal that they need to have a
public protest?  Really?  That's like Larkin pouting about his garlic.


The good news is if Americans on average are lost without a professional
to cut their hair I don't think a civil war is very likely in the cards
the salon is not going to be open then, either.


I don't remember when I last visited a barber shop - if I ever did. When
I was a kid, my mother cut my hair. When I was young and single, it was
the era of long hair and it wasn't difficult to trim one's own hair. My
wife took over when I got married.

I still go (well, in regular times I did) to the same barber shop my
father took me to when I was a kid, it's been family-owned and operating
for 60 years or so, well before I was around.

Yep, I had long hair too for a time but the balding-gene made that less
plausible as I entered my 30s!

It is fairly expensive about $30 US for a short cut appropriate to the
amount of hair I have these days, plus beard trim and style. So I'd only
go about once a month but for the price the employees really take their
time and do an excellent job; if you're going out with your lady friend
on the weekend I find it's a great pick-me-up for the ol'
self-confidence to have it done by a pro.

 

On Monday, April 20, 2020 at 12:47:22 PM UTC-4, jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:

On Mon, 20 Apr 2020 09:16:13 -0700 (PDT), dagmargoodboat@yahoo.com
wrote:

In the middle of a world-wide pandemic originating in China, on Sunday, April 19, 2020 at 11:32:27 AM UTC-4, with no apparent sense of irony, Bill Sloman wrote:

It's actually pretty odd that the US has done such a bad job of containing the epidemic. China seems to have contained it pretty effectively from a standing start...

You have my vote for post of the day, sir.


Sloman is entirely innocent of irony.

But we, fortunately, are not. Perhaps a different phrasing?

"China has done remarkably well containing the Wuhan Chinese virus
responsible for the current world-wide pandemic."

Grins,
James Arthur

 

[John Larkin]

On Sun, 19 Apr 2020 17:12:52 -0700 (PDT), whit3rd <whit3rd@gmail.com>
wrote:

On Sunday, April 19, 2020 at 1:58:10 PM UTC-7, jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
On Sun, 19 Apr 2020 12:54:31 -0700 (PDT), whit3rd <whit3rd@gmail.com
wrote:


Larkin Syndrome: perceiving fear, hysteria, panic in every situation

They're sure popular right now, about this cold virus.

Virus, yes. Cold, no; it was always anomalous, not the same symptoms
as any cold or flu.

Right. In most cases, no symptoms at all. That's good; most people
don't enjoy cold symptoms.

--

John Larkin Highland Technology, Inc
picosecond timing precision measurement

jlarkin att highlandtechnology dott com
http://www.highlandtechnology.com

 

[Phil Hobbs]

On 2020-04-20 12:25, dagmargoodboat@yahoo.com wrote:

On Monday, April 20, 2020 at 6:44:33 AM UTC-4, Gerhard Hoffmann wrote:
Am 19.04.20 um 23:46 schrieb Phil Hobbs:
On 2020-04-19 17:43, Gerhard Hoffmann wrote:
Am 19.04.20 um 22:08 schrieb Phil Hobbs:

Way too new agey for me.  Folks round here have started just bumping
elbows.

First they told us they told us to better cough into the elbow
and now that.

Cheers, Gerhard

You cough into the inside of the elbow and bump the outside.  In any
case, you can't touch your elbow to your face.

Anything within 10 cm to ground zero of the explosion will
be contagious. That includes all of the elbow. You could send it
to the lab instead of the Q-tip.

Gerhard



Why do 16 slowish CPH3910 JFETS insist in oscillating at 500 MHz???

Their f_max is around a gigahertz--they're faster than BF862s as well as
slightly quieter.

I expect it's because the negative gate conductance is proportional to
the number of devices.

I don't know why, but putting a few extra pF here then there while
measuring the 500Mhz frequency change, might identify the unwanted
feedback that's causing the 500MHz. Changing Vdd (which changes
Crss) might be interesting, too.

A BLM15BB bead in series with each gate will fix that right up without
trashing the low frequency noise.

Cheers

Phil Hobbs

--
Dr Philip C D Hobbs
Principal Consultant
ElectroOptical Innovations LLC / Hobbs ElectroOptics
Optics, Electro-optics, Photonics, Analog Electronics
Briarcliff Manor NY 10510

http://electrooptical.net
http://hobbs-eo.com

 

[Phil Hobbs]

On 2020-04-20 12:04, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:

On Mon, 20 Apr 2020 14:05:14 -0000 (UTC), Cursitor Doom
cd@not4mail.com> wrote:

On Sun, 19 Apr 2020 19:34:47 -0700, jlarkin wrote:

What I (naturally) don't understand is how stressful the lockdown is for
people-people, people who have a deep need for social interaction.

Same here. I'm no sociopath, I can take or leave company but most of the
time these days I can well do without it. But I have a pal who's been hit
seriously hard by the lockdown. He really needs company very badly so is
suffering on account of the situation. I feel sorry for him, but at the
same time I can't relate to that need for others and am starting to lose
respect for him. Needy types are not attractive personalities AFAIC.

We know a couple of people who have a compulsive need to talk
constantly, usually about themselves and the minute details of their
lives.

The technical term for people like that is "bores".

Cheers

Phil Hobbs

--
Dr Philip C D Hobbs
Principal Consultant
ElectroOptical Innovations LLC / Hobbs ElectroOptics
Optics, Electro-optics, Photonics, Analog Electronics
Briarcliff Manor NY 10510

http://electrooptical.net
http://hobbs-eo.com

 

[whit3rd]

On Monday, April 20, 2020 at 11:12:53 AM UTC-7, dagmarg...@yahoo.com wrote:

"China has done remarkably well containing the Wuhan Chinese virus
responsible for the current world-wide pandemic."

Wuhan, an early victim of the pandemic, declines blame.
The virus, the perpetrator of the attack, doesn't understand the concept of blame.
The width of the world is not responsible, nor resposive, to the blame.

Blaming the victim... is a cowardly attack.

 

[whit3rd]

On Monday, April 20, 2020 at 11:45:37 AM UTC-7, John Larkin wrote:

On Sun, 19 Apr 2020 17:12:52 -0700 (PDT), whit3rd <whit3rd@gmail.com
wrote:

Virus, yes. Cold, no; it was always anomalous, not the same symptoms
as any cold or flu.

Right. In most cases, no symptoms at all. That's good; most people
don't enjoy cold symptoms.

The 'good' difference from colds is not apparent to all.
<https://www.newsweek.com/broadway-actor-nick-cordero-underwent-leg-amputation-following-coronavirus-complications-says-his-1498803>

Little details like fatalities and organ damage would matter to you if you were alive
or had vital organs.

 

[Phil Hobbs]

On 2020-04-20 06:44, Gerhard Hoffmann wrote:

Am 19.04.20 um 23:46 schrieb Phil Hobbs:
On 2020-04-19 17:43, Gerhard Hoffmann wrote:
Am 19.04.20 um 22:08 schrieb Phil Hobbs:

Way too new agey for me.  Folks round here have started just bumping
elbows.

First they told us they told us to better cough into the elbow
and now that.

Cheers, Gerhard

You cough into the inside of the elbow and bump the outside.  In any
case, you can't touch your elbow to your face.

Anything within 10 cm to ground zero of the explosion will
be contagious. That includes all of the elbow.

Pretty difficult to get flying phlegm to turn sharp corners like that,
I'd say.

My Mum was trained as an infectious diseases RN back before penicillin
was widely available (Vancouver General Hospital, Class of 1943). She
taught me their robing/disrobing protocol when I was a child, because I
was interested. It was all about opsec, because you were exposed
continually and didn't get any do-overs.

The essential point is that the outside of your gloves, gown, goggles,
and mask are infected but the insides are clean. Unless you make a
mistake, of course.

The keys that I remember are:

Make sure that your gown and mask stay dry to avoid transporting
pathogens from the outside to the inside;

Never allow your skin or the inside of your gear to touch an infected
surface.

It takes a bit of contortion to do that--for instance, you take your
gloves off by pinching a bit next to the wrist on one glove, and
turning an inch or so of the cuff inside out. Then use the same
pinching motion to take off the other glove, and finally use your
fingers to grasp the (clean) inside-out portion of the first glove and
remove it.

Removing a gown or other clothing is similar--don't touch the outside
with your bare hands, or the inside with gloved ones.

And then go wash your hands and shower carefully.

I think that the directions were easier to follow in our parents'
generation, when children were taught not to scratch in public--it's
mostly minor itching that make us want to touch our faces.

It takes discipline to be able to ignore irritations. (A bit like SED
actually.)

Cheers

Phil Hobbs

--
Dr Philip C D Hobbs
Principal Consultant
ElectroOptical Innovations LLC / Hobbs ElectroOptics
Optics, Electro-optics, Photonics, Analog Electronics
Briarcliff Manor NY 10510

http://electrooptical.net
http://hobbs-eo.com

 

[bitrex]

On 4/20/2020 12:47 PM, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:

On Mon, 20 Apr 2020 09:16:13 -0700 (PDT), dagmargoodboat@yahoo.com
wrote:

In the middle of a world-wide pandemic originating in China, on Sunday, April 19, 2020 at 11:32:27 AM UTC-4, with no apparent sense of irony, Bill Sloman wrote:

It's actually pretty odd that the US has done such a bad job of containing the epidemic. China seems to have contained it pretty effectively from a standing start...

You have my vote for post of the day, sir.

Cheers,
James Arthur

Sloman is entirely innocent of irony.

Engineers and right-wing engineers in particular should stay clear of
trying to do comedy, having a 74HC74 flip-flop for a brain isn't
conducive to identifying with the general human condition.

 

[Bill Martin]

On 4/19/20 2:01 PM, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:

On Mon, 20 Apr 2020 01:34:01 +0530, Pimpom <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:

On 4/19/2020 11:59 PM, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:

A little more hand washing and such wouldn't hurt. Hands get dirty
during the day.

Handshaking is a really weird thing to do.

Maybe we should change it to headshaking. BTW, when I spent some
time in south India in my youth, I was amazed to see that shaking
one's head meant 'yes', particularly when it's meant to convey
complete agreement. But I got used to it and sometimes found
myself doing the same thing.

Vertical shake is yes, horizontal is no.


The Indian 'namaste', though normally not used in my state, is a
good substitute for handshaking.

The japanese have been sanitary for thousands of years. They bow.



Yeah, just be sure to observe the proper horizontal offset...or BANG!

 

On Monday, April 20, 2020 at 2:54:13 PM UTC-4, Phil Hobbs wrote:

On 2020-04-20 12:25, dagmargoodboat@yahoo.com wrote:
On Monday, April 20, 2020 at 6:44:33 AM UTC-4, Gerhard Hoffmann wrote:
Am 19.04.20 um 23:46 schrieb Phil Hobbs:
On 2020-04-19 17:43, Gerhard Hoffmann wrote:
Am 19.04.20 um 22:08 schrieb Phil Hobbs:

Way too new agey for me.  Folks round here have started just bumping
elbows.

First they told us they told us to better cough into the elbow
and now that.

Cheers, Gerhard

You cough into the inside of the elbow and bump the outside.  In any
case, you can't touch your elbow to your face.

Anything within 10 cm to ground zero of the explosion will
be contagious. That includes all of the elbow. You could send it
to the lab instead of the Q-tip.

Gerhard



Why do 16 slowish CPH3910 JFETS insist in oscillating at 500 MHz???

Their f_max is around a gigahertz--they're faster than BF862s as well as
slightly quieter.

I expect it's because the negative gate conductance is proportional to
the number of devices.


I don't know why, but putting a few extra pF here then there while
measuring the 500Mhz frequency change, might identify the unwanted
feedback that's causing the 500MHz. Changing Vdd (which changes
Crss) might be interesting, too.

A BLM15BB bead in series with each gate will fix that right up without
trashing the low frequency noise.

That sounds like a likely fix.

My first step is usually to poke the circuit with a finger, to find
out where it's ticklish.

Cheers,
James Arthur

 

On Monday, April 20, 2020 at 3:16:16 PM UTC-4, whit3rd wrote:

On Monday, April 20, 2020 at 11:12:53 AM UTC-7, dagmarg...@yahoo.com wrote:

"China has done remarkably well containing the Wuhan Chinese virus
responsible for the current world-wide pandemic."

Wuhan, an early victim of the pandemic, declines blame.
The virus, the perpetrator of the attack, doesn't understand the concept of blame.
The width of the world is not responsible, nor resposive, to the blame.

Blaming the victim... is a cowardly attack.

Oh rubbish. If it came from there, they obviously didn't contain it.

That's just obvious.

Also noteworthy is that the Chinese Communist Party totally clamped
down on internal travel to and from Wuhan, but did not shut down the
airliners flying in and out to the rest of the world every day.
Ten thousand travelers a day, to the United States alone.

That's not blaming, that's fact.

Cheers,
James Arthur