11:33 |
shinohai |
TIL A policeman and news editor in Uruguay were given permission by gov to participate in a duel: https://archive.is/RWQUc |
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12:17 |
BingoBoingo |
lol, yeah. Legal duels were a thing here up until the 1990's |
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~ 24 minutes ~ |
12:41 |
PeterL |
thimbronion: how much of the floorplan would you have to reconfigure to make it "social distancing" acceptable? For example, where I work we are all spread out more than 2m all the time anyway? |
12:42 |
thimbronion |
PeterL: the details, to everyone's horror, are unspecified. |
12:42 |
PeterL |
I guess it makes work and therefore stimulates the sagging economy, right? |
12:44 |
thimbronion |
PeterL: Heh right. |
12:46 |
PeterL |
speaking of stimulus, in the US the stimulus checks got deposited today, and now all the banks' websites are crashing under the heavy load |
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13:20 |
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asciilifeform afaik aint getting one, sadly |
13:29 |
PeterL |
asciilifeform: how did you manage to get excluded? wern't they giving one to "everybody"? |
13:42 |
asciilifeform |
PeterL: mno, not errybody. read the fineprint. |
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14:03 |
thimbronion |
Lower middle class in California and above excluded. |
14:06 |
thimbronion |
Because they won't burn anything down. |
14:06 |
asciilifeform |
good % of skilled labour (such as it is in usa) excluded, aha |
14:07 |
asciilifeform |
thimbronion: the 'burners-down' are afaik ~unaffected by the shitdown, they get their payola no matter what |
14:08 |
thimbronion |
Also, afaict based on *previous year* income. Lol. |
14:09 |
asciilifeform |
naturally |
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17:47 |
feedbot |
http://mvdstandard.net/2020/04/local-malls-negotiating-amongst-themselves-for-a-coordinated-reopening/ << The Montevideo Standard -- Local Malls Negotiating Amongst Themselves For A Coordinated Reopening |