This reminds me of studying the Y2K stuff in my engineering classes. Y2K could potentially have been a serious problem, especially in banking. But we spent lots of money fixing it and nothing much ha… (View Post)

I get your point, but this situation isn't quite comparable to the 1940s. People didn't live much beyond sixty then. Thanks to medical advances we have a large population of old people over… (View Post)

I certainly hope so too. That would imply that the measures imposed at the moment are having some effect. Ideally you'd see cases plateau and then drop if you've driven R below one. (View Post)

Joe Biden is a massive, enormous train nerd. He'd get my vote entirely on that basis. (View Post)

People who voted for the "Building houses en masse party": "Oh no I didn't think they'd build houses en masse in my county!!!" Me: "Cement mixer go brrrrr" (View Post)