Goldkin @Goldkin@awoo.space

I don't want to interpret more from these data, since not much is known at this point and people are afraid right now.

My own conclusions for now, re, what I can control beyond medical preparedness: consider skipping large gatherings and travel, even if it's majorly disruptive and reported cases are still low, until adequate testing is available. And please have a plan in place, both for illness and in case major con travel gets disrupted.

Takeaways from my reading of it:

1. Asymptomatic cases are primarily responsible for community spread.
2. There is a lag time of up to two weeks between figures being reported and the number of cases in the wild.
3. When accounting for clusters and other factors, morbidity rate from illness is closer to 0.5-0.9%.
4. However, that rate is much higher when medical facilities are overrun by severe cases.

Despite the alarmist URI and use of crude extrapolation methods (clustering, simplified mathematical models without more available data), this is the best explainer I've seen so far on how to interpret data from media reports and what to expect the spread and impact of covid-19 to look like: https://medium.com/@tomaspueyo/coronavirus-act-today-or-people-will-die-f4d3d9cd99ca

@chr In these matchups, the water nation should have swept the board on type advantage. Which... checks out, tbh.

I should also point out that I regularly participate in multiworld games with these fine snoots, and that you can also watch my own antics over at twitch.tv/goldkindrake

@Kyresti Folks have already said focus on local, and that's as correct as it's ever been.

That, and biding our time while the current fascist septuagenerian ruling class slowly dies off from old age, while focusing the fight against the younger generations of fascists.

@nautilee (Are boosts okay?)

@JulieSqveakaroo @chr Which I guess is another way of saying Team Ninja titles have always felt more about level memorization than any other form of feedback loop to me, and I steer clear of that type of game entirely. I do not want to be the guy, thanks.

@JulieSqveakaroo @chr The genre also prefers a tight feedback loop, low randomness, and enough information for the player to adapt, which Team Ninja is... not good at compared to other developers.

My touchstones for them are Ninja Gaiden and Other M, and I do not look back at them favorably.

Which I guess is why I've generally preferred newer iterations of Monster Hunter and action RPGs that are difficult without making it the games' entire identity.

@mawr I'm trying and failing to make a CSS reference about this, and instead find myself nodding approvingly.

If they're a crow, they're pretty big. Those are full scale cinder blocks to scale, and it appears to be about 1/3 meter tall when standing?

Corvid question: crow or raven?

We have a mixed population here, so it's hard to tell which is which, and I haven't heard this friend caw or grackle yet.