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Old 03-17-2020, 05:19 PM   #121 (permalink)
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Trump admin wants to send American workers cash ‘immediately’


https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/17/tr...democrats-ubi/

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Mostly I wonder why Xist posts OT clickbait videos he doesn't even watch?

Xist has mentioned the questionable worth of Shouty videos, yet still shares those as well.

My complaint would be lack of relevance of the shared videos, but that's like the pot calling the kettle black.
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Irish company create coronavirus testing kit which can confirm infection in 15 minutes

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Has anyone shared this? I saw some random links, including one that I had shared three times
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I'm curious if businesses will find that telecommuting worked out well or not, and if we might see more people working from home on a permanent basis. I've always wondered why most people need to be in an office, granted I enjoy working in such an environment, but there's got to be a huge cost savings not paying for a building and all the associated costs.

Conversely, business could see productivity drop since there's nothing preventing distraction or drugs/alcohol consumption.
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I've been busy listening to Scott Adams Episode 855. Apparently Elon Musk twatted about hydroxycholorquine.

Scattered through the comments is a short course on Zinc and PH.
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Listening now as I work. I think 1.25x is appropriate for SA. Thanks for the relevant video and the thoughtful link to relevant point in time.

It's difficult for me to reconcile what I know to be appropriate responses for such a potentially catastrophic disease with my risk seeking nature. Some people tremble after a near life-threatening event, and others laugh; and I'm the latter type. Exploration is a higher value to me than safety, but I realize that isn't a trait that's compatible with sustaining the human population.
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I've been busy listening to Scott Adams Episode 855. Apparently Elon Musk twatted about hydroxycholorquine.

Scattered through the comments is a short course on Zinc and PH.
Many viruses are affected by zinc and vitamin C

It doesn’t prevent infection but greatly reduces its duration and affects, simple cheap insurance if your diet (let’s face it most don’t get adequate nutrition from SAD) isn’t just bountifully varied with lots of fresh veggies
 
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Why are we still discussing why I did not watch that video?

I already explained it twice.

When we establish the wrong way to do something, logically we can decide the correct way.

Each of these Kevin videos have been about how to get through the coronavirus outbreak.

I would create a new thread, but you guys would probably still complain, so here you go!
  1. Loan processor
  2. 3d scanning houses. This time he promoted a $500 camera like I mentioned in that thread.
  3. Real estate wholesaler
  4. Construction
  5. Amazon
  6. Get Class A CDL and drive for UPS, FedEx, etc.
  7. Target deliveryboy
  8. Hospital registrar
  9. Loan originator or officer
  10. Realtor
  11. Construction contractor
  12. Programmer
  13. Long-term investor

I cannot find any loan processor jobs near me, but there should be some work-from-home opportunity somewhere.
We already discussed scanning houses and I did not like the math.
There are plenty of construction jobs listed in my area, but none show the pay!
There are allegedly Amazon jobs in my area! It says they pay $16 - 35 hourly. Clicking through that application it says that Home Depot is hiring for $18 - 28 an hour.
Really?
I said “No" and it showed me the same ad!
“Amazon Jobs near 85901” shows twenty jobs and the ones that say “Amazon” seem to be spam. I suspect this entire site!
Indeed doesn’t show anything.
There are Home Depot jobs, but Indeed does not show the pay. Neither does their website.
There are a number of delivery jobs in the area--pizza, car parts, and some requiring a CDL, but none show the pay.
No nearby Target from which to deliver.
There is a registrar job in the local hospital, the one that was not testing for coronavirus, and diagnosed all respiratory infections as “Pneumonia.” It does not say the pay.

The rest of the list are things for which you can prepare now to do later.
I looked into becoming a realtor before. There had been fewer than 700 home sales in the county in the last year and 100 realtors. Several sales a year may be normal for a realtor, but don’t many new realtors sell zero their first year? The average home value in my city is $235,000 . The average commission is 6%, but you only take home 25% of that. One and a half percent of $235,000 is $3,525. If I sell 6.5 a year I make $22,912.50
How does Real Estate Agent get paid?

I need to sell almost twice as many, almost one a month, to average what I have earned in the past year.
I do not know how to evaluate how viable construction contracting is in my area.
Google shows twenty programming jobs in my area.
None of them are actually in my area.

Once again, I can live in this beautiful area and enjoy the weather, or move back to Phoenix where it hits at least 115° every summer, traffic is terrible, and everything is beige.

I make more up here than I did in the valley, but there are a couple of other agencies down there that may be better at getting me clients.

In unrelated news, coronavirus made its way to my county, but part of my county further away than Phoenix, so I wouldn't worry, except a client is currently staying half an hour away.

I kind of feel like waiting a couple of weeks before I see him.

A 3D-printer company in Italy has designed and printed 100 life-saving respirator valves in 24 hours for a hospital that had run out of them.
A source that isn’t the Daily News and\or behind a paywall! https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-51911070

The city of Phoenix declared a state of emergency as did Mesa, population 500,000.

Flagstaff has drive-through swab testing.

"Vice President Mike Pence said the White House may have the U.S. military establish field hospitals in virus hot zones if requested by state governors, or use the Army Corps of Engineers to add capacity to existing hospitals." -Reuters
"Roadblocks across Venezuela snarled the transportation of goods on Tuesday and businesses in the capital Caracas reported that food deliveries failed to arrive, in signs that a national coronavirus quarantine could worsen a humanitarian crisis." -Reuters
"China withdrew the press credentials of American journalists at three U.S. newspapers on Wednesday, intensifying a bitter fight between the world’s top two economies over the spread of coronavirus and press freedoms. " -Reuters
"Italy will rush 10,000 student doctors into service, scrapping their final exams, in an effort to help the struggling health service cope with the coronavirus which claimed another 345 lives." -Reuters
"Nevada orders all non-essential businesses to close, including casinos in Las Vegas" -BNO News

FEMA made this list of supplies to purchase: https://www.fema.gov/media-library-d...klist_2014.pdf

Kevin Durant tested positive.

Treasury pushes tax payment deadline back 90 days due to coronavirus
We will see if I can keep my 0.25% interest rate in my savings account.
If you are over 60, cancel nonessential doctor's appointments, using teleconferencing if possible, stock up on groceries and toiletries, and avoid people and travel.
Mnuchin warns senators lack of action could result in 20% unemployment rate, source says
Fox is taking coronavirus seriously.
How much can the military help with this crisis? Not much.
Mnuchin: We want to send cash to Americans in next 2 weeks
Fauci: May be weeks before we know we're having an effect

I read all of the articles, but usually I felt that the title provided all of the useful information.

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