Kyle Rankin @kyle@librem.one

@leimon I have to say, knowing I can go outside and disable Bluetooth and wifi with a kill switch is pretty comforting. Not to mention having full control of the software on my phone.

@dallin Thanks for the link. I suspect (hope) that only means the OS will natively have the capability, but that it will default to off (otherwise it would contradict their claim of consent). I also hope they release the code.

For the sake of our phones (and clothing) I hope the COVID-19 5G truthers setting fire to antennas in the UK never discover these apps use radio waves to track the infection.

I'm so happy I splurged for Penguin's high quality cloth hardcover of War and Peace (Briggs translation). It not only feels great in your hands, it has a silk ribbon bookmark! #booknerd

@af The top result you are pointing to (investors.com article I assume) is an editorial, not a news story, that is coming from a partisan "fake news" point of view. I'm not seeing any hard news bombshells here and don't approach news from a partisan angle myself. Instead I simply look at how a news outlet handles reporting and research and how they handle retractions when they make a mistake, etc. It's irrelevant to me whether stories are favorable to any particular political party.

@af They wrote the story and tend to exercise independence and high journalism standards, which matters far more to me than ownership.

The article touches on some #privacy concerns, but much depends on this being voluntary. My concern is it will be false choice like many TSA rules: ie. you can "choose" to use the app and resume work/public life or "choose" to stay at home. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/04/10/apple-google-tracking-coronavirus/

Here's a practical COVID-19 challenge for makers: solve the consumer TP supply chain issues with a #3dprinted drill attachment that would let you re-spool an empty consumer TP tube from the giant (now plentiful) commercial rolls so people could do it at home.

"Why do you wear a mask?"

"They are terribly comfortable, I think everyone will be wearing them in the future."

Can this really be the first time my son has seen Princess Bride? Inconceivable!

@lwriemen Or just a poor/inexperienced manager. Many people get thrust into management positions from individual contributor roles with no training or mentorship and may not know what's involved in effective management. I only know because I have worked under and learned from some great managers over the years.

@lwriemen It will vary based on what "output" means for a team (engineering vs. sales vs. customer support vs. marketing vs. all the other teams in an org), but a team's manager is best positioned to know and *should* know what their team's output is. Then they can figure out what they need to do to measure that output.

@jlcrawf Started as a stock-up reaction like we see before a major storm (along with milk, bread), only nation-wide. But combined now with increased demand at home (no one using office/restaurant TP) with a static, just-in-time supply without much ability to ramp up further, it makes sense it's still hard to keep in stock.

Managers new to work-from-home: this is an opportunity to learn how to measure productivity properly. If you just translate your flawed butts-in-seats metric for faces-on-Zoom, you are doing it wrong. Level up, extend trust, and measure output, not presence.

@dallin Someone influential must have recommended it for lockdown. Personally, I just finished a big non-fiction book and tend to alternate between fiction and non-fiction. Tolstoy was next on my list and I was surprised how difficult it was to source a hardcover Briggs translation of War and Peace (found one though).

I expected a run on TP, cleaner and flour. I didn't anticipate the run on chest freezers, Nintendo Switch consoles and War and Peace.

One down, ten to go. It was fascinating to learn about early civilizations including ancient Sumeria, Egypt, Babylon, Israel, India, China and Japan. Next up: volume two and ancient Greece!

Based on my weekly grocery run everyone in my town has learned how to bake (shelves have plenty of bread, no baking supplies) but not how to make soup (no canned soup, plenty of fresh veggies and meat/bones).

@darkijah Here is a different page about the same topic: https://www.slashgear.com/google-coronavirus-mobility-tracker-rates-where-social-distancing-is-working-03615454/