Pat @Pat@qoto.org

Also...

TFW = that feeling when

UI = user interface
UX = user expereience

#masks #USA #respirators #covid19 #N95 #vax

CDC has published their new guidance for respirators for the public. It's 2707 words long and nearly incomprehensible.

Here's a summary:

"If you don't want to get infected or die from COVID-19, wear a properly fitted N95 or better respirator. Otherwise wear a cloth mask."

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/types-of-masks.html

#masks #USA #respirators #covid19 #N95 #vax

More details on the release of N95 respirators from the Strategic National Stockpile. They will be made available for free to all adults at the same locations that the vaccines are given, per wapo.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/01/19/free-n95-masks/

#TruthBeTold
#volcano #lava #geology #science #radioactive #isotope

The truth is...

The heat from lava is mostly from radioactivity.

#TruthBeTold = A statement that is logically or literally true (or partly true), but seems to imply something that isn’t true or is just plain weird. (for rhetoric, logic or propaganda studies… or just for fun)

clips from "The Blob" (1958), courtesy Sony Pictures Television via fair use.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPcENicggBA

#abbreviation #disambiguation

25A = 25th Amendment, etc...
2A = Second Amendment (to the US Constitution)
abbr = abbreviation
AI = artificial intelligence
A = amps
BBC = British Broadcasting Corporation
BFG = Big Friendly Giant (or Big Fucking Gun)
blm = Black Lives Matter
btw = by the way
CCP = Chinese Communist Party
CDC = Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CDCP = the correct abbr for CDC
deco = decompression (scuba diving)
DFS = Dynamic Frequency Selection
disam = disambiguation
DS9 = Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
EMI = elecromagnetic interference
EM(R) = electromagnetic radiation
epr = Einstein–Podolsky–Rosen paradox
FDR = Franklin D. Roosevelt
fedi = fediverse
FWIW = For what it's worth
HGV = Hypersonic glide vehicle
IR = infrared
JFK = John Fitzgerald Kennedy
JPL = Jet Propulsion Laboratory
lol = (I am) laugh(ing) out loud
ms = millisecond
N95 = NIOSH rating for respirators (95% filtration)
N99 = NIOSH rating for respirators (99% filtration)
N100 = NIOSH rating for respirators (99.97% filtration)
NASA = NASA (everyone knows what NASA is)
NIOSH = National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NPR = National Public Radio
OP = original post, original poster (the first post in this thread)
potus = President of the United States
qcd = quantum chromodynamics
qed = quantum electrodynamics
qm = quantum mechanics
ROC = Tiawan, Republic of China
scifi = science fiction
scotus = Supreme Court of the United States
scuba = self-contained underwater breathing appartus
STE(A)M = science, technology, engineering, (arts), math(s)
TIL = Today I learned
tmux = terminal multiplexer (a Linux utility)
TNG = Star Trek: The Next Generation
TOS = Star Trek: The Original Series; also, "Terms of Service"
u = micron (or micro-)
usec = microsecond
UTC = Coordinated Universal Time
V = volts
vax = vaccine
W = watts
wrt = with regard to
wtf = a profane exclamatory interrogative
www = World Wide Web

Sat image of the Tonga volcano eruption showing the pressure wave. Total elapsed time shown is 100 minutes. #volcano #nasa #eruption #tonga

#science #fiction #ScienceFiction #SciFi #moon #film #movie

Retro SciFi of the Week...

https://tubitv.com/movies/497806/cat-women-of-the-moon

**** Next Week's News ****

CDC makes free respirators available to all Americans.

Over 737,000,000 respirators have been gathering dust in the national strategic stockpile, but now they will be distributed to Americans to finally end this pandemic in the US.

(Watch what happens to case rates as these respirators begin to reach people.)

#masks #USA #respirators #covid19 #N95

#vaccine #mandate #liberty

***** News *****

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/13/us/politics/supreme-court-biden-vaccine-mandate.html

#TruthBeTold

The truth is...

The electoral college offers no master's degree programs.

#vote #elections #USPol #politics #electoral #college
#president #USA #electors

#TruthBeTold = A statement that is logically or literally true (or partly true), but seems to imply something that isn’t true or is just plain weird. (for rhetoric, logic or propaganda studies… or just for fun)
Photo has been modified; Original photo by DAVID ILIFF; CC BY-SA 3.0

#TruthBeTold

The truth is...

If the Earth was the size of a grape, the atmosphere would be about the thickness of a human hair.

If the atmosphere was the thickness of a human hair, then
we'd all quickly suffocate.

#Earth #space #air #breath
#aircraft #fruit

#TruthBeTold = A statement that is logically or literally true (or partly true), but seems to imply something that isn’t true or is just plain weird. (for rhetoric, logic or propaganda studies… or just for fun)

#1960s #scifi #doctor #cigarette #smoking #drugs #medicine

"Any questions, gentlemen?"

A short clip from "Beyond the Time Barrier" (1960)

#heart #heartdisease #cardio #cardiovasculardisease #diet #cardiovascular #disease #world #country #death #deathrate

****** Spoiler *****

The rhetorical issue with this #TruthBeTold is that the words "speed" and "electricity" are are imprecise terms.

Usually the word "electricity" is referring to the electromagnetic signal or wave that flows through the wires, not the actual charge carriers -- especially in the context of telephone wires.

The word "speed" is not accurate because when we say "speed of electricity" we're usually referring to the *velocity* in a direction along the wire.

So, most people reading the statement would think that it's referring to the signal velocity (or wave velocity, or field velocity) which is typically on the order of about 50%-90% of c, depending on the type of wire.

However, the electrons in the wire actually move, on average, very slowly along the wire, about 1mm per second or slower. This is the drift velocity of the electrons.
(Also, each individual electron moves on it's own in mostly random directions within the wire, which is a much higher speed than the drift velocity.)

So "the speed of electricity" can be interpreted as the drift velocity, which is very slow.

Another rhetorical gimmick was that the statement said, "less than 5% of the speed of light" which seems to imply that the speed being referred to is very fast, which it is not. It's referring to the drift velocity.

So the statement in the #TruthBeTold toot is technically true, because 1mm/s is slower than 5% of c.

c = speed of light in vacuum
DC = direct current
AC = alternating current

#TruthBeTold
#electricity #wire #physics #science #telephone #SpeedOfLight #latency

The truth is...

The speed of electricity through a copper telephone wire is less than 5% of the speed of light.

#TruthBeTold = A statement that is logically or literally true (or partly true), but seems to imply something that isn’t true or is just plain weird. (for rhetoric, logic or propaganda studies… or just for fun)

(photo Attribution: Rembert Satow, wikimedia commons File:Birds_on_telephone_wires_at_Beeston,_Nottinghamshire.jpg)

Retro sci-fi film of the month:

Beyond the Time Barrier (1960)

https://tubitv.com/movies/636845/beyond-the-time-barrier

#retro #scifi #sciencefiction #movie #science #fiction #film #timetravel

Congratulations to the crew of Blue Origin's NS-19 flight for a successful flight into space.

The December 11, 2021 flight took 10 minutes and 13 seconds from blastoff to touchdown.

The crew included Michael Strahan, Evan Dick, Laura Shepard Churchley, Dylan Taylor, Cameron Bess, and Lane Bess.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpaiuDg_DN4

#BlueOrigin #civilianSpace #MichaelStrahan #LauraShepard #space #humanspaceflight #nasa

Happy Holiday Season of Death

#covid19 #holiday #Christmas
#NewYears

#covid19 #vaccine #vax #respirator #testing #pcr #rat #suicide #death

In developed countries, we have the tools needed to avoid dying from COVID-19 -- respirators, vaccines, testing. Unless someone is a child or is in an institution of some sort, at this point if they get COVID-19, it's because they chose to be exposed to the risk. So...

Should (most) COVID-19 deaths be recorded as "suicide" on the death certificate?

(from https://qoto.org/@lucifargundam/107449561857051096)

>"Is there enough infrastructure to support going on a trip, longer than 200 Km?"

Yes, there is. Before this decade is out, there will be cars with a range exceeding 1500Km.

>"For this technology to reach any sort of adoption, the electric grid is going to need massive retooling too."

Too late. It's already here, it's been adopted. Nearly every auto manufacturer is now into electric cars and most will stop making the old putt-putt cars in a few years. (The grid can handle that expected increase in load today, no retooling needed.)

@lucifargundam @marathon

#electricCar #auto #grid #electric #car #tesla #battery #charger