@marathon0 A reasonable analysis. The UK does not spend enough to have 'good' stockpiles of useable weaponry. The number of rounds of ammunition spent in a single action can now exceed the logistics of supply.

@AmpBenzScientist You have my extreme sympathy. the disabling permanent effect is noticeable in some folk in our village. It hampers their social and family life to an extent beyond what they expected.

@phocks Regrettably, then there would be no income to government to provide services to anyone. No cash to governments means no services to anyone.

After 2.8 years our street now has 4 cases of Covid-19. (one to a person shielding due to high risk prior disease) Folk seem to have forgotten it still exists, spreads more easily even if it does not kill as treatment is better. However the Long Covid disability ranges wild, and disables, long term health

@trinsec This happens about 3 to 4 times a year on our back garden window. I deduce that at certain sun angles and intensity the 'glass' is not visible to bird. We cal it the 'ghost impression' as the oil from the wings changes colour as it thins out due to wavelength refraction (like oil on street).

@freemo
Nae. the Sun god does god's work on ginger folk, in ripe time.

@sigsegv When I can run a 3GB Ram, celeron 2006 (third hand) machine on Debian and it does what i want. Why buy another?

@freemo I would be scared to mess with the installed distro! I am no competent enough.

@freemo It presently runs Android. (Linux inside). Other linux distros not yet available. I will wait until it can run a distro I use. I see it as a pocket distro (I rarely use other than 2G phones).

@freemo What is this??
No explanation or link to maker.

An article based on 100 Micron versus 5 micron 60 years ago has had fatal effects today.
20210522 WIRED article on Covid-19 and aerosols, WHO problem ODT.odt

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wired.com/story/the-teeny-tiny

The 60-Year-Old Scientific Screwup That Helped Covid Kill
All pandemic long, scientists brawled over how the virus spreads. Droplets! No, aerosols! At the heart of the fight was a teensy error with huge consequences.

@DCGLUG In meeting reminders PLEASE Always include the DATE, not just "this Saturday". You do not know when folk wlil read it.

@Acer Ocular readds all PDFs I have with fonts correctly displayed. Typefaces used are Chinese (Simplified Chinese) and English fonts . So for me for about 10 years PDFs are read in Okular OK,

@arteteco Enjoy the thrill. After this you 'just join' the normality of graduates. And start again in the big race to succeed or be competent with satisfaction in what you do.
PS A grand pat on the back from a very old graduate from the last century. You live in much more difficult times, and I wish you good health, and contentment.
The later "contentment" being the hardest to achieve.

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