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@Squirrel I use the mobile web interface. No app needed.

@EvertKwok Ik vond nummertje 4 wel grappig voor dat nummertje 2.

@Pat And I'm just reading the news now.

All those protests are starting to have an effect. The Chinese government is starting to be more lenient with their Corona rules.

Prior there were total lockdowns if there was only one infection case found. And people were sent to quarantine hotels, even though they were very unhygienic and totally full. Now the people are allowed to quarantine at home if they have mild symptoms or if they tested positive but don't display symptoms. This is apparently considered a huge move over there.

The local governments also aren't allowed anymore to put whole regions in lockdown. They have to decide per building or even per floor what the risk factor is. It is as of yet unknown if this means the end of a zero-covid strategy.

They realized that the Omicron variation is less dangerous than its precedessors.

Also, I've seen lots of pics from China, including those protests. They all wear simple cloth masks. Not respirators.

@favus Uh, hope you can get it fixed.. Once I had my heater broken during Xmas... had to go to my parents for a nice hot bath.

@Pat China's numbers are rising now, and there is no guarantee that their old numbers were correct. Nobody can verify anything as China doesn't allow other countries to do that.

Right now there are protests going. If your idea of 'succesful' includes locking up people (including welding doors shut) so they can't spread the virus, then sure, they were extremely succesful. Except that they don't vaccinate properly (their vaccine isn't that effective I've read) and they didn't just try to 'flatten the curve' but tried to completely suppress it.. without success.

Now the virus is returning with bigger force, protests are increasing, and their leaders are starting to notice what it feels like to be between a rock and a hard place. It'll be very interesting to see how those protests unfold.

Virus-free country? Don't count on it. They just hide it. Or haven't you seen those regular city-wide lockdowns lately? (And with city-wide I mean cities of more than 1 million people).

Apparently all this didn't help and China's economy is starting to get a hit now. How do you call that a success?

@Pat Looks like that article is from 2020. It's far from succesful nowadays. Kinda funny how that turns out.

@wislubb Ah, we usually have it in the evening on the 5th. Sometimes the Saint visits (a neighbour dressed up as one), sometimes there's bonking on the door and then the gifts are waiting in front of the door when opened. That sorta thing. ;)

@wislubb You Germans celebrate it on 6 december instead of 5 december?

Whelp, sad day. The Dell WD19S docks apparently aren't compatible with my Lenovo Y720. Even though my lappy has a Thunderbolt port, it's not capable of handling docks connected via said port.
The D6000 via USB-A works fine with multiple displays. If I try the D6000 via USB-C, my keyboard is spazzzzzzzzzzzzzing out. 👀
Sometimes computers really make no sense.
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@baklavades Just go to their front end profile page and put .rss after the URL. Instant RSS feed.

Oh, huh. My phone had Android 13 already for a couple days without me realizing. Neat, the update was so seamless that I didn't notice it until just then. :P I thought it was only a One UI update, but apparently it was combined with a whole OS upgrade. Kinda makes sense now that the phone had to reboot after that update. 😋

@gpowerf Gotta buy Steam games in bundles anyway, can hardly be cheaper than that. ;)

@deNew_John I bet those stems aren't as edible though. ;)

@favus All of them? I'm considering to purchase Biotech, the other DLC's themes didn't draw me in much. Unless they've got some nice bundle discount, but that's probably unlikely.

Of all the mods I've tried, I usually geared towards tech-related ones, so Biotech would probably be great for me.

@favus Oh, wow, Dwarf Fortress actually will release tomorrow, nice. Thought it'd be longer than this. I've been pondering to launch RimWorld again someday.

@favus Heh, were they all sick or something? If you need a bit of gaming, kongregate.com is pretty much a great time killer. ;)

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@AngelSpeak_client What do you mean with nonchalants?

@favus That's alright. Some days you just don't have much to say and that's fine!