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I'm a bit surprised such a thing as "kids watching TV" is still a thing.
Is that legal?
Good Greif, I thought my old job was messy!
Last time I heard the phrase "Software Architect" was just as I was leaving the industry.
Trouble was I was quite willing to learn about IT stuff, but few IT folk were keen on learning about broadcast stuff.
Invented a new department, "IT Broadcast", as there were only two of us and ten of them, we could see which way the tide was going.
Can't blame them really, we were a legacy from the previous operation and didn't really fit into the brave new world...
My take on the BBC (for what it's worth), if I want a fairly balanced report about what's going on here in the United States I'll watch BBC (there's an Australian news channel I've seen that was pretty good too, but can't remember the call letters).
If I want entertainment, there's CNN, FOX, and the rest. NPR is OK but has it's moments of leftness.
Not really. For-profit media has an incentive to exercise editorial discretion to drum up ratings so they can sell ads. I, myself, watch CNN mostly but I am largely skeptical and distrustful of them (though I'm far less skeptical of them than I am of MSNBC and Fox). The broadcast networks tend to offer fairly glib takes and aren't doing tons of interesting public-interest reporting.That's a remarkable comment, you aren't confident in your national news agencies?
ABC which is modeled on the BBC. Look up Planet America for a detailed program into your politics.My take on the BBC (for what it's worth), if I want a fairly balanced report about what's going on here in the United States I'll watch BBC (there's an Australian news channel I've seen that was pretty good too, but can't remember the call letters).
If I want entertainment, there's CNN, FOX, and the rest. NPR is OK but has it's moments of leftness.
I still need to convince my boss, that I need a colored overall with the company name on my back and a hardhat with my name on instead of the typical software developer uniform (black hoodie and jeans). :rofl:
NPR is OK but has it's moments of leftness.
My wife's mother came down with COVID-19-like symptoms after returning from a trip to Israel some weeks ago. Reported her symptoms to her doctor and self-quarantined. Her PCP requested a test, but the request was denied because her recorded temperature was 99.9F, 0.1 lower than the diagnostic fever threshold of 100F. :facepalm:Thankfully she's recovering and doing well, doesn't appear that she is in any danger of bad consequences.
Hoping that she stays on the mild side and that you and yours keep good health. More testing and contact tracing is the only way out of this long-term, even though we're pretty deep in the mitigation phase now.Well, my mother-in-law finally got a test, positive for COVID-19, in quarantine for two weeks or until asymptomatic. Now CDC is freaking out and wanting everyone she contacted in the last three weeks tested.
This is closing the barn door after the horses have already run away. :facepalm:
Can we come?