Interesting Links for 01-04-2020

[andrewducker]

Coronavirus Persists In Many Patients Up To Eight Days After Symptoms Disappear

(tags:virus Doom pandemic )

"Legal Systems Very Different From Ours, Because I Just Made Them Up"

(tags:law )

How to deal with relationship and family stress during the pandemic

(tags:pandemic stress psychology ViaDrCross )

Captain of US aircraft carrier with growing coronavirus outbreak pleads for help from Navy

(tags:USA navy pandemic )

The government seems to be lying about why there aren't enough COVID 19 tests

(tags:virus testing government uk )

Apple acquires Dark Sky weather app, and it's bad news for Android users (including me. What should I use instead?)

(tags:weather Apple OhForFucksSake )

What the Coronavirus is really thinking

(tags:viirus pandemic comic )

Seven alternative Edinburgh food delivery services if you're struggling to get a supermarket slot

(tags:food delivery Edinburgh )

Comments

[misbegotten]

I saw this article on Lifehacker yesterday about Dark Sky alternatives: https://lifehacker.com/these-weather-apps-are-great-alternatives-to-the-apple-1842591377

[andrewducker]

Thank you!

The Peril of USS Theodore Roosevelt

[dewline]

Reading that letter from the ship's captain spooked the Hell out of me. There are reports of similar perils also facing the crews of USS Boxer and USS Ronald Reagan.

We will probably see similar reports from French naval vessels in the weeks ahead.

On a related note from the US Naval Institute blog:

[dewline]

https://blog.usni.org/posts/2020/04/01/we-are-not-at-war-sailors-do-not-need-to-die

[emperor]

I use the Met Office Android app, which is reasonable.

[andrewducker]

Thank you!

[marahmarie]

I use* Google Weather**, which doesn't need install and gets its stats from Accuweather. Exceedingly more accurate than whatever else (free apps) I've tried, no ads or funny business (that I know of).

*I also pay for a radar app but it's not so easy to tell long-range weather from it. It tracks hurricanes well, though.
**To install it I just google [weather] from my phone then click the button in the top result that says Add, which puts an app icon on the home screen - clicking it then opens the app.

[andrewducker]

Cheers!

[marahmarie]

You're welcome, I guess (can't decide if that's a greeting or thank you but either way...hope you're doing well.)

[mountainkiss]

I am very impressed by all these people who pay such attention to the weather. I check about every other day, then promptly forget and wear what I would have worn anyway.

[andrewducker]

I find it useful because it pops up to tell me if rain is happening in the next hour. Or if there'll be a gap in the next hour. Very handy for timing dashes to the local corner shop.