Coronavirus & Lockdowns - the Positives - Thread

[Bomberboyokay]

Writing was already on the wall for cinemas but COVID-19 is speeding up film studios going direct to streaming.

 

[the_interloper]

but GOOD for building and maintaining the bridge between young and oldies.

I'm at that weird in between age for a workplace I reckon, 39. I'm too old to be a young'n but too young to be old and experienced. And I'm also expected to know the technology shit as well of course.

 

[peternorth]

I'm at that weird in between age for a workplace I reckon, 39. I'm too old to be a young'n but too young to be old and experienced. And I'm also expected to know the technology shit as well of course.

youre young

 

[Billy ray]

i hope the gyms stay closed. the usual amount of magnificent female specimens running and exercising in their gym gear along the beach has increased even more. it was hardto concentrate on my own running this morning. praise to the lord, allah and lorna jane

 

[chunkylover]

Played online Poker with 9 mates Saturday night, as we were all stuck at home doing fu** all.
Turns out it wasn't much different from every other Saturday night. Took Covid 19 to get the poker happening though.

What site? Played online too but could only get 5 on the table. Which site sits 9? Thanks in advance

 

[PT Bar None]

i hope the gyms stay closed. the usual amount of magnificent female specimens running and exercising in their gym gear along the beach has increased even more. it was hardto concentrate on my own running this morning. praise to the lord, allah and lorna jane

I had noted a similar thing during my periodic walks. Granted I don't have the advantages of climate that you do. But still. Who knew "Yoga hot pants" were a thing?

On Friday I legitimately had the thing where I was about to U turn and head home when I was overtaken by one of the above. "Ah, maybe I'll go another 10 minutes before turning. No pain, no gain!"

 

[Billy ray]

I had noted a similar thing during my periodic walks. Granted I don't have the advantages of climate that you do. But still. Who knew "Yoga hot pants" were a thing?

On Friday I legitimately had the thing where I was about to U turn and head home when I was overtaken by one of the above. "Ah, maybe I'll go another 10 minutes before turning. No pain, no gain!"

females running in bikinis #justgoldcoastthings

 

[Scotland]

youre young

Yeah 39 is young for tech stuff. I'm 35 and we had a classroom computer in year 4. I've been through MS DOS, floppy disks, dial up, broadband, wireless, flash drives, touch screens etc. so I think I'm at a good point for understanding where technology has come from. Plenty of computer stuff I can't do sure, but it's not like I am a pensioner given an iPhone like it's something out of Star Trek.

 

[peternorth]

i remember using the old apple computers in the mid 80s. it was grouse.

 

[Billy ray]

 

[Gough]

i remember using the old apple computers in the mid 80s. it was grouse.

We had BBC's at school in the computer room. One room.

 

[Hawk Dork]

i remember using the old apple computers in the mid 80s. it was grouse.

I had one for a few days and sold it to my sister and got an IBM

 

[Bomberboyokay]

We had BBC's at school in the computer room. One room.

Big black *****?

 

[LSRU]

What site? Played online too but could only get 5 on the table. Which site sits 9? Thanks in advance

pokerstars

 

[PT Bar None]

Found out that Stan has a crapload better back-catalog than Netflix

 

[the_interloper]

Big black *****?

Beat me to it ha ha

 

[Chief]

But is their premium membership the best deal in town?

There can't be two, can there?

 

[Chief]

We had BBC's at school in the computer room. One room.

High school I started at in the late 80's still had these.

 

[t_94]

Not having to hear anyone crap on about their supercoach trades.

Yeah that's right, come at me bigfooty!

I'm looking to upgrade Darcy Byrne Jones to a upper level defensive premium like Jake Lloyd. Stfu nerd.

 

[Billy ray]

Kalgoorlie skimpies start ‘Uber Teets’ food delivery

Facing a loss of income after all pubs were forced to close their doors, one Kalgoorlie skimpy agency has found a novel way to keep some money rolling in

www.kalminer.com.au

 

[Hawk Dork]

Might be a good time to put Dusty's Dad's mates out of business

Nine people at the Rebels motorcycle clubhouse in Sunshine West were fined last night for breaching the stay at home rules.

Seven men and two women socialising at the clubhouse were each fined $1652 by Echo Task Force police.

 

[Engimal v3]

Because I'm working from home for the forseeable future, I've got back into programming as a hobby and not just for work.
So far I've built (or am currently building):

• A script to pull the latest parliamentary speeches by chosen MPs and then using Google's sentiment analysis to determine whether sentiment has got more negative as Covid19 progresses
• An API interface for SportsBet
• An apache web server broadcasting on my WiFi including:
  • A notepad for sharing messages to each other
  • A streaming service for non Netflix/Stan/Disney/etc. moves/tv shows
  • Text input to broadcast anything to our Google Home in the lounge room (good for asking for a coffee when you hear someone else making one)
• Various other (minor) scripts
  • E.g. pulling latest ABC headlines and refreshing every X minutes, pulling latest covid19 stats and reading them aloud on Google Home

Trying to have a bit of fun in a pretty un-fun time.

 

[Deliverance]

Kalgoorlie skimpies start ‘Uber Teets’ food delivery

Facing a loss of income after all pubs were forced to close their doors, one Kalgoorlie skimpy agency has found a novel way to keep some money rolling in

www.kalminer.com.au

 

[Frank Bunn]

Given up drinking alcohol for a month.

 

[Gough]

Reacquainted myself with David Bowie.