syklemil

@syklemil@discuss.tchncs.de

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New Year's fireworks accidents kill five in Germany⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  And it is, of course, all guys who died.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I never realized this⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, like the -berg names (e.g. Stoltenberg), it’s likely the family farm if you go far enough back. My family has a name that’s an island and the settlement on it. Taking a profile picture next to the town sign that’s also our last name is pretty common (for a name of a few hundred people).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I never realized this⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, doesn’t seem to be a thing in Norway, but it could probably be revived for the countries that did that. Like Sheryl Copywriter or Ross Youtuber or whatever.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I never realized this⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  A lot of last names here are frozen patronyms (e.g. at some point some dude named Hans had kids; now there are lots of people calling themselves his son, Hansen) or place names. I kinda like the place name bit: Just give kids last names to a place they have a connection to. Where they were born or conceived or something.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨bird flu⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Given how much antibiotics they pump into livestock it wouldn’t be that weird.

  But yeah, less intensive animal farming would likely also reduce spread & impact.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨bird flu⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  We’ve been making flu vaccines for a long time now, and the flu has always been a virus that comes in various strains so you need to renew the vaccine frequently (usually once a year, as opposed to other vaccines that can last you a decade), and the medical industry needs to know which strains to make vaccines for.

  Part of the thing with covid was that it was novel, and the vaccines were as well, because they needed to be not just developed fast, but deployed fast.

  This isn’t the first time H5N1 is making the rounds, and there have been vaccines for it for over a decade. Depending on where you live, your country may have a stockpile of vaccines or just ordered one.

  The problems humanity will face with the virus is one of uneven distribution of vaccines due to uneven distribution of wealth, poor health care policies, and science denialism / vaccine conspiracy nightmares.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Brazil shuts BYD factory site over 'slavery' conditions⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  No, there really is talk of tariffs several places to neutralise the price advantage that the Chinese subsidies result in. The Chinese want to promote their domestic auto industries, but so does any other country with an auto industry.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Nearly done with Trails in the Sky. Apparently it’s getting a remake in 2025, which I guess might make it more attractive to Kids These Days, but really I suspect is money and effort that could have been better spent elsewhere—the remastered version is pretty good IMO