COVID-19 Update 2 - What Works?

the new facebook look

I enabled the new facebook format the other day and I am getting used to the new format now. In these days of social distancing and balancing what it means to interact with other people but still survive the encounter, we have arrived in a watershed. Social interaction for its own sake and for what, for the Likes? For the hits? It's not the same world anymore.

I watched a youtube clip of a father coming home to his son. His son ran towards the father but was abruptly made to stop with a wave of the hand. The boy's energy disappeared and the father fell on his knees unable to take the situation. It is the threat of COVID-19. The father is a medical worker.

The trolls are still here. Here in my tweeter feed and my facebook timeline, they still fester. Those that forward fake news still do. My hope is that those who know better survive these apocalyptic times. Italy just hit a 10,000 deaths daily level in their fight with the virus. I can't imagine living in a place where 10,000 people die in a day. If experts are right about the COVID-19 trajectory the rest of the world will follow Italy in 2 weeks.

South Korea is having much success in handling this pandemic without using draconian measures like restrictions in travel and socializing. What they did however happened before the virus struck. They learned from SARS and quickly adapted their system of healthcare to quickly respond to viral outbreaks. First they did away with privacy when it comes to community health issues. Then they tested aggressively. They have personal protective equipment ready for their frontliners. If a citizen is showing symptoms, he visits a test kiosk. All relevant contact tracing information are extracted from him. The test results are sent to him via sms but most importantly all individuals he came in contact with are also notified to go to a test kiosk for testing. The South Korean economy doesn't have to take a beating. It's hospital system is able to handle 9,600 cases (so far) with only 152 deaths.

I live in the Philippines. Here the government chose to close the shops and malls. No public transportation. There were travel restrictions especially in Luzon, the biggest island. Food trucks are allowed. But basically, in the Philippines, if you disrupt the public roads and highways, you will get distribution problems. We have 1,418 cases and 71 deaths. These numbers are too low when you compare it to the total population. We are not testing citizens. Certainly not in big numbers to have a good feel on where we stand right now. A prolonged community quarantine will further drive the economy down. The low wage workers, the daily workers are feeling very scared now.

Password Issues On Ubuntu Login

I found myself unable to enter my login credentials when prompted to do so in Ubuntu. I think I might have changed it then forget about it. I've been running the current session for more days than I should have. I forget. So what's the solution to my problem. How do I get in to my system now? It involved getting into the grub menu somehow. I am uncertain as to how to do that exactly in your system. So there's a couple of ways to do it (finger's crossed). When booting at system start, use the esc key or the shift key. The first one worked for me. The timing is key. Wait until the bios banner shows then hit the esc key once. I am using Ubuntu 22.04.4 here. I have a current version of grub. The grub menu will give you options and the one you want is: root. Yes you want root privileges to set the root password. It should give you a terminal access where you can issue commands. Type: #mount -rw -o -s remount / ==> this command mounts the filesyste...

New ZFS Pool And the New 4TB Hard Drive

I am using the new pool for my videos and music. Downloading them using my torrent client, transmission. The old pool is raidz2 and now I am using a raidz1 only. But and a big but I gained space of up to 4.5 TB.

2024 So Far

I have a feeling of moving earth or walking off my itchiness. The growing fat in my belly tells me I am failing on many occasions to give in to this urge. My eyes are blurred by morning glory. I remember my father having the same ritual in the morning. After his weak stroke, he couldn't speak much, just a grunt but he would demonstrate with hand how he liked to wash his face. The weather wasn't helping. It's been raining cats and dogs the past week. The province of Rizal was soaked and spilled volumes of water into the bay and Laguna lake. Our Caimito tree was cut to no more than 4 feet from the ground. It was towering above the corrugated sheet metal of our roof. Now it lay horizontal on the yard. I calculated it could be made into a whole table and chairs set by a talented carpenter artist. I showed Lino the two big pieces of trunk that could only be moved if cut by a power saw in place. The road widening project in San Mateo was in the middle stage. One side of the road ...

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