Wuhan Killer Sneeze (thanks Tea)

[luka]

ASOS buys Topshop, Topman, Miss Selfridge and HIIT brands
On Monday, the online fashion retailer confirmed it has purchased the Topshop, Topman, Miss Selfridge and HIIT brands from retail group Arcadia in a deal worth £295 million. The deal does not include the brands' stores, meaning thousands of people will likely lose their jobs.

 

[yyaldrin]

another thing that will happen is that everybody who is doing homeoffice right now is gonna be outsourced to low wage countries. if it's not necessary anymore to be physically present why bother paying a london wage?

 

[mixed_biscuits]

My Oxford physics grad buddy confirms that this is possible if they turn up the power.

 

[Pandiculate]

another thing that will happen is that everybody who is doing homeoffice right now is gonna be outsourced to low wage countries. if it's not necessary anymore to be physically present why bother paying a london wage?

I don't know I get the feeling at my work that everything is slowly falling apart, you have to be really well organised to have everyone 100% WFH and keep the momentum going when you start adding new people and such.

I was interviewing for a few places last month and they all were saying they'd do 2-3 days at home and rest in the office when things get back to normalish.

 

[luka]

what job do you do?

 

[mixed_biscuits]

Talking heads on the news saying 'I love the idea of people being put into isolation under armed guard when coming into the country' doesn't appear to raise eyebrows as it would have done a couple of years ago.

 

[luka]

Talking heads on the news saying 'I love the idea of people being put into isolation under armed guard when coming into the country' doesn't appear to raise eyebrows as it would have done a couple of years ago.

what job do you do?

 

[mixed_biscuits]

Is this part of the Diss-census?

 

[luka]

just answer the question

 

[Mr. Tea]

My Oxford physics grad buddy confirms that this is possible if they turn up the power.

Did s/he elaborate on how many orders of magnitude it would need to be turned up?

 

[mixed_biscuits]

Did s/he elaborate on how many orders of magnitude it would need to be turned up?

She-he said it was possible and implied that the system could be set up to have excess capacity to be used for crowd control if need be.

 

[Pandiculate]

what job do you do?

I'm a programmer, so probably not that representative of the wider job market

 

[Mr. Tea]

She-he said it was possible and I took the matter no further.

I've just had a look at the figures. Power absorbed by a person standing 100 m from a 5G tower could literally cook you like a microwave oven!!!! if it were turned up by a factor of just one billion. 😱

 

[WashYourHands]

Imagine the rush though Tea

 

[Mr. Tea]

Imagine the rush though Tea

It'd certainly keep you cosy if you were feeling the chill.

 

[mixed_biscuits]

I've just had a look at the figures. Power absorbed by a person standing 100 m from a 5G tower could literally cook you like a microwave oven!!!! if it were turned up by a factor of just one billion. 😱

Presumably it decreases by a squared factor, so what increase is required to do this from 6m?

 

[Mr. Tea]

Presumably it decreases by a squared factor, so what increase is required to do this from 6m?

Well an order of magnitude decrease in distance would mean two orders of magnitude increase in power density, so you're talking just one ten millionth the intensity of a microwave oven.

Can you even get that close to the towers, though?

 

[Mr. Tea]

The funniest part is that at typical urban distances from the masts, you're getting a much higher dose of microwave radiation from your own phone than from the masts.

 

[mixed_biscuits]

Well, I already know about the risks of mobile phone use.

 

[IdleRich]

Presumably it decreases by a squared factor, so what increase is required to do this from 6m?

I was gonna say that but I thought I'd let you work out your own posts.