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Buer · 06-03-2020 12:42PM

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From what I've been reading the major impact here is that this is going to lower life expectancy around the world until some level of vaccination is possible. Not only does this virus infect elderly patients disproportionately, it also has a much higher mortality rate as you age.

Luke O'Neill (Professor/immunologist in TCD) was on the David McWilliams podcast this week. His estimate is that a vaccine will be available by around September or October. The science and speed around immunology has leapt forward massively in recent years, apparently.

Interestingly, he also noted that Norway is providing a huge amount of the funding for the research from their financial reserves.

Dave_The_Sheep · 06-03-2020 12:54PM

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My rent is going up. A housemate is moving out. My other two housemates (four of us in total) want the new tenant to absorb the 4% increase. I'm kinda in shock and fundamentally disagree with this. Especially when its someone I'll have to live with. Is this normal thing to do?

Do they propose telling the new tenant, or just slipping it in under the radar?

Either way, pretty ****ty thing to do.

06-03-2020 01:01PM

Buer wrote: »

Luke O'Neill (Professor/immunologist in TCD) was on the David McWilliams podcast this week. His estimate is that a vaccine will be available by around September or October. The science and speed around immunology has leapt forward massively in recent years, apparently.

Interestingly, he also noted that Norway is providing a huge amount of the funding for the research from their financial reserves.

The vaccine is going to be needed because warmer climates don't seem to do much to slow the spread.

The concern around a potential vaccine is that the rate this is moving through the population and the macro numbers involved mean that variants of the virus (and there already appears to be two) will make early vaccines redundant.

Squidgy Black · 06-03-2020 01:07PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

My rent is going up. A housemate is moving out. My other two housemates (four of us in total) want the new tenant to absorb the 4% increase. I'm kinda in shock and fundamentally disagree with this. Especially when its someone I'll have to live with. Is this normal thing to do?

If it's for a bigger room than the others then maybe, but if it's the exact same situation as the rest of the housemates it's a shítty move. Especially considering a 4% increase across 4 people might be only 50 quid extra month if even, as opposed to someone else paying an extra 200 quid or whatever compared to everyone else in the house.

errlloyd · 06-03-2020 01:20PM

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My rent is going up. A housemate is moving out. My other two housemates (four of us in total) want the new tenant to absorb the 4% increase. I'm kinda in shock and fundamentally disagree with this. Especially when its someone I'll have to live with. Is this normal thing to do?

This could actually be illegal?

You see it all the time though. I am in a facebook group for renting in Dublin - it's mostly non nationals. You'll often see something like "Double Room, in an apartment with 3 other people, rent 950, deposit 850". Those situations it is pretty obvious what is happening.

Personally I feel that your housemates are being unfair - and I think it'd be awkward enough if the new housemate ever found out.

Bazzo · 06-03-2020 01:42PM

Squidgy Black wrote: »

If it's for a bigger room than the others then maybe, but if it's the exact same situation as the rest of the housemates it's a shítty move. Especially considering a 4% increase across 4 people might be only 50 quid extra month if even, as opposed to someone else paying an extra 200 quid or whatever compared to everyone else in the house.

Is 5 grand a month really normal for a 4 bed in Dublin these days? Fuuuuck that.

06-03-2020 02:24PM

Squidgy Black wrote: »

If it's for a bigger room than the others then maybe, but if it's the exact same situation as the rest of the housemates it's a shítty move. Especially considering a 4% increase across 4 people might be only 50 quid extra month if even, as opposed to someone else paying an extra 200 quid or whatever compared to everyone else in the house.

Two of the rooms are identical. The rest are priced accordingly. I pushed back and they've realised it's a bad idea... just in case the person found out... I'm kinda disturbed the people I live with think like this...

Stheno · 06-03-2020 02:25PM

Bazzo wrote: »

Is 5 grand a month really normal for a 4 bed in Dublin these days? Fuuuuck that.

2 bed apartments in grand canal docks rent for 3700 a month

Buer · 06-03-2020 02:29PM

Bazzo wrote: »

Is 5 grand a month really normal for a 4 bed in Dublin these days? Fuuuuck that.

No, it's not. That would be very much high end stuff. If you check on Daft, the houses that are asking for €5k are family homes in exclusive areas of the city. They're not aimed at your average renter at all. Move beyond the large homes in D4/D6 and there are plenty of properties looking for €2,000-€3,500.

Squidgy Black · 06-03-2020 02:40PM

Bazzo wrote: »

Is 5 grand a month really normal for a 4 bed in Dublin these days? Fuuuuck that.

Nah figures were exaggerated, but it'd still be a fair chunk more per month for the other person to swallow compared to splitting it

sydthebeat · 06-03-2020 02:43PM

Squidgy Black wrote: »

Nah figures were exaggerated, but it'd still be a fair chunk more per month for the other person to swallow compared to splitting it

it would mean one tenant paying about 15% more than the other 3 housemates...

unacceptable and a ****ty thing to suggest...
everyone should suffer the extra €10 a week rather than putting it all on one person.

Squidgy Black · 06-03-2020 02:46PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Two of the rooms are identical. The rest are priced accordingly. I pushed back and they've realised it's a bad idea... just in case the person found out... I'm kinda disturbed the people I live with think like this...

It depends on ages/cultures I guess. There's a fair few ads on daft and Facebook etc where people sub-let rooms out and charge absolutely mental amounts to subsidise their own rent because they know there's people desperate to find housing. And then there's also people renting two bed apartments and sticking bunk beds in them or three single beds in a room and charging 400 quid per bed

06-03-2020 02:59PM

My gf works in a nursing home. Patient has just been diagnosed with corona. **** is getting real.

06-03-2020 03:00PM

errlloyd wrote: »

It depends on your needs here. The Chromecast is only useful if everyone in your household has a phone - so I guess it can be kind of useles if you have kids (although I guess it's a useful mechanism for knowing what they're watching).

If you want your streaming box to have a UI and a remote standing alone a Roku might be better. I use an Nvidia Shield. Chromecast on Steroids. They cost between 150 and 200. But having it's own remote and UI makes it pretty handy - but you can also Cast to your Shield the exact same way you'd cast to a chromecast.

I don't have kids.
It's more I'd like having one place that all the apps could live on so a person with a phone isn't required

Would that shield or an android box do that?

06-03-2020 03:23PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

My gf works in a nursing home. Patient has just been diagnosed with corona. **** is getting real.

That's awful news. That nursing home in the states was badly hit - hoping for the best for all involved.

06-03-2020 03:42PM

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That's awful news. That nursing home in the states was badly hit - hoping for the best for all involved.

There's a chance I might have it.

Pffft apparently its not true. Rumours. Apologies

errlloyd · 06-03-2020 03:45PM

connemara man wrote: »

I don't have kids.
It's more I'd like having one place that all the apps could live on so a person with a phone isn't required

Would that shield or an android box do that?

Yeah an adroid box would. The shield is the king of android boxes.

It depends on your budget - it might be a bit of a sledgehammer for a thumb tack type solution for your problem. But going from a Firestick (for example) to a shield was like going from a web-book to a top of the range business lap.

Mine does all the standards - Netflix, Prime, Virgin and Eir. It also has my Plex app and plex server running on it. I use it for my IPTV player, photo stream.

On top of that it has a games console element in GeForce Now. I think it was originally designed to primarily be a games console, but most people just bought it as a streamer. I don't play any video games on it properly, but I do use it for party games and the such when I've people over.

06-03-2020 03:54PM

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There's a chance I might have it.

... can I have your stuff?

Squidgy Black · 06-03-2020 04:25PM

I'd highly recommend the Shield. I've had a few different Android boxes over the last few years, at different price ranges and the shield is by far the best in terms of interface and also power. Most of the cheaper boxes run a basic version of Android mobile with a crappy skin on it and some apps don't like it as they may run in mobile mode or tablet mode.

mfceiling · 06-03-2020 04:56PM

Nvidia Shield TV review: the best Android TV box with brilliant AI upscaling

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/feb/26/nvidia-shield-tv-review-the-best-android-tv-box-with-brilliant-ai-upscaling?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Copy_to_clipboard

Seems like it's a savage piece of kit.

pickarooney · 06-03-2020 08:27PM

Just got notification that my holiday flights are cancelled. Ryanair between France and Croatia. Who would have decided that? Presumably flights to Ireland will be cancelled as well.

What is the fuxking point of working all year round like a twat if you can't even go for a break.

Stheno · 06-03-2020 08:41PM

pickarooney wrote: »

Just got notification that my holiday flights are cancelled. Ryanair between France and Croatia. Who would have decided that? Presumably flights to Ireland will be cancelled as well.

What is the fuxking point of working all year round like a twat if you can't even go for a break.

Ryanair I reckon

I'm due a bonus soon and was looking forward to a break away but in limbo now as if I travel anywhere that develop vivid 19 cases I have to self isolate for two weeks and work from home which will cause me to go nuts

dregin · 06-03-2020 10:49PM

In SF for the week and our office here is shut today to iron out any issues resulting from everyone working from home. The rest of my team were supposed to stay a week longer, but are getting shipped back to Dublin tomorrow instead. We'll most likely be asked to self quarantine for 2 weeks upon our return to Dublin. No bloody craic.

07-03-2020 10:40PM

Sad to see Tom Hanks taking a paycheck like this. There has been a run of these made for TV, borderline propaganda military 'event' movies lately.

Embarrassing.

Podge_irl · 07-03-2020 11:10PM

That.......does not look very good.

Buer · 08-03-2020 09:09AM

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Sad to see Tom Hanks taking a paycheck like this. There has been a run of these made for TV, borderline propaganda military 'event' movies lately

This sort of stuff has been the cornerstone of his career for about 25 years. I'd imagine you'd be hard pushed to find another A lister who has done as many historical or "based on a true story" productions as he has. Between television and cinema, he must have beeb involved in about a dozen productions against the backdrop of WW2 or the Cold War.

errlloyd · 08-03-2020 10:31AM

Hanks wrote it. A combination of Saving Private Ryan and Captain Philips it'd seem.

Dave_The_Sheep · 08-03-2020 12:46PM

Does he get to land a plane on a river in it as well?

10-03-2020 02:53PM

I'm a bit surprised Cheltenham has gone ahead. 15000 were due to travel, I gather a lot less have.

10-03-2020 03:33PM

A friend of mine is on a school board for a large enough Dublin primary school and texted this morning to say they've finalised a plan to close schools for 5 weeks starting imminently. They said it applies to all of Dublin but not sure about elsewhere.

Have subsequently seen this pop up in social media.

Given just how bad things are getting in Italy I think it's a smart enough move but it's going to kill economic activity for the next two months.

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