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If one tries really hard, including paying for multiple subscriptions to Google and Parallels, it is possible to install a Windows virtual…

Citrix Workspace? I'm using the Android app on an older version of this Lenovo Idepad Flex 5i Chromebook (with 10th gen i5 and lower…

Turns out this either was a completely 'unmarked' sale or a pricing error which lasted days! Listed priced on Officeworks is now $897 :(…

Phone cameras can definitely be more convenient to have available for use, and often suffice for typical 'holiday-snap' photos and videos.…

On the other hand, having everything blur and out-of-focus (including parts of the main subject) doesn't actually make for a good photo.…

good strategy! The above estimates are actually somewhat conservative, at least given the fairly benign investment environment over the…

This very much depends on how long is the 'remainder of my working life'. The lesson is to 'start early'. Using the example of…

There's been a lot of 'de-emphasis' of AZ in Qld, to the point of trash-talking from the Queensland health department, but AZ - a vaccine…

Quite. The customer could present a clean-wiped computer with a fresh installation ('nothing to see here!'), and then use an alternate…

My apologies @repeat, I wrote in error. I installed VirtualBox as well, but unfortunately due to inadequate access to /proc/modules, I…

Yes, and if ICU beds are depleted, the stress levels on both sick patients and family members (and hospital staff members) will be quite…

Thanks for your interest in this question, @Shacktool. You are right, population statistics are not always immediately instructive about…

Yes, it is good that Pfizer first-dose vaccine effectiveness does not appear to deteriorate significantly if increasing the dose interval…

I agree, that, of the '4 to 8 week' range currently recommended in NSW to have an AZ vaccine, I'd opt for 8 weeks, especially since the…

Steroids (e.g. dexamethasone) are also cheap, even cheaper than ivermectin (for human use), and yet have been researched and now…

There is a reason why the University of Melbourne/RCH (and other) figures quote a 'spread' of uncertainty around the point estimate (which…

Thanks @Thithlord, I'm a vaccinator (and a GP), and I work in a community health service which, other than the GP practices, has multiple…

Yes, as @shatter mentioned, it is still recommended to be vaccinated (though there is also a recommended gap, talk with a vaccinating GP,…

If you come from a computer science background, and think that nothing is truly random, can I cautiously suggest to be careful of…

The first dose of either AZ or Pfizer vaccine provides more than 50% of the protection (against delta-variant) of the full two-dose course.…

Well, I didn't have an AZ vaccine, administer AZ vaccine to my parents, and administer AZ vaccine to hundreds of patients for fun, even if…

@ATangk, interesting stats. Delta-specific information available from the weekly vaccine update from the University of Melbourne/RCH…

Yes, I read an article where a doctor is treating an ICU patient with unvaccinated COVID patient (who later died), and it came to mind that…

Perhaps it is worth considering that these 'dedicated field hospitals' had electrified wire fences, and security cameras facing *in*.…

Actually, a single dose provides more than 50% of the protection of the complete 'two-dose' course. I think one-dose is *very* worthwhile,…

There is no shortage of vaccination clinics open on weekends. The administration of the vaccine is mandated to be free, even in clinics…

As mentioned, being a relatively cheap and well-used medication (in both public health and veterinary medicine), the idea of ivermectin…

This particular Chromebook (Lenovo 5i), and probably every other recent Chromebook, does have Google-supported Linux containers (Crostini),…

Yes, I will at least run Windows in virtual machines, because there are applications I develop for that are only available in Windows, and…

I have this i5 Flex. Other than the browser and Android apps, I also run Linux apps (using the Google-supported Crostini containers). Some…