Mask wearing videos Dr. Van Dyken (a surgeon, not a researcher) posted a video on YouTube about Mask wearing and Hypercapnia. In other words: Does wearing a mask increase your personal CO2 levels dangerously? Short answer: No, because CO2 is tiny compared to COVID-19. Jeremy Howard does a demonstration of this as well. …

LWN on latest Go generics proposal Ben Hoyt, writing for LWN, wrote an excellent roundup of the latest generics proposal for Go. Linked from there is Bryan Mills’s repository of experiments and thoughts about the proposal.

How to anti-racism Dr. David Campt’s Message to White Allies from A Black Anti-Racism Expert: You’re Doing It Wrong provides a good Anti-Racism message for actually helping to move conversations forward instead of shutting them down.

Backlinks 2020-07-01 Dr. David Campt’s Message to White Allies from A Black Anti-Racism Expert: You’re Doing It Wrong provides a good Anti-Racism message for actually helping to move conversations forward instead of shutting them down. 2020-06-19 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has an amazing ability to speak …

Burnermail Another terrific-looking Recomendo recommendation: Burner Mail lets you create email addresses on the fly, so you can have a fresh address for each service or newsletter you sign up for. If you start getting spammed at that address or just have trouble unsubscribing, you can flip a switch and the address …

Backlinks 2020-06-28 Another terrific-looking Recomendo recommendation: Burner Mail lets you create email addresses on the fly, so you can have a fresh address for each service or newsletter you sign up for. If you start getting spammed at that address or just have trouble unsubscribing, you can flip a switch and the …

Risk reduction strategies for schools One of my coworkers linked to schools.forhealth.org which offers a report called “Risk Reduction Strategies for Schools”. This report provides some very clear and concise writing about COVID-19 and the challenges and risks of reopening facilities like schools.

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to PlantUML PlantUML is an amazingly useful tool, and The Hitchhiker’s Guide to PlantUML provides a productive introduction to the tool (including why you might want to use it). News to me: the C4 model is in the standard library. Foam: a Roam-like setup for VS Code Foam is kind of …

Backlinks 2020-06-25 PlantUML is an amazingly useful tool, and The Hitchhiker’s Guide to PlantUML provides a productive introduction to the tool (including why you might want to use it). News to me: the C4 model is in the standard library.

Latest mask-wearing information Jeremy Howard has been beating the mask drum for a while. He has posted a new thread about the latest on non-medical masks and their effectiveness in stopping COVID-19 spread.