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lostkiwi said:

Here in NZ our Prime Minister said yesterday our government are in talks with the Singapore Government to use their 'Tracetogether' app.  Apparently the project is going to be outsourced by Singapore.  App information is here: https://www.tracetogether.gov.sg  

It would be hard to find a country that has been more successful at fighting SARS-CoV 2 than Singapore.  Looking at the app it seems they have put a lot of effort into preserving privacy but still making it as efficient as possible.  I guess the only problem would be getting users to download the app in sufficient numbers to make it work.  Works fine in a small country like Singapore with high trust in its government - the U.S...... maybe not so much.

EDIT just went through the Apple/Google Contact Tracing Bluetooth Specification.  Page 3 goes in their 'Advertisement Payload' then details 'Advertising Behaviour' and 'Advertising Flow'.
Well, screw that then.  I will be doing everything I can to opt out/disable this on my devices.  There is no need to make money out of this crisis, it is not like Apple or Google are facing layoffs/financial issues because of the pandemic.  I am aware that they have shareholders to keep happy... but really?  This is just bad taste.

That said, if my government does use the previously mentioned opensourced app then I will be using it.  Assuming it is free of advertising crapiness.

seanismorris said:

jeffharris said:

Looks interesting.

It would be nice if there were an option to be able use two of these speakers for real left/right channel stereo separation with space between the speakers. 

12” between the tweeters and a shared 6” woofer aren’t going to give you much of a soundstage.

As it is, and with other speakers of this kind, it’s sort of “giant mono”, not true stereo. Oh well.

Hogtalare seems to specialize in car audio.  They get high reviews on Amazon for that category.  But, home audio is a whole different ballgame...

seanismorris said:

P.S
I really would like to ensure batteries are disposable of /recycled properly... any place that sells electronics should accept them.  That would be 1000% better than their proposal.

Trouble@Mill said:

1 - airborne
2 - up to a 24 day incubation period
3 - lives on surfaces for up to 9 days
4 - no vaccine
5 - ~20% serious complication rate
6 - completely uncontained
7- laid waste to global supply chains

M68000 said:

Actually from what I've been able to find out, there is a general consensus building among experts that it could stay active on surfaces for 9 days - which is NOT proven YET, but could be true; temperature is believed to be a factor too.  It is absolutely vital that scientists identify this and agree and inform the public.   But one thing seems clear at this point - without a vaccine the only way to even try to get rid of it is by massive quarantine for weeks.  It is unfathomable to think that countries around the world would just suspend all travel for weeks at a time (not just China but ALL travel) and have everyone work at home if possible, but that would be a way to deal with this it would seem.