I just published U.S. Privacy Concerns and the COVID-19 Crisis link.medium.com/LntpucK4E6 on Medium. Feel free to check it out — comments are welcome. Cheers!
Posts Tagged ‘COVID-19’
U.S. Privacy Concerns and the COVID-19 Crisis
Posted by Scott Holstad on May 21, 2020
Posted in Politics | Tagged: apps, big brother, COVID-19, EFF, fear, government, IAPP, liberties, policy, privacy, privacy issues, privacy resources, smart phones, surveillance | Leave a Comment »
Folding@Home – Joint The Fight Against COVID-19
Posted by Scott Holstad on May 8, 2020
Want to join the fight against COVID-19 & don’t know how cause you’re not a doctor, scientist, etc.? There’s a great way anyone can help. You can donate unused computing power from your computer to Folding@Home, a distributed computing project for simulating protein dynamics, focusing on disease research including COVID-19. “The problems we’re solving require so many computer calculations & the FAH software allows you to share your unused computer power, so we can research more possible cures.” (Distributed computing is defined on their FAQ.) Anyone with a computer can join at no cost except pennies on utility bills. F@H is also interested in multicore, multi-GPU rigs, though any computer is fine. I have a custom designed & custom built PC with an 18-core/36-thread i9-9980XE & multiple NVIDIA GPUs. I started folding Tuesday AM & my first Work Unit was done in 4 minutes. Since then, I’ve added two more rigs to form “TeamScott” (Join Me!) & I plan to add more. In 2+ days, I’ve done 61 Work Units for 72,806 points, putting us at 44,675 out 252,943 teams! It feels great to contribute & it will for you too. Anyone can participate along with organisations like Cisco, AMD, CERN, Intel, NVIDIA, Microsoft, etc. Go here: https://foldingathome.org/. Their FAQ, which is pretty helpful, can be found here: https://bit.ly/3dqxemk. Hope to see you there!
Posted in Health | Tagged: computing, COVID-19, diseases, distributed computing, f@h, fah, folding, foldingathome, health, pandemic, proteins, research, science, sciencematters, simulations, Technology | Leave a Comment »
Governors reopening their states are endangering American lives
Posted by Scott Holstad on April 23, 2020
I ran across this excellent article I wish I had written by Jill Filipovic on CNN. For those of you who feel the few Republican governors who are doing this are doing so prematurely and stupidly and thus unnecessarily risking the lives of their respective states’s citizens, this article will more than confirm that belief. For those of you who think this is a GREAT idea and long overdue, I beg you to read this, as well as my previous post, to gain a better understanding of the risks you’ll take with yourself, your families and the lives of others who come into contact with you. Strongly recommended.
Posted in Health, Politics | Tagged: America, American arrogance, CNN, coronavirus, COVID-19, death, deathrates, Donald Trump, economy, fatal, greed, health, ignorance, Jill Filipovic, morons, pandemic, politics, Republicans, risk, stupidity | Leave a Comment »
“The Liar Tweets Tonight”: A Song Parody
Posted by Scott Holstad on April 22, 2020
Considering everything that’s going on these days and the fact that the person most responsible for this mess in the US is using nearly every waking minute of each day trying to shift blame to anyone else, anywhere, and accept no responsibility — unless it’s bullshit lies about positive stuff he claims he did — I thought this short Roy Zimmerman video starring a bunch of funny, albeit pissed off Americans of all ages all over the country, is in order, so hopefully anyone seeing this may find some humor in it. If you don’t because you actually support that orange SOB criminal, then piss off because you’re just as big of a dumb ass traitor as he and his ilk are!
The Liar Tweets Tonight
by Roy Zimmerman and The ReZisters, featuring Sandy Riccardi. Made in collaboration with the Raging Grannies of Mendocino.
Stay safe and remain cautious, all. It’s only going to get rougher…
Posted in Politics | Tagged: America, coronavirus, COVID-19, crime, disaster, Donald Trump, health, idiots, pandemic, parody, Roy Zimmerman, traitor, tweets, video, vote him out, youtube | Leave a Comment »
