Hosted by
Dave Morriss
on 2020-09-29 00:00:00
The two HPR hosts based in Edinburgh got together over Mumble on the evening of Sunday 23rd August 2020 to have a chat during the COVID-19 pandemic.
This is the second half of the conversation. For the first part see HPR show 3167.
Notes
Some of the topics we discussed:
- Mobile phones and tablets
- Digital data versus pieces of paper
- Dave is using a Google spreadsheet shopping list which he can share with his kids who are shopping for him
- There’s still a desire to keep things on paper though
- The tendency to hoard bits of paper
- Using Windows
- Multiple (virtual) desktops on Windows 10, a counter-intuitive design
- Outlook as a mail client (with Exchange) is very poor compared to open source options
- The current pandemic
- Lockdown controls exposure to the virus and limits cases
- Fewer cases means the health service can cope better
- Sheltering keeps vulnerable people safe until a vaccine is available
- Herd Immunity is when the majority of people are immune to the virus and don’t transmit it to vulnerable people
- Long-term effects of COVID-19
- Asymptomatic carriers of the virus
- HPR listening and contributing in the time of COVID
- Current times tend to make it harder to keep up to date with shows
- It’s also harder to make time to make contributions at the moment
- Issues with motivation
- Miscellaneous
- MrX’s car needing attention due to rust
- Dave’s anecdote of his neighbour losing power late one night