Genie Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 42 minutes ago, bickster said: If they are storing personal details in a spreadsheet, I wouldn't put it past them to have created a workbook with only one sheet in Or of course the other option is the excuse is utter bollocks and their bollocks has dug a deeper hole than they were trying to fill Yep, they’ve tried to cover a lie with a bad lie. I’d love to hear how they managed to lose only some of each days data with this full spreadsheet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister_a Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 Used to be 2gb was the limit on an access database, but to put all this on a spreadsheet is bonkers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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limpid Posted October 5, 2020 Administrator Share Posted October 5, 2020 1 hour ago, Mister_a said: Used to be 2gb was the limit on an access database, but to put all this on a spreadsheet is bonkers. 150MB limit per row in BigTable and you can connect to a Google Sheet if you think spreadsheets are useful. Much better to use something like Data Studio though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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OutByEaster? Posted October 5, 2020 Moderator Share Posted October 5, 2020 https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000n1xp/panorama-test-and-trace-exposed Quote Panorama hears from whistleblowers working inside the government’s new coronavirus tracking system. They are so concerned about NHS Test and Trace that they are speaking out to reveal chaos, technical problems, confusion, wasted resources and a system that does not appear to them to be working. The programme also hears from local public health teams who say they have largely been ignored by the government in favour of the private companies hired to run the new centralised tracking system. As Panorama investigates, it has left some local authorities questioning whether local lockdowns could have been handled better or avoided altogether. If anyone didn't see the BBC test and trace documentary made by the people being paid to work within the system, it's utterly horrific. The BBC can still do proper journalism; it's just encouraged not to make a big fuss about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Davkaus Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 4 minutes ago, snowychap said: People used to say he was very intelligent, but just putting on a clown-ish persona. I don't buy it. The man is an incompetent, lazy moron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Davkaus said: People used to say he was very intelligent, but just putting on a clown-ish persona. I don't buy it. The man is an incompetent, lazy moron. Incompetence doesn't preclude intelligence (though I'm moving more away from this view of him as time goes by). This may be incompetence though it may be the idea that everyone will have heard what he said and that, rather than the correct information, will be what they largely believe to be the case thus making them look more supportive than they actually are in those people's minds. Edited October 6, 2020 by snowychap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 I keep thinking back to that meeting with the Liaison Committee in the spring, when it became embarrassingly clear that he didn't know what 'no recourse to public funds' was or meant. I suppose you could make all sorts of arguments about why - I can imagine plausible arguments that he is lazy, stupid, incompetent, privileged, forgetful, badly briefed, or any combination of the above, but in the end the end result was the same - he learned of the harm caused by one of his government's policies, suggested he would review it, and they've done absolutely nothing and it's still causing hardship today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 How are Italy and Germany coping so much better than France, the UK and Spain? link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 8 minutes ago, Genie said: How are Italy and Germany coping so much better than France, the UK and Spain? link Proper track and trace systems and a population following the rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted October 6, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted October 6, 2020 You look at the UK 'curve' (more like vertical line) in the last week there and have to wonder how the stories that 'infections seem to be leveling off' from the last couple of days can have much use at all. Infections have gone through the roof, but they seem to be slowing down from top speed. And the last time we controlled it by shutting the country down, this time err... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 Nothing to worry about, move along Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted October 6, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted October 6, 2020 2 minutes ago, sne said: Nothing to worry about, move along Absolute nonsense maths 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenm Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 Spent this morning arguing with idiots in Facebook local group about false positives. It seems to be latest thing for conspiracy nut jobs that 'we're not being told the truth' about how accurate the tests are. They're so desperate to believe that things are much better than they seem that they'll believe 91% of all positive covid tests are wrong. It came from Hartley-Brewer who brainfarted that if the false positive rate is currently 0.8% then out of 100 people, 8 will be wrong. If 9 people in that 100 test positive then 8 of them may be the wrong ones. I thought the left were meant to be the conspiracy theorists. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted October 6, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted October 6, 2020 18 minutes ago, darrenm said: It came from Hartley-Brewer who brainfarted that if the false positive rate is currently 0.8% then out of 100 people, 8 will be wrong. If 9 people in that 100 test positive then 8 of them may be the wrong ones. That is some excellent mathematical gymnastics to arrive at that conclusion 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DCJonah Posted October 6, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 6, 2020 Last day of isolation tomorrow and finally feeling better. Unfortunately wife and kids still have till Monday before they can leave the house. This thing has really knocked me about without making me feel really ill. Very strange, I've never had an illness like it. Absolutely exhausted most of the day. Had a bit of a panic a couple of nights ago, woke up with the feeling as though someone was pushing on my chest. I could take a deep breath but it felt like my lungs were fighting against it all the way. It has sucked and I can only imagine how bad it must be for people hospitalised with it. 12 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 2 hours ago, DCJonah said: Last day of isolation tomorrow and finally feeling better. Unfortunately wife and kids still have till Monday before they can leave the house. This thing has really knocked me about without making me feel really ill. Very strange, I've never had an illness like it. Absolutely exhausted most of the day. Had a bit of a panic a couple of nights ago, woke up with the feeling as though someone was pushing on my chest. I could take a deep breath but it felt like my lungs were fighting against it all the way. It has sucked and I can only imagine how bad it must be for people hospitalised with it. Glad you’re ok now. Take care and I hope you and your family all feel better soon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 I’m doing the first couple of hours of none WFH working on Friday. It’s a bit of a jolly/cushy couple of hours too. Then straight back home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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