Saturday, March 28, 2020
Surface Transmission
Johns Hopkins has published an interesting guide to which surfaces are more or less effective at transmission and how to maintain safe near-sterile techniques while handling fabrics, cardboard, plastics.
Wednesday, March 25, 2020
The Far Shore of Time by Frederik Pohl
Does not hold up very well, unfortunately. Interesting story but very dated and contrived, 2/5 Stars.
American Butt Ball is 3,400 years old
An odd form of MesoAmerican soccer portrayed here:
is over 3,400 years old. American Butt Ball is not as old as the American baseball game aka protoball portrayed in the epic of Gilgamesh, of course.
Monday, March 23, 2020
The Year's Best Science Fiction (1986) edited by Frederik Pohl
Some of the stories are dated and do not hold up; others are fine, 3/5 stars.
The Singularity Trap by Dennis E Taylor
I loved the Bobiverse books and this story does not disappoint. The nanotech capabilities and limitations were poorly defined so parts of the story were a little too deus est machina, (contrived) but the characters and story line were great, 4/5 Stars.
Prisoner of Darkness, Galaxy's Edge book 6 by Jason Anspach and Nick Cole
I am not enjoying how the story line is shifting away from space opera towards fantasy but the close combat is still great, 3/5 Stars.
Sunday, March 22, 2020
Asymptomatic Transmission?
The role of delayed and asymptomatic transmission is still unclear with errors larger than our results. Massive testing is needed to understand what is really happening.
Friday, March 20, 2020
effective COVID-19 therapy
I feel compelled to contribute to the noise, sorry! ArsTech put out this fantastic, approachable write-up on how we shall treat the virus. This peer reviewed paper on using malaria medications is getting lots of attention right now. Go Remisdir; go Chloroquine!
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