CitizenVectron

Interesting. First place to do this so far in order to speed up initial vaccinations?

Interesting. We use Rokus at home since we use Netflix, Prime, and Disney+. Maybe we'll add HBO Max for a few months if it shows up as an app. It will depend on what content Canadians can actually get, though. Actually, I'm not even sure that HBO Max is available in Canada.

A telecom bombing target in Nashville to protest a Brexit deal by Irish terrorists from the 80s sounds a little unlikely...but it's 2020, so who knows!

Thank God they didn't seem to have as large of explosives as say, the OK bombing. So is "intentional bombing" the code word now for "white people commit terrorism"?

Fuck. Is this in a commercial area, residential, etc? Does anyone know?

Lol

White asshole getting his comeuppance: Too bad the can flip failed, but the smack made up for it.

Yeah we don't want people using this money on things like, oh, I don't know, rent and mortgage:

I've failed to convince them to not get together, though it sounds like they will be wearing masks. So I don't know what I will do. There was a high level of "I know it's important but it's just us." I tried to explain that this argument doesn't work when millions of people are making the same decision, but they've already decided. Truthfully, our numbers are going down (new cases around 17/100,000 per day) and I know we're not nearly as bad as neighbouring North Dakota and the risk is quote low (in my city around 20-30 new cases a day, population 250,000), etc...but it's the point. As @Joe said, it's kind of a slap in the face since my wife and I have to be so careful thanks to her comorbidities, but others don't care about breaking the rules if they are an inconvenience.

Are you referring to the December timeline? As stated in that tweet, we will have enough for September, but they anticipate some people will voluntarily wait until December, so they will have the rollout still in place for stragglers. Q3 ends Sept, which is not late fall (at least in Canada, lol). Importantly, the US is running far behind their Warp Speed projections, however, while we are running ahead. Their official projections are still from October, and include only 300 million does administered by the end of June. They claim this is "enough for all Americans," but it's only enough for 150 million out of 325 million. So even if they meet their projections (which, again, they are running behind), they will only have around 46% vaccination rate by July, which is right where Canada will be, as well. I'm not saying things won't change (in fact I am optimistic both countries will, in the end, get the job mostly done by July/Aug), but as of right now both Canada and the US are on a similar course to complete vaccinations by September. I don't see how the public in either country will be upset by this, even if it ends up varying by 1-2 months in either direction. And while you are criticizing the Liberal government for not being transparent (even though they clearly are with their often-updated timelines and announcements), you fail to comment on how the US is not being as transparent with public timelines. It's true that all the timelines are effectively managed at the provincial/state level, but at least in Canada we have a central government who is proactively engaged in managing this. I think you might be too far into your right-wing bubble if you think the general public is mad at Trudeau for his handling of the pandemic (in fact polling shows people are happy with it, even more so than they support his party) or is prepped for a huge swing against him if it takes until September for everyone to be vaccinated. EDIT - Took a bit to find it, but here is an example of being behind the official roadmap (which is required to be done by July): The U.S. has vaccinated just 1 million people out of a goal of 20 million for December WWW.CNBC.COM The total number of vaccines administered is still a long way off from the federal government's goal to inoculate 20 million Americans by the end of the year. So far the main hurdle has just been getting people vaccinated, both the US and Canada have a roughly equivalent amount of does at the ready in each country to get around 1% of the population inoculated in December, with that number rising to 15-30% by April depending on how smoothly things go. Also, vaccination isn't the only measure of success here. Even assuming it takes Canada 1 to 2 months longer to vaccinate, people here will continue to be financially supported with no end for EI/CRB/CEWS in sight. Compare that with:

It's like hoarding all the best potions in an RPG—yeah, I'm on the final boss, but what if I need them later?!

His time in office is going to be a respectable, traditional, normal Presidency that pundits and reporters will flower on about...and then all his work will be undone in 2024 or 2028.

That is both nothing like I expected, but also very interesting! So is this also involved with multiverses, etc? Googling the TVA, it is the Time Variance Authority, so I assume it deals with people violating time travel rules, etc.

Am I the asshole? In my province, Christmas gatherings are banned (no one can go to other households). My family (mom+partner, brother+partner, myself+partner) decided to do a zoom call on Christmas morning...until my mom yesterday sprung it on me that my brother would be going to her house in the morning and they'd do the call from there (with me and my partner at home). I told her that he can't, it's against the rules (and the rules are for a good reason), and that choices like this are causing the pandemic to continue. She is talking to him again, but I want to just say that if he's over there, then I won't be doing a zoom call because I want them to wear masks, and there is little point to the call if they are both in masks. The vaccines are rolling out and my mom (who is in her 60s) will probably have hers by April, and my brother I hopefully within the summer. If we just wait a bit longer, there is an end in sight and there is no point in risking one of us getting sick. I'm hoping this puts some pressure on them. Obviously I can't stop them from breaking the rules, but am I the asshole for effectively cancelling the Xmas zoom if they are getting together against the rules?

Based on this: Johnson & Johnson expects to release late-stage coronavirus vaccine data in January GLOBALNEWS.CA The pharmaceutical company's single-dose vaccine is in Phase 3 clinical trials that are now fully enrolled, and is already being reviewed by Health Canada. Probably by the end of Feb. And it's single-dose, which is great.

This was a quote taken out of context, where Trudeau said it was expected that countries that manufacture the vaccine would like get the first doses. This was true for the UK with the Oxford vaccine, but Canada actually got the Pfizer vaccine on the same day as the US, and the Moderna vaccine only one week after. The US will likely complete their goal by July/Aug vs September in Canada, but less Americans (as a %) are also expected to receive it. In Canada it's up to the provinces, but current shipping timelines are 4.25 million does of the Pfizer vaccine by the end of March, and 2 million doses of the Moderna vaccine. This has been widely reported for the last few weeks (with an additional 250k doses for Pfizer announced today, for January). So that's 9% of the population by Apr, which covers most of the vulnerable pop/healthcare. In April mass vaccination will begin for the general pop, with larger shipments anticipated. It's been quite open, as mentioned above. Also, the government has stated Sept as the end for three weeks now: What has been stated. The US might complete theirs one month or so sooner, but overall it will be quite close, I don't expect the public to be outraged. In fact, I actually expect both countries to be done sooner than we think thanks to the j&j vaccine and others that will be approved in the next few months.

Canada is on pace to administer vaccinations at the same pace as the US and EU. Should have the majority done by July, and everyone (who wants it) done by end of September. I don't see why that would make people mad.

Apparently Sony likes the move, though, in the form of creators approaching them over WB: Sony says it’s already seeing some benefits from WarnerMedia’s big HBO Max bet WWW.THEVERGE.COM Sony Pictures is ready to step in for Warner Bros. in theaters

How Deepfake works is that it used hundreds of still images from multiple angles and matches it frame-by-frame to the video image (also need stills for this). The closer the original face to the deepfake face, the better it will be. This is why you can't put Obama's face on a Trump video and make it look real, you need to have someone that already looks fairly close to Obama in face-shape, etc. The deepfake in this case used images of Luke from the OT (different angles) and then super-imposed it onto the existing video from Mandalorian. In other words, it used a face that was already 95% similar (the CGI Luke) and then made it better by using actual photos to improve it. If they wanted to only use deepfake they'd need an actor with a similar face to young Mark Hamill...and deepfake still isn't perfect, you end up with a lot of weird artifacts and flaws if the person isn't looking directly at the camera.

Health Canada authorizes Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine WWW.CP24.COM Health Canada says the COVID-19 vaccine from U.S. biotech firm Moderna is safe for use in Canada.

This amount miiiiight have made sense in 2019, pre-pandemic (though even then, it's a stretch). But now, with the future of blockbuster movies in the air? Who would really want Bond (because that's what this is really about) if there is no guarantee of return? There are some cool things you could do with the character (mostly, just return it to the 1960s as a period-piece spy thriller), but it's not worth the risk.

Crazy to think that Lucasfilm sold for $4 billion.