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ACitizenErased · 28-09-2020 9:16pm

SleetAndSnow wrote: »

A fellow BISer?

Feck sake i've been compromised

titan18 · 28-09-2020 9:17pm

ACitizenErased wrote: »

I'm doing BIS All our labs have been virtualised.

Ha, fair enough. You a later year I'd hope? I think 3rd/4th year most will be able to work away. A 1st year, and even some 2nd years will be lost though as most will have never touched programming languages before.

Assuming you're connecting into a terminal via an app/website and doing it via that rather than your own laptops needing to be powerful to run the IDEs.

ACitizenErased · 28-09-2020 9:18pm

titan18 wrote: »

Ha, fair enough. You a later year I'd hope? I think 3rd/4th year most will be able to work away. A 1st year, and even some 2nd years will be lost though as most will have never touched programming languages before.

Assuming you're connecting into a terminal via an app/website and doing it via that rather than your own laptops needing to be powerful to run the IDEs.

All the lab equipment has been virtualised on Azure, which we started sorta using last year so basically all tutorials are being done by connecting to the lab itself, sorta like being there in person

titan18 · 28-09-2020 9:20pm

ACitizenErased wrote: »

All the lab equipment has been virtualised on Azure, which we started sorta using last year so basically all tutorials are being done by connecting to the lab itself, sorta like being there in person

Can ye still play games that way? It's not a lab if half the class aren't playing some form of game

Back to the topic, I can understand students needing to move up if they're doing courses like that. The students who's courses are lecture based, and assignments are going to be essays, I think most internet connections will be fine with that. I'm sure there's some back of beyonds place with internet that can't manage that but I'd say 95% of those students can learn from home

ACitizenErased · 28-09-2020 9:23pm

titan18 wrote: »

Can ye still play games that way? It's not a lab if half the class aren't playing some form of game

Back to the topic, I can understand students needing to move up if they're doing courses like that. The students who's courses are lecture based, and assignments are going to be essays, I think most internet connections will be fine with that. I'm sure there's some back of beyonds place with internet that can't manage that but I'd say 95% of those students can learn from home

agar.io is the goto nowadays

titan18 · 28-09-2020 9:26pm

ACitizenErased wrote: »

agar.io is the goto nowadays

We installed Lan versions of Counter Strike and halo on the pcs, and had year Vs year battles. There was haxball too of course.

calnand · 28-09-2020 9:30pm

Apple are now offering their staff self test kits that are done weekly by some crowd in the UK.

Cork Lass · 28-09-2020 9:35pm

I had the test done today in advance of a day procedure on Wednesday. It was actually fine, I didn’t mind it at all and it was done in about 30 seconds. I was told that they will only contact me if it’s a positive result so if I hear nothing by tomorrow afternoon then just turn up at the hospital on Wednesday morning.

Itssoeasy · 28-09-2020 9:42pm

So with the acting CMO saying that there are 70 cases linked to pubs in cork, does that mean what Phillip Nolan said about them being unable to trace back after a certain point untrue then ? Why was cork specifically mentioned ?

fin12 · 28-09-2020 9:48pm

Itssoeasy wrote: »

So with the acting CMO saying that there are 70 cases linked to pubs in cork, does that mean what Phillip Nolan said about them being unable to trace back after a certain point untrue then ? Why was cork specifically mentioned ?

I think they have mentioned Cork and why the keep mentioning it , is cause they want to lock down the place more than anywhere else. I don’t think it is fair to lock us down just yet as our cases are not as high as when they locked down Dublin and Donegal.

titan18 · 28-09-2020 9:59pm

Des Cahill threw some pics up from the city centre there

https://twitter.com/CllrDesCahil/status/1310669933110587394?s=20

Be right back · 28-09-2020 10:02pm

There seems to be a fair few people wearing masks there.

igCorcaigh · 28-09-2020 10:03pm

Very busy in the city tonight.
Long queues outside wetherspoons too.

Is close queueing considered risky even if it is outdoors?

ACitizenErased · 28-09-2020 10:10pm

fin12 wrote: »

I think they have mentioned Cork and why the keep mentioning it , is cause they want to lock down the place more than anywhere else. I don’t think it is fair to lock us down just yet as our cases are not as high as when they locked down Dublin and Donegal.

I reckon if we see low-ish cases again tmrw the media will hop off the bandwagon again

ACitizenErased · 28-09-2020 10:10pm

igCorcaigh wrote: »

Very busy in the city tonight.
Long queues outside wetherspoons too.

Is close queueing considered risky even if it is outdoors?

The risk is generally believed to decrease quite significantly outdoors

irishguy1983 · 28-09-2020 10:14pm

Bit confused....Seems to be a fair bit of talk about Cork yet our figures are not that bad comparatively speaking....Dublin’s figures are wild/out on control yet not much focus on that...

igCorcaigh · 28-09-2020 10:14pm

ACitizenErased wrote: »

The risk is generally believed to decrease quite significantly outdoors

Yeah... I just hope staff inside pubs are enforcing distancing indoors.

I have seen young people in close queues all summer, so hopefully it's not too risky.

ACitizenErased · 28-09-2020 10:15pm

irishguy1983 wrote: »

Bit confused....Seems to be a fair bit of talk about Cork yet our figures are not that bad comparatively speaking....Dublin’s figures are wild/out on control yet not much focus on that...

I was kinda shocked when all the media started asking about Cork at the press conference today when Dublin had 200+, one of their highest ever.

igCorcaigh · 28-09-2020 10:15pm

irishguy1983 wrote: »

Bit confused....Seems to be a fair bit of talk about Cork yet our figures are not that bad comparatively speaking....Dublin’s figures are wild/out on control yet not much focus on that...

Our cases have been rising fairly steeply. Lots of focus on Dublin these past couple of weeks!

irishguy1983 · 28-09-2020 10:16pm

igCorcaigh wrote: »

Our cases have been rising fairly steeply. Lots of focus on Dublin these past couple of weeks!

Not in same league as Dublin when you look at %.....Increasing but not anywhere near Donegal or Dublin % wise...

irishguy1983 · 28-09-2020 10:17pm

ACitizenErased wrote: »

I was kinda shocked when all the media started asking about Cork at the press conference today when Dublin had 200+, one of their highest ever.

Yeah I’m a bit baffled....

Tin Foil Hat · 28-09-2020 10:28pm

An average of 38 cases per day over two weeks is enough to push our 14 day rate over the 100 cases per 100k mark.

Ludo · 28-09-2020 10:33pm

Really can't understand why people are confused/surprised/baffled/shocked. It is not that complicated. Dublin was focus in last few weeks and is now locked down. Now emphasis is on other areas with increasing rates who can still do something to avoid a lockdown.

titan18 · 28-09-2020 10:36pm

Ludo wrote: »

Really can't understand why people are confused/surprised/baffled/shocked. It is not that complicated. Dublin was focus in last few weeks and is now locked down. Now emphasis is on other areas with increasing rates who can still do something to avoid a lockdown.

If we don't get locked down this weekend (I'd say it's 50/50 ATM), I'm pretty sure we will be by the weekend after unless cases start going down

physioman · 28-09-2020 10:41pm

It's the recent increase in testing that is causing more positive results. On the news it showed marked increases in roscommon and monaghan. It's because more hse staff have been redeployed to testing and more asymptomatic people are testing positive. I'd love to see the figures (albeit there is no test for it) for people with the flu this time last year. Wouldn't be too different to the number of covid cases.

JP Liz V1 · 28-09-2020 10:48pm

titan18 wrote: »

Des Cahill threw some pics up from the city centre there

https://twitter.com/CllrDesCahil/status/1310669933110587394?s=20

TBF Dublin pubs got ripped to shreds for scenes like this, does anyone ever learn :rolleyes: we will hear of more talk of Cork lockdown or restrictions

~Rebel~ · 29-09-2020 12:26am

I tested positive after dinner in Thompsons before they closed down. In fairness, they seemed well organised on the night, tables well spaced out, all staff wearing masks etc, but at the end of the day if you have a few staff members infected it's not gonna end well.

Thankfully doesn't seem like I've given it to anyone else. The place was busy that night though, so ya have to wonder how many others picked it up there.

JP Liz V1 · 29-09-2020 12:37am

~Rebel~ wrote: »

I tested positive after dinner in Thompsons before they closed down. In fairness, they seemed well organised on the night, tables well spaced out, all staff wearing masks etc, but at the end of the day if you have a few staff members infected it's not gonna end well.

Thankfully doesn't seem like I've given it to anyone else. The place was busy that night though, so ya have to wonder how many others picked it up there.

Take Care

fin12 · 29-09-2020 2:20am

I just read their posts on Facebook page. I was in there the week before. Feeling scared now to go out anymore.

Pen Rua · 29-09-2020 6:43am

newuser99999 wrote: »

The student shaming relating to covid is borderline hilarious. I’ve never seen the UCC / CIT area quieter in my life. Students have been made aware from the middle of August that the learning was to be blended and anything that could be done online would be done online, and plenty of notice would be given for any in person activity to sort out travel arrangements. It’s not a surprise that college is online now.

Go look at the Galway COVID thread. 200+ students gathered in Spanish Arch area last night.

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