SXSW Cancelled Due to Coronavirus • Hacker News Board

Re: SXSW Cancelled Due to Coronavirus

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Post by crazygringo » Sat, Mar 07, 2020, 10:55 PM UTC

ProfessorLayton wrote: post #6

One interesting tidbit here is that the mayor made the call to cancel the event, not SXSW themselves. I understand the organizers stand to lose _a lot_ from cancellations, but this still seems like bad optics. Unrelated, but I have three big events I booked long ago that I'm either becoming weary of attending, or fear that they will be cancelled and I'll be on the hook for the hotel and other accommodations. One of t…

To the contrary, this is a decision that impacts the entire city, involving many, many people. The mayor is the right person to make that holistic, wide-ranging call.

It's not bad optics at all. This is a public decision that is most responsibly taken by public officials.

Re: SXSW Cancelled Due to Coronavirus

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Post by new_realist » Sun, Mar 08, 2020, 3:51 AM UTC

tomerico wrote: post #19

xwdv wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nothing will happen in 2 months that suddenly makes it safe to hold an event of that size attended by developers from all across the world. It’s over.

That’s a very speculative statement. It’s quite possible that the Virus spread will stop as the weather warms up.

How’s the weather in Iran right now?

Re: SXSW Cancelled Due to Coronavirus

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Post by errantmind » Sun, Mar 08, 2020, 7:42 AM UTC

redis_mlc wrote: post #83

wuunderbar wrote: post #64

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You only have a 3-6 month window with most credit card providers to be able to initiate charge backs. So it very much depends on when you bought the retail ticket.

There's a myth that chargebacks are automatic or easy. You have to make a chargeback complaint, have that investigated, get approval from your issuer, then wait for a refund.

Sometimes it is pretty easy (Chase). I did a charge back on my card with the click of a button 'Dispute Charge'. I received a refund almost immediately and the dispute was sustained

Re: SXSW Cancelled Due to Coronavirus

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Post by alasdair_ » Mon, Mar 09, 2020, 6:01 AM UTC

kalium_xyz wrote: post #33

alasdair_ wrote: post #25

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>That’s a very speculative statement. It’s quite possible that the Virus spread will stop as the weather warms up. Based on what data? This is something that Trump said and was immediately shut down on. We simply don't know enough to make any statements about spread probability yet.

Based on prior coronavirus outbreaks, e.g. mers, sers, common cold. It and derivatives probably will be a winter cold for the next few years. Keep in mind that a lot of us are not Americans and don’t know or care what trump is saying.

>Keep in mind that a lot of us are not Americans and don’t know or care what trump is saying.

I'm also "not American" (I'm Scottish) and so shall continue to keep the fact that a lot of us are "not Americans" in mind.

That being said, "it’s quite possible that the Virus spread will stop as the weather warms up" implies the weather is going to "warm up", which is only relevant in the northern hemisphere. Half the planet is going to cool down.

More importantly, the CDC (yes, a USAian source), recently stated ""At this time, it is not known whether the spread of COVID-19 [the illness caused by the coronavirus] will decrease when weather becomes warmer." so asking for data, or at least why this statement was claimed as "quite possible" is very reasonable.

Finally, you claim that things will die down "based on prior coronavirus outbreaks, e.g. mers, sars" - here is a (peer reviewed, with abundant data) paper claiming the exact opposite of what you are claiming, specifically: "This study provided some evidence that there is a higher possibility for SARS to reoccur in spring than that in autumn and winter."

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15709076

So again I have to ask: based on what data do you draw your conclusions?