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They have clearly seized upon the moment for PR.
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Last time I was reprimanded for making this point on these forums, but I'll say it again: If you think a guy with a 40+ year career in the cut-throat New York real estate world, then in in media and entertainment world, culminating in the Presidency of the USA, can't "process or transmit information", it might be you with the issue. You can mock "Art of the Deal" all you want, but it's not possible to be that "lucky"…
Did you watch the address Wednesday night? And how many critical points had to be corrected afterward? That’s fully incompetent transmition of information.
Yes. Sounds like the system is working as intended.
Do you understand the pace at which things are happening right now (much of it the administration's own fault)? It isn't "just" a virus; they are also concerned about the economy and an election and an opposition (and media) who will blow every mis-step out of proportion. It doesn't matter what Trump does, the media says it's bad. Always. Remember when he was racist for restricting flights from China early on? And right now I'd bet they don't have a plan (again, their own fault).
The press conference was a disaster, I agree. Trump looked legit ill. Based on that you determine he can't process information? Your priors mean nothing?
What Is the point of increased testing now that it is so widespread in the community? The message needs to be social distancing even if you are not sick and if you are sick just assume it is coronavirus and self quarantine.
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Did you watch the address Wednesday night? And how many critical points had to be corrected afterward? That’s fully incompetent transmition of information.
> Did you watch the address Wednesday night? And how many critical points had to be corrected afterward? Yes. Sounds like the system is working as intended. Do you understand the pace at which things are happening right now (much of it the administration's own fault)? It isn't "just" a virus; they are also concerned about the economy and an election and an opposition (and media) who will blow every mis-step out of pr…
Sure. Remember the topic though. It’s working in spite of his inability to transmit information. And it’s a lot less efficient/effective to correct information after-the-fact.
> the media says it’s bad
True, but so what? The media isn’t one guy, it’s a huge number of people and many of them pay attention to what he does. So, yes someone somewhere criticizes everything he does whether it’s deserved or not, just like Obama and every other president. BTW, you might not bring up his early handling of this. Not “a hoax” anymore, is it. We didn’t get to zero cases soon. Unfortunately, we can’t go back and correct these incorrect statements.
> Your priors mean nothing?
Ok, now I think you’re just trolling. Jesus.
What Is the point of increased testing now that it is so widespread in the community? The message needs to be social distancing even if you are not sick and if you are sick just assume it is coronavirus and self quarantine.
The point of increased testing is to identify cases, know the true denominator, impose isolation and allow for contact tracing, all to reduce R0
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The point of increased testing is to identify cases, know the true denominator, impose isolation and allow for contact tracing, all to reduce R0
Isn't it too late? We seem to have cases spread thoroughly across all states.
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And here's what Google Communications said three hours ago: "Google is partnering with the US Government in developing a nationwide website that includes information about COVID-19 symptoms, risk and testing information"
So, real question here. What if the president makes a claim about a companys actions at time N, that company then says that the claim is false at time N+1, and then the company about faces and says they will be doing what the president claimed at time N+2. Does this mean that the president lied or does the fact that the company changed their story later on make the president retroactively tell the truth?
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Details matter. And getting some details wrong is fine if you accept criticism with the goal of converging on being correct. Trump rejects the framework of communicating in correct facts, relying on emotional platitudes instead. Running with your example, it's as if Trump is boasting that he has cured cancer, because he knows someone who invested in a company that made a marginal improvement to treatment for one type…
> Trump rejects the framework of communicating in correct facts, relying on emotional platitudes instead. Yes, he uses words that people understands. No non-tech, non-finance person would know what alphabet is. Regular americans do not know that Google, Inc (a publicly traded company) decided to change its name to Alphabet Inc (still traded under GOOG though, because apparently this snafu is good enough for the NYSE)…
I'm more focused on groceries at the moment.. https://www.walmart.com/ideas/discover-online-grocery/google...
Are these alexa/home gimmicks?
Id have to see reviews, quality, stats, visualize a purchase which is not easy to do over a speaker.
Turning of the light is already in the palm of your hand. I have a smaller 12 room house, light switches are right by the door of each room. Convenience might be to turn off all the lights in the house at once as I forget to turn off one or two most of the time. That would still cost a small fortune to replace all the bulbs.
Google, with their enormous warchest of money could be providing free test kits for everyone, not developing some chinch web site locator that could be built in an afternoon by a single developer. They have clearly seized upon the moment for PR.