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Re: I built a website to occupy people during quarantine that updates midnight UTC

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Post by grahamburger »

scrollaway wrote: post #33

I just want to throw a +1 on "today's Netflix binge" which is Ozark. What a fantastic show. Has a great Breaking Bad feel to it; and if you liked Arrested Development, Jason Bateman is basically playing the same character… a family-first business guy who did break bad :)

I sometimes like to think of Ozark as the darker prequel to Arrested Development. Michael finally got out of the cartel, but not without losing his wife and oldest daughter, and went in to witness protection running the family business. It's Arrested ... Development.

Re: I built a website to occupy people during quarantine that updates midnight UTC

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Post by unmole »

JadeNB wrote: post #15
iokanuon wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It also might be illegal in some places right now

Where is it illegal to go out for exercise? Every stay-at-home order I've seen, at least in the democracies, carves out an exception for that. (On the other hand, I've hardly made a survey of them, so this is an honest question.)

India

Re: I built a website to occupy people during quarantine that updates midnight UTC

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Post by Larrikin »

flattone wrote: post #29
tyingq wrote: post #11

Really nice work, I'll share this around. One minor quibble..."Outbreak" is a terrible movie, bad enough that I'd say don't bother with it. Some good actors, but writing terrible enough that it doesn't help. "Contagion", on the other hand is very well researched, with better acting. It's also interesting how many of the sub-plots and terminology are happening in real life, right now.

I searched "criticism movie outbreak' but found nothing. Would you feel like sharing more about why you dislike it? assuming you have some key/potent and useful examples from scenes.

I watched contagion with a couple of friends right before shelter in place went into effect last month. We were all blown away by how accurate it was. One last person came over late that said maybe try outbreak. We turned it off 15 minutes in to watch contagion again.

Re: I built a website to occupy people during quarantine that updates midnight UTC

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Post by mylonov »

teetertater wrote: post #48
shwoopdiwoop wrote: post #43

I like the idea, but why is every suggestion about something to consume? I find that being at home is worse when all you do is mind numbing media consumption.. it would be awesome to include activities that can be done with common house hold items or your phone (photo challenge etc) to spark some creativity.

You might like the Shuffle My Life (available on Android/iOS). You can filter the type of activities you want it to suggest and there's a good variety.

Is it US-only? I don't see it in my local App Store.

Re: I built a website to occupy people during quarantine that updates midnight UTC

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Post by teetertater »

mylonov wrote: post #57
teetertater wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You might like the Shuffle My Life (available on Android/iOS). You can filter the type of activities you want it to suggest and there's a good variety.

Is it US-only? I don't see it in my local App Store.

Yeah it looks like it unfortunately. I haven't found a less cumbersome way to get around region locks, aside from creating a new Apple ID, but I'll keep searching.

Re: I built a website to occupy people during quarantine that updates midnight UTC

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Post by scrollaway »

grahamburger wrote: post #51
scrollaway wrote: post #33

I just want to throw a +1 on "today's Netflix binge" which is Ozark. What a fantastic show. Has a great Breaking Bad feel to it; and if you liked Arrested Development, Jason Bateman is basically playing the same character… a family-first business guy who did break bad :)

I sometimes like to think of Ozark as the darker prequel to Arrested Development. Michael finally got out of the cartel, but not without losing his wife and oldest daughter, and went in to witness protection running the family business. It's Arrested ... Development.

Haha that's excellent. Really great.

Re: I built a website to occupy people during quarantine that updates midnight UTC

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Post by deviantfero »

JadeNB wrote: post #15
iokanuon wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It also might be illegal in some places right now

Where is it illegal to go out for exercise? Every stay-at-home order I've seen, at least in the democracies, carves out an exception for that. (On the other hand, I've hardly made a survey of them, so this is an honest question.)

El Salvador, it is not exactly illegal, you get thrown into a quarantine center for 30 days if you're not outside for anything but essential needs or your job (if you are an essential worker), I do think it's for the best for now, most people would simply not understand how bad it could get otherwise, our country does not have the resources to handle this disease if it gets out of hand, it is a slippery slope though

https://covid19.gob.sv

The government has put up a site where they update stats daily, it's in Spanish though

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