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Comment Re:So, if it provides protection after first dose. (Score 1) 190

Some countries already do this for other diseases. Off the top of my head: China, Brazil, Thailand... It also depends on where you're traveling from, so YMMV

As for requirements within one's country, some vaccination is thankfully mandatory for enrolling your kids in school in some countries. It is a given that an adult already has most vaccines, so it is not a specific requirement for employment or getting some services; maybe COVID19 vaccine will be, from now on.

Comment Re:So... (Score 2) 43

Well, I don't do social media.....but I have been to Mexico more than a couple of times, and aside from the tourism sites, there ain't much else there that is worthwhile at all.

Dude, quit it with the Ignorant American stereotype. In XXI century America, and from an educated tech professional, it's getting old.

Oh. You're serious.

Mexico is a middle-class country, with its obvious slew of social/political/economical problems. It is the 15th largest in the world in nominal terms and the 11th largest by purchasing power parity, per the IMF. Surely you don't think your Chevys and Fords and Kias and Audis and now *gasp* BMWs, are built on donkey-powered production lines, by poncho-wearing peaseants, do you?

There's a nifty little tool called "Google". Or Duck Duck Go, even. Type "modern Mexico". Heck, you don't even have to read (again, the Ignorant Gringo stereotype), just go over the image search results.

There's more to Mexico than Tijuana, the crappy (face it) border cities and gringo-laden Cancún, you know.

And with some of the drug wars now spilling over into the tourist areas, I'm not anxious to ever go visit there again any time soon.

Good riddance, then.

Comment Re:The best way to get gender equality (Score 1) 274

My point is talking about it creates the problem in the first place. "Oh we have a problem because there's not 50% women on your OSS project". No we don't.

Precisely. That's why I also mentioned pseudo-feminists; they are the ones complaining about strict 50/50 gender distribution in projects which, completely agree, has nothing to do with quality of code. The problem is not you, me, or any other guy that understands this and looks beyond wheter a developer is male or female; the problem are all those butt-hurt basement-dweller child-men that don't.

Comment Re:The best way to get gender equality (Score 1) 274

...is to stop talking about gender and "gendered" issues as if they are not just created by this polarizing talk of gender all the time.

Not talking about a problem doesn't make it go away. And as this article, and many like it, show, a problem DOES exist.

Gender doesn't matter. Only code does.

I agree. The problem is that "some men" haven't got the memo, or refuse to acknowledge it.

In light of the recent examples about both childish men and extreme pseudo-feminists, conference organizers and scholars should perhaps clarify event titles and objectives, e.g. a conference called "Sexism in Open Source (debating about a problem)", instead of the more broad "Women in Open Source (which could lead to believe it's about 'whining' and attacking all men).

Comment Re:Legalize it. (Score 2) 302

Make prostitution legal and well regulated. You'll decrease the demand for sex slaves. Anyone who claims to care about sex slavery and doesn't advocate the legalization of prostitution is simply not serious.

Sex slavery is a much worse problem than what is shown in Hollywood films. It's not limited to cute 20-something girls being forced to service powerful executives in posh locations. The majority of these sex slaves are children, drugged and kept prisoners in slums and secure houses. Do you want to legalize child prostitution and child porn, too?

Comment Re:Why does it only kill Mexicans? (Score 1) 116

It doesn't take a doctor to explain this. Any Mexican, like myself, can tell you

The Mexican public health system sucks.
The private health system is great, but expensive, especially for a country where minimum wage is 5 USD per day. Not hour, day.
This has created a culture in which most people avoid going to the doctor unless it is absolutely necessary. For example, say, when you have been experiencing a 40 C (104 F) degree fever for two or three days. By this time, it's been said, antivirals are not as effective. The result: 19 confirmed deaths in Mexico.

Comment Re:As big as a business card eh? (Score 1) 169

I've seen a couple of automated industrial systems and applications that make use of a webserver to operate, interfacing via Ethernet with the robot/crane/etc. These, of course, need a full workstation, OS and all, in which to install the application.

A pocket webserver, with replacable code thanks to the SDcard, would be ideal to get rid of the workstation, making the system easier to mantain (no dealings with OS errors) and repair (just switch a malfunctioning "web-card" with a new one, using the same SDmemory).

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