Kudos to the Swiss government for taking decisive action to limit the spread of coronavirus. All schools are closed until 4 April, and gatherings are limited to 100 (restaurants to 50) until 30 April. Wish they’d done it earlier, but…
Author: Mark
Fear Inoculum
I recently discovered Tool’s 2019 release “Fear Inoculum”. It seems an appropriate soundtrack for the times. 🎧
Banned from the USA
Banned from the USA! 🇺🇸🇨🇭 (playing in my head to the tune of Springsteen’s Born in the USA)
Curse you healthy hoarders!
At my local Coop (Swiss supermarket chain) this morning, the only type of flour that was out of stock was whole wheat, and the only type of rice out of stock was whole grain. Curse you healthy hoarders! 🤣
Super Tuesday
To my U.S. friends eligible to vote in a democratic primary today: please vote! Thank you.
Snow in Zürich
Thing that makes The Bourne Identity (2002) seem dated: snowy streets in Zürich.
St Jost hike
Spring hike from Raten to St Jost: 5.9km, 170m ascent, 2h15m, 7°C. Quite muddy as the snows melt.
Coronavirus preparedness
Judging by local supermarket shelves, ice cream and chips form key components of coronavirus preparedness here in Switzerland.
Hamsterkäufe
New favorite German word: Hamsterkäufe. Literally “hamster purchases” but means “hoarding”. Apropos of the panic-buying of supplies that is now occurring in Switzerland.
On encryption backdoors
Q: “Can you provide end-to-end encryption but on an exceptional basis – exceptional basis – where there is a legal warrant and a compelling case to do it, provide access to stop the most serious forms of harm happening?”
A: No (low key fuck off)