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Open Source COVID19

The Open SourceCOVID19 Medical Supplies Facebook group have published their first open source COVID19 medical supplies guide which aims to supply instructions on how to DIY medical supplies, such as ventilator parts, if/when they will be needed.

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COVID-19 Simulations

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The Washington Post publish some fantastic COVD-19 outbreak simulations showing no countermeasures, forced quarantine, social distancing with 1/4 movement and 1/8 movement. The simulations clearly show that social distancing is the most effective at reducing the amount of people that get infected, and the more social distancing the better.

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Flatten The Curve

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Tomas Pueyo has an excellent post on medium about why it is so important to try to flatten the curve of the COVID-19 pandemic early. The post describes how social distancing and self isolation today can help health systems cope with the high numbers of cases that are inevitable.

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Remote Working

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Buffer and AngelList surveyed 3,500 remote workers and have published a state of remote working in 2020 report. Flexibility and lack of commute are the best! :-)

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Software Engineering Beliefs

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Wesley Aptekar-Cassels published a great list of beliefs about software engineering. The list could be interpreted as wisdom from experience, especially the last point about sleep is more important than choosing a programming language.

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Concepts of Understanding

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Gurwinder published a great thread on Twitter listing many psychology, philosophy and political concept definitions and examples such as Ergodicity, Simpson's Paradox and Focusing Illusion to name but a few.

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MIT Open Courseware

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MIT open courseware has learning materials from 2400 courses available for free online.

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We Are Irish

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Congratulations to Úna-Minh Kavanagh, author of Anseo, on the launch of her new website We Are Irish. In her own words:"We Are Irish has been created to share good news, inspirational stories and positive pieces about Irish people and those with an affinity with Ireland. B’aoibhinn liom dea-scéala a fhógairt, I love to share good news." Go h-iontach!

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