Providing venue ventilation for COVID-19 is a critical, overlooked problem, as we now suspect COVID-19 is spread via small droplet aerosols.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/venues/2021/04/venue-ventilation-pandemics
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In a new blog post, Microsoft restates that it has no plans to lower the minimum requirements for Windows 11 and asks users to upgrade their PCs instead.
#microsoft #windows11 #minimum #requirements #upgrade
https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/microsoft-reiterates-that-it-will-not-lower-windows-11-requirements-a-tpm-2-0-compatible-cpu-remains-non-negotiable-for-all-future-windows-versions
Tom's Hardware · Microsoft reiterates that it will not lower Windows 11 requirements — A TPM 2.0 compatible CPU remains "non-negotiable" for all future Windows versions
Harris Visits MAGA Areas of Pennsylvania, to Cut Into Trump’s Edge
The vice president, who appeared in #Johnstown and #Wilkes-#Barre, said she would 
#remove “#unnecessary degree #requirements” for some federal jobs,
a pitch to Mr. Trump’s base of voters without a college education in a part of the state where he expects to perform well.
Ms. Harris also emphasized her work in California #prosecuting Mexican #drug #cartels,
and said as president she would continue to go after them “for pushing poisons like fentanyl on our children.”
The vice president’s Trump-country pitch amounted to a continuation of her appeal to moderate and right-leaning voters that began at the Democratic National Convention last month
and continued during Tuesday’s debate with the former president.
The New York Times · Harris Visits Red Areas of Pennsylvania, Hoping to Cut Into Trump’s Edge
Georgia governor inquires whether he can remove MAGA election board members after series of alarming votes
Donald Trump recently praised the right-wing coalition on the Georgia state election board
Georgia's Republican Governor #Brian #Kemp asked Attorney General Christopher Carr for “guidance” on whether he can remove members of the state election board, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.
This comes 
after three right-wing members of the five-person board championed and #passed a series of new rules that add #extra #requirements for county election boards to #certify their results.
Under the rules passed this month
— less than 100 days before election day on November 5
— county boards must make a “reasonable inquiry” before certifying the election.
However, the rules do not define what an inquiry should involve or what “reasonable” means, according to the Journal-Constitution.
County election boards are also required to hold a meeting to verify their vote count on the Friday after election day -- which is before the ballot return deadline for voters overseas and in the military
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The Independent · Georgia governor inquires whether he can remove MAGA election board members after series of alarming votes
Trump's entire #Project2025 Policy Agenda is huge
--over 900 pages as I understand it
--but given the nature of this website, I'm going to restrict myself to discussing the #healthcare policy section, which is thankfully "only" 54 pages long.
Since there's so much to wade through here, I'll be breaking this into several individual posts.
First up, according to Edwin Park, Research Professor at the Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy’s Center for Children and Families,
here's how Project 2025 would impact #MEDICAID:
• It would convert federal Medicaid funding into #BLOCK #GRANTS (a set amount of money which would remain the same regardless of increased healthcare cost growth, enrollment growth, unexpected additional costs from recessions, disasters, another global pandemic, etc.
• It would require #states to pay a much larger share of Medicaid costs
• It would eliminate states ability to use provider #taxes, which states use to pay part of their share
• This in turn would prevent states from being able to access even the already-reduced #federal #revenue
• It would eliminate many Medicaid protections & requirements, including adding coverage time #limits and lifetime benefit #caps
• It would allow states to increase #premiums & cost sharing for enrollees and add them to #children and pregnant women
• It would allow states to drop coverage of #nursing home care and long-term services
• States would no longer have to coverage non-elderly non-#disabled parents
• It would add more red tape & make it more #difficult for people to apply for, enroll in and renew their coverage
• It would let states add work reporting #requirements, which have proven to be a disaster in the handful of states that it's been allowed for to date
• It would push for Medicaid #vouchers for less affordable & far less comprehensive private coverage
• It would remove most federal #oversight of state Medicaid programs...except for #abortion & reproductive healthcare, where it would crack down with #draconian federal requirements including prohibiting Planned Parenthood from receiving federal funding, prohibiting coverage of travel to get an abortion and eliminating Medicaid funding for states which require abortion coverage in private policies*
*Note: As of 2022, that included California, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, New York, Oregon and Washington.
Overall, Park estimates that
Project 2025 would slash federal Medicaid funding by more than 50% over the next decade.
https://acasignups.net/24/07/05/lets-take-look-donald-trumps-project2025-medicaid-agenda-shall-we
ACA Signups · Let's take a look at Donald Trump's #Project2025 Medicaid Agenda, shall we?Before I get started, I want to be clear about two things. First, what exactly is "Project 2025?" Via Wikipedia: Project 2025, also known as the Presidential Transition Project, is a collection of conservative and right-wing policy proposals from the Heritage Foundation to reshape the United States federal government and consolidate executive power should the Republican Party candidate win the 2024 presidential election. It proposes reclassifying tens of thousands of merit-based federal civil service workers as political appointees in order to replace them with those who will be more willing to enact the wishes of the next Republican president. It asserts that the president has absolute power over the executive branch. Critics of Project 2025 have characterized it as an authoritarian, Christian nationalist plan to transform the United States into an autocracy. Many legal experts have asserted it would undermine the rule of law, the separation of powers, the separation of church and state, and civil liberties.
Greg Cocks Data Manipulation Initial Planning Is A Crucial Aspect Of Any Project, & It's One Of My Favourite Parts!
I still prefer to do this phase 'old school', with a large piece of (portable) paper, pencil, and eraser, revisiting and adjusting as needed, often the next day as it has percolated overnight...
During this phase, I list constraints, data validation needs, design a broad framework, and determine interactions while trying to future-proof as much as possible. I bring in my requirements and questions from my initial JIRA ticket(s) - and then use these to develop and evolve business rules, along with a process diagram construction.
From there, it's all on to SQL and manual testing in PostgreSQL + PostGIS and finally prototype app construction - for the devs to then take and make it work fast and well!
#datamanipulation #projectplanning #SQL #PostgreSQL #PostGIS #gis #spatial #mapping #datavalidation #requirements #businessrules #futureproofing #futureproof #app #development #oldschool
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@claasgefroi hast du die Quelle für diese Behauptung? #Requirements
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Federal law requires campaigns to disclose their spending, including itemized details of their vendors, as a safeguard against #corruption and in the interest of #transparency.
But as in many aspects of #campaign #finance #law, campaigns have found "workarounds", and the body that oversees such regulations, the Federal Election Commission, is perpetually hamstrung by partisan #deadlock.
Campaign finance experts said that among increasingly #brazen moves by political candidates, Mr. Scott’s new financial disclosures stood out as exhibit A.
“This practice completely #undermines the federal campaign finance #disclosure #requirements,” said Paul S. Ryan, a campaign finance expert. “The public has a right to know how political committees are spending donor dollars.”
Working as a requirement specialist in the railway industry. Outside of work an expert on all industries, based on my googling skills.
Interest and tooting on #requirements #engineering
#systems
#quality
#nuclear power
#electricity prices
#energy
#PublicTransport
#railway #safety
#railroad
#music
#travel
#books
#hifi
#SciFi
#Italy
#Spain
#wine
Mostly in Finnish, but also in English.
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And then, of course, you need to #convince #people to use a browser that does #comply with all the user-tracking and advertisement-enforcing #requirements they set out.
You know how you do that?
By making your own #web #properties only trust those attestation #services under your #control, or under the control of the other cooperating #members of your cozy little #cartel.
9/x
@Gabe Kangas Hello Gabe, may i ask for #MacOS minimum #system #requirements to always be stated alongside releases at the #owncast code repository?
This would really help minimize superflous downloads and install attempts.
Thank you for all you do.
This would really help minimize superflous downloads and install attempts.
Thank you for all you do.
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House conservatives issue new spending demands in debt ceiling debate
The House "Freedom Caucus" on Friday issued a new set of demands in the fight over the #debt #ceiling, stressing they would only supply their votes to raise the limit if they can secure about $130 billion in #spending #cuts, cap federal agencies’ future #budgets and unwind the Biden administration’s #economic #agenda.
The ultimatum from the House Freedom Caucus — led by Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) — threatened to deal a massive blow to government #health care, #education, #science and #labor programs.
Seeking tougher #work #requirements on welfare recipients and the #repeal of federal funds to fight #coronavirus and #climate #change, the conservatives’ wish list appeared to complicate the work to clinch a deal and avert a looming fiscal calamity.
At the heart of the political standoff is the #debt #ceiling, the legal limit on how much the U.S. government can borrow to pay for spending that lawmakers and presidents in both parties have already approved.
Congress must raise or suspend the current $31 trillion cap as soon as this summer or risk a #default, an unprecedented #fiscal #crisis that could rattle markets globally while triggering a potential #recession in the United States.
The Washington PostHouse conservatives issue new spending demands in debt ceiling debate
Dear customers, and users,
Craig NicolDear customers, and users,
Oh goodie! Just got told that I will be without a job at the end of January. Anyone need a #SystemsEngineer but not the IT kind? #DOORS #Jama #Requirements #Python #Test
Not really expecting much on here, but might as well throw it out there. 
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@alyssam_infosec @andygreenphd at least I'm hopeful for Europe regarding non-tech #executives and board members since #NIS2 has a lot of #requirements on them and hefty fines for the non-compliant. Yay #grc!
Still though, the idea that people think #security work isn't an ongoing enternal #process is fascinating
How to Choose a (#Software) Tool: https://karl-voit.at/2021/01/18/tool-choices/
You should really follow that simple checklist in order to get the best possible thing for your #requirements and avoid loss of data and time. 
public voit - Web-page of Karl Voit · How to Choose a ToolHow to Choose a Tool
One of my current quests is for resources to help non-IT folks become better at defining system #requirements and #UAT #test scenarios. It seems like there must be something out there, but the correct buzzwords are eluding me.
A good resource would probably consider things like:
- Primer on testing vocabulary / methods
- How do you know your tests cover the full problem space? And with the fewest possible tests?
- How do you know when you have tested enough?