Got my test results back, it was covid

@jesse_b Oh. Sorry to hear that.

I hope you are doing better. From what I've heard, it's a nasty disease.

I keep thinking I have it. In fact I was just checking my temperature just now. Fun times.

it wasn't fun but I also wouldn't have been surprised if it was just the normal flu

@jesse_b Did you have breathing issues?

@jesse_b oof

Hope your family will be fine

@FaheemMitha not really, had a cough so I guess technically yes?

@jesse_b When people get seriously sick with this thing, they need supplemental oxygen assistance. This was a big issue here this year, because the demand for oxygen skyrocketed, but there was not enough to go around. And because there was not enough to go around, a lot of people died who otherwise would have lived.

I actually don't know anyone who has been seriously ill with this thing (I guess I don't know many people these days), so my knowledge is limited to news articles.

I've also heard that giving people oxygen created a dependency on it that they wouldn't have otherwise had so they have stopped giving it so easily in the later cases

@jesse_b I think if you need it, you need it. It's not like it's a drug.

And also, I've not heard that.

Anyway, the govt handling of this crisis was appalling on multiple levels.

Sorry to hear. @jesse_b! Hopefully it's a full recovery for you and your family!

Ouch, @jesse_b. Hope you all get better soon!

thanks

we're all cockroach dna so it shouldn't be an issue

one more deletion vote requires for some answers here in unix.stackexchange.com/q/69112/72456

@αғsнιη they may be wildly incorrect, but they are still attempts to answer the question ;-)

but most of them are duplicate

or just very low quality

even considering duplicate option, all of the answers there are duplicate of the Stephanie's answer but with less context or low quality

@αғsнιη Stéphane, not Stephanie ;-). They try to use a similar technique but miss space handling.

I think the consensus here is that poor answers which attempt to answer, and aren’t duplicates of other answers, aren’t deletion material, but rather downvote material. (I for one would often like to delete more, but that’s not how it’s done, as I understand it.)

@StephenKitt I think deletion is OK if they are of terrible quality or duplicates. Especially bad duplicates.

If the answer can be improved, I also think it's OK to improve it, possibly after giving the poster a chance to improve it first. Though most posters are not paying attention any longer, I imagine.

Deleting very bad stuff helps to decrease clutter, which is generally a good thing. Sometimes questions, particularly popular ones, have many answers.

@StephenKitt on SO this only means that NAA flags don't apply. Community can still delete.

Some harmful answers are left around buried in downvotes to be a bad example

@AndrasDeak fair point, no reason is required to click on the “Delete” button and once three people do so the post is gone.

@StephenKitt Yes, this. Your delete votes are your own and can be cast as you see fit.

I personally usually prefer to downvote rather than delete (when not a mod, I mean, so my delete votes aren't binding) wrong answers since that can show that "Hey, this approach exists and should not be used". Duplicates, I would delete.

those answers adds nothing to Stéphane's answer, and the perl given answer it totally unrelated to the question as OP asked for sed not perl. however everyone have their right where and when to use their votes

even the ones with positive vote also has nothing additional added to his answer too

those answers now just make people more confusing about the correct answer

@αғsнιη That isn't a problem. Other users with the same question might be happy with a perl solution, and often sed is the only thing the OP knows so that's what they ask for but are happy with other tools too.

@αғsнιη It's generally OK to use a different language to answer. As long as the answer is correct, of course.

If the OP asked for a specific language, it's technically off-topic, but I think it's still harmless, though I'm not aware of any specific policy.

I deleted a couple of downvoted ones.

People are generally happy to have any solution to their problem.

And sometimes a different approach or a different language can have advantages.

@terdon yes, I understand, but in that question OP have problem on using sed syntax so the answer should address its fix not give alternatives. the main issue there is quoting, not the used tool.

@terdon thanks

I can fix that