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  • Moderators delete Reddit thread as doctors torch dead UnitedHealthcare CEO

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  • I’m with you.

    Never have I needed to work so hard to advocate for myself to get the care I needed as when I was with UHC.

    By comparison, this year has held two major surgeries for me, neither expected, and my current insurer just shrugged, asked ONCE for proof of medical necessity, and paid the bill.

    Also, let’s not forget the breach at a UHC subsidiary in recent months that brought down pharma payment systems for weeks…

  • ‘They’re Eating the Cats’: American Woman Jailed in Ohio

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  • And here I thought orange just pulled this out of his ass to malign immigrants.

  • ‘People feel drained’: anti-Trump Americans face temptation to tune out

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  • This is a damned shame to say the least but I’m as guilty as anyone.

    My own ostrich coping mechanism has been long term personal goals and wondering what I’ll do when I can no longer work and SS is gone.

    It’s put me in a shitty state of mind lll admit, and I have no excuses. Overwhelmed is a statement of fact, not an excuse.

  • for the next discussion with family

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  • Particularly because citizens will not take those jobs.

    At 20, a job was a job.

    Me at 40+, physically incapable of doing that work - much less at the requisite speed.

    Dammit, the one positive of suffering through summer temps is fresh produce.

  • Montreal shopping mall plays “Baby Shark” on repeat to prevent unhoused people from loittering

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    • Fuck these greedy, utterly insensitive, bastards.
    • Malls are generally owned by large corps in the business of owning malls. Anyone know offhand who owns this one so I can avoid their other properties?
    • How many “housing first,” programs could we run using a year of the company’s profit?

  • Under Trump will anything happen to my brothers Social Security Disability? He is 42 and draws it for mental illness.

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  • While we can’t say for sure, I’d certainly be wargaming some possible outcomes and how to respond to them.

    Wouldn’t surprise me if disability for mental health reasons was high on the list of things to cut. It’s effectively an “invisible” disability, which makes it somewhat easier to cut while limiting loss of political capital.

    I wish you all the best getting through the upcoming difficult years. You’re a genuinely good person for caring and thinking far enough ahead to realize the question needs to be asked.

    For other folks reading this, now is an excellent time to review your payroll deductions and ensure you’re paying for private disability coverage - both short and long term. It’s one of the least expensive ways to hedge against the crazy of the next four years.

  • Can't install app because it isn't "certified" by the government

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  • TBH, I’m mildly surprised that this is a recent change. Signed binaries are neither new technology nor all that difficult.

    Compared to all of the other crazy things that government does, this seems like relatively low hanging fruit.

    PS don’t give our orange leader to be (or congress) any ideas…

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    • this is terrifying.
    • This does not sound legally permissible, see posse comitatus.
    • Members of the military have an obligation to refuse illegal orders. I am neither in the military nor a lawyer, so I can’t go too deep on that.

    Even if we see (likely) “act first, let it wind through the courts later,” I’d expect there to be a substantial number of refusals.

  • GOP senators: Gaetz nomination to head Justice in serious trouble

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  • If memory serves, the first version of the administration used “acting” department heads with some regularity.

    If they are “acting,” there isn’t a confirmation hearing because no one has yet been nominated to fill the role.

  • Linus Torvalds affirms expulsion of Russian maintainers

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  • I’ve worked side by side with RU devs who were both personable and damned competent. Never were their tech skills in doubt, and I retain quite a bit of respect for those individuals.

    I’d not do the same today explicitly because of the political and compliance implications. It’s unfortunate, but necessary.

  • Not allowed to work from home

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  • Feel ya, no job is perfect. My giant employer is great about WFH for those hired as such during a particular period of time, but they’ve outsourced HR entirely to a third party - a simple inquiry becomes a three day saga, abd if I’m talking in real time to HR, voluntarily, it’s because I’ve a concern of some immediacy.

    WFH plus great benefits > downsides, but it’s always a balancing act of priorities for sure.

  • When was the last time you changed your Google password?

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  • IOS presently, partially to simplify de googling.

  • Google now requires JavaScript

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  • Configurable, though, to use many other engines and results.

    Lots of overlap, but there are a couple other indexes out there.

  • When was the last time you changed your Google password?

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  • What Google password?

    I don’t intend to browse RMS-style, but I have zero need of a Google account, nor of the major search engines directly.

    I just add layers between myself and that particular company. I still can get their data, but without the creep factor.

    Mostly.

    It’s an imperfect solution, but I’m more comfortable with access by proxy than direct access.

  • Man-in-the-Middle PCB Unlocks HP Ink Cartridges

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  • Been looking for this sort of device for my Pantech laser.

    The cartridge is good for 1,600 pages - no more, no less.

    All well and good, they’re cheap, except.. the vast majority of my printing is in A5 size (roughly half-letter, or exactly half-A4).

    Those half pages count just like any other page against the total, and I get shorted by the better part of 800 pages or so.

  • Zuckerberg expressed regret for not being more vocal about "government pressure" to censor COVID-19-related content

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  • Content? Hardly.

    Disinformation. Lies. Etc.

  • Should you have to pay for online privacy?

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  • Wasn’t sure I’d agree when I started reading, but I like the way you think.

  • Big Pharma claims lower prices will mean giving up miracle medications. Ignore them.

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  • I benefit from an orphan drug, and the R&D was most definitely subsidised by the public purse.

    My insurance pays a few grand a month for it.

    The mfg coupon covers most of the rest, minus a copay.

    This is the second iteration of the original drug. The first hasn’t meaningfully fallen in price and only the original company can manufacture and distribute the generic even under the name of competitors.

    There was no breakthrough in the second iteration, and the logic to solve the “problem” they solved was straightforward. So now I pay more, for an anecdotally less effective version that addresses a risk irrelevant to me but present in the original.

    There is yet a third iteration on the way.

    Shock revelations:

    • pharma companies are greedy and will double dip against both government subsidies and patients/insurance at every opportunity.
    • XX Pharma didn’t pay for the original R&D, my gov did.
    • if one replaces Na with a/several similar elements, one still ends up with a salt, often resulting in a drug variant that “doesn’t affect blood pressure” and offers no other real benefits, nor risks.
    • Clinical trials for said alternative salt are broadly leas expensive than for the original. That does not result in lower prices.

    Nationalise pharma research, if not the manufacturers.

    Also, generics are often manufactured in countries with, shall we say, fewer controls and regulations. Know who makes those pills and where. If you can’t stomach the FDA reports on that manufacturer, find a pharmacy who will sell you something else…

  • In Leaked Audio, Amazon Cloud CEO Says AI Will Soon Make Human Programmers a Thing of the Past

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  • Probably cheap at the price compared to burning Jet A by the tens or hundreds of gallons.

    Not that I am unconcerned about the resource usage. Lesser of two evils.