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  1. Comment on Health insurance in the US sucks rocks in ~talk

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    American healthcare just seems so... Alien. Parroting what others have said already, but in Canada my province charges $100 a month for healthcare, or $150 for a family (if I'm recalling...

    American healthcare just seems so... Alien. Parroting what others have said already, but in Canada my province charges $100 a month for healthcare, or $150 for a family (if I'm recalling correctly). The majority or employers cover this though. Most plans also include drug coverage around 50%, but usually much higher at 80-90%.

    Anecdotally, in the past decade I've gotten stitches, broken my thumb and had it dealt with at the hospital (including imaging, etc), been to the doctor several times - and paid nothing out of pocket for any of it.

    I am sorry you all have to deal with that shit show. What a corporate hijacking, and in plain sight. Ugh.

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  2. Comment on HART: Homeland Security’s massive new database will include face recognition, DNA, and peoples’ “non-obvious relationships” in ~tech

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    At this point it's hard to even be surprised. What's even worse to is that as per usual most of us, including myself, will apathetically dislike this news and continue not caring again 5 minutes...

    At this point it's hard to even be surprised.

    What's even worse to is that as per usual most of us, including myself, will apathetically dislike this news and continue not caring again 5 minutes after.

    3 votes

  3. Comment on Any readers in the house? What are you reading? in ~books

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    I agree with your feelings completely! Still enjoying it, but nothing like I did with the first book.

    I agree with your feelings completely! Still enjoying it, but nothing like I did with the first book.

  4. Comment on What will be ~ stereotypes in a while? in ~talk

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    New here. Can you explain what you mean about the abuses of the tag system that occured already? Thanks!

    New here. Can you explain what you mean about the abuses of the tag system that occured already? Thanks!

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  5. Comment on Any readers in the house? What are you reading? in ~books

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    I just wrapped up these two: Oathbringer (book 3 of the Stormlight Archives) - This is a decent fantasy series that is effective at scratching the itch, but I wouldn't put it anywhere in my top...

    I just wrapped up these two:

    • Oathbringer (book 3 of the Stormlight Archives) - This is a decent fantasy series that is effective at scratching the itch, but I wouldn't put it anywhere in my top 10.
    • Home Deus (a follow-up book to Sapien) - This book, like it's predecessor, leans heavily on conjecture and projection and less so on facts. This is not a negative in my opinion though because it does not frame itself as academic and much of what is presented is very thought provoking without seeming like complete bullshit. If you enjoyed Sapiens I'd definitely recommend this.
    1 vote

  6. Comment on Why did you choose this username for your Tildes account? in ~talk

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    Because I try to

    Because I try to

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  7. Comment on Absence of geographic or political groups in ~tildes

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    Abuse, such as the bot networks you describe, will really test the multi-dimensional nature of account trust/value described in the ~ design docs. Under the banner of 'user experience', I trust...

    Abuse, such as the bot networks you describe, will really test the multi-dimensional nature of account trust/value described in the ~ design docs. Under the banner of 'user experience', I trust that this type of activity can be effectively minimized. Not eliminated though of course.

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  8. Comment on Absence of geographic or political groups in ~tildes

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    Makes sense. But then that itself (maintaining compliance with said standards) requires some external form of administration. I suppose though that may be part of the value inherent in tildes. I'm...

    Makes sense. But then that itself (maintaining compliance with said standards) requires some external form of administration. I suppose though that may be part of the value inherent in tildes. I'm very interested to see how it shakes out.

    2 votes