Self Checkout [Mr Lovenstein]
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    Zorcron
    1w ago 100%

    I recently went to the grocery store and before I started scanning at the self-checkout, I realized someone else had scanned a box of “Men’s libido max” pills and apparently left as it required ID or something to buy, and I guess they didn’t want to look someone in the face and buy it.

    So then I had to look someone in the face while they cleared it from the register, probably thinking that I was the one who had the change of heart.

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  • For the first time in my life, I have hit my deductible AND reached my out-of-pocket maximum. I now have three months of actual free healthcare, which is unheard of in the US. What should I get done?
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    Zorcron
    4w ago 100%

    I mean the downsides are basically cost, another stick/blood draw, potential for false positive and further anxiety/testing. No weigh-in on whether or not any individual should at any specific time, but even less-invasive screenings are not zero risk.

    Excerpt from the US Preventative Task Force about prostate cancer screening:

    “An elevated PSA level may be caused by prostate cancer but can also be caused by other conditions, including an enlarged prostate (benign prostatic hyperplasia) and inflammation of the prostate (prostatitis). Some men without prostate cancer may therefore have positive screening results (ie, “false-positive” results). Men with a positive PSA test result may undergo a transrectal ultrasound-guided core-needle biopsy of the prostate to diagnose prostate cancer.”

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  • He knows his way
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    Zorcron
    1mo ago 100%

    Unless you live in an area that has native small wild cats, then feral or pet house cats are an invasive species that destroy small mammal and bird populations. And if you live in an area where small wild cats are native, then it’s probably best to not let house cats compete with them and reduce the wild population. There’s really no ecological argument to allow house cats to roam in any environment.

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    me_irl 4mo ago
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    me_irl
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    Zorcron
    4mo ago 100%

    None of those meds do anything to prevent or end a cold, just treat symptoms. So you may be fooling yourself, or you may be treating your symptoms well enough that it feels like you avoided the cold altogether.

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  • The US healthcare system is broken...
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    Zorcron
    4mo ago 100%

    It’s not the pharmacies that set the prices. At least, not really. The pharmacy pays near the listed “cash-price” for the drug from the wholesaler, who buys from the manufacturer, so the pharmacy can’t really afford to charge much less than they do for many drugs.

    And the price the patient sees after insurance is decided based on the insurance or pharmacy benefit manager who deals with prescription benefits for the insurance.

    Pharmacies are also contractually prevented from charging less to a cash-paying patient than what they charge to the insurance companies, so you start getting weirdness with coupon cards to work around that.

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    Oh okay lol.
    they told us we were crazy
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    Zorcron
    7mo ago 100%

    Technically a something being a conspiracy doesn’t mean it’s wrong. Even if colloquially people often call ideas conspiracies in a derogatory manner to dismiss their validity, a plot by the government or whatever to replace or invent birds as a form of surveillance would be a conspiracy by definition: “A plan by a group of people to do something unlawful or harmful”.

    /rant

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  • Someone keeps trying to access my MS account
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    Zorcron
    8mo ago 100%

    What kind of randomly generated password did you have that was crackable? I usually use 30 characters completely random string. If that’s crackable, maybe I need to rethink things.

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  • Is there a way to automatically extract files upon download?
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    Zorcron
    9mo ago 100%

    Unpackerr is usually used for unzipping files downloaded automatically by Radar or Sonarr, but it can also be configured to point to any folder, like your downloads. It’s fairly easy to set up, especially if you’re just pointing it to a folder.

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    This is why they teach maths & science in schools…
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    Zorcron
    9mo ago 100%

    I liked the bartender analogy I heard once.

    I you go to the bar and have a shot, you’re fine. If the bartender has a shot with everyone who comes to the bar, he’ll be toast in no time.

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  • I’ve been having a weird problem recently where when I sort by Top in a comments section, often times a few top-level comments don’t show up, and the replies to that comment are shown as top-level instead. It seems to happen more with comments that have a negative score. It’s fixed when I sort by Old. I’m not sure if it’s some weird setting I have or a bug. I’d be appreciative for any help!

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