When SAVE was rolled back, we should have been offered the ability to unconsolidate. What would stop people/states from suing to prevent the debt relief after it was instated?
Added to that, how do the people enlisting know and trust the program will actually be there at the end? I'm one of the people with a ton of student loans, and I was also one of the people who consolidated my loans when…
I'm not the GP; I'm a separate person who was providing potential context. Something can be a huge problem and still be small potatoes to people having catastrophic problems, and often those of us in very, very dire…
There are absolutely people with bigger problems than depression. For example, I have MS, and my mental health is absolutely one of my less concerning problems. There are so many options for mental health + the…
I was on Cymbalta for a while for non mental health related issues (nerve pain caused by MS). I absolutely had withdrawal when I needed to go off of it, and I can say with certainty that the mental effects of going off…
My theory is generational and knowledge shifts, namely that now we're seeing the first substantial cohort of non-techies with a decent understanding of tech culture and politics. This is also why we see a lot more…
That's one thing that I find so confusing about this. Even if we assume that the administration genuinely doesn't care and does want to annex/culturally subjugate Canada, it's really not easy to separate the two…
That makes sense; I didn't spend any time in the 14th. I did notice a big difference in public bathroom availability based on arrondisement, but all the ones I saw/used were free. (The ones that weren't closed or out of…
Netflix has a larger market base (far more people watch TV and movies than read books, particularly at a level high enough to justify a subscription) and a market base that is far less likely to already be aware of the…
Because you have to pay a ton more for a lot of digital copies of books if you're doing any kind of lending and you're competing with existing libraries. So you both have higher costs (e.g. you have to pay more for a…
Yeah, there are linen pants too, so you don't have to wear shorts if you don't feel comfortable showing your legs. Linen in general is a great option if you want to not die of heat and you don't feel like showing your…
Strong recommend a UV umbrella. I also hate the feeling of sunscreen and will also fry the minute I so much as look at the sun. Also, linen clothing. Far more comfortable in heat while keeping you covered. Hoodies and…
> Big tech wants this, so they can continue on with business as usual abusing adults' psyche and personal information. I've said before and I'll say again that this approach (strict age gating) also is going to produce…
I'm sharing this experience just to share, not suggesting or making any claims about what people should do with it: One of the best ways to get through airport CBP quickly without being overly hassled is to be overtly,…
Ah, I see. You don't want a conversation at all.
Some clarification: When I say 'right wing nonsense', I mean nonsense that is right wing, not that right wing inherently = nonsense. I thought that was worth clarifying. I'm left, sort of, in the sense that I'm more…
People can absolutely have complicated feelings about things that help them. My life is sustained by medicine produced by large international pharma companies, and I also feel really uncomfortable about that.
What I'm seeing, as someone who works in a giant company but not in a tech department, is the rise of middle companies that specifically do all the hard work of organizing/wrangling the AI and providing more streamlined…
I had a Geocities page in 1995. I was 6 years old. (I also remember how people were kind of freaked out when they realized us kids were on there.) I lived in rural MI and neither of my parents had a 4 year degree. I…
I prefer extremely direct communication because it signals respect to me. Attempts at empathy in cases like this read to me as insulting, like how you'd speak to a toddler. I know you're lying, you know you're lying,…
Also, research yourself and all the ways that you differ from the norm. Medicine makes its recommendations based on a standard patient, and knowing the ways in which you are not a standard patient and ensuring your…
In this case, you're probably right, but there are definitely spaces between 'live with it' and 'lethal'. I have multiple sclerosis and at the time of my diagnosis the best treatment available to me in terms of slowing…
It depends on the municipality. Usually, local laws are enacted by a city council with members elected to represent different areas of a municipality (and potentially some at-large seats). Legislation can come from a…
Ambassadors to developed nations are typically political appointees, so yeah, they tend to suck. (Versus ambassadors to other nations, which tend to have worked their way up in the Foreign Service).
I gave the example I gave specifically: I'm well aware of the history of the head scarf, and the difference between a hijab and a niqab (as well as between the different forms of dress - I know the difference between an…
When SAVE was rolled back, we should have been offered the ability to unconsolidate. What would stop people/states from suing to prevent the debt relief after it was instated?
Added to that, how do the people enlisting know and trust the program will actually be there at the end? I'm one of the people with a ton of student loans, and I was also one of the people who consolidated my loans when…
I'm not the GP; I'm a separate person who was providing potential context. Something can be a huge problem and still be small potatoes to people having catastrophic problems, and often those of us in very, very dire…
There are absolutely people with bigger problems than depression. For example, I have MS, and my mental health is absolutely one of my less concerning problems. There are so many options for mental health + the…
I was on Cymbalta for a while for non mental health related issues (nerve pain caused by MS). I absolutely had withdrawal when I needed to go off of it, and I can say with certainty that the mental effects of going off…
My theory is generational and knowledge shifts, namely that now we're seeing the first substantial cohort of non-techies with a decent understanding of tech culture and politics. This is also why we see a lot more…
That's one thing that I find so confusing about this. Even if we assume that the administration genuinely doesn't care and does want to annex/culturally subjugate Canada, it's really not easy to separate the two…
That makes sense; I didn't spend any time in the 14th. I did notice a big difference in public bathroom availability based on arrondisement, but all the ones I saw/used were free. (The ones that weren't closed or out of…
Netflix has a larger market base (far more people watch TV and movies than read books, particularly at a level high enough to justify a subscription) and a market base that is far less likely to already be aware of the…
Because you have to pay a ton more for a lot of digital copies of books if you're doing any kind of lending and you're competing with existing libraries. So you both have higher costs (e.g. you have to pay more for a…
Yeah, there are linen pants too, so you don't have to wear shorts if you don't feel comfortable showing your legs. Linen in general is a great option if you want to not die of heat and you don't feel like showing your…
Strong recommend a UV umbrella. I also hate the feeling of sunscreen and will also fry the minute I so much as look at the sun. Also, linen clothing. Far more comfortable in heat while keeping you covered. Hoodies and…
> Big tech wants this, so they can continue on with business as usual abusing adults' psyche and personal information. I've said before and I'll say again that this approach (strict age gating) also is going to produce…
I'm sharing this experience just to share, not suggesting or making any claims about what people should do with it: One of the best ways to get through airport CBP quickly without being overly hassled is to be overtly,…
Ah, I see. You don't want a conversation at all.
Some clarification: When I say 'right wing nonsense', I mean nonsense that is right wing, not that right wing inherently = nonsense. I thought that was worth clarifying. I'm left, sort of, in the sense that I'm more…
People can absolutely have complicated feelings about things that help them. My life is sustained by medicine produced by large international pharma companies, and I also feel really uncomfortable about that.
What I'm seeing, as someone who works in a giant company but not in a tech department, is the rise of middle companies that specifically do all the hard work of organizing/wrangling the AI and providing more streamlined…
I had a Geocities page in 1995. I was 6 years old. (I also remember how people were kind of freaked out when they realized us kids were on there.) I lived in rural MI and neither of my parents had a 4 year degree. I…
I prefer extremely direct communication because it signals respect to me. Attempts at empathy in cases like this read to me as insulting, like how you'd speak to a toddler. I know you're lying, you know you're lying,…
Also, research yourself and all the ways that you differ from the norm. Medicine makes its recommendations based on a standard patient, and knowing the ways in which you are not a standard patient and ensuring your…
In this case, you're probably right, but there are definitely spaces between 'live with it' and 'lethal'. I have multiple sclerosis and at the time of my diagnosis the best treatment available to me in terms of slowing…
It depends on the municipality. Usually, local laws are enacted by a city council with members elected to represent different areas of a municipality (and potentially some at-large seats). Legislation can come from a…
Ambassadors to developed nations are typically political appointees, so yeah, they tend to suck. (Versus ambassadors to other nations, which tend to have worked their way up in the Foreign Service).
I gave the example I gave specifically: I'm well aware of the history of the head scarf, and the difference between a hijab and a niqab (as well as between the different forms of dress - I know the difference between an…