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New comment by jayelem in "The coolest use for the Vision Pro"

jayelem — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:45:34 +0000

I also quit once Apollo was done in. Thankful to him for improving the Reddit experience, and for helping me leave completely.

New comment by jayelem in "Why are US consumers so angry? It's not just high prices"

jayelem — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 10:22:32 +0000

“Abuse will not be tolerated. We reserve the right to terminate the call.”

This reliably elicits the response they claim to want to avoid -it feels designed to prime the caller for anger.

New comment by jayelem in "The hallucinogenic mushroom that contains no known psychedelic"

jayelem — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 02:27:20 +0000

Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallucinogenic_bolete_mushroom...) points to a Hamilton Morris podcast (https://www.patreon.com/HamiltonMorris/posts/64560770?utm_ca... paywalled) where Hamilton and Dennis McKenna discuss the mushroom.

New comment by jayelem in "Canada in Technical Recession"

jayelem — Sat, 30 May 2026 03:33:30 +0000

It’s the 6 the story from the top of cbc.ca/news as I write this.

New comment by jayelem in "Our approach to age prediction"

jayelem — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 02:22:45 +0000

OpenAI demanded I prove my age in November 2025. I’m an educated 50 year old and had been paying for the service for over a year. When they insisted I prove my age I went through two layers of support but got nowhere. They insisted I go through their verification process. I refused and cancelled my subscription. This may be a losing battle but I’m not going to upload a photo to these services.

New comment by jayelem in "Report: Microsoft kills official way to activate Windows 11/10 without internet"

jayelem — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 03:21:30 +0000

This is not my experience in Canada. It is not the experience of anyone I know. There are often long wait times in ERs for things that are non urgent. I waited 5 or 6 hours my last visit after initial assessment. I’ve known a few people that had life threatening cancers here: they were treated quickly, and compassionately by the health care system. There are bad wait times for some things: a hearing assessment took 6 months (there are private options for this but many people would rather wait - they trust the system more). There is a shortage of family doctors. Medications are not fully covered. But I promise you we have no death pods in our hospitals. If you get hit by a car, diagnosed with cancer, need an X-ray, a breathing test, etc. You get that care. It’s nowhere near perfect, but I’m thankful for it and most people I know feel similarly.