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New comment by not_a_shill in "In a U.S. First, New Mexico Opens Doors to Free Child Care for All"

not_a_shill — Sat, 22 Nov 2025 17:30:51 +0000

Medicaid does cover children

New comment by not_a_shill in "Fine dining restaurants researching guests to make their dinner unforgettable"

not_a_shill — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 10:09:01 +0000

Of course you can like your targeted ads/data collection and not the restaurant's targeted experience...the restaurant isnt paying you!

So yes you're a hypocrite, but no one really cares--most people are.

New comment by not_a_shill in "macOS 15.2 breaks the ability to copy the OS to another drive"

not_a_shill — Sat, 14 Dec 2024 09:06:17 +0000

Libreoffice isn't the alternative, office on web is. And even that is still gimped compared to Windows Excel. (Which is the true killer app for professional use of Windows in general)

New comment by not_a_shill in "Feds arrest telehealth execs for overprescribing Adderall"

not_a_shill — Mon, 17 Jun 2024 07:25:18 +0000

>well...they act weird, a bit more frenzied and not necessarily more productive on deep thinking tasks.

This matches up with some research on that exact subject.

"Our findings suggest that “smart drugs” increase motivation, but a reduction in quality of effort, crucial to solve complex problems, annuls this effect."

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.add4165

New comment by not_a_shill in "It was almost impossible to make the blue LED [video]"

not_a_shill — Fri, 09 Feb 2024 15:52:49 +0000

That's how you can tell it's a joke

New comment by not_a_shill in "Plastic bag bans work"

not_a_shill — Sun, 04 Feb 2024 20:38:59 +0000

They sell those kinds of bags here too, but these are the ones that a lot of people in this thread are talking about

https://www.northjersey.com/gcdn/presto/2019/06/07/PNJM/74a3...

New comment by not_a_shill in "Plastic bag bans work"

not_a_shill — Sun, 04 Feb 2024 17:31:45 +0000

I just use them like trash bags /bin liners. I have fabric reusable ones I just forget or are unable to bring half the time.

Re: throwing them out vs recycling them, our bags you can only recycle at the store themselves...so just a bit too much friction to bother with. I can't recall ever seeing or hearing of anyone recycling them that way either.

New comment by not_a_shill in "Plastic bag bans work"

not_a_shill — Sun, 04 Feb 2024 16:03:26 +0000

I reuse them once and throw them away, exactly the same way I did with the thinner bags.

New comment by not_a_shill in "Google Promises Unlimited Storage; Cancels; Tells Journalist Life's Work Deleted"

not_a_shill — Fri, 15 Dec 2023 01:05:58 +0000

It's completely unreasonable to expect it to be sustainable. Why wouldn't Google eventually crack down on completely negative value customers?

When you use the actual numbers instead of a theoretical argument it falls apart even quicker. These are message board arguments, not ones you'd make with a straight face in person.

New comment by not_a_shill in "Google Promises Unlimited Storage; Cancels; Tells Journalist Life's Work Deleted"

not_a_shill — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 19:39:01 +0000

>Why do you think this?

Because people with that much data know how much it costs to buy hard drives to store that much data.

Ask any of them how Google was supposed to make money off of them as a customer and watch them go for a gold in mental gymnastics.

New comment by not_a_shill in "Google Promises Unlimited Storage; Cancels; Tells Journalist Life's Work Deleted"

not_a_shill — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 19:32:31 +0000

You do see but you're choosing to make an argument for the sake of "sticking it to MegaCorp" or something similar.

Every single person who had these 100+ TB plans knew it was unsustainable. When you have that much data you know how much it costs for hard drives to store that much data.

If the article had actually stated the amount the guy paid per month (what,$20-$60?) everyone would know that he should've known this was coming.

New comment by not_a_shill in "The City of Seattle accidentally gave me 32M emails for $40 (2018)"

not_a_shill — Wed, 25 Oct 2023 14:07:52 +0000

If this is your attitude, I hope there are people in your line of work that make it their personal hobby to bait you into getting you fired like this guy did.

What this is is pure scumbaggery using the guise of public service. It's akin to those "first amendment auditors" on YouTube.

New comment by not_a_shill in "Intel Introduces Thunderbolt 5 Connectivity Standard"

not_a_shill — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 15:59:13 +0000

Why not think about it as being able to charge other devices with your laptop cable?

New comment by not_a_shill in "Unlocking Discord Nitro features for free"

not_a_shill — Tue, 22 Aug 2023 07:50:35 +0000

Regular nitro is worth it for custom emojis across multiple servers or in DMs. (assuming you use discord often)

Nitro+ used to be worth it for the unique numbers after your username as a mild flex, but once they changed that I canceled my sub.

New comment by not_a_shill in "Canada demands Meta lift news ban to allow wildfire info sharing"

not_a_shill — Sat, 19 Aug 2023 05:53:17 +0000

When did they stop operating there? I thought they just stopped showing news.

New comment by not_a_shill in "Don't use Control Center to turn off Bluetooth on iPhone"

not_a_shill — Wed, 16 Aug 2023 19:08:28 +0000

You can't use ADB to remove it?

New comment by not_a_shill in "Amazon Pharmacy automates discounts to help insulin patients get pledged prices"

not_a_shill — Wed, 16 Aug 2023 17:46:58 +0000

Well yeah, because

1) you're guilt tripping them

2) you're giving them cover if they get asked about it

It's much nicer to work at a grocery store pharmacy than a dedicated retail chain because of this

New comment by not_a_shill in "Amazon Pharmacy automates discounts to help insulin patients get pledged prices"

not_a_shill — Wed, 16 Aug 2023 17:42:09 +0000

At least on the Rx side, it's really not that hard to have a general idea. Youre prescribing mostly the same medication over and over and patients give feedback, so knowing a general discount card price isn't difficult.

If the patient has a weird formulary or a high deductible, that's on them to understand.

New comment by not_a_shill in "Just how hot was July? Hotter than anything on record"

not_a_shill — Tue, 15 Aug 2023 12:43:51 +0000

>but the biggest thing that makes me -- mad are the climate change deniers.

Don't say things like "life is barely enjoyable anymore" if you have any aspirations of changing their minds. (and you should if you care about the environment)

It's primarily an in/outgroup deal and what they perceive as melodrama just makes the divide worse. These people usually hunt/fish/enjoy the outdoors too. You can connect with that.

New comment by not_a_shill in "Qalculate – A multi-purpose cross-platform desktop calculator"

not_a_shill — Wed, 09 Aug 2023 13:39:27 +0000

So what? The tradeoff is that you make much less money with your mindset in exchange for impressing people on an internet forum.