J-dawg

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by J-dawg 8y ago
In the UK you don't need a medical reason, you can simply choose to take an automatic test. But then of course you can only drive automatic cars, just like in the Netherlands. Ironically I believe an American who has never driven a man
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by J-dawg 8y ago
That's a great point. The whole tone is "we know he is guilty but traditional policing methods have been unable to prove that, therefore we must have these additional powers to prove what we already know". Also... > Enqui
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by J-dawg 8y ago
This is always the problem with this stuff (and perhaps is even by design). They always justify it by mentioning terrorists etc, but it's really used to keep normal, mostly "law-abiding" people in line. Real "bad guys&
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by J-dawg 8y ago
> We also need the ability to survive ourselves breaking the law, because the law was created with the (at the time reasonable) belief that only important violations would be brought to the attention of the authorities, because most of u
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by J-dawg 8y ago
Yet the roads themselves are increasingly in a state of disrepair. Maybe the money wasted on this stuff could be the thing that finally gets people to care about it.
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by J-dawg 8y ago
I want to believe that materials like wool are the answer, but I fear they're not. Raising animals is carbon intensive, and all those sheep need somewhere to graze. If people switched to wool clothing on a big scale, it would probably
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by J-dawg 8y ago
Thanks, I appreciate the idea! I think part of the problem is believing I can do it, I’m not sure how to overcome that
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by J-dawg 8y ago
Anyone else find it depressing looking at all these awesome portfolio sites? I’m a halfway-competent frontend developer who can build most things when I’m given a design, but I can’t imagine ever coming up with a cool quirky idea like this
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by J-dawg 8y ago
“Oh, you know what Bill’s doing? He’s going for that anti-marketing dollar. That’s a good market. He’s very smart.” https://genius.com/Bill-hicks-on-advertisers-and-marketing-a...
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by J-dawg 8y ago
Thanks for the correction, I shouldn't have made such a sweeping statement. However I think my point still stands. The regulation of newer drugs seems to be dictated by ideology more than anything else. In many ways we've gone bac
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by J-dawg 8y ago
In what way are they anything other than speculative? Drug laws are certainly not evidence based (in most places). They are based on ideologically driven speculation about the imagined consequences of legalisation.
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by J-dawg 8y ago
I’m saying it’s both of those things. I’m grateful to the author that I found out this way. I still think it’s marketed in a deliberately misleading way.
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by J-dawg 8y ago
> This is why I said in another post you absolutely have to read and understand your policy before you experience a loss!! Yep, and this post has been an education for me! However, I still have issues with the way it's marketed. I
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by J-dawg 8y ago
I dunno, a ~3hr flight to get to a place with much more advanced healthcare seems quite reasonable. Also a ~14hr flight is a completely different proposition. Totally healthy people feel like shit after a flight that long. I really wouldn&#
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by J-dawg 8y ago
I've never expected travel insurance to cover me for long term care, I just assumed it would cover me for any surgery I needed immediately following an accident, plus a bit of recovery time.
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by J-dawg 8y ago
> You absolutely can't purchase travel insurance for $100 and use it to fly abroad to get non-emergency surgery. I've certainly never thought that was the case, and I don't think my comment implied that (I've edited
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by J-dawg 8y ago
I wonder whether the author has contacted any of the consumer rights TV programmes such as "Watchdog" [0], which are quite popular in the UK. Martin Lewis [1] might also be interested. This story seems tailor-made for them. It&#x2
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by J-dawg 8y ago
That part seemed really strange. You bought the policy, claim for whatever you’re entitled to! Part of me wonders whether this set fraud alarm bells ringing and made them scrutinise his case more. (Not that that excuses anything the company
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by J-dawg 8y ago
I’d always assumed that “Travel Insurance” means you’re covered for whatever treatment you need in the country you happen to be in. (EDIT: providing the accident happens on your trip). Flying you home and palming you off onto the state seem
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by J-dawg 8y ago
> The idea that adults died at 30 is absurd, but persists everywhere anyway, mostly because it flatters us in the present. I always thought the idea persists just because people don't instinctively understand averages. (I agree wi
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by J-dawg 8y ago
This is a fascinating idea which seems worth expanding into a longer piece of writing. Could you give some specific examples of what you mean by “community labor” and what they’ve been replaced with? Also, what do you mean by “Guiltlessness
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by J-dawg 8y ago
I’m stuck in this situation at the moment. I’m seeing a therapist but my main problem is loneliness. I find I look forward to our sessions just because I get the chance to talk to someone for an hour, but I’m not sure whether I’m gaining mu
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by J-dawg 8y ago
My own experiences with depression have made me think you’re both partially correct. I feel like happiness is about learning how to deceive yourself. It’s about learning how to put a positive spin on everything, and internalise it. I stru
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by J-dawg 8y ago
This seems very similar to the premise behind "So good they can't ignore you" by Cal Newport [0]. I haven't got around to reading it yet, but I'd be interested to know if anyone here found it useful. [0] https:&#x2
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by J-dawg 8y ago
> I assume anything less than 5 stars is going to kill their work so I just give 5 stars I do the same. I feel like Uber drivers are already living in a world that's way too close to that Black Mirror episode, and as someone who p
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by J-dawg 8y ago
My point was that maybe people wouldn't resort to public complaining if they got a quick and helpful response from a private channel. Sure, some people would still complain in public just to make a scene (because some people are like t
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by J-dawg 8y ago
> The only reason I maintain a Twitter account is that it seem to be the only way to engage the "good" customer support at so many companies these days. I've heard enough people say the same thing to assume it must be tr
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Dashcam maker sets up site to submit footage to UK Police(bbc.co.uk)
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by J-dawg 8y ago
I agree completely, but not everyone does. Either way, my point still stands. I think it'd be just as much of a tough sell if people with (for example) depression were being given free flying lessons. People have a hard-wired need to f
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by J-dawg 8y ago
I've noticed people often object to these types of schemes because they see them as rewarding people for bad behaviour. I'm not usually one of those people (If it works, it works, right?). But I feel like giving out flying lessons

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