chucka9

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   by chucka9 5y ago

   Saving money is not the only reason to pirate content. Some things aren’t available in my region and never will be (as they are 20+ years old). Some things are presented via a crap app, in dubious formats or with truely horrible DRM. I pira
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   by chucka9 5y ago

   > These companies have no shame. Do you think this was backed by companies? It seems reasonable to suspect it, but it’s a issue radioactive now so won’t be easy to find out.
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   by chucka9 5y ago

   The metals in vascular stents and coils is valuable too (but imagine trying to retrieve those). I know someone who saved up the ones dropped or otherwise opened and not used on a cath lab. I’m not sure what he did after that.
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   by chucka9 5y ago

   > Why can't people just opt to be buried without embalming or a casket? The article mentions the amount of land that this uses. I’d imagine that’s a big part of it.
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   by chucka9 5y ago

   Why not just the prices up?
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   by chucka9 7y ago

   Peripherally related. I needed a new passport, and applied online for one. The online application kept rejecting my photo which I had taken by a pharmacy specifically approved for taking passport photos. It said that my eyes were too shaded