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by patja 3y ago
I have Kaiser and when I need a new CPAP or supplies I just order from CPAPMan or whoever, and pay out of my HSA account. Not all plans allow HSAs though.
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by patja 3y ago
This is how a lot of big companies work. They self-insure. They set the rules, pay all the bills, and the insurance company just administers things. If you work for a company that does this, be aware that the things you dislike about your i
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by patja 3y ago
I guess it varies by country. In the US they pull CPAP listings very quickly. Policy: https://www.ebay.com/help/policies/prohibited-restricted-ite...
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by patja 3y ago
eBay is pretty good at enforcing their policy banning sales of medical equipment requiring a prescription. They yank any listing for a CPAP very quickly.
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by patja 3y ago
It is an oddly specific choice to use the word macaroon for this, given the widespread confusion over macaron vs. macaroon and how many other unambiguous variants of "cookie" are available for naming a piece of software that is a
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by patja 3y ago
When I saw the title and graphic I assumed it would be an article about conflict over cultural/language imperialism.
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by patja 3y ago
Fail2ban doesn't help when the attacker/abuser rotates their IP address constantly. I now look for aberrations in a few http headers they often neglect to spoof in their attempt to act like an honest human.
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by patja 3y ago
The phrase is usually "batteries included" not "and batteries"
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by patja 3y ago
Is there history or a meme that holds that z is for jump? Just wondering if that is why the hotkey for the jump action in Baldur's Gate 3 is z
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by patja 3y ago
It is a great spot. Can be a tough entry when the surf is up. But overall I would say it is certainly among the best spots on Oahu for shore snorkeling. And it is just a 5 minute drive if you are staying at any of the condos or hotels at
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by patja 3y ago
Kind of a hilarious take if you watch the keynote where significant time and a moving backdrop are devoted to highlighting the miasma of navigating across 100 apps on a smartphone. Decrying "just install another app" is a big par
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by patja 3y ago
To each their own, but I could not finish that book. Too much plodding coziness. It felt like reading something written by Cory Doctorow -- a lecture wrapped in a novel. But without any of the compelling momentum Doctorow employs to carr
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by patja 3y ago
I suspect he meant it as a pairing to his GOAT book, which he proudly claims is the first book simultaneously released through GPT-4. He encourages readers to engage with the book through ChatGPT 4 where you can give it prompts such as &qu
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by patja 3y ago
Suggestion: under "works with your database" consider naming the databases rather than only offering a list of icons. Also seems to be a bit of hubris to claim a SQL IDE "works with your database" when SQL Server and Or
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by patja 3y ago
I have a postfix server I've hosted on DO for over 15 years. It is only on the UCEPROTECT block lists that block all of DO, everything else is clean. I use it mostly for receive-only and use Amazon SES to send anything where delivera
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by patja 3y ago
The whole blog post is very tech company product oriented and seems almost completely oblivious to the vast number of software engineers building line of business applications for internal use, under the COO's budget.
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by patja 3y ago
They usually follow a predictable pattern, like trying to hit every (almost entirely invalid) URL starting /product/1 /product/2 /product/3 and on up through the millions. They also will rotate the User Agent
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by patja 3y ago
NYT article comments section is worth a read to fill in more anecdotes adjacent to this article's subject. It is striking that the article features the word "corruption" only in a positive light ("many types of corrupti
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by patja 3y ago
My Windows 10 desktop is not supported for upgrade to Windows 11, but still does everything I ask of it with no slowdowns, compromises, or sacrifices that I can observe, including running Baldur's Gate 3 at full fidelity and experiment
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by patja 3y ago
Every attack of significance I see these days uses rotating IP addresses.
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by patja 3y ago
I've tried LocalGPT, PrivateGPT, and H2OGPT. Have you been satisfied with the responses you get from PrivateGPT? When I tried it, it seemed very shallow/cursory in its responses. I saw much more detailed and complete responses
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by patja 3y ago
There was the somewhat recent issue in Seattle where a station included an image file with no file extension, and it bricked the radios in Mazdas: https://arstechnica.com/cars/2022/02/radio-station-snafu-in-.
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by patja 3y ago
I have a little hobby project where I record an FM radio music station using a SDR and then remove all the non-music portions for offline listening. I like the music selections the DJs pick, but I prefer not to listen to the DJ commentary
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by patja 3y ago
And despite being illegal, lead is still in the majority of paint tested in India
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by patja 3y ago
So you have to read between the lines and infer that "artificial colour" might be lead? Seems needlessly vague.
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by patja 3y ago
Would be nice to see some energy around ideas like eliminating the stepped up cost basis on inherited housing and using that new tax revenue to fund social housing.
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by patja 3y ago
Roundabouts have to have splitters and other features that traffic calming circles lack. Also, technically you can go whichever way you want around a traffic calming circle: counterclockwise is recommended, but many trucks physically canno
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by patja 3y ago
He's the currently serving incumbent. When he gives me an email address, it's not as if I'm going to be contacting him inquiring about the details of his campaign. It's more likely I'm going to contact him about why
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by patja 3y ago
This is why city council member Dan Strauss, when going door to door campaigning, gives out his personal Gmail address rather than his city of Seattle address. Is this legal? It sure doesn't seem ethical
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by patja 3y ago
I guess they are not familiar with the reprap philosophy or self-sourced 3d printers like the Voron.

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