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by smeej 2y ago
Thank you. It really has been.
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by smeej 2y ago
No. And no, to the extent that I can't even figure out how you're thinking it might be? "It's harder now, so I shouldn't try" is a complete non sequitur. If it's harder now, we have to work harder, not les
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by smeej 2y ago
I don't think it's a problem when it's real, but for a long time, people with a variety of disabilities have been fighting to find ways they can contribute to society, not using it as an excuse not to have to. I don't
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by smeej 2y ago
I'm in this fun loop right now where I have an undiagnosed small mass. Everyone agrees the best way to diagnose it would be with an MRI, but no one knows which kind of specialist to have order the MRI or what kind of MRI to order...bec
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by smeej 2y ago
You might have trouble finding opportunities to do this full-time anywhere, but if you could manage the documentation and knowledge base (especially if they're training AI bots internally and to support customers from it) for 3-4 clien
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by smeej 2y ago
Isn't this really just "actually a startup" mode vs. "a growing, professionalizing company" mode? This footnote was what got me: > [1] The more diplomatic way of phrasing this statement would be to say that exper
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by smeej 2y ago
It's been about 4 years since I've used Briar, so take this with a grain of salt, but I found it extremely useful at an event where I was normally within WiFi distance of my friends, but we didn't have cell service. Like, we
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by smeej 2y ago
I'll be honest, I've been really pleasantly surprised with mine. They cover mental health visits without a limit. They cover consultation with a dietitian without limit. They cover physical therapy at 60 sessions, no other questio
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by smeej 2y ago
I got new insurance this year through my state's insurance marketplace. They said my existing therapist was in-network. This was news to her. I called and spoke to them. They insisted. She called and spoke to them. They insisted. So th
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by smeej 2y ago
Where are you getting state counts, and what do they mean here? As far as I know, most states have procedures for licensing several of these categories, and a couple more besides (Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, for example).
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by smeej 2y ago
I think a lot of the world's leaders would agree with you, and the overwhelming majority of the human population who think one of the main problems facing humanity is how the world leaders are leading it would disagree. Overlooking a p
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by smeej 2y ago
Do you already have a background as a dev? As someone who's run in software startup circles on the customer support side for years, I couldn't figure out how to make it do anything. Took several minutes even to notice the "sa
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by smeej 2y ago
> If Chase is locking down your account, don't blame them. > Chase, like other banks, is in the business of taking and keeping people's money until they need it. This is doubly true for businesses. You say the first one imme
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by smeej 2y ago
Some crypto does. Many cryptos are worse. For example, USDC accounts can be frozen by a single entity with no recourse whatsoever.
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by smeej 2y ago
This is even more true at a local credit union. Add in the co-op network of credit unions, where you can go to any branch of any of the member unions (50k+ branches last time I checked, but it's been awhile) and it's hard for me
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by smeej 2y ago
I love that you're still arguing with me about what words I cobbled together--which are not actually words anybody uses--sound like they mean and why. I'm having real trouble coming up with a single country that has the demonym
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by smeej 2y ago
I'm not at all confident that a $9/hr engineer can do that. You don't hire somebody for a price like that because you intend to listen to their feedback and treat them like a valued member of the team. You hire somebody for
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by smeej 2y ago
You can also say, "ABC is terrible at this." That's not an insult. It's an observation. "ABC is a moron" is an insult. The insult defines the person by a failure, instead of limiting the criticism to the releva
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by smeej 2y ago
Sure, but you don't do that by slinging an insult. You (as you said) calmly and legitimately point it out. Just saying, for common example, "That was blazingly stupid," isn't calmly and legitimately pointing it out. Calm
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by smeej 2y ago
Of course it is. It comes directly from the etymology. By using the name of the country rather than the demonym for its inhabitants, it implies some sort of preference for the country as country, to the degree that a person defines themse
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by smeej 2y ago
Am I the only one surprised this took as much detailed study as it did? Nobody noticed a lot more greenery about in the basins they're talking about? Or nobody noticed the fact that it hadn't been raining in those places in the sp
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by smeej 2y ago
I don't even sort of follow what you mean here. All I'm doing is telling you what this set of words that nobody actually uses sound like they would mean to me. The term that does exist, Chinaman, already has its own pejorative sen
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by smeej 2y ago
If the word had been "Chineseman," maybe it would fit with your other examples better. No one says, "He's an Englandman, Irelandman, Franceman, etc." To me, this set of words would already lean negative and imply so
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by smeej 2y ago
I think the desire to insult comes from the unwillingness to take responsibility for one's own reactions. If I'm upset, I want it to be your fault. I want you to be in the wrong. I don't want to admit that I'm respon
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by smeej 2y ago
My non-startup friends do not understand. They're always this funny mix of confused, worried, and jealous when I take a break, but I've never had an interview for a startup job where anyone cared about any gaps in my resume.
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by smeej 2y ago
You might be asking too much of a job. Speaking from my own experience, the only times I've ever looked for a job that "made me feel whole" were also the times I felt like other important parts of my life were empty, and I wa
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by smeej 2y ago
This looks really powerful for controlling the system with different scripts, but what if all I want it to do is let me narrate something and print out the sentences as close to real-time as possible? It's really just good STT that I&#
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by smeej 2y ago
If you love summering in the north of Italy, it would explain why your savings rate is apparently awful.
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by smeej 2y ago
I highly recommend living well within your means, and having simple tastes. I've never made more than $80k in a year, but rarely have I spent more than half of it. Most expenses are hackable. I bought the most reliable car with the mos
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by smeej 2y ago
Errands usually get pinned on an appointment in the same general area. I try to stack those on one of two days a week so I'm not getting interrupted every day. If there are random phone calls and stuff to make, they usually and up righ

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