Saganaki
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My 3 yo son got diagnosed with Ewing’s Sarcoma and had surgery to remove a chunk of his spinal cord (that’s where the tumor was). He finished his first round of chemo and was scheduled to do some in-patient PT at a facility 0.2 miles away from the hospital he was in.
- Ambulance ride duration: 30s
- Ambulance cost: $6000
- Insurance coverage: $500
I straight up said “send it to collections. I don’t care. My son has cancer.” They fought for 6 months before going down to $250. I gave in.
Another: There’s a medication you take to cause your marrow to produce white blood cells quickly (the downside is that your bones feel like your burning—at least that’s how my son described it at 3 years old). This medication saves money in the long term since it means fewer ER visits for a cancer patient.
Coverage denied. Every. Time. Appealed every time, and got it covered. I probably spent close to 20 hours on calls & on hold just to get it covered for each treatment (~50 weeks I think?).
I make decent money (by my area’s standards) have very good insurance through my work, too. Despite all that, I had to dip into retirement & college funds to pay for various treatment. Hit out of pocket maximum every time and they always find something to deny.
It was fucking exhausting. Still is with ongoing issues and regular scans. He’s clear (so far) but man, fuck paid health insurance.
I find listening to (already listened to—this part is important) stuff is like a sleeping pill. Rip YouTube videos and put just the audio on your phone. Play it at bed time—I use earbuds and throw it under my pillow.
Right now, I’m listening to Kings & Generals and Operations Room audio. In the past, I’ve done Futurama audio.
There is no way the virus functioned. Seriously. The guy had no tech background.
WMI was introduced in XP (I think? Was it later?) and asking WMI for the version string was pretty common.
The reason there isn’t a Windows 9 is because there was a common test for windows versions that went something like this:
std::string winVer = getWinVerStr();
if (winVer.find(“Windows 9”) != -1)
{
// This is windows 95 or 98
}
A good chunk of older programs would likely have issues.
There was no need to produce the items in question, so we lost the expertise and the underlying manufacturing facilities/experience/etc. Stuff like: The company that made the windows no longer exists. The company that made the panels still exists, but they can no longer source the strictly defined % alloys as that company no longer exists. Stuff like that.
It makes more sense when I dug into it more deeply, but still—gave me a chuckle.
This is unrelated to this topic exactly, but I don’t know what OpenTofu is nor what it is for, so I looked at the FAQ.
What is OpenTofu?
OpenTofu is a Terraform fork, created as an initiative of Gruntwork, Spacelift, Harness, Env0, Scalr, and others, in response to HashiCorp’s switch from an open-source license to the BUSL. The initiative has many supporters, all of whom are listed here.
This is practically a meme…I have no idea what all of these are (coming from my area of expertise).
I’m not adhd nor a woman, but any time this comes up I mention this:
https://slowrevealgraphs.com/2021/11/08/rate-of-left-handedness-in-the-us-stigma-society/
Similar experience. I doubled down by playing volleyball afterwards. The bruise was practically from wrist to shoulder.
https://youtu.be/ZYjUpXO27w4?si=Lcq9ZuyL6IfHzvHr