if you’re still heavily invested in the stock market near retirement age, you’re doing something very wrong

no a water heater heats the water.

a watersoftener removes dissolved minerals from water

i like how Mike Judge found the stupidest looking shoes he could find, from a new niche shoe company. These will never take off, he thinks; they’re too hideous. So he puts everyone in crocs and chortles to himself. And then, 20 years later …

https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2013/01/03/how-lead-caused-americas-violent-crime-epidemic/

lead in gasoline caused lead poisoning, leading to an increase in violent crime. now most fuel is unleaded, reducing the incidence of lead poisoning, and leading directly to a decrease in violent crime

heh heh to completion

yep. also pretty gay

Windows eating meat user

paycheck to paycheck isn’t “the system”, or there’s no way 40% of people would be able to avoid it

do self hosters use Windows? i would have thought most people were running Linux

most people don’t have anxiety or other social problems, only the terminally online do

your dog’s claws need a trim

no not really

everything you’ve listed is what you pay at the point of service. are your premiums covered 100% by your employer, or what?

thanks for explaining things i already know, and that have no fucking bearing on the question OP asked.

this isn’t “whose health care experience is better and less costly” - the question was “what does US health care cost”, which is the question i answered.

on the one hand - my wife and i didn’t have insurance when my oldest was born, as i was doing contractor work overseas. Between one thing and another over the course of that year, we paid like $8k in medical expenses, including all the obgyn visits and the actual delivery, plus a hernia repair for me. The hospital was very easy to work with. Our income was very high so it was not exactly a burden. (8k was about 2% of total salary)

on the other hand - this year, with insurance we’re going to pay about $6k in insurance premiums and $8k in medical expenses before we hit our deductible (~7% of total salary)

on the gripping hand - last year we had really excellent insurance. we paid a total of $1200 for the year in premiums, $50/pay period, and our deductible was only $2k. (~1% of total salary)

So it definitely varies a lot

I use Prometheus and grafana at home because i use it at work, so I’m familiar with it

based on this article, i would say it’s fortunate that they have very little power

better translation is “you shall not commit murder”

i have to use a Windows laptop for work, and teams sucks there. and the android teams app sucks. and i use teams on my Linux laptop for some freelancing, and it sucks there too. I’m starting to think it’s just that teams is shit.

will he be bringing his faithful companion Barf, the mog (half man, half dog)?