GreatBlueHeron

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[–] GreatBlueHeron@lemmy.ca 16 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (6 children)

Yeah. Someone else suggested it might cover your first ambulance ride. I'm thinking maybe your first year health insurance?

Edit - it was just a wild guess, but here's a badly formatted table copied from an article in Forbes:

Age of member Average monthly costs

  • Age 21 $445
  • Age 27 $467
  • Age 30 $505
  • Age 40 $569
  • Age 50 $795
  • Age 60 $1,208

So, for my age, my guess was almost exactly right!

[–] GreatBlueHeron@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 months ago (2 children)

And that Barilla pasta (at least the stuff sold in Canada) is made in the USA.

[–] GreatBlueHeron@lemmy.ca 42 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

And he was the medical director of AmeriHealth Caritas with about 5 million people in 13 states under his care. Also, I don't believe for 1 second that his views are unique in a profit driven health care industry - the whole concept of profit driven health care is obscene.

[–] GreatBlueHeron@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Probably basmati

[–] GreatBlueHeron@lemmy.ca 25 points 3 months ago

As an Australian living in Canada, I'm far from an expert on this stuff, but it seems to me the main benefit of something like this is visibility - he had (I believe) 10s of millions of views over the various platforms it was streaming on. Hopefully some of those people were not previously engaged and now are. It's a start.

[–] GreatBlueHeron@lemmy.ca 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

so where the fuck is all the money going?

its going to all the fucking billionaires

[–] GreatBlueHeron@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Lol - my wife has a 6 Pro - that's the fancy new phone in the house

[–] GreatBlueHeron@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This is what it feels like. But if it is Doze then it's really broken - because it happens when my phone is plugged in and charging!

[–] GreatBlueHeron@lemmy.ca 27 points 3 months ago (5 children)

And if they don't like the look of you, or your proof of citizenship, and decide detain and deport you - what recourse do you have?

[–] GreatBlueHeron@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago

Thanks - I found those suggestions some time ago when I first started having these issues. Every battery optimisation setting I can find, including the ones in that article, is off.

[–] GreatBlueHeron@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago

I'm on lemmy.ca too. I almost exclusively do Lemmy with the Jerboa app on my phone which has a setting to automatically mark as read on scroll. I thought the web interface did this too, but I can't see it. Now I'm confused 🤔

[–] GreatBlueHeron@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago

I'm aware of the battery issue. Mine is one of the near bricked ones. I'm down to about 50% before I finish breakfast and coffee most days! I'm home most of the time so it's not a big deal - I can charge often. If I leave home it's in a car so I can charge while travelling etc. Because of where I live a replacement battery wasn't an option. I've been wanting to do it myself but the kits are out of stock ever since the announcement.

Someone else noted that their Pixel 3a is still going strong and this prompted me to recheck everything. We'll see how it goes.

I'm not just holding on to it to keep it out of landfill - although that is certainly a consideration. I really like it - the size is right etc. My wife has a Pixel 6 Pro and it's huge. There are no new options close to this size. I am keeping an eye out for a local used Pixel 7a and will do that if I find one at a reasonable price.

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