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>"They ask it 'do you remember me?' more than they ask it anything else. Billions of sessions a day. They always come back."

Definitely not in the original. Nicely done.

You mention lower footprint but then make a cost comparison against Claude subscription pricing.

Claude subscription pricing is a broken way to consider footprint.

There are a number of compact shortwave (radio amateurs prefer the term "high frequency" or HF, in contrast to VHF, UHF) transceivers. The impracticality is from the size of an efficient antenna.

I have personally made voice (single-sideband or SSB, which is analog like AM without wasting energy transmitting a carrier or redundant sideband) contacts with a 5 watt portable (Elecraft KX2) between countries in Europe, using a meter-long whip antenna and a trailing counterpoise wire.

These radios are incredibly complex weak-signal equipment, and that is reflected in the price.

That said, it is fun. Using morse code to do the same is even more fun.

I would never rely on this for off-the-grid communication, though.

In the US all transmitting at 1W with these radios is contrary to regulations.

That said, no one is going to stop you from squatting on 146.580 MHz for example, a frequency commonly used by outdoors folks, rules notwithstanding.

Practically, this take emphasizes my point on repeaters. Each open active repeater develops its own subculture. (That said, the overwhelming majority of repeaters in the US are idle.)

You may not be welcome on any given repeater.

Practical use, dense urban, flat, UHF is about 1km. VHF is worse.

Most radio amateurs would utilize a repeater to get over this limitation. Assuming there is a reliable repeater one is welcome to use nearby.

Anyone know when Apple's acquisition of Headspace is closing?

Your property isn't ratting you out. The software you license from Tesla is ratting you out.

Agree. The remedy for this is federal disbarment.

Would a criminal fraud charge result in federal debarment? If not, why not?

Cisco Viptela vEdge 100, 1000, and 2000 routers have a hardcoded certificate which governs the hardware appliances ability to join their SDWAN network. At connectivity loss or reboot, they are unable to reconnect.

Cisco has no resolution as of 2023-05-10T10:00:00Z.

Persons suffering from mental health conditions suffer them long before they warrant the "dangerous" moniker. The solution lies in substantive treatment of all mental health conditions.

The disparity of care between mental health conditions and all other health conditions is laughable, including in New York State, despite "mental health parity" rules. For those with Medicaid (public health program for those meeting certain low-income or disability criteria), this disparity isn't as severe. However, many young adults with serious mental illness are covered by commercial health plans via their parents, and it is these plans that are relatively weak when it comes to mental health coverage.

These plans do well when it comes to emergency, in-patient interventions, but fall short when it comes to ongoing outpatient support. Much of this is due to lack of participation by mental healthcare providers in the insurance reimbursement system, likely as a result of low reimbursement rates. Why see patients with serious mental illness reimbursed at $100 a session when one can see less complex patients paying cash at $150 or even $200 a session.

This has been exacerbated by the prevalence of mobile app-based therapy arrangements, which, again, are suitable for someone who is reasonably healthy and needs some additional support, but may be completely inappropriate for those with a serious mental health condition.

Mental health care parity laws need teeth. The free market will not solve this.