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Comment · 1 year ago

I had no idea that ACA prices were so different based on where you lived. I couldn't understand the numbers as I put in my family's stats & saw $600-$800/mo in my current and a couple of my former locations. Then I flipped to a random zip code in WV & it was $2200.

Comment · 2 years ago

I miss n-gate

Comment · 4 years ago

Every US state is at-will. The only state that significantly varies from this is Montana, wherein employment is at-will for only the first six months of employment, which would cover your case here.

https://www.paycor.com/resource-center/articles/employment-a...

I think the taboos are less around the law and more around trying to avoid a reputation that the company will can you a couple months after you've perhaps uprooted your life and moved to a whole new city. I wonder if the taboo will lessen in remote work contexts, where the employee is not so expected to uproot their lives for a job.

Comment · 4 years ago

McSweeney's, not The Onion

Comment · 4 years ago

this is pretty wild:

https://old.reddit.com/r/japan/comments/v8p9ga/japanese_poli...

> You can't carry ANY dangerous objects without a justified reason. E.g., you're going camping.

> The blade length is one law. Carrying it without reason is another law.

> Don't leave tools in your car, for example. You can get arrested over a screwdriver.

Comment · 4 years ago

One of my favorite musicians. I was not aware of this backstory, but I'm glad it happened :)

https://eeveebeats.bandcamp.com

Comment · 4 years ago

This used to exist in the US as well:

http://gbnfgroceries.blogspot.com/2014/01/from-misc-foods-ai...

I remember these being an entire aisle in the grocery store in the 80s. I think they've been replaced by store brands with more colorful packaging

Comment · 4 years ago

A cool feature would be to take keyboard input. Either 'abcdefg' typed in or else one of those skeuomorphic layouts used by DAWs. Or else even better, if it supported webmidi so someone could plug in a midi keyboard.

I find the mouse clicking to kinda get in my way, though I see why this makes sense for mobile.

Another cool feature would be if it actually played the tone when pressed. Or chords.

But also super cool as is. I've always had trouble remembering bass cleft notes + I didn't even know all those other clefts even existed.

Comment · 4 years ago

What would happen if you just started with a slug?

Comment · 4 years ago

Are leading commas allowed? Because otherwise, you've just traded out the inability to comment out the last element for the inability to comment out the first. I never understood this convention.

Comment · 4 years ago

Here is another, interactive explanation of this phenomenon in IRV, as well as some alternatives that do not suffer this issue: https://ncase.me/ballot/

Comment · 4 years ago

Does this mean that US automakers might start making light trucks again? I thought that the reason why they aren't made much any more was due to milage standards, but that wouldn't be an issue for electric trucks.