wbrasky

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Just another developer living in flyover country
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Comment · 6 years ago
I was in the process of a job search while working at a foundering startup back in December. Interview processes were paused over the holidays and scheduled to resume in early January. Jan. 2, first day back at the old job, I was laid off. Had my final interview at another startup the following week and got an offer. Started end of January. We're all WFH for at least 2 weeks, and it's beginning to look like much longer than that. We've got connections to the retail sector, so I do wonder about that, but we have seen at least a short-term uptick in activity, presumably due to hoarding. Fingers crossed we all make it through this.
Comment · 7 years ago
I read that as "Paid lunches"
Comment · 7 years ago
The Lykov Family have been well-covered. VICE had a decent piece covering the sole remaining member: Agafia. Their speech did somewhat devolve, and children born out in the taiga had developed their own cooing pidgin that they spoke to each other, IIRC.
Comment · 7 years ago
Insulin pumps (and their cannula; not a "needle") are installed 24/7. They can be "suspended" and the insulin delivery hose unhooked, but they are generally there, and active, at all times. Likewise, a CGM (continuous glucose monitor) will provide, as the name says, continuous monitoring. Both use adhesives to keep them attached and generally remain so, even while sleeping.

Hypoglycemia also may not lead to "waking". After all, a diabetic coma may result from low blood glucose, depending on how quickly it crashes.

Source: my girlfriend is Type 1.

Comment · 7 years ago
> The tendency to seed cloud formation is well documented
Comment · 7 years ago
"termidity"

What exactly does that mean?

Comment · 7 years ago
WTF did I just read?
Comment · 7 years ago
You're right, it's far far worse now.
Comment · 7 years ago
why has the title been changed from "covers" (which is what they were) to "stamp" which is a less specific form of what they were? Why are we not just using the article title?
Comment · 7 years ago
probably because that was such a needlessly snarky reply.
Comment · 7 years ago
Welcome to capitalism.
Comment · 7 years ago
Why on earth would someone use an expensive, patent-encumbered drug when there's regular Ketamine that can do the same thing?
Comment · 7 years ago
I mean, it's a minor quibble, but ripoff would make sense. Usury does not, in any way. It's simply a misuse of usury.
Comment · 7 years ago
> But from €9.6 to €185 is an increase of 1827% or 19.27 times more. To me that's usury.

I don't think that word means what you think it means.

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