@verge Looks like the carmakers are learning from Tesla. Features, CarPlay, lack of knobs. Now if it winds up being priced like a Chevy Bolt, the market is theirs.

@artemis That’s my worry about starting my own personal instance. That being said, I’m not using the feature due to how crowded this current instance is, so I won’t be missing anything.

#opensource #foss #leftist

@Aminorjourney I’ve done that before. Get better soon!

@Ve3ldj Oh no, indeed. What a lousy way to start the weekend.

Oh, no. Thanks for everything, Bob/K9EID. We'll miss you.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Heil #hamradio #silentkey

@nico My Chevy #BoltEV and I live in an apartment for now, so I can only do Level 1 AC charging (120V x 12A = 1.4 kW). It’s painful, but good enough given I work from home.

Some local car dealerships have DCFC at very reasonable prices, so if it’s really low, I’ll just drive it out there for an hour or so.

I have had skin cancer surgeries in 2 countries: the U.S., with "hope you can afford the deductible" insurance, and Portugal with single-payer/universal/socialized medicine.

In the U.S. (in 2001): Notice growth on ear. Call to see primary care. Get into appointment 2 days later. Get a referral to a dermatologist. Wait 2 weeks for the insurance company to approve referral. Get into dermatologist 1 week later and have a biopsy. The biopsy showed it was squamous cell carcinoma, a type of cancer usually found in folks over 60 (I was 23 or 24). Dermatologist puts in for an approval for surgery which is denied twice over 3 weeks because “the biopsy was wrong.” Get in 2 days later for another biopsy, which, surprise!, shows it really is squamous cell carcinoma. After another week of wrangling with the insurance company, we finally get approval for surgery. Surgery is scheduled for 1 week later. So, from noticing the growth to surgery about 8 weeks.

In Portugal (5 years later): Notice growth on ear. I call primary care and am transferred to the dermatologist. Get same day appointment. Dermatologist looks at it, picks up the phone and calls the plastic surgeon. We walk down the hall to the plastic surgeon. Both doctors consult their schedules, and I’m scheduled for surgery 2 days later. So, from noticing the growth on the ear to surgery about 2 days.

Again, to show you the difference: In the U.S. without universal healthcare, about $1000 out-of-pocket and 8 weeks until surgery. In Portugal with universal healthcare, about $60 out-of-pocket and 2 days until surgery.

When Congress says we can’t afford universal healthcare, they are saying, “We can’t afford to not make the insurance companies money because they fund our campaigns.” It isn’t about the best interest of Americans, it’s about their own best interest.

@DoctorDNS @deadlydog I don’t think it will ever go away. SMTP PLAIN authentication is still broadly supported most of the time, and sending email via Microsoft.Graph and Modern Authentication is still a bit painful.

@w7voa That’s too bad. I was hoping for something with the sleek UI and feature set of a Tesla, but with Apple CarPlay. Hopefully the research can be put to good use somewhere else.

@NeanderthalPride Oh, this wasn’t about anything in particular. I’m just assuming that, in general, people want money to exchange for goods and services.

@NeanderthalPride Not directly from me — I read about that scam — but someone pays their salary, and I assume it has something to do with perfecting and selling my manuscript.

@kevin Yes, my capsule and web server share a document root. You could read “index.gmi” in a web browser if you really wanted to. It makes it easier to maintain, and means I don’t have to upload other files like PDFs twice.

@leah Not everything on this list is meant for documentation, but it’s a good place to start. https://www.iana.org/assignments/special-use-domain-names/special-use-domain-names.xhtml

I recently wrote about how YouTube was throttling my connection. I'm sick of
YouTube's shenanigans, so I've ditched them...kind of.
https://kevquirk.com/ditching-youtube-kind-of

@kev Thanks! I’ve been noticing Firefox has started defaulting to 360p resolution, but I figured it was because I was converting a bunch of saved videos in the background. I’ll have to look into Invidious!

@NeanderthalPride Agreed! They have some nice e-readers and support them well (though I’m in the hacked Nook camp), but they’ve got a stifling stranglehold on the market.

However, if/when I find an agent, they’ll probably want some money, so I’ll have to play ball. The best I can do is turn a blind eye to piracy and sharing; I’ll say it’s to build the fan base.

@jbzfn Thanks! I was curious about this.

@kevin I’ve got #DANE for mine. It’s easy enough to add, for if/when #GeminiProtocol browsers start validating.