IHeartBadCode

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Death to Spotify’: the DIY movement to get artists and fans to quit the music app⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Streaming is all the bad things about the music industry but made a thousand times worse. The pay outs, the requirement of specific laws surrounding streaming that make it different than every other method of music delivery, the lack of control by the consumer, the lack of any kind of ownership, the requirement of always online connectivity, and on.

  I don't want to be that boomer type person, but I'm pretty happy with staying with my CD and DVD collection that I have. I have a massive amount of portability, archiving, and it just works wherever I want to work. No fees, no internet required, and I have an immense amount of control over everything.

  This is just one of those things that I'm glad that I didn't get into this. It has sounded terrible since it was first pitched and I think it's only gotten worse.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should Neutron Stars be Added to the Periodic Table?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  A representation of a binuclear compound of element 10^(56) with an average bond length of 100 quintillion angstroms.

  Okay that was funny.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Autism has been announced!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The whole acetaminophen is bad thing isn't a new one. It's part of a crack pot theory of oxidative stress and autism. The only problem is that oxidative stress is one of those very broad terms. The air you breathe can cause oxidative stress because of various types of pollution. Eating bacon can cause oxidative stress. Particular fertilizers used to grow a wide variety of plants can cause oxidative stress. Literally not getting enough sleep can cause oxidative stress.

  It's a really broad terms for random free radicals of oxygen in the body, which strip electrons, etc, etc, etc... It's also what brings about antioxidants. Chemicals that take the oxidative "blow" for your cells. And this is all sound science, but everyone experiences oxidative stress and not everyone is autistic, contrary to what apparently RFK believes by trying to pander this bullshit.

  Also, just right out the gate. The whole thing doesn't make sense for how it's supposed to work when we have fraternal twins who one is autistic and the other isn't. Which gets into the whole "likely a genetic thing" seeing how identical twins where one is autistic, the other usually is as well. And the difference in rates between fraternal twins and identical twins suggests a strong genetic link rather than environmental. But that doesn't rule out environment.

  But the thing is what RFK is pandering isn't new. There's been a ton of studies that associate oxidative stress to autism. But as the saying goes, association isn't causation.

  Also at the other end is their recommendation of folinic acid. Which, I can't, it's just Vitamin B bullshit stuff. The various B Complex is important in development for a child. This is why folic acid is given out to pregnant mothers. But there's no evidence to support that any formulation of Vitamin B prevents, slows, reverses, or cures autism. I just don't understand that segment of medicine where they've gone deep end with Vitamin B. It's important, don't get me wrong, but eating quintuple dosing of it isn't "curing" cancer so much as causing irreversible liver damage and possibly sending you into a seizure.

  It's whatever. Any form of legitimacy in the HHS disappeared with RFK. I think people are going to look at this as "oh yeah confirms my life long held bias" or "RFK is nut job." But as for moving the needle, this isn't going to move anything. Most doctors will not care that HHS made this announcement and will continue to act as if it didn't exist. Because there's a mountain of evidence that this is just crackpot theory shit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Sadly your employer is likely in the right here. Oregon just recently passed a law requiring what you have indicated. Senate Bill 906. It goes into effect January 1, 2026. However, before that point in time, employers are not legally required to spell out anything about your employment to you at any given point so long as they fulfill the requirements to give you a timely W-2 when tax time rolls around.

  As for the $1232, that is quite the amount and I would not see that as reasonable. However, it really depends on if you want to call their bluff on attorney advisement. The letter looks like something they blew out their own printer, but doctors are petty as fuck and will drag your ass into court over six pennies, or at least in the time I've ever known them.

  However, take none of this as legal advice. More like a suggestion and you should absolutely look at whatever your local laws are. Oregon JUST got on the bus about requiring employers to provide exactly the documentation you are requesting. I know, but some States still don't have a legal requirement to provide paystubs. And Federal law absolutely doesn't require that, they only require the whole "things you need to fill out your taxes". In many of the States that don't require it, if your employer does hand it off to you, it puts a ton of responsibility on it being correct on the employer. So some will literally go to a CPA for this one off, which is a much higher rate than a regular book keeper.

  But yeah, your Government just recently addressed this, but it doesn't go into effect until next year. So sadly that new law does not help you here. However, you should absolutely speak with your department of labor to see if there are avenues you can take.