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- Comment on 3 days ago:
Yes, but really, no, in this situation… Look at the other comment pawb.social/comment/24159500
This is likely the case, done like the matrix where there are differing scenes, exposures, coloring and/or filters between worlds so the viewers can differentiate.
This is proven bc I can watch old HP on my old 2011 FHD TV and it doesn’t look entirely different than my newer UHD HDR screen. It’s that way on purpose. Otherwise older films would all be blown out with coloring or contrast too, and they’re not. Only retouching when going from VHS to DVD and/or DVD to Blu Ray, etc. Format changes do usually get a remastering.
- Comment on Person most likely to be able to survive the Apocalypse 3 days ago:
Doesn’t matter if it’s staged and he doesn’t also outside, Bear does show you how to do stuff. Les would never jump into quick sand nearly to his neck just to teach you how to get out. Bear would, and did.
- Comment on Minimum wage isn't survivable anymore 4 days ago:
And just think, iirc 19 States still utilize federal minimum wage… So, less than half of $15/hr.
- Comment on Person most likely to be able to survive the Apocalypse 4 days ago:
Survivorman < Bear Grylls
- Comment on How about instead, a longer healthier retirement? 5 days ago:
Watch, they’re going to spend over $1t to advertise to get Americans to “feel healthier” just to raise the age… They won’t actually do anything beneficial.
- Comment on Why is USD susceptible to counterfeit in comparison to CHF? 6 days ago:
I believe something to full with how USD of note widely accepted across multiple boarders/countries. It’s been the standard for a long time when trading oil iirc too.
Sounds like US currency is easier to fake, which is another reason it’s sought after by counterfeiters. Why try to replicate something like Swiss Francs that’s less accepted and harder to replicate?
- Comment on Is ASHDOL a good company for an external cd/dvd drive? 1 week ago:
LG, Asus, Sony, or Verbatim would be reliable brands. Even Dell & HP make a couple.
I wouldn’t use anything else, especially the weird letter grouping brands on Amazon that try to sound like a brand but are fake.
- Comment on What is the best and worst USA state to live in? And why? 1 week ago:
OK cool, not a pissing match. I’m just saying Illinois isn’t great, I said not much to do outside Chicago. By living outside Chicago, you’re still stuck with some of the highest property taxes in the nation while not earning big city money.
Also, like NY and CA, very anti 2A, which kind of sucks.
- Comment on What is the best and worst USA state to live in? And why? 1 week ago:
How? I’m not in the city, but unless you can get a city job and love in the suburb, I don’t see how it affordable! We pay nearly $7600/year in property taxes, and further towards the city, it’s over 10-12k+. That’s $1k/month in tax alone.
- Comment on We redesigned your flag 1 week ago:
Hah! That’s a good one
- Comment on Republicans are arguing over if trans people can play sports while the world laughs at us 1 week ago:
BCBS through my wife’s employer. They’re about 1800 employees so maybe have better negotiated benefits
- Comment on Republicans are arguing over if trans people can play sports while the world laughs at us 1 week ago:
Income tax will vary because we have a federal tax plus state, plus local municipal/city. We’re around 28-30% total taken out when I review my pay information.
Technically, because insurance is based on employer negotiations, it varies greatly with coverages, deductibles, “in-network” doctors or hospitals, etc. We go through my wife’s employer as it’s better coverage. It’s a higher deductible plan because, like you, if you have a high deductible it’s less out of pocket per month. If we opted for the better coverage and lower deductibles, it’d be around $1,200/mo.
Several years ago, I had a CT scan done and was “billed” $9500. Insurance “negotiated” that down and it was, at the time, a $2500 deductible. I went back later for a MRI and that was over $11k. Another deductible because it was through another visit at another facility. My individual max out of pocket was achieved at $5k-6k I don’t recall, and it took a few years to pay that off (like a loan).
2 years later, my wife had pulmonary embolisms (blood clots) that hospitalized her. That was up to $7k plus medications and monthly follow ups. We amassed over $20k medical bills within a few years, and that’s no where near as bad as some people have it.
We’re alive, in medical debt among other debt, but healthy again. I guess in the long run we should be happy we’re healthy, but again not everyone is so fortunate. What bothers me is almost having to choose if I could “afford” to live or not.
And yes, 15k maximum out of pocket for anything medical for all 4 of us. I don’t Recall if we have coinsurance after that, thankfully we’ve never hit that limit to find out. Coinsurance would be we’re responsible for 20%of anything over the 15k. If it were $20k, we’d pay 15k max plus $1k for the 20% over.
Financially we can afford it, yes, for now; but just crazy to think how quickly our finances could change with layoffs, then with that you lose insurance, and quickly lose your house, etc. That’s why I would run for office just to get to push for real beneficial change.
- Comment on What is the best and worst USA state to live in? And why? 1 week ago:
Illinois is pretty bad. Super high property taxes, expensive gas, high ish sales tax most everywhere, and not much to do outside of Chicago.
Outside the city everything needs a car. Sure suburbs have trains and buses, but car is so much easier.
- Comment on Republicans are arguing over if trans people can play sports while the world laughs at us 1 week ago:
Go into debt?! How so?
We only spend $700+/mo ($8,400 annual) for our family of 4, with $4500 deductibles per person and a family max out of pocket of $15,000… Is that not affordable for everyone?
/s in case it wasn’t abundantly clear…
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- Comment on The FTC is cracking down on companies that charge you a "personalized price" 2 weeks ago:
Haha, yeah right, so ALL airlines in the US would then be changed?? Doubt it.
- Comment on Funny how that works 2 weeks ago:
Don’t forget they say avoid ultra processed foods and refined sugars! So basically you can’t eat anything
- Comment on What would happen if I was elected President, and took all the tariff bullshit off of these countries? Balanced the budget, opened up the Reagan Reserves? 2 weeks ago:
I’ve often asked myself the same thing. I’ve actually got a website up where I sort of throw it out there that I’d like to run. It’s probably not realistic that a random person who’s not versed in politics nor wealthy from the get go, but I’m really fucking such of feeling powerless against those with millions- billions of wealth that they use to influence everything else everywhere while 99%everywhere else struggle.
I’ve even searched for party and alternative groups to see what or who could ever offer real momentum against the 2 party system!
I have little knowledge and a lot of motivation/conviction, but a healthy fear if anyone ever posed a real enough threat to those in power, that threat would “fall out a window” or kill themselves, or something else random.
I’ve started volunteering with Forward party which feels like a catch-all for 2 party abandoners, independents, and anyone else looking for logic over emotion.
- Comment on We can all agree on this 3 weeks ago:
Can you sneak in a raspberry pi? Maybe install pihole, eblocker, adguard home, or technitium on it and point your PC DNS settings to it? Requires hooking up another device on the work network, idk how locked down you’re network is, but it’d be sweet if you could do that.
I run everything at work. I’ve got 3 raspberry pi’s I run for redundancy and block ads for everyone at work. Occasionally, one of our teams complain because they’re searching a product on Google and clicking the top link that’s an ad, so I just whitelist their PCs from blocking. It’s annoying they’re so set in their ways, like find another link that doesn’t say sponsored, but oh well. Best of luck.
- Comment on How are there people who don't know Alaska and Hawaii are states? 3 weeks ago:
Haha, true. Most know NY or NJ. I bet New Mexico and New Hampshire are forgotten about a lot.
- Comment on Drowning in grid scale batteries 3 weeks ago:
Oh no kidding?! I mean, I never knew until the computer age when hard drives hit giga-bytes.
- Comment on Drowning in grid scale batteries 3 weeks ago:
I’m just looking forward to the innovations of sodium ion batteries from BYD, CATL, and Goshen. They’re doing a lot of large scale large capacity batteries that’re cheaper and safer to produce and operate. Hopefully BYD implements into more vehicles, and I think CATL will too since they made the F150 lightning and Mustang Mach E lithium batteries. (Technically let Ford use the technology to make them iirc in Ford plants to be called American made or something)
- Comment on Drowning in grid scale batteries 3 weeks ago:
It’s gigawatts but they mispronounced it because, well, in the movie it’s 1955 and they much power was probably never heard of. IMO it was said wrong on purpose to show how absurd it was.
- Comment on Companies are now using your credit history, past-due accounts, browsing data, and social media accounts to figure out the absolute lowest salary you'll accept. Algorithmic wage suppression is being… 3 weeks ago:
Um. While this sounds very true, the article date is April 1, so hard to tell if satire
- Comment on Declaration of war 3 weeks ago:
Oh I gotcha, playing dumb so the dad figures out is the bf. Mkk. Sorry I just woke up when I read it 😅
- Comment on Declaration of war 3 weeks ago:
So the bf is also the brother?
- Comment on Housing prices 4 weeks ago:
Dude, so much of our area has turned into corporate rentals for when they host guests, or rent them out when not needed for business personnel.
The house close to my parents went for almost 40k over asking last year, so not even in a heated market.
- Comment on Housing prices 4 weeks ago:
Private businesses being allowed to buy up the market to artificially increase prices and scarcity. How else can you ensure real estate is a solid investment stream?
- Comment on If there is a meaning for life, this is it 4 weeks ago:
Brand new… In the 70s
- Comment on Are there any animals that pretend to be injured to lure prey? 4 weeks ago:
Very likely. She got around.