kungen
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- Comment on AMD and Nvidia are talking about local AI, good news for PC gamers and memory prices 2 weeks ago:
How’s that good news? It sounds like they are just double-dipping…
- Comment on it's so fluffy 2 weeks ago:
Did you also go to imagefap and shit brix?
- Comment on The way my fuck-ass pharmacist makes up the remaining pills in my bastarding prescription 2 weeks ago:
There are bottles as well, but it’s not as common. And they’re factory-produced bottles – not like those orange ones in the US. So it’s basically the same safety as blisters, other than its easier to spill.
I’m not 100% sure, but I think most of the groundwork for this situation is from EU Directive 2001/83/EC. Medical products need to have a lot of information provided, and it just gets simpler to have boxes with blisters to meet all the requirements, and gives safety at the same time.
I can’t imagine how hectic it must be for pharmacy techs in the US. Despite requiring 5 years of school to be a pharmacist here, the job is basically being a glorified cashier… Unless the person has any questions, you simply check their ID, check in the national registry that enough time has passed since their last collection (particularly if it’s a controlled substance), collect a package from the shelf, print out a label to put on the box (containing their name, doctor, dosage, instructions), scan the label and package, collect payment, and that’s it.
- Comment on The way my fuck-ass pharmacist makes up the remaining pills in my bastarding prescription 2 weeks ago:
Tbh, a pharmacist shouldn’t really do anything with the actual medication other than dispensing it correctly. In Sweden, every package is individual; the pharmacist should never be opening them nor touching the blisters in normal cases. It significantly reduces risks for the patient and ensures traceability.
It is a bit less efficient though, as pharmacies need to stock up different qualities of the same dosages: Stilnoct(zolpidem) 10mg for example has two different packages: 14 tablets, or 28 tablets. If you have a prescription for 28 tablets, you can’t buy two 14-tablet packages. And if you were to have a 14 prescription, you can’t buy the 28 and ask the pharmacist to throw away the other blister. But I think it’s a worthy tradeoff to eliminate the majority of human mistakes.
- Comment on I fucking ♥️ industrial society and its consequences 2 weeks ago:
I assume this is the US? Is it really cheaper for the company to import chicken wings and some cheese, or why’s it not domestically sourced? I don’t get it.
- Comment on i can't handle coffee 3 weeks ago:
the shits
I thought that’s why we drink coffee, no?
- Comment on Priorities 3 weeks ago:
Whippets are also extremely addictive.
- Comment on Anon tries to understand credit scores 3 weeks ago:
shitty card with a very high APR
Which doesn’t matter if you pay it off in full each month ;)
- Comment on 64$ the ticket, 1040$ surcharge. 3 weeks ago:
You’ve got the right idea for the European system though. “Tourist tax”. It’s usually low enough that it’s not a big deal, but I was shocked when I checked in at a hotel in Greece and the receptionist wanted 5€/night from me.
- Comment on Anon tries to understand credit scores 3 weeks ago:
One weird thing you missed is the “length of credit” though. Let’s say you get your first credit card somewhere as a kid, and now you’re 40 and haven’t had anything else. Suddenly, that bank wants you to pay a monthly fee to keep your account open. If you get a new credit card somewhere else, and cancel your kid-card, your score is going to get hit quite a bit, no?
If you did it “correct”, you’d have 10+ different cards lying in a drawer at home to tons of different credit agencies.
It’s all an insane game that you have to play, despite the fact that it can usually be played “for free”.
- Comment on Anon tries to understand credit scores 3 weeks ago:
Yeah, I would consider that somewhat “acceptable” usage though. It’d be irresponsible to approve a large loan to someone who’s already extremely overindebted, for example.
Sweden’s system doesn’t have a specific number like the US, but mostly just shows economical health. How many active loans you have, income over the last few years, and if you’ve had loans go to the enforcement agency. But we have the same sickness as America: if you have had something go to the enforcement agency within the last 3+ years, it’ll be basically impossible for you to rent an apartment (as if it wasn’t difficult in the first place).
- Comment on Latitudes 1 month ago:
It’s Spanish, no? Philadelphia in French is Philadelphie.
- Comment on U.S. consumers are so fucked up, that they put more than $1 billion on buy-now, pay later services during Cyber Monday 1 month ago:
Yeah, the card issuers are already making bank from the interchange/issuer/processing fees, as well as interest if the customer eventually isn’t able to pay their full balance in time.
But if you’re a perfect person and always pay your full balance every month, there’s literally no negatives with a credit card as a normal consumer. It’s usually even a better alternative, as if something goes wrong, a credit chargeback is much quicker and easier than a debit chargeback.
- Comment on U.S. consumers are so fucked up, that they put more than $1 billion on buy-now, pay later services during Cyber Monday 1 month ago:
A legally required age verification will be introduced. We want this to take effect as soon as possible to prevent minors from using BNPL.
Wait, it’s legal to put minors into debt in the Netherlands? In Sweden, a minor wouldn’t be liable to pay any such invoice, as minors can’t sign any legally-binding agreements without their guardian’s consent.
- Comment on We all do this 1 month ago:
PARKTRONIC has existed on Mercedes for like 20+ years… how is it an unreasonable assumption that you would have such a feature if reversing impacts your stereo volume?
- Comment on We all do this 1 month ago:
Isn’t that due to parking assist beeps? Turn that off and see what happens.
- Comment on Have you noticed the new way of promoting horrible food by telling you it has lots of protein 1 month ago:
It’s called snus.
- Comment on I miss Levis 1 month ago:
Wrangler still makes cheap, basic jeans out of thicker denim
Used to be decent, anyways. Now the price has more than doubled in the last year, and it broke after a couple months for me. I then ordered a second pair and the same thing happened. Maybe there’s a specific variant, or they sell different qualities to different markets?
- Comment on Aeroplane 2 months ago:
(after you land)
Bold of you to assume we’re landing this in a controlled fashion.
- Comment on Anon starts his day 2 months ago:
Dysin? Did he mean Desoxyn (methamphetamine), or is the guy popping vacuum cleaners?
- Comment on haveibeenpwned alternatives / data? 2 months ago:
If I recall, the founder had some workaround for situations like you describe. I am in the same situation but I didn’t have the effort to care enough to do all that hassle.
- Comment on Dear neighbor... 2 months ago:
Solution: go to neighbor’s yard and commit arson. Then it will hopefully chirp enough to be found.
- Comment on Salary negotiations are going well 🙃 2 months ago:
Yeah, it taints the entire relationship right from the start. So when you know they’ve already messed it up, keep that in mind: it’s your best way to get a raise right off the bat if you play the same game.
- Comment on Banana 2 months ago:
Do the 16p and 14p bananas taste better than the 13p bananas?
- Comment on FCC could roll back rule requiring ISPs to list every fee, apparently, there are too many 3 months ago:
Why is it unreasonable to expect an advertised price to be accurate? If someone says your Internet will cost $30 a month, why should you accept paying anything more than that? A fair market helps increase competition, and is a good thing for all consumers.
- Comment on wax on 3 months ago:
You mean a Royale with Cheese?
- Comment on Necessary post procedure care for vasectomy 3 months ago:
Did you say thanks afterwards to the pharmacist?
- Comment on QUACK QUACK QUACK 3 months ago:
But it’s literally the same substance… weird stuff.
- Comment on QUACK QUACK QUACK 3 months ago:
How can “Dr. Oz” sell folinic acid? Isn’t it prescription-only in the US?
- Comment on Anon doesn't fit in 4 months ago:
How can he be a former meth fiend if he works as a line cook? Or did he simply get a new drug-of-choice?
