brenstar

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[–] brenstar@midwest.social 1 points 2 months ago

It probably has to do with routing cables through the wall more than anything

[–] brenstar@midwest.social 2 points 3 months ago

I had this from alarm clock from 3rd grade all the way until I graduated high school. The night light had stopped functioning and the clock set button on the back was janky AF by the end of it. Lost it at some point during a move or else I’d still have it. Now they go for a pretty penny.

[–] brenstar@midwest.social 3 points 3 months ago

Loose could really be tightened up if it could just lose one of those Os

[–] brenstar@midwest.social 14 points 4 months ago (6 children)

At the very least shows that the police were incompetent and none of the evidence against him should be trusted

[–] brenstar@midwest.social 2 points 4 months ago

It’s like Olive Garden up in this thread

[–] brenstar@midwest.social 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (7 children)

“Wish in one hand and shit in the other and see which one fills up first.” - Find a way to do it yourself, because it isn’t happening otherwise

[–] brenstar@midwest.social 8 points 4 months ago

I fell into this situation a couple years ago and I’m going to ride it as long as I can. The whole system of savings cards is so convoluted that it’s no surprise these kind of loopholes happen.

[–] brenstar@midwest.social 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

prioritized passenger traffic over freight

Technically that’s already the law. But freight lines don’t care because the law isn’t enforced

[–] brenstar@midwest.social 3 points 6 months ago

Tailwind is my go-to these days

[–] brenstar@midwest.social 5 points 6 months ago

The same reason you don’t carry a camera, a music player, a phone, etc as separate devices in your pocket. Because it’s wildly inconvenient and super frustrating to swap between them. For diabetics in this case, you generally have two separate companies making the pump and the glucose monitor. So at that point you are carrying a phone around, a monitor for your glucose levels, and a controller for your pump. That’s three devices that you need to keep charged and on your person at all times. Not to mention they are generally not slim and sleek and easy to pocket.

The ability to swap between these from a single device and the mental offload that brings can’t be overstated.

That being said, people that use medical services on their phones should not do OS upgrades until they are notified by their makers to be verified and working and should be heavily tested before any updates go out.

[–] brenstar@midwest.social 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yes, corporate lobbying is a huge problem here and is often used as a weapon to stifle competition and increase profits. At times it’s hard to remember what regulations are meant to do: Protect People from Corporations

We don’t need to remove regulations, we need to improve them.

[–] brenstar@midwest.social 7 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Ah yes, just what the healthcare industry needs, LESS regulation. That’ll keep those for profit companies from gouging people for the life saving measures they need to not die.

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