People suck. Alot. And they lie. Worth a commercial insurance policy and an extra client a month to cover the cost.

Why? Insurance company has a "duty to defend" against claims. Their check, your lawyer in all the usual senses.

I'm marginally curious, can you give a high level example of the industry? Meritocracy is rare, anymore.

Haven't seen it in a minute, but it definitely used to exist.

I would 100% both use and pay for it - forces me to put a bit more thought into phone trees, making me less likely to get lost in them.

It's stupid af.... Unless you have responsibly charged your phone through your multi-day backwoods hike and it saves your ass.

Wouldn't suggest it as a frontline defense, of course, but... I can see a use case that saves a life, or at least a limb.

Hand-curated categories -> lists etc.

Think back to what Yahoo originally was. Drill down through categories, subcats, etc. to find what you're looking for.

Worked for the time, but for a technical query today would be an absolute non-starter

Long term, that's a decent idea - Mastodon and related platforms generally have a function similar to that, and it saves me scripting "Retrieve post, edit post, replace with '.'"

That's OK, I didn't have any desire to work for that asshole anyway...

Most folks are exponentially more productive when they don't have to waste hours of their day (stressfully) driving/public transit from A to B just to do their job.

I'll go one farther - unless it's my doc, my wife, or my boss, I'm neither answering the call nor listening to the voicemail. That's what easily skimmable voicemail transcription is for...

I don't love the privacy implications of transcribed voicemail, ofc, but it's better for my own privacy/threat model than answering the phone to robots, scammers, and etc. It's also a hell of a lot better for my mental health, vs listening to them.

First, thank you for the archive link - I can only subscribe to so many newspapers, and these days the NYT isn't on my list of "Yes, I want these hot takes streamed directly to my inbox, and to pay for the pleasure."

Second, while I haven't seen the actual approval as yet, this is huge. Not just for adult women, but since we know damn well how humans behave, it's also significant for teenagers. I fully expect a stream of sensible parents to be purchasing this for their teenagers, and that's NOT a bad thing. It's also something the FDA certainly knew; or should have known, and approved it anyway which is a form of tacit consent.

One barrier to BC for teens has always been bringing it up - the doctor visit and a regular prescription can be a meaningful barrier to the lower-income households, and those are also the teenagers with bright futures who actively want to NOT have a baby and throw even more roadblocks in their own way later in life.

Article suggests there will also be the equivalent of a patient assistance program though details are unknown - that's significant as well, as it's quite rare in the OTC/BTC world as far as I'm aware. The mfg, of course, has to earn back the n millions of dollars they spent on any trials and the approval process, but they could hand it out for free to anyone with HH AGI under six figures and STILL amortize those costs. This is not an orphan drug, it's a way of life for a shitton of women and is frequently quite inexpensive as a prescription (YMMV on brand/generic and which particular pill ofc). It should damn well stay that way.

When this hits the market, anyone else want to help run a few truckloads into the places that need it the most? Not that I'm overwhelmingly anonymous on the internet, but... It's a way to actually effect some change instead of just being thoroughly annoyed that I'm surrounded by a sea of red, though I love my island-of-blue state... I've got neighbors like Iowa, Kentucky, Tennessee, you get the idea.

Because you now have to put in your name and address or an ID to access the internet, bro? I mean, seriously. Your porn — it’s that important to you?

My fucking rights are that important to me, you arrogant, self-righteous, contemptuous, fool.

You can HAVE the porn for all I care - I'm more worried about the knock-on effects once we normalize the idea of id-for-access.

Never forget that one state made a choice, and it normalized legal marijuana of some variety in half the country.

Glad I GTFO Indiana when I did, honestly. They're likely waiting to see what UT and VA get for court challenges, and to tweak their copycat bill accordingly, but I've no doubt it's coming - no pun intended.

I used to do a chicken tikka masala in the crockpot - it froze well, and once I figured out what I was doing it became pretty effortless aside from the prep work.

My presentation never, ever looked like that, for sure. I was in workaholic mode back then, which was part of the appeal, and "didn't have time" for that kind of nicety. But it froze well in single-serve portions on top of the jasmine rice. Mic, stir, and go.

Makes me want to run to the store, but no way I'm picking up worthwhile spices at Ruler Foods. Sounds like it's time for me to make a Penzey's Spices order, tho, unless you have a better suggestion for that stuff.

The rest was all off-the-shelf in any random grocery store. Nice and easy, and the wife doesn't like it so I can go as heavy on e.g., cayenne as I want. Definitely a win...

Just spit out my tea all over today's todo list. Thanks, I needed that laugh.

Meh, different strokes for... Ah, hell, that wasn't quite the similie I wanted given the context...

Arguably, if that were the motivation, they could just as easily have landed on MissKey. That one is, to MK's credit, human :)

MK also seems to have originated in Japan, so the mascot at https://misskey-hub.net/en/ is not at all unexpected.

Edit: And pretty damn tame as these things go lol

Hemlock comes to mind, as with or without your proffered grain of salt, it can be eaten but is definitely not edible. Those defs are posted in a non-pedantic way above, incidentally.

Also, thanks for the chance to use the word 'proffered' in conversation, it's vanishingly rarely used outside the legal field.