I live this bullshit daily. Insulin costs about $1 per vial to produce. Retail cost for my wife would be $400 a vial if Virginia law didn't limit it to $50 a month for insulin. That law just went into effect last year. The preceding two or three years, we hit her out-of-pocket maximum on a high deductible health plan in February each year, just from insulin and insulin pump supplies at retail.
The post says it will offer a stripped down version called "InJobs," which will only contain users' contact information and job histories. It's just LinkedIn with all the "social" stuff removed, like the ability to share posts or articles.
I unfollowed everybody except my wife and kids on FB several years ago. The improvement in my FB experience was magical and instantaneous. I started following people again during the COVID lockdown, but I doubt I follow 50 of my 225 FB friends.
I have Peacock premium - still need an actual cable package to watch anything live. Peacock is showing summaries and highlights. I live 12 miles from the broadcast towers but can't get NBC to come in OTR.
I cut the coax cable cord 3 years ago, but I've had Hulu Live which is just like cable...until two weeks ago. Haven't missed it all. I've got Peacock for EPL, MLB TV free via Tmobile for baseball come April, the Hulu/Disnry+/Espn+ bundle, Netflix. Roku, and a Plex server. We are not hurting for flat screen based entertainment.
Hulu Live is going up another $5 to $65/month. It was $30 a month when I cut the cord 3 years ago. I'm trying to talk my wife into dropping back to basic Hulu for $12/month.
When did we first exchange blog comments about OOTP? That would have been around the time I started reading here - so maybe 2000 or 2001? Looking forward to post 100,000!
On the post: It's Great That Winnie The Pooh Is In The Public Domain; But He Should Have Been Free In 1982 (Or Earlier)
Hell, even Ryan Reynolds was quick to jump on the newly public domain to help promote the MVNO Mint Mobile, in which he owns the largest stake.
What? Ryan Reynolds owns my mobile provider?
On the post: Why Are Drug Prices So High? Because Asshole McKinsey Consultants Figure Out Ways To Re-Patent The Same Drugs Over And Over
I live this bullshit daily. Insulin costs about $1 per vial to produce. Retail cost for my wife would be $400 a vial if Virginia law didn't limit it to $50 a month for insulin. That law just went into effect last year. The preceding two or three years, we hit her out-of-pocket maximum on a high deductible health plan in February each year, just from insulin and insulin pump supplies at retail.
On the post: LinkedIn (Mostly) Exits China, Citing Escalating Demands For Censorship
The post says it will offer a stripped down version called "InJobs," which will only contain users' contact information and job histories. It's just LinkedIn with all the "social" stuff removed, like the ability to share posts or articles.
How do we get this verion of LI in the US?
On the post: Facebook Banning & Threatening People For Making Facebook Better Is Everything That's Wrong With Facebook
I unfollowed everybody except my wife and kids on FB several years ago. The improvement in my FB experience was magical and instantaneous. I started following people again during the COVID lockdown, but I doubt I follow 50 of my 225 FB friends.
On the post: Copyright Ruins Everything Again: How Dare A Sports Writer Get People Excited About The Olympics!
Re: Re:
I have Peacock premium - still need an actual cable package to watch anything live. Peacock is showing summaries and highlights. I live 12 miles from the broadcast towers but can't get NBC to come in OTR.
On the post: Rep. Lauren Boebert Decides To Streisand Parody Site Making Fun Of Her, Threatens To Take Legal Action Against It
Re:
When I see somebody "defending the Constitution" my default assumption is that they have no idea what it says.
On the post: Connecticut Legislature Offers Up Bill That Would Make Prison Phone Calls Free
Needs to include email
It costs me $1.00 to email a family member in jail. 50 cents for the email and 50 cents to prepay for the reply. Attachments are a quarter each.
On the post: Comcast Lost $914 Million On Its New Streaming Service Last Year
NBC killed the NBC Gold streaming app and moved Premier League matches to Peacock. So I'm one of those paying customers.
On the post: Australian News Sites Shocked & Upset To Learn They Don't Need To Rely On Facebook For Traffic!
That sounds like work
If total traffic is down then those news sites are going have to figure out a way to replace the Facebook traffic.
That sounds like work, and avoiding work seemed to be the point of the law in the first place.
On the post: Now It's The Democrats Turn To Destroy The Open Internet: Mark Warner's 230 Reform Bill Is A Dumpster Fire Of Cluelessness
Honeymoon period
I was wondering how long my good feelings about the Democrats being in charge would last. We have an answer. 16 days.
On the post: 27% Of Cable TV Subscribers Will Cut The Cord This Year
Cut Hulu Live two weeks ago
I cut the coax cable cord 3 years ago, but I've had Hulu Live which is just like cable...until two weeks ago. Haven't missed it all. I've got Peacock for EPL, MLB TV free via Tmobile for baseball come April, the Hulu/Disnry+/Espn+ bundle, Netflix. Roku, and a Plex server. We are not hurting for flat screen based entertainment.
On the post: Comcast Increases Prices And Bogus Fees In The Middle Of A Pandemic
Hulu Too
Hulu Live is going up another $5 to $65/month. It was $30 a month when I cut the cord 3 years ago. I'm trying to talk my wife into dropping back to basic Hulu for $12/month.
On the post: Join The Fan Fiction Deep State And Watch This Latest Video That Addison Cain Really Doesn't Want You To See
This story alone justifies my monthly contribution.
On the post: The Social Dilemma Manipulates You With Misinformation As It Tries To Warn You Of Manipulation By Misinformation
Funny how all these tech-bros get concerned about the ethics of their former employers AFTER they cash out their options.
On the post: Oracle Doesn't Buy TikTok, But Gets A Lucrative Hosting Deal, And Trump & Friends Will Pretend This Means Something
" Oracle's executive sweet"
If intentional - brilliant.
If not - claim it was :)
On the post: As Predicted: Parler Is Banning Users It Doesn't Like
So Parler's business plan is to attract the people too toxic for Twitter? What could possibly go wrong?
On the post: This Is My 50,000th Techdirt Post, And I'm Busy Working On 50,001
When did we first exchange blog comments about OOTP? That would have been around the time I started reading here - so maybe 2000 or 2001? Looking forward to post 100,000!
On the post: Maybe It's The Quarantine Talking, But NASCAR's Esports Takeover Is Hilarious Fun
I watched some NBA2K on ESPN last weekend and it was more entertaining than watching the NBA on ESPN.
On the post: No, Google Isn't Hiding Elizabeth Warren's Emails To Promote Mayor Pete
If I'm Mayor Pete's email marketing manager I asked for a very large raise yesterday.
On the post: Twitter Makes A Bet On Protocols Over Platforms
@Jack aas been on Mastodon for a month
@Jack apparently started a Mastodon account about a month ago, per the founder of Mastodon.
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