How do you figure?

Vacuum tubes are called triodes, pentobes, etc depending on how many whatevers it has, do those count?

I’m excited for a banana grown right in Wisconsin 😋

I read this as alligator washers and was very confused

Ahhh yes. Of course the US paid millions of dollars to detain hundreds of people, and Kristi Noem went down there to make a point that if you crime while brown, you will end up in this prison because it treats its inmates… Exactly the same as an American prison. Yeah, that makes sense.

Holy crap, all these answers and hardly anything about how health insurance is supposed to work.

Basically, most people have health insurance. With the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) from years ago, it’s basically required but getting care is simpler (you can’t be denied a plan for a preexisting condition, for example. But it’s hella expensive. It’s also typically tied to your employer as part of your compensation package like retirement contributions, which means if you change employers there’s a good chance you need to change insurance and even doctors.

ANYWAY, say you have procedures done. Insurance companies typically have contracted amounts for stuff with each provider (a “discount” from insane prices nobody actually pays). You typically pay the first however many dollars, depending on what you’re having done and how your plan works. Eventually, you’ll reach a dollar amount that’s your maximum for the year, and from there insurance generally covers everything they normally would

Some people also have Medicare (ages 65+) and/or Medicaid (based on income or disability). Some people have private insurance on top of it. My daughter was born extremely early and stayed in the hospital for months. Her very low birth weight was a qualifying disability for Medicaid, and she was on my work health insurance. Claims would go through work insurance first, and any remaining costs (deductible) would be passed to Medicaid. If there was anything left, I’d be responsible for that. But I don’t think that ever happened

Obviously, coverage is different for different people - different employers have different plans that cover different things differently. But in theory, that’s how it should work.

I am instead charming as fuck in person. Which was my other advantage. It doesn’t show online

Honestly? I totally saw it

If you wanted to do pineapple and soy sauce together, I bet that marinating the pineapple in some soy sauce (probably the low sodium kind for this one) would work great!

Burgers and pizza (and omelettes) are the perfect “blank canvas” foods. You can be boring with few/no toppings, you can be traditional with the expected combinations, or you can flex your creativity with whatever else your heart comes up with.

Either way, it’s an ingredient with plenty of potential, but it needs to be countered somehow. Canadian bacon doesn’t do it for me, in pizza but pepperoni and jalapeno does! For burgers… I like the comment mentioning soy sauce, but if I had to think of something on my own… Hmmm, maybe grilled with grilled jalapeno, crispy onion, and some cream cheese? Basically a jalapeno popper burger with the pineapple shaking things up and the crispy onion adds some crunch?

Damn, now I’m hungry

What happened after that?

Ohhhh that makes sense. I mean, I hate it but it makes sense.

I’m not Canadian, but I’ve previously known that in the US you only have to live in the same state as the district you’re representing. An argument in favor of that concept (that I admittedly just made up) is that congressional boundaries get rewritten every decade. In theory, this could be used to push a rep out of Congress if someone really wanted to, if they were required to live in district. State boundaries are much more stable so this is pretty good immunity to that.

If he were capable of embarrassment that might do it, but apparently that’s not happening here

Because the headline is kinda shit: they’re no longer doing international shipments direct to consumer worth more than $1000, because US customs is making things so screwy.

Sometimes I think about changing out my 13-year-old 1080p TV for something with 4k. Then I see crap like this and hope it never dies.

And better Call Saul. Mostly because they’re so short it’s over by the time you find the remote.

I love that they tweaked it in the Bingo episode! Especially how everyone is caught off guard when Bluey goes after Mom and Dad

Philippines was a US territory

that hasn’t been true since 1946.

I mean… It was a US territory. Well, at least it was under control of the US in some way. I think one of/the first cruel and unusual constitutional challenges was over something that originated in the Philippines.

Have you ever tried fishing?

I have a good friend in Canada (Saskatchewan) who has visited us in the States a couple times now. Thinking of doing the drive up this summer to visit her and support the Canadian economy (even if just a little) for a change. If I do, I’ll probably tape a sign next to my Colorado license plate that at the very least says “sorry!”

I didn’t know you use Lemmy, dad!