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Why the 2020 unemployment insurance checks were an additional $600 a week, rather than say, “We're going to replace 80% of your income”?

> how their COBOL systems made updating them very technically complex…It was just too technically complicated in the time available to program 80% or replacement rates. And so they just slapped on adding $600 a week to everyone's check because that was technically easier.

Re:Facebook's Hypocrisy on Apple's New iOS 14 Privacy Feature on Friday December 18, 2020 @04:29AM (#25465370)
> Now it's permeated everything to the extent that almost every click is paid for.

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Re:Vitamin D, part 2: Shannon's story on Monday August 24, 2020 @01:40PM (#24263159)
> The consensus seems to be around 20mcg K2 Mk.7 all-trans per 1000 IU of D3.

Source? My doctor prescribed 45mcg K2 per 1000 IU of D3.

Re:Vitamin D, part 2: Shannon's story on Monday August 24, 2020 @01:34PM (#24263092)
What’s your opinion on K2 + D3? Bone density against osteoporosis, particularly on the elderly?

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5471136/

Re:Vitamin D, part 2: Shannon's story on Monday August 24, 2020 @01:32PM (#24263069)
What’s your opinion on K2? K2/D3 ratio and how would age affect the ratio?