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That's quite a discount! ;)
Re:Klein Bottle Amazon Brand Hijacking on Monday June 23, 2025 @04:12PM (#44359586)
>none of the pharmacies in his city have it. >He lives in Seattle.

Stores may have it, but have it locked up or behind the counter (or just not carry it at all) my (seattle) grocery store carries hand sanitizer, but not on the shelf. You have to find an employee (good luck...) and ask them to go get it from the back/wherever. Or order the same product on Amazon for same-day delivery for the same price or cheaper :-/

I spent several weeks trying to get a dental procedure, where the dentist flat out refused treatment because my BP was high, and every subsequent rescheduling was higher and higher and higher every time. Got a note from my PCP - my dentist still wouldn't do my crown, and was insisting that my PCP do a full screening and review. My dr just gave me some xanax to take before going to the dentist, and never had a problem since. Recently moved, and just straight up asked if I can sign a waiver or something for them to not take my BP at the dentist - new dentist was like "no problem"
Re:Manifest v2 is now removed from Chrome canary on Friday October 11, 2024 @03:49PM (#41812965)
Chrome was bundled with so many installers. Google probably spent billions shoving Chrome into any machine they could.
I thought they were going all-in on doing it as a web app/browser experience?
Re:The Case for Hypochondria on Monday September 02, 2024 @03:21PM (#41428091)
I'd also point to a lack of third spaces for everyone from kids to elderly folks. Parents wait in a line of cars to drop their kids off at school, then pick them up in the same line of cars to drive them home.

Maybe replacing malls and diners with social media and fortnite isn't the best thing we could be doing.

Re:Why Americans Stopped Moving on Sunday September 01, 2024 @11:03PM (#41422280)
#5 is probably the biggest reason, and the main driver for the previous 4. (housing is too damn expensive)
I do the same. got ~100 ish plain white hand towels/wash cloths that get washed with bleach. Really just used to dry my tushy after using the bidet.
Re:Panic at the Job Market on Thursday July 18, 2024 @12:49PM (#40997450)
People don't stay, because companies don't give raises or promotions.
Re:Panic at the Job Market on Thursday July 18, 2024 @10:35AM (#40995961)
It's extra frustrating because after months of not working, I'm getting rejected for "too much experience" when applying to a lower-level job, getting "not enough" experience for senior-level jobs, etc...
Re:Apple found in breach of EU competition rules on Monday June 24, 2024 @10:46AM (#40776690)
Have you ... ever dealt with people? This doesn't seem to be the typical reality for most.
Re:Apple found in breach of EU competition rules on Monday June 24, 2024 @10:04AM (#40776205)
Everyone also conveniently forgets that in many cases, Apple is only charging 15%, not 30 (small business, long-term subscriptions, etc...)
Re:The Era of the Autodidact Is Here (2018) on Sunday June 09, 2024 @11:04AM (#40624907)
As someone in the job market right now, with 15+ years experience but no degree... This is an unfortunately very visible trend. It's Especially boggling to see a job posting wanting 10+ years of experience but still demanding you provide your GPA.
Re:Cat as a Service on Sunday June 02, 2024 @09:45PM (#40558644)
PlaceKitten(.com) is also a similar handy service.
Iran has those resources, however.
Re:ICQ will stop working from June 26 on Friday May 24, 2024 @12:47PM (#40467970)
677808. RIP old friend.
Maybe I'm an outlier, I don't think the voice sounds like Scarlett Johansson. This seems pushed way out of proportion for what it is.
We really should restrict buybacks.
Not directly, but if it can save a university from having to use their endowment or other funds for something they would probably already do anyway, is there fundamentally a difference?
I feel you. I wish PowerPoint's "Design suggestions" could at least be editable. It will often suggest a similar layout that looks nicer, but with some dumb crayon looking lines. Just let me (re)move that stupid line at the very least.
Figma is pretty great at this.
Saw the headline and immediately thought "more 5th circuit bullshit again?" and was not wrong. Ugh.
Re:Land Use Policies Make Urban Childcare Expensive and Rare on Wednesday April 03, 2024 @05:51PM (#39923689)
Schoolbusses are one option to mitigate this specific issue...
Perhaps if there are multiple frustrated workers, they could get together and pool costs of their own reps... Then if more workers are frustrated they could also join.

American Frustrated Workers™ are so close to discovering unions...

It's bizarre the amount of money and resources we spend in futile efforts towards "solving homelessness" except for just... building homes.
A big issue with a lot of decriminalize campaigns and policies, is there is generally not additional funding and resources for rehab and recovery paired with it. It's just "well, go out in the street and do whatever" and police depts deciding to throw their hands up in the air and act like assault and other physical or violent crimes can no longer be enforced.
HEB in Texas has scales and label printers scattered throughout the product section for you to weigh and print a label while you shop for this reason.
Re:The Reddits on Thursday March 21, 2024 @12:37PM (#39780882)
So many endless repost-bots :-/
Re:OpenAI's chatbot store is filling up with spam on Wednesday March 20, 2024 @07:39PM (#39773344)
My recent job hunt was over 1700 applications.

Nobody is spending 10 minutes writing a cover letter.

Companies that are getting hundreds to thousands of applications are not reading every cover letter.

Re:OpenAI's chatbot store is filling up with spam on Wednesday March 20, 2024 @03:34PM (#39771055)
Who is even looking at cover letters at all?

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