In addition to op-eds, many people would write letters to be read in public, at churches, in the public squares or at pubs. Reading was not the solitary activity that we think of today, but often done as a gathering with people taking turns reading letters, books and sermons to each other.

It’s alway weird to me that even though Ubuntu has the largest Linux desktop market share, no one admits to using it.

Anyway, I use Ubuntu because I was doing a lot of ROS development when I last built a machine, and getting ROS running properly on other distros can be a pain.

To claim a subdomain in the DNS system you have to have the domain first.

I… yeah that’s pretty much us.

My motorcycle dealer has a similar sign about being sad and ugly.

Ugh, is there just a written version or a transcript?

Looking back… that was right, hmm, 7 out of 8 times. The miss was a very chill place that gave out Dells, but I lost my job because the funding round didn’t come in.

I live a five minute walk from a beach and less than an hour from some of the best cheese makers in the US. And have neighbors that keep chickens.

Most of the people in this thread:

Oh honey, I’m so sorry.

It’s frustrating, but you’re right.

Atole!?! In that case I’m definitely a victim and await my tamales.

Yup! This is what is leading to the slow ACA death spiral.

I hate to tell you, but it’s worse than that. Pre-ACA mental health wasn’t covered at all except in extremely expensive private coverage for the wealthy, so it wouldn’t matter if it was preexisting or not.

Yeah, Obama was so fucking desperate to get bipartisan support that he and the congressional Democrats let the GOP sabotage it instead of fighting for the single-payer system that had been promised. And now here we are. I honestly believe that if he had both jailed the bakers in the aftermath of the housing crash and gone full single payer not only would we be in a much better place as a nation, but Trump would never have been elected.

This is the real answer. It can down to McCain’s very dramatic Nay vote because they didn’t have a replacement plan… You can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TLz2uQEtGo

The ACA is a massive bill that affects basically every part of healthcare in the US. That being said, here are some of the major parts that affect people who get their coverage through their employer:

1. Minimum coverage standards - The ACA sets minimums about what must be covered by employer insurance, including drugs, procedures, family planning and mental health care.
2. No lifetime caps - Before the ACA insurers could set a lifetime cap on how much they would pay out for any individual. This meant that people who had long term chronic or very expensive medical needs would get kicked off their insurance eventually and have to figure something else out. Or, more likely, either go into massive medical debt or forego care, or both.
3. Pre-existing coverage - Before the ACA insurers could choose not cover issues that you got before you signed up with that insurer. So, again, if you had a chronic condition and changed jobs, you could lose all coverage for those treatments.

There is probably a lot more, but those are the big ones for most people.

Where do you live that you have a $600 mortgage?!???

If I was a much better writer, I could have written this. Which is to say, I too regret voting for Nader in that election and will never make that mistake again. My only redeeming thought is that while my state was close, it did go for Gore.

I guarantee there were enough voters in Florida with the same regrets to easily have put Gore in office if they could redo it. Do you think there are any who wish they could have voted Green instead?

“That that” can and probably should be replaced with “that which” in almost every instance it is used.

Edit: or “when that”