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Comment Re:Do people wear glasses anymore? (Score 1) 40

I have a combination of prescriptions that mean that I can't use contact lenses. I see quite a lot of people wearing glasses, and Zenni, Warby Parker, and the other online companies have said they sell a decent number of frames with plano lenses (meaning no prescription), presumably for people who want the look.

Comment Re:Go back to 2012-13... (Score 1) 40

Eventually, you won't be able to tell. Someone will come in wearing glasses, and the tech is going to be too small and streamlined. There are also companies working on embedding augmented reality capabilities in contact lenses fed by tiny cameras placed just out of the field of vision. You'd be able to see them only in very specific circumstances. Power feed is a primary challenge right now, but it's probably not an unsolvable problem.

Comment Re:Is military right-to-repair unrealistic? How so (Score 1) 62

No one else is going to risk making a part that one of the big defense contractors has under copyright with an exclusivity lock even if the US government says they can. The smaller ones just can't afford the effects of a lawsuit or the risk of treble damages if they do. That's why forcing a right to repair into the contracts is so important.

Comment Re:Actual disability advocate here (Score 1) 236

The point of schooling is that people understand the subject matter and prepare themselves for employment where deadlines exist. I agree that an extra half an hour for a test is not unreasonable, but I will posit that this fails to prepare students for employment in the real world. Employers do not have to reasonably accommodate disabilities that make someone unable to do the job. I literally can't hire someone who takes 50% longer to complete tasks and therefore cannot complete them on time, because the deadlines are the deadlines.

This is not armchair psychology. This is harsh reality. Students need to learn to complete tasks and achieve goals under inflexible time constraints.

Submission + - US Man Dies From Rabies After Receiving Infected Kidney (sciencealert.com) 1

alternative_right writes: A recipient of a kidney transplant presented a medical mystery when he died from rabies

in January 2025 only weeks after his surgery in an Ohio hospital, despite having had no documented contact with the disease.

A close investigation by the CDC revealed the cause: The Michigan man's donor kidney was infected by the deadly virus – only the fourth time rabies has been transmitted via transplanted organs in the US since 1978.

The case, the CDC says, highlights the need for stronger guidance for transplant teams where the donor has a history of exposure to animals.

Comment Re:People get nasty at Trump (bad guy) for this (Score 2, Informative) 98

Little hint for why people get "nasty" about trump: his' motivations are clear (self dealing) and even if what he's purporting to do is something one agrees with in principal he always goes about it in an incorrect and damaging way. How is it that you haven't picked up on this? It's really, really obvious.

Comment Re:Before and After (Score 1) 73

None of those staistics nor anecdotes address what I said in my very simple to understand post. I know it's very difficult for so many people in the medical field to accepts, that's why statistics matter. Including those for lung cancer. I'm sure you have access to JAMA - look it up some time. This is so well understood anyone can find it so there's no need to read dowen the dozens of studies over the years, because with someone who posts like the above you're just not going to believe any study because you like anecdotes not data.

And I get it. Accepting statistical outcomes that so goes agains what you truly feel and even think you know based on your miniscule individual experience surely must be correct! But at a population level it's been shown over and over and over to not be the case.

Comment Re:Not going to happen anytime soon (Score 4, Interesting) 142

It is not because they "refuse to change" it's because the laws, regulations and case law around their use cases are not clear or compatible with anything else. This is risk mitigation.

The vast majority of faxes being sent are inbox to inbox with a third party on both sides doing a ridiculous didgital to analog back to digital using voip over the internet then shoving the "fax" into email. Nobody wants that expense if it's not necessary. It still is.

Checks are the same thing. There are no good alternatives, and no - third party services are not what I consider alternatives. Most other countries have figured this out. That's what needs to happen first before checks go away: a true universal alternative, backed by law and regulation, without third parties and with appropriate consumper protections.

Comment Re:Personal check (Score 1, Insightful) 142

Who's "confirmation page"? What portal? How do I know it can be trusted to prove payment? What laws and case law are there around that?

It's great that you don't care, but lits of people do. There is no valid alternative to using checkes for a lot of things right now. No, "Zelle" and other third parties are not valid alternatives.

Other coutnries have figured this out a long time ago. Interback transfers from phones backed by law and consumer protections. That's where things need to be at a minimum before discussing removing the ridiculously outdated method we have of doing this now.

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