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@ khannie @lemmy.world

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  • What have you been working on or learning to do recently?

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  • I am indeed. I'm honestly fascinated that an Australian would choose to learn Irish. Really cool tbh! What prompted you to pick it if you don't mind me asking? There are a heap of resources in a thread I started a while back that might be of use to you. I'll be going through them more deeply soon.

    Just a heads up - the dialects are bananas. Like I used to be very comfortable having a conversation with a native speaker back in my youth but the Ulster Irish I find really, really difficult to understand. Partly accent, partly pronunciation.

    One small example, the name Róisín in Connacht dialect is row-sheen (like row your boat) but for folks in Ulster it's ro-sheen (like box). To me the fada on the o = "oh". Not sure how it ended up like that but there you have it.

    I hear you on Sionnach, but I liked that it's open source / a community effort and spoken by natives. It ramps up very quickly is my only issue.

    If you haven't seen it yet, Kneecap is great.

  • To mothers of all walks, we appreciate you

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  • Don't forget Janeway!

  • California farmers to destroy 420,000 peach trees after Del Monte collapses

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  • Is that Grapes of Wrath?

    Edit: I should have read to the end :) I must give that another read.

  • What have you been working on or learning to do recently?

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  • Been brushing up on mine too. :) What are you using? I had hit a wall but then came across the Sionnach app which is good but hitting a wall with it a bit too.

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  • Yeah I agree that steam offers them a decent marketplace and we're definitely seeing lots of great games from smaller studios or individuals as a result.

    I'd prefer if sales were "taxed" lower than 30% up to a given threshold instead of fluffing Gabe's already massive bank balance though.

    Like 10% on your first 50K, sliding scale upwards after that for example. I'm spitballing but you get the idea I hope. He just doesn't need that level of payout from smaller folks.

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    Gabe the GOAT Newell

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  • I feel most sorry for small developers having to hand over 30% of their entire work's value to "uncle Gabe" who's already sitting on over 9 billion. Fuck that noise.

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  • Thank you! They are some wild numbers.

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  • It's not a contradiction because the way Gabe runs his business is good.

    It.... Very much is. He runs a business that doesn't make people piss in bottles. Great, but that's a low bar.

    He runs a business that looks after customers, that's great but Amazon does that too so I consider it a cost of doing the billions in trade that he does and a cost of effective monopoly maintenance. If they weren't pro consumer folks might actually leave.

    He pays his employees better than others, great, but he's sitting on 9 billion in wealth so let's not pretend he couldn't pay them more or squeeze small developers less than 30% (and he's probably squeezing them more than big houses).

    You can't have that much money and be ethical. You can be less shitty than other billionaires but again that's a low, low bar.

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  • He's a billionaire. There are no good ones. Some are worse than others, but none are good. It's a disgusting amount of hoarded wealth.

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  • 18% of Americans haven't ever seen a doctor and 40% of Americans haven't seen one for 5 years.

    What the fuck? Have you a source for those numbers because they're shocking

  • What color is the letter E?

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  • Without seeing your choice I was oscillating between blue and green but settled on green.

  • become great

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  • Just three for me. I don't fancy that comedown.

  • Is there a TV community on Lemmy?

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  • Welcome to Lemmy!

    You'll get past the hurdles pretty quickly. It's a little confusing at first.

  • Any of you work in the movies / TV? What's it like?

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  • That's cool!

  • Those in countries with universal healthcare, what's it like?

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  • blood works are €80 on the GP, but specialist might require specific tests that GP doesn't offer, I have paid around €600 for some blood exams

    Sorry to tell you but you were being robbed blind.

    Bloods are free at my GP. If I'm going private (after the initial consult which I did forget to mention), once I've been referred it's all been covered. Public it's all free of course.

    That's fucking wild shit. Honestly never heard of it. Not doubting you for a second. I've just never come across it.

    Edit: I wonder did your employer just pay for an absolutely shit private cover?

  • Those in countries with universal healthcare, what's it like?

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  • OK that sounds ass loads better then the internet had me believe.

    I've a few questions if you don't mind and some observations...

    The minimum level of coverage here for health insurance is pretty high given the alternative of free public care but they do have quite a few perks including money back for GP visits and "swift care" centres dotted around. We had to bring my young lad to one after he busted his lip badly and needed a stitch. We were in and out in under thirty minutes for 50 euro.

    That's really the edge case if where health insurance for kids is used. It's very cheap.

    Generally medication maxes out at $50-75 per covered medication, but getting actually getting something covered is a bitch, and is usually like 10-25 bucks for regular medication, and you can save more by buying 3-6 month supplies.

    One of the things I love about the US is the bulk buying. Last time I was there I bought 500 Ibuprofen for pennies. You can't do that here. 48 is the max without a prescription and even generic are comparatively expensive.

    I did forget to mention that all prescribed meds are free for low income.

    If you are low income AND in a state with expanded medicaid subsidies, IF those subsidies keep getting expanded, you get access to medicaid

    Is that access free?

  • Those in countries with universal healthcare, what's it like?

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  • Ireland. Public health is high quality but it can be slow to get into the system. If you want high quality and fast you pay for insurance which is about 2K per year, depending on age and cover.

    All prescribed medicine maxes out at 80 euro / about 95 USD a month for our entire family. Government covers the rest.

    You pay for trips to the GP (local doctor) which are about 60 euro / 75 USD unless you're low income in which case they're free. They will refer you to the hospital if necessary and that is free.

    At that point if you're not private things can get slow but my most recent example was fast. Daughter had ongoing headaches for a while. Third trip to the GP she wrote the referral letter and we went to the emergency room. She got seen quickly and they set up an MRI for the following week. After that we had two follow ups with a consultant (high level specialist doctor). All free.

    There is huge room for improvement but I honestly couldn't imagine living in a place that will let you die if you don't have enough money. I honestly find that notion both crazy and disgusting.

    Edit: I forgot to add, if you just show up to accident and emergency without a referral it's 100 euro / 120 USD. Regardless of treatment that's the full cost. Triage can mean that if you don't actually have an emergency you'll be waiting hours. If you show up with life threatening symptoms you'll be seen very quickly though.

    Ambulance is always free.

    There are other supports for folks who need regular trips to the hospital but can't drive (e.g. regular chemo). There's a community car here in my town for example (10k people) with volunteers but I think they cover taxis in many cases.

    Last edit: you can claim any medical expenses for the year off your tax bill

  • Spotify adds 'Verified' badges to distinguish human artists from AI

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  • How was the switching process?

    I've a family account that's fully utilised so if I move I have to drag everyone with me.