philpo

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[–] philpo@feddit.de 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Because then people who urgently need money do everything to get that money.

E.g. lie in that questionnaire. And you know who needs a lot of money? Intravenous drug users. Who tend to share needles. And have a higher risk of high risk sexual behaviour (both from prostitution itself but also rape, infections in their mucosal areas,etc)

[–] philpo@feddit.de 1 points 2 months ago

A lot of guides are still for Proxmox 7 or even 6 on that matter.

Proxmox 8 has changed a lot in that regard.

[–] philpo@feddit.de 4 points 2 months ago

Absolutely. Below zero is more story oriented but still great.

[–] philpo@feddit.de 1 points 2 months ago

Also big in healthcare/medical products,btw.

[–] philpo@feddit.de 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Really can't complain about Hyundai/Kia and Volvo (Android) so far.

[–] philpo@feddit.de 5 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Yeah. Both hardware and software, sadly. Their QA is going down the drain.

Happy Hyundai customer now.

[–] philpo@feddit.de 15 points 2 months ago (8 children)

If you count cars: A Skoda Octavia PHEV.

I love Skoda. I love the Octavia. It was my fourth Octavia and I already ordered two more for my staff. PHEV would have been ideal for our use case.

Well,things didn't go as planned.

The whole car was bugged with software and hardware problems from day one - controll units randomly crapping out, when my dealer wanted to replace them he often had to get 5 units because four would be DOA and the one that worked kicked the bucket before I left his premises. Highlights:

  • A steering wheel coming loose (only slightly,but still)
  • The main display that shows your speed,etc. randomly shutting down. (Especially nice as I live close to Switzerland with their exorbitant speeding tickets)
  • Randomly playing a screeching sound at full volume (especially nice at 3am or when on a highway)
  • Randomly shutting of AC, some motor controls , etc.

It took 12 months for VW to take that steaming pile back, and only we sued them (Shortly before the hearing).

Second place goes to LG which sold me a OLED TV for 2k that randomly showed faulty pixel lines exactly 3 years and 3 days after I bought it (so it's out of the extended warranty programs as well). And when asked for a quote for the repair they had the audacity to ask for almost the new price for the TV back then, aka 150% of the current market value - without even looking at it first. Good way to make sure that I never buy LG anymore.

[–] philpo@feddit.de 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Just as a sidenote: I would consider getting a used mini-PC with proxmox for the servers. The energy saving alone will pay for this.

Gaming PCs are incredibly energy consuming compared to a mini PC and Jellyfin,etc. doesn't need much resources.

[–] philpo@feddit.de 5 points 2 months ago

damn, sorry to hear that. Most of our clients are pretty happy with them,but they usually are somewhat VIP so mileage may vary.

[–] philpo@feddit.de 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

At least Mayo has decent healthcare most of the time, that's at least what I hear from my colleagues. The elephant in the room in the US is not only the affordability and access, sadly it's also very often the quality.

As someone who has changed roles from an actual healthcare provider to a healthcare economist/manager in international health(amongst others)I am often appalled by the qualify some US facilities provide - while others offer astonishing levels of care. And often the former are the more expensive ones.

[–] philpo@feddit.de 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Great Filter Events come to my mind first.

Then Gamma Ray Bursts.

And from a professional standpoint: Haemolytic fevers(Ebola,Marburg,etc.). I am trained to handle patients infected with them. But boy am I scared by them, especially on a global perspective. And for that reason also fuck everything that lives in Kitum cave or similar caves.

[–] philpo@feddit.de 2 points 2 months ago

Both.

The US never had a comprehensive EMS system as it was never seen as an essential service, both because EMS is expensive to run (especially in the healthcare/insurance/taxation environment the US has) and because there was significant lobbying against it (there is money in EMS on a large scale if you operate it in a very cut-throat way).

But the recent downturn in healthcare availability and county-tax-income in rural regions and the dwindling volunteer numbers and enshitification of medicine have all done their part in making the whole situation so much worse.

There is actually a good study showing "ambulance deserts". (Just as a reminder: That does not mean that no Advanced life support provider comes..it means that no Ambulance is available at all. So not even one staffed by an EMT-B and an emergency medical responder. And we're not talking about "what happens if we need two ambulances at the same time)

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