I know, I was on a big anti-google crusade and Proton seemed like an easy plug-n-play for a lot of the same services. That’s OK, I’m not really an “all your eggs in one basket” kind of person anyway.

US based optometrists are licensed medical providers, credentialed to diagnose and treat eye disease, including prescriptions for controlled substances. They are sometimes covered by medical insurance. The major scope of practice difference is that optometrists generally may not perform invasive surgery (though there are a few states that do allow optometrists to perform LASIK or post-cataract surgery laser procedures).

There are plenty of optometrists who work in glasses/contact lens shops and that’s all they do. I wouldn’t trust them to treat eye medical issues, at the very least because that’s not what they commonly do all day. Larger optometry groups or optometrists that work in an ophthalmology group are more suited to disease care.

Ophthalmologists do have more training (they are medical doctors first with a 3-4 year eye specialty and sometimes a 1-2 year Fellowship training for subspecialists).

Be the change you wish you see in the world. :)

You have to admit, he really destroyed that strawman version of you though.

Zeno’s (orgasm) paradox.

It’s Mewroo!

I’m guessing from his “don’t fuck with me” expression, that’s a cigar

(same stove, pot and everything)

Yes, OP agrees.

I loved seeing the chain method of architectural engineering!

Especially since it specifically highlights porn in a different color, it labeled my VPN IP as “Likes Porn”.

Where’s your encrypted USB recovery key stored?! Is it encrypted USBs all the way down?

Odd coming from someone who is fucking retired.

I’d suspect he sacrificed work-life balance his whole career (yes, CEOs are known for golfing and vacations, but I bet they still think of work 24/7). So just like people complaining about student loan forgiveness, some people get so angry if they perceive someone might have an easier experience than they did.

It’s a very searchable name

Of course, algorithms! The answer was right there all along!

I think you’re getting downvotes because you’re projecting a narrative onto @Reyali and using quotes around non-quotes. They didn’t say they were “probably not right.”

I agree, everyone should be skeptical of information someone else is sharing, because we can’t assume intention. But what would motivate someone to say “I’m probably not right” anyway?

What’s interesting to me is that for you, your guard went up for someone admitting a potential of having missed something, which may make you more susceptible to people who are confidently wrong.

Most others’ reaction is the opposite, taking their statement as an attempt to be genuine and open to feedback. If someone invites feedback, is willing to admit they might be wrong, that’s a much better starting point for conversation.

Finally, a religion that makes sense.

All my KPIs are saying this is a win.

I’m a silly goose with young kids and I’ve been head-in-the-sand trying to deal with my own survival. Once I had an iota of stability, I started to let the outside world in again and often wish I hadn’t.

I estimate I live in a place least likely to be dramatically affected by climate change, early on. It’s not like I’m in Florida and can’t afford to insure my home any longer because of hurricane risk. It’s not like I’m likely to be one of the 1.2 billion climate refugees by 2050.

So I try to take little steps to get prepared for something I never thought I’d need to be prepared for. We’re growing more and more of our own food, we’re expanding our water/food stores and storage. We plan to get a solar system soon (so we’re the 1/10 that makes it through an extended grid outage), while global supply chains still function.

I’ve started a little (20TB) apocalypse library, full of illustrated guides, youtube videos, books, and resources.

My biggest stumbling block is starting community. I generally don’t like people and as you’ve seen in this thread, most people don’t take climate change seriously.

And, as someone else said… weed and time in nature.

The EFF isn’t a fan and various other rights orgs have worked against KOSA.

I don’t think there’s much guarantee that any tips given via kiosk are shared in full or in part with the employee in front of you.