Has anyone used this program? Did your dentist treat it like any other insurance?
NotAnArdvark
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What is happening in that picture?!
I'm sad to see how many mentions of "proprietary" there are in there. I didn't think that was DeepSeek's way of doing things.
(I say this naive of all sorts of things, but...) I wish Canada would do something bold and actively court all these high-skill people who are probably interested in jumping ship. Make it easier for whole companies to move and bring their employees, make it easy for entrepreneurs to start a business serving this new migration, relax some tax rules for those in the process of moving, make it easy for extended family to tag along, make it clear it'll be easy for them to go back... ehh, and do something about housing.
Then, take out billboards in big cities. Put on events in the US. Partner with Canadian companies to handle logistics for potential employees, etc., etc.
Don't just go "Hey smart people, come to Canada" and afterwards say "I bet they'll do smart-people things!" Go for an unprecedented scale migration and actually shape the process for long-term benefit and payoff.
In the past I figured we didn't do this because we didn't want to piss off people in the US, but, I feel like who gives a shit now.
Their brand-new car, their charger, and (evidently) on the spot Tesla says "yeah, this isn't our problem." I can't imagine they expect the person is going to go "Oh, dear." hang up, then pay thousands of dollars to fix whatever broke.
No, all within the province. I thought... that would be a funny way to out someone who is "working from home" in Europe.
My dog was getting dental work done and my vet was worried about her leg. She said while my dog was sedated she'd throw her up under the x-ray to take a look at the joint. "Well that's super nice!" I thought.
I leave my dog at the vet and get a call an hour or so later. It's the vet, she says she's really sorry but not only can she not do that x-ray for free, but I'll have to pay a consult fee too if they're going to look at anything not related to the teeth. She was very apologetic.
When I go to get my dog we're going over discharge notes and at the end this poor vet says "I now need to recommend this particular water supplement. I don't use it with my dogs. Some people think it's expensive and ineffective. If you think you might be interested I can also tell you about other options that may be more effective."
This poor woman who was all happy and concerned about my dog turned into someone who seemed supremely uncomfortable. I can only imagine it was VCA that was forcing this vet to go contrary to what she felt was best.
I was watching CBC coverage of some press conference Poilievre was doing, going on and on about the need for an "axe the tax election" (??). Someone asked Poilievre what he was doing to fight against Trump's proposed tariffs and Poilievre says he's not the prime minister, but if Canadians give him a mandate, he'll fight for their interests, etc.
Then the CBC commentator cuts in and says "It should be noted that there are many people who aren't the prime minister who have decided to adopt a "team Canada" attitude and are doing what they can to make the case against tariffs."
The bluntness and absurdity I just found hilarious.
YouTube premium is one of the subscriptions I most often feel thankful for having. I watch enough YouTube videos that avoiding all those ads is really worthwhile, I hope that my view is worth more to the channels I watch, and YouTube music let me cancel Spotify.
I understand being pissed at YouTube and Google, but at the end of the day, of all the things I have to rage at, YouTube isn't worth it. I like it, there are creators that use it that I like, and I understand that it costs real money to run the platform.
Does Lemmy life feel any different using your private instance now?
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I bought a Fairphone 4 off Clove.co.uk and I live in Canada. After a year and a bit of enjoying that my wife agreed to replace her Pixel 4a with a Fairphone 5.