if your family income is less than 90k you can apply.
anybody making above that likely already has dental insurance, or can certainly afford to get it.
and this plan doesnt cover cosmetic dentistry. so no, no lazer teeth for you, lol. just cleanings, fillings, extractions, that sort of necessary dentistry for maintenance and health.
its become more of a confidence man than anything.
ive been testing various models for about 4 years now. conclusions are always the same. even when referencing online material the accuracy is sub par compared to simply looking it up yourself.
its good for certain tasks, but as far as verifying information you are better off using ai to find sources, and then reading those sources yourself as opposed to the write ups it offers.
an example. last night i came across a character in the game "kingdom come: deliverence 2" named the "odd trader" after saving him from bandits he offers to sell you various oddities, one of which being a "broken roman spear" that may or may not be the spear of destiny that pierced jesus christ.
GPT said that you could reforge the spear and that it was VERY powerful, when i asked it specifically how to do that, it said "oh sorry! turns out you cant do that, its just an easter egg!"
this happens constantly. but many people who use it dont verify the output, and take it at face value. especially adamant defenders of AI and especially chatgpt.
i know some fan boys will get pissy hearing this, and thats okay. in order for a technology to improve you have to acknowledge its flaws. thats a part of innovation.
also, i do believe AI will cause far more harm than good in the coming years if it is capable of advancing the way people suggest it might. and this particular flaw is a part of that harm. we cant speed run AI without severe risks.
ive been saying this for years.
we need a bias label, and an ownership label, on the front of every newspaper and published story or "opinion piece article". we need to know who owns what, and where they come from, and why they own it in the first place, and what their ties are. not a nice little bow on the end that say "the author, larry smith owns a dog and a cat in new york and is married, the end" but completely leaves out the part where "larry smith" donated to the proud boy movement and has been known to spread misinformation.
disclaimers on things like cigarettes and alcohol make sense, so does this. if something can cause harm, we should know about it before we even get involved with it.
ive had zero problems with it. in fact every canadian item ive bought over previous american purchases are far cheaper.
my wife keeps a list, and price compares everything, its her talent.
we have saved a shit load of money so far because the items we buy are cheaper, we also buy less overall, and find ways to recycle or upcycle things we own, and as far as groceries go we save our leftovers and meal prep, allowing us to have healthier, cheaper meals, that we cook to taste. we bake our own bread, make our own pasta, we make our own broth from bones and vegetables to can for various uses.
its been extremely rewarding so far.
you just gotta get creative with it. i find the joy it brings far outweighs the minute increase in difficulty while shopping.
you're not wrong, in my case i just suffer from chronic migraines, have my whole life. MRI didnt pick up anything unusual, all general tests came back negative, by all defintions i have a "healthy" brain. i live in canada, and the former conservative government cut a lot from healthcare in our province just before covid, so now it takes forever to see a doctor or a specialist. im still getting more tests done, itll just take a while since im in no "immediate" danger, lol.
NDP are trying to re open some hospitals that were closed and build new ones now that they are in power. so hopefully it goes back to like it was before the cons, or maybe better. either way is fine with me, lol.
only if its profitable
I had a crippling migraine. I thought I was going to die. I crawled to the bathroom and ran the tub, tears streaming down my face. I felt so weak, every movement made my head feel like it was going to explode.
I got my partner to grab me some water and Advil as I lay in the bath. I stayed there all night: head pounding, wishing I was dead, dreaming of drilling a hole in my skull with a power drill just to relieve the pressure behind my eyes.
Eventually, it passed, but it lingered for the rest of the week, consistent, though much less intense.
The following day, I got a call from my mother. She was worried about me. It turns out she’d had a dream that I had died in a bathtub, and she wanted to check in.
Later that day, I saw an article on quantum immortality, and remembered a part from the game Alan Wake, where a TV segment you can come across discusses the theory.
Essentially, at certain moments there is a quantum break, which creates alternate realities, where you, or you conciousness shifts to a universe where you are still alive, but also creating alternate versions where you die.
so basically,you never experience your own death
Sometimes I wonder if I did die in that bathtub. The world I woke up in only seems to be getting stranger and stranger each day.
Or perhaps not. Who knows? There are many mysteries in life. And to many, that’s what gives it meaning.
Who am I to question the incredible strangeness of existence? And who would I be if I pretended to know its secrets? ...Evidently, nobody of consequence.
that what happens when you're a whiney little bitch and offer nothing of substance in return.