I am in the US, but my health insurance has kept us from bankruptcy.
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After a year of surgery, chemo, and recovery, my wife’s blood tests came back with troubling results.
Xaphanos@lemmy.worldto politics @lemmy.world•DOGE Put a College Student in Charge of Using AI to Rewrite RegulationsEnglish6·2 days agoPatsys. Scapegoats. Tools.
Xaphanos@lemmy.worldto Not The Onion@lemmy.world•Peter Navarro says shrinking US economy is good newsEnglish42·2 days agoDon’t forget mouse traps and other ways of keeping them safe from vermin.
Xaphanos@lemmy.worldto A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world•The US is Collapsing Like the USSR – So What Comes NextEnglish24·3 days agoThose who do not learn to love one another will die.
Xaphanos@lemmy.worldto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•How would you run a society?English5·5 days agoI’d aim for Annares as a model. From 'The Dispossessed". Syndicalism/Anarchism.
Xaphanos@lemmy.worldto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What artistic works have changed your political worldview?English2·7 days agoOnce you are done, consider the date it was published.
Xaphanos@lemmy.worldto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What artistic works have changed your political worldview?English2·7 days agoWhen you finish it, look to The Left Hand of Darkness.
Also, there is a postscript/short story that serves as a prequel to Dispossessed. The Day Before the Revolution. Do not read it first.
Xaphanos@lemmy.worldto News@lemmy.world•Thermal imaging shows xAI lied about supercomputer pollution, group saysEnglish251·7 days agoAI data centers use a LOT of electricity. Our systems are rated for 130 kilowatts per rack. Our minimal buildings are in the order of 40 megawatts. Elmo is most certainly not going to build anything that can compare with our midrange buildings.
Xaphanos@lemmy.worldto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What artistic works have changed your political worldview?English211·8 days agoThe Dispossessed. I am now an anarchist.
As I understand, a primary function of kindergarten is exactly that socialization. An awful lot of kids spend the first day crying. I did. He’ll be fine.
My wife and I met at these ages - in the 1980s. The warning i have for you is that you both have not yet learned the kind of patience and forgiveness needed for a lifetime together. That will take time and work. We spent a lot of years in difficult situations and needed to rely on each other. A relationship is hard work.
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Xaphanos@lemmy.worldto Casual Conversation @lemm.ee•What are you doing for Easter?English3·13 days agoHaving family, friends, and neighbors over. Total will be around 16 or so. We cleaned the house all day yesterday and still need another few hours to prep. Had to rearrange the furniture to fit the tables.
It’s 7am now. Gotta get out of bed and get going. They’ll be here at 2.
Xaphanos@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.ml•‘No quick wins’: China has the world’s first operational thorium nuclear reactorEnglish4·15 days agoA 2Mw diesel is too big for a regular truck. But not as big as a small house. My prior data center drew 4Mw. My current data center (AI-oriened) draws 30Mw.
Xaphanos@lemmy.worldto AskUSA@discuss.online•Americans, how do you feel about the latest statment from Trump about deporting legal US born citizens?English5·17 days agoI know someone that fled Croatia in the 50s to become a refuge and a stateless person. He made his way to the US via Germany, eventually getting naturalized and having a successful life and family.
This may be the last path open to us: Flee to a rational Euro country and seek asylum. Be the refugees that they push us to be.
Xaphanos@lemmy.worldto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•My folks want to give ancestry.com a try what do I need to know?English2·17 days agoI’ve resolved one adoption mystery and have two more under investigation. It’s very rewarding work.
I’m also working on Euro citizenship for me and my siblings. We may be too late - some international policies are changing and we may be already shut out.
Xaphanos@lemmy.worldto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•My folks want to give ancestry.com a try what do I need to know?English11·17 days agoNo. Ancestry is the big fish. 23 tried to swim in deep water without a solid established cash flow.
Also, how does someone having access to my (already public) tree matches do additional harm? My real name is globally unique. I’m Very easy to find and ID.
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