Non-Americans who have been to the US.. What is the weirdest thing about America that Americans don't realize is weird?
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    andrewta
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    I basically agree with what you are saying, just to clarify, it isn't asking multiple times or explaining multiple times. The one time I had to ask for help, I talked to one person. They looked and said, don't worry about the bill.

    But yeah we do need a better system.

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  • If Biden wanted to could he have people kill Trump since he is in office and SCOTUS said it was ok?
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    andrewta
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    He could not be prosecuted for it, but my understanding is that the people who killed Trump could be prosecuted because it's still a crime (it's just that Biden can't prosecuted for it)

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  • Non-Americans who have been to the US.. What is the weirdest thing about America that Americans don't realize is weird?
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    andrewta
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    While I agree with the essence of what you are saying. I want to say, if you have insurance the "bill" might be hundreds, but my share might only be 20 usd, if anything at all. If my "bill" was thousands, I might see my share be a couple hundred usd at most. It is possible for it to be far less then a couple hundred.

    The other thing people don't mention is, if I honestly can't pay my share. I can walk into the billing office at the clinic /hospital and explain I honestly can't afford my share. The hospital will bill the insurance what they can, then look for extra funding. Most hospitals have a charity fund. It is based on my income. If I am broke and make crap wages, my share might be reduced to 0 usd.

    Should we have a better system? Yes, but many times there are real options out there.

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  • A series of quiet moves, first by Trump, and now by Biden, have produced a humanitarian crisis throughout Cuba.
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    andrewta
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    It's goes back to who is the leader of Cuba and what sort of government they have. The leader is basically a dictator. If leader would resign then things would change. Do I agree with how it's being handled? No. But it is the reason.

    Cuba is backed by Russia and Cuba is on the door step of the US. The Cuban missile crises created a major problem. End of that, Russia agreed not to put missile there and the US agreed not to go into Cuba. And Cuba sits in the middle dying. Yes I worded that poorly but you get the idea.

    Russia would love to expand their presence there. Honestly I'm not sure what a realistic answer is, but if there were actual fair elections there things would change. But they are too close to the border to allow Russia in there.

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  • Why are we training AIs on reddit posts instead of Research Papers? We could be saving the world!
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    andrewta
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    Rules of lemmy

    Ignore facts, don’t do research to see if the comment/post is correct, don’t look at other comments to see if anyone else has corrected the post/comment already, there is only one right side (and that is the side of the loudest group)

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  • My mom would not be able to wear a hat during the summer obviously heat would stay in and she would get too hot. She needs a wig, but that wig should, for lack of a better phrase, breathe. So it doesn’t hold the heat in near the scalp. Is there a wig that is like that? Or do all wigs effectively hold heat to the scalp? Edit: I'm sorry if I wasn't clear. That's on me. I meant will a wig be more warm then normal hair?

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    In settings, sounds, system sounds, there is an option for system clicks I have that turned off, but everything's I tap the keyboard it clicks. How do I turn off the clicking sound? Apple says sounds &haptics but I can't find that option Edit: solved : I have a third party keyboard SwiftKey installed. That was what was doing it. Forgot I had that installed. Dealing with this for a year. Lol

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    I think this would do it https://github.com/the-allanc/minty-color-titles It says to put it into the .config/gtk-3.0 folder But I can’t find a .config folder. I found an /etc/gtk-3.0 folder. Would that directory work? Is there a better way to change the title bar color?

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    I have two internal hard drives in my pc, one has windows 11 and one is for extra storage. I hooked up an external USB drive to install Linux onto. During the install it says Device for boot loader installation And then it gives me a number of options /dev/nvme0n1 (this I think is what my windows 10 is at) /dev/nvme0n1p1 /dev/nvme0n1p3 /dev/nvme0n1p4 /dev/sda ATA WDC WD10EZEX-00W (1.0 TB) Ii think this is the other internal drive /dev/sda2 /dev/sdb WD easystore 2647 (1.0 TB) /dev/sdb1 I think the easystore is my external drive. The problem is they are both 1T in size and both western digital. How do I know which is which? Just above where it says "device for boot loader installation" it shows ![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/cc3711eb-20dc-4b82-a33a-66dda08e0722.jpeg) If I try to click on /dev/sdb I can't click on install now. On the basis that I should be trying to install in /dev/sdb what am I doing wrong to actually start the install process? Yeah I'm new to Linux. I need help to do it right and not nuke my windows install

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    I know, I can create a live CD of Linux, I know I also can create a bootable Linux installation on a jump drive. I’m curious is can I actually do a full install of mint Linux on an external drive and actually run it that way. When I say run it I mean actually add packages remove packages, etc. i’m asking because I have a currently working Windows 10 computer. And until I really understand Linux especially how to properly install it. I prefer not to screw something up on a working system. I figured install it to an external Drive and then just tell the bios, don’t boot the windows drive just boot into the external Drive. Would this actually work?

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    I know the ng means nanogram But I’m curious how would I say the above line of 2.1 ng/kg For context I got it from this paragraph a lethal dose of 1.3–2.1 ng/kg in humans Would it be 2.1 nanogram per kilogram? Also if I wanted to write that as a decimal number how would i write that?

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    www.dailywire.com

    It's now up to $457,904 for the gofundme page. You want to protest? Fine. But don't touch the flag.

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    Each of the companies that we have talked to for Hot air balloon rides have said you pay for it in advance, then if there is bad weather, you don’t get your money back. You just have to reschedule for another day. We have a friend who had to make many many many trips an hour and a half each way and each time on the way there, they would get a call to say sorry it’s too windy or some other item. It took a long time before they actually got there actual ride. So what I’m wondering is, is there any company out there that actually just gives a refund if you can’t take the ride because of inclement weather.? This is in the United States.

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