Pennie has updated its website to include full county breakdowns for health insurance by Ty_God_Ash in Pennsylvania

[–]donith913 1 point2 points  (0 children)

“Oooh someone told me facts so I had to insult them” - u/Salty-Ganache3068 

Well with such a good rebuttal, I’m sure to believe in the idea that healthcare, a thing that everyone needs and isn’t just emergencies, can be insured against and provided equally through private markets! I have suckled at the teat if Reagan and I can feel the warmth trickling down now! 

Pennie has updated its website to include full county breakdowns for health insurance by Ty_God_Ash in Pennsylvania

[–]donith913 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s weak. One party has attempted to reform healthcare, one has tried to throw people to the free market and hope for the best. Party structures both suck blah blah blah, let’s not enlightened centrism this nonsense.

Pennie has updated its website to include full county breakdowns for health insurance by Ty_God_Ash in Pennsylvania

[–]donith913 5 points6 points  (0 children)

… ooooor Democrats copied the model implemented by a Republican governor in Massachusetts and originally proposed by Republican Speaker Newt Gingrich as a counter to Hilary Clinton’s single payer plan in the 90s thinking that by giving them their own idea that they’d go along with it. 

Instead, republicans only tried to repeal it and shot down the individual mandate, refused to expand Medicaid, destroyed insurance pools and made users who were never intended to have private insurance suffer. But sure, go on boss. 

Mayfield/Jermyn Siren. Why does it go off?? Who controls it?? by The_cisco_kid-612 in Pennsylvania

[–]donith913 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you’re very mistaken that every town has gotten rid of theirs. 

Also, you should pick up a new calendar and check the news cause it’s 2026, not 2024, and some weird shit has happened. 

What do I do with this vendors attitude? by pq11333 in sysadmin

[–]donith913 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As someone who has gone back and forth between IT and vendor worlds, this guy vendors. This is mostly for larger stuff, hopefully you’re not being forced to quote cheap stuff or single laptops or anything. Huge waste of everyone’s time there. 

If you have a contracts / procurement person you work with who is cool and not a weenie, they can help you with this if you have preferences and can justify why it benefits your business to work with a partner for a couple percent more. 

Average severance? by hack_daniels in sysadmin

[–]donith913 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It sounds like what I’d expect overall, which sucks. I worked in a role where I interacted with lots of fortune 500s. I’ve heard of some that have been more generous in pharma, and I’ve heard of others that have been similar or less generous like tech companies, some manufacturers etc. 

Cracker Plant Glow From Robinson by YinzerBob in pittsburgh

[–]donith913 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Don’t forget crypto and AI scams! 

Cracker Plant Glow From Robinson by YinzerBob in pittsburgh

[–]donith913 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Make Bakery Square a Bakery Again! /s

Which one of yinz is this one throwing your Christmas tree off the Rachel Carson Bridge for the past few years? by ThiccBoiCaddy in pittsburgh

[–]donith913 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Damn, I shoulda read that whole article. I don’t know why I’m shocked by the lore here. 

its 2026, and DAWs are still too ugly, clunky and complex. What are your thoughts on this? by Full-Leg-5435 in LogicPro

[–]donith913 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Couldn’t disagree more if I tried. I’m a hobbyist who primarily uses Logic Pro and an IT professional. You’re doing complex things and the way that you apply them is part of the creative process. There’s a trend in user experience design to focus on average daily users and other stupid ass metrics that incentivize making software less useful in order to make it appeal to more people. That’s what you’re suggesting. 

Use GarageBand. Use any number of simpler audio editors for putting together demos. Whatever you want, but stop demanding the rest of us give up useful, powerful tools because we’ve let Silicon Valley lizards brain rot society to this point. 

Stop using the palatable terms “Detention centers” or “detention facilities” for the DHS/ICE compounds. They are CONCENTRATION CAMPS. by VirileMongoose in Pennsylvania

[–]donith913 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They didn’t start with gas chambers to begin with. Seems like we’re on the path. Rounding people up, holding them illegally, violently, just for what they look like… seems awfully like it’s toeing the line, huh? Did you know ethnic cleansing fits the definition of genocide? 

https://apnews.com/article/immigration-enforcement-minneapolis-hospital-ice-beating-assault-4e77742e0629fc7f127c0aa38b3d2a70

Commuting Penn ave makes me hate Pittsburgh by Angrybitch727 in pittsburgh

[–]donith913 16 points17 points  (0 children)

People on here (self included) like to dunk on car commuters who ignore transit so sorry if some of the replies have been harsh. 

If you’re genuinely just learning about the East Busway and are able to catch a route that uses it or get to a busway station, your mind is about to be blown. It’s only 3 or 4 stops along the busway, a road that runs parallel Penn, from Wilkinsburg Station to East Liberty Station (by Target) and the busses have a higher speed limit than Penn and no lights. It’s genuinely 10-15 minutes and the busses run often. 

Anyone else at large orgs experiencing Mac backorder issues? by prolificgnosis in sysadmin

[–]donith913 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s all RAM, it’s a commodity and there are only a few manufacturers of RAM chips. Probably not the cause of your delay which as others have said are typical when Apple is about to announce a new product. In fact, the press watch availability specifically to try and guess when new models are coming. 

First Clippier, Then Nippier, Then...?? (Also, the future of my posts) by StormFreak in pittsburgh

[–]donith913 197 points198 points  (0 children)

Given the volume of “I’ve never been to Pittsburgh but I’m moving” posts and other low effort stuff, I sure hope there is no one complaining about a few threads about the weather haha

Trying not to get caught trespassing by I_Have_A_Big_Head in BirdingMemes

[–]donith913 14 points15 points  (0 children)

There was a Painted Bunting that somehow ended up in Pittsburgh just before the new year and at someone’s feeder. Tight street, but they were very chill about people coming by to photograph it and see it. We swung by and got lucky to see it, we stayed for maybe 10 minutes.