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    How Accurate is Genetic Testing 23 and Me?

    Why would they be held liable or need to check adoption agency databases? They are not releasing any confidential information regarding an adoption. They are simply giving people their own DNA test results. Why would the birth parents' desire for anonymity supersede the child's right to their...
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    How Accurate is Genetic Testing 23 and Me?

    Why would law enforcement DNA samples be "more relevant"? I thought CODIS only has information on individuals involved in crimes. Wouldn't it be more likely to find relatives among the millions of people who have done tests like Ancestry or 23andMe? What do you mean they are "not all that...
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    House passes bill to force ByteDance to divest TikTok

    I believe that Palestine may have more to do with the ban than data concerns. That's the one topic that the majority of politicians seem united on regardless of their party. People in the US have not really seen uncensored war in our media since Vietnam, but TikTok has given us access to see...
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    House passes bill to force ByteDance to divest TikTok

    Perhaps all these politicians invested in Meta, but now that Facebook and Instagram are declining in popularity they are trying to get rid of any competitors. Because some people are not looking at "garbage" on TikTok. There are thousands of well-educated creators on TikTok who provide...
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    Not getting same opportunity at work....

    There are lots of bookkeepers and other office staff who work from home and print checks. My company does not even have a physical office. OP said their company has around 30 employees, so I would not consider that a "big" company.
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    Not getting same opportunity at work....

    I was wondering the same. My first response to the denial would have been a discussion with my manager. If there were a reason that they felt it would benefit the company to come into the office on a regular basis, I may be willing to work out a compromise that still gives me the flexibility I...
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    Not getting same opportunity at work....

    Why? Just because "that's the way it always has been" does not mean that is the best way. Quit. I'm sure that seems flippant, but it is certainly a possible choice if OP cannot reach an agreement with their manager. I have always worked jobs (both in person and from home) where I could...
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    How much autonomy should an 18 year old home from college have?

    Curious why it would make a difference? If anything, I would think it would be the opposite-- that the child would have LESS autonomy if the parents were paying for college/housing/etc because the parents may feel more entitled to have input since it's their money supporting the child. My...
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    How much autonomy should an 18 year old home from college have?

    You mention having "certain expectations" a few times. None of us can tell you whether those are realistic since you didn't detail what those expectations are, but definitely worth defining those expectations very clearly in your home. I bolded a few items that stuck out that I think are...
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    Sad... US airman dies after setting himself on fire outside Israeli embassy

    I'm curious why you find this act "more puzzling". To me, it seems more logical and the purpose was more clear than a "typical" suicide. Self-immolation as a form of protest has been around for centuries. I think this individual's death was absolutely horrible, but I can understand it in that...
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    How often do you wash your bath towel?

    :confused3 Where did you jump to the assumption that people are using damp/wet towels? We re-use towels, but I have never used a damp towel. If the towels remained even slightly damp, they would smell mildewy. That's why we hang them up and ensure that the bathroom has proper airflow so it's...
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    what nicknames do you have for the rooms in your home?

    But, aren't those the actual names for those rooms? My mom does this and they change periodically. Their last house had a "princess room" (the bed had steps to climb up). When my kids were little, they had a playroom upstairs that we all called "the green room". Now we have a rental house...
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    Full Service Checkouts

    If you have to bag your own at the register, they should have a setup like Lidl where there are two divided sections at the end so the cashier can be processing the next order while you're still loading up your bags. I know some places recently went plastic-bag-free, but didn't change anything...
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    Full Service Checkouts

    One of the grocery stores here has separate bags (different color) for cold items so they are good about keeping them together. The other stores always seem to mix in other items into the bags with the cold stuff even though I have them organized together on the belt. I think Aldi is the one...
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    2023 Tax year time

    I got stuck doing family's taxes when I was in college because it was easiest for me to just do mine and my parents taxes and then complete the FAFSA. Then my brother started college, then my sister... so I wound up doing them all plus the FAFSAs. I think I continued for a few years after I...
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    what would you add/remove from your street?

    Sidewalks. It's a main road heading out of town with a lot of truck traffic so I don't think the planners thought people would be walking. But there are two neighborhoods where they are building new houses and we are only 3/4mi from the little downtown so I see people walking past my house...
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    Question for Insurance Experts/Medical Billing

    In my example above, I had mentioned that Cigna may pay $600 for a case and Medicare may only pay $125 for the same procedure. So, to the $125 patient, it probably seems ridiculous that the "list price" would be over $600-- thinking the profit would be $475. A logical response might be, well...
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    Question for Insurance Experts/Medical Billing

    Yes, it can vary widely. I run a small anesthesia company and for the same case one insurance might pay $125 and another $600. That's why "payor mix" (what percentage of the patients have each type of insurance) is so important.
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    Getting personal here. What Generation are you?

    I agree. I hear so much crap about "kids/young people these days", but I personally love some of the differences. I think the emotional maturity and boundary setting of the younger generations can be intimidating to some from the older generations, so it's easier to just believe that they...
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    Laundry Basket/Hamper

    You honestly can't even imagine. I didn't think she would survive mentally and is still pretty bad. We separate socks and underwear from most of the other clothing when washing (high heat, different setting), but I do it when sorting the laundry to wash. They go in the same hamper with the...
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