trishalynn

msquebanh, 27 days ago to legal

Mom's #LifeLabs #DataBreach #ClassAction settlement cheque arrived. A whole $5.86 - after $2 processing fee 😏

"The website says the lawsuit occurred after the personal information, including health card numbers, of 8.6 million customers was stolen.

Payments are much smaller than what was originally promised on the settlement approval notice, which was compensation of $50 to $150."

https://nowtoronto.com/news/canadians-feel-jipped-after-receiving-less-than-8-in-lifelabs-class-action-lawsuit

#MedicalData #CanadianLaw #Legal #Canadian #HealthCareServices #PrivacyBreach

msquebanh, 1 month ago to random

If I had more funds, I'd get my blood work done at home to avoid going into the clinic. I have increased anxiety every time there's another appointment there. I'm usually the only one masked when I go. The clinic I am sent to is in a medical building's basement. Air ventilation is poor & hasn't been updated for years. I feel safer at my dentist's office than at blood clinic, xray clinic & any local hospitals.

Really wish govt invested in air quality mandates & brought back mask mandates too.

msquebanh, 2 months ago to medical

Are there any #medical #scientists or #researchers or #neurologists doing any current studies on human #brain & #memory retention - specifically on maximum capacities of human brain memory storage & if there's a limit to how much we can store in our brains?

Like, if we build up many new memories, do we reach a point where some past memories are removed from our memory storage or is there no maximum limits to human memory storage?

These are things I wonder about & don't know enough about.

Robotron, 4 months ago to random

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grimalkina, 4 months ago to random

I gotta say for me @thetransmitter is really knocking it out of the park as a very rare kind of publication that genuinely exposes non-experts to expert thinking in a highly complex area of science -- without flattening it for SEO or diluting it into dishwater blogposts (and believe me....I know what that looks, feels and smells like). I hope they flourish 💞

Daojoan, 5 months ago to random

The only batman movie I want is a perfect translation of Batman TAS onto the big screen.

linc, 5 months ago to random

If I installed new server software that served websites 500% faster but also crashed sometimes, your first question would be "how frequent are the crashes?" and if I shrugged you'd back away slowly and start looking for my replacement.

But with LLMs & hallucinations that's just normal operating conditions and you're a luddite if you ask too much about it.

austin, 5 months ago to email

Now I will detail what I meant by "malpractice." This morning, #MstdnCa sent out an #email using Mailjet, a third-party provider, asking for donations. Although the email has an one-click #unsubscribe header (by Mailjet), in the email body, the actual unsubscribe link (by Mailjet) is obscured using black text on black background; instead, the instance admin says to delete your account to unsubscribe. This is extremely deceptive and I consider this a severe breach of trust.

The same footer, but with everything highlighted. Additional text can be seen: "This e-mail has been sent to im@austinhuang.me, click here to unsubscribe. 11419 125 Street NW T5M0N1 Edmonton CA"

trishalynn, 5 months ago to random

Well, it's finally happening. Wish me luck tomorrow, okay?

#CommunityDevelopment #AsiansInAcademia #AcademicMastodon

trishalynn, 6 months ago to random

You know what is the bane of my existence? The final paragraph or two of an essay. I sucked at conclusions when I was in middle school and secondary school and I suck at them still. I have ONE 👏🏼 SINGLE 👏🏼 PARAGRAPH 👏🏼 to write for my Master's paper. And I can't find it in me to do it. Help me, #AcademicMastodon, you're my only hope. Post links to humanities/sociology papers whose final paragraphs rocked your world? Boosts appreciated.

Are0h, 7 months ago to random

Does Ro want a house to live in? Not really.

Will Ro buy a house eventually just to house all of his weird tech ideas and his own personal server farm?

LOL, bitch YES! Have you met me??

trishalynn, 7 months ago to random

Yo, @jrenken , you might want to check this out because ew.

https://mastodon.art/@welshpixie/111289359850385436

trishalynn, 8 months ago (edited 8 months ago) to random

The finale of my birthday week presents is viewing a production of Pepe, a play about the life of José Rizal, a Filipino hero I never studied in high school, despite there being a day dedicated to the Spanish-American war. At least the teacher didn't shy away from media that depicted exactly how racist some of the U.S. politicians were at the time. #PinoyPride

Are0h, 8 months ago to random

Well, damn. Cyberpunk 2077 2.0 is really different.

Shit, now I gotta start a new game.

trishalynn, 8 months ago to random

So, I know about Trans Lifeline but are there any Canada-based organizations which are also doing the same and/or similar work? I'd like to make a donation to one of them in honour of my birthday and the stupid fucking protests happening across Canada, but I only have the budget to do one of them. (Note: I can claim them on either my U.S. or Canadian tax return.)

Suggestions/recommendations wanted, boosts helpful.

trishalynn, 8 months ago to random

Went to the #UVic campus to pick up a library book when I saw this birdie just chilling by the back café entrance. How many of these dudes live on campus?! #BirdsOfMastodon

trishalynn, 8 months ago to random

Best thing I've read this morning is from a book I am quoting in the #LiteratureReview for my Master's project. It's from an author in the United States, and the context is that this is from an interview she did with a secondary school senior (at the time of the writing) about her experiences in one of the classes she liked the least, English. 1/

trishalynn, 10 months ago to random

Also, a while back, one of my co-follows and I were talking about the differences between "long-termism" and the Seven Generations Principle. I was just recommended this article from a former professor that I think is a good primer on what it is and why we need embed it more into discourse in the Western world:

https://www.gensqueeze.ca/thinking_differently_using_the_seven_generations_principle

trishalynn, 10 months ago to random

Okay, so here's something I never figured was a detriment to writing my paper: I type so fast (last clocked at 120 words per minute) that sometimes my word processor can't keep up and it freezes in the middle of a word.

This is not an attempt to flex my typing fingers-er, muscles, btw. It's a legit complaint because it's interrupting the flow of my writing to have to pause every now and then to let Word sort itself out. #PainInTheButt

trishalynn, 10 months ago to random

#SadRealization: There will never be the perfect time for me to incorporate my physical therapy exercises into my day because I am not prioritizing it enough. Yet, this is also something I need to do for my health.

But I also want to finish my frickin' Masters project so that I can finally begin the second phase of my professional career-life, and exercise tires me out too much.

(No advice, just sympathy, please.)

trishalynn, 10 months ago to random

I am very interested helping spread the word about @Are0h's Go Fund Me, but don't be fooled by it being in the Creative category.

I think that his work also falls into the #CommmunityDevelopment sphere because with the projects, he hopes to shore up and build safer communities for everyone. Fund if you can, Boost if you wanna.

https://gofund.me/305498fd

trishalynn, 11 months ago to random

Taking a break from working on my research project to attend the nerdiest and priciest concert ever by #TwoSetViolin at UBC in Vancouver. It's just me at this one, and hubs is at our hotel 1 hour south of me. Plus ferry and food? Yeah, considering they're from Australia, of course I was gonna attend this one.

And I don't even normally enjoy classical music! Last classical concert I attended was actually an opera, in like 1995 or something.

trishalynn, 11 months ago to random

Hello new followers! I hadn't realized how many of you were in the queue to have your requests approved. Just as a quick update for y'all and everyone else, I'm trying to limit my social media these days to just browsing a little in the morning so that I can really get down to analyzing the findings for my research project (read more about it here: https://renken-sebastian.ca/speaking-across-barriers-2022).

See you around every now and then.

trishalynn, 11 months ago to random

It's a longshot, but I thought I'd ask:

Is there anyone else who has the Le Creuset French Onion Soup bowls and knows how to make sure that when you use the dishwasher, water doesn't get into the handle from the little hole at the bottom? That hole has to be there for a reason, so I don't want to cover it up. But even drip drying it in several orientations doesn't seem to work either. Help?

#CooksOfMastodon

trishalynn, 1 year ago to random

In today's edition of "I'll bet @LoadingReadyRun has a sketch for that," I bring to you this classic one from 2008. Filmed on the #UVic campus, I suddenly remembered it after reading the first part of @doctorow's blog entry for today:

"Time is Money"
https://youtu.be/IEwxGxnme4Y

Doctorow's blog post: https://pluralistic.net/2023/02/10/my-time