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Just a gosh darn minute. People who know about #USA medical #insurance and #medicalrecords and #legal stuff, I hope you will give some #advice. I'm trying to make an appointment with a dentist. They have a couple of pages of painfully repetitive forms to fill out online. At the end, they require a digital (like actual bitmap etc.) signature, and then they drop this. I can't make my appointment without signing and submitting this, and simultaneously agreeing to the stuff in this text. Is this normal? I mean the signature part. have I missed this in previous medical forms? It is alarming to me that they are asking me to give them my signature to use as they wish, whenever they wish, no expiration date, and no restrictions except "insurance submissions." Why do they need MY signature if I'm not submitting the forms? Isn't this how insurance works: the provider submits things and they sign or whatever? Is this standard practice and I just haven't noticed?

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Some advice on giving good advice. "Not every situation... https://kottke.org/26/09/0049641-some-advice-on-giving-goo #Advice #Wisdom #Life

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When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice. -- Marquis de la Grange ⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #MarquisdelaGrange #Advice ⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Panopainting #Driftwood #Florida

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Logically, one of these things must be true. Use 4 and reply if you have another answer. Unhelpful comedic answers enthusiastically accepted; please boost for reach. Ok let me have it. #relationship #advice #IdonotUnderstandBeingHuman #PossibleAlien

Random question: for folks using screen readers, how does the "degree" symbol work? Specifically: ° I'm trying to be better about alt text. Does it work better to say "100 degrees Fahrenheit", or does "100 °F" present the same way? Is "100 deg F" an acceptable abbreviation? I welcome input here, especially from folks that use screen readers daily. Again, just trying to be better where I can. #screenreader #ui #accessibility #question #advice

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RE: https://mastodon.ie/@thebeeguy/116991000390189440 There is a problem with ALT text button not showing up in public feeds on videos, while on other posts it works as intended. Is this a known issue? Why could it happen? #AltText #Alt #UI #Mastodon #AltForMe #Advice #Accessibility #Inclusion

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Is it necessary/appropriate for a Landlady to keep the things/stuffs like clothes etc that was left by the tenant? (And knowing that the tenant passed away) — for the reason that the said tenant have unsettled payment.. And the unit was unoccupied for awhile. #mastodon #ask #question #apartmentconflict #boost #communitysupport #help #advice #fediverse

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The open source lover in me is most excited about an AGPL project I forked and stripped down to a handful of functions while adding a bunch more. Despite ie being built to be easy to set up, I believe a large percentage of my target demographic may not own a computer (using their phone instead). I think the business model there is selling them a little cluster of mini computers they can self host that back each other up in case one of them is compromised. They could use the same cluster to host other phone accessible little webapp tools. #selfhost #opensource #AGPL #copyright #advice

As I look at monetizing some of the little software tools I am making, I have been told by some of the people I show them to, to look into copyrights. I do admire a good idea, and more and more- a good business model that keeps people honest and away from the creepy surveillance capitalist ways. When chatting with some folks and looking into open source licenses, I find myself drawn to closed custom licensing agreements that would lend themselves to one time purchases of self hostable servers, that could run on other hardware, or even be resold, but not duplicated (like selling an instance to a hoster that can serve many people, but the hoster wouldn't be able to create another instance). In this way, my business model would be selling new instances of my webapp tools for artists, and servicing them. Any business model/ monetization advice on keeping things open source vs closed and copyright proprietary? #advice #licensing #copyright #artist #software #business

What are some ways that you seek and cultivate healthy in-person social interaction and IRL friendships? #askFedi #advice #question

Hello Fedi lazyweb. There will be a solar eclipse on August 12th (only partial in the UK) and I was wondering how to take photos of it. A quick web search indicates that pointing a camera directly at the sun can be just as quick to burn out digital sensors as it is to burn out human retinas. And I don't want to do either! I have some ISO-certified eclipse glasses for my eyes, does anyone have any suggestions for how to protect a camera lens (either a physical digital camera or a smartphone camera). Thanks! #Eclipse #Photography #advice

Life advice: Get you a best friend who says reassuring things like "using a reference isnt cheating, its professional, only amateurs think that you have to reinvent bernulli's principle before you build an airplane" #Life #Advice #Friendship