Denton Gentry

We have the great misfortunate that our time is interesting.

If it can breathe, it can talk.

"But her emails!" week after week shouted in public,
at the same time *these* emails were sent in private.

Ah. The ACA plan we started on 10/1, an Anthem BCBS EPO plan like our last insurance was, is nonetheless out-of-network for our main medical provider and our visit this month won't be covered.

Of course. $2600/month now, $5700/month next year, and also doesn't cover our expenses.

I don't see how insurance risk pools can possibly work when the cost suddenly jumps 2-3x. People who are mostly healthy will have the most incentive to drop coverage and hope for the best.

In another year, the risk pool will be even worse and costs will go up even more to cover them.

We've been on corporate group plans forever, with two periods relying on COBRA in the last ten years. Starting last month 10/1 is the first time we've used an ACA plan.

It is wonderful timing that they are finally managing to destroy the ACA right as we start to rely on it.

Jeez.

Our goal was that our kids not be the ones teaching the swear words to the other kids on the playground. I think we succeeded in that.

They are 16+ now and well beyond our ability to have much control of their media consumption.

LinkedIn job posting titled: "VP of Engineering - Baked Goods - Remote"

Every segment of this job posting took an unexpected turn and left me with even more questions.

I am sad that I missed a chance to try to work in your org. I'll see about improving my job post alerts.

It was... a limited edition? Oh noes!
I missed my chance <sob>

"Two wrongs don't make a right" is the frequent refuge of they who have already committed the first wrong.

Damnit, filter function. Even screenshots. If the screenshot contains the word "Douthat" I want you to block it.

WHY IS THIS NOT CLEAR TO YOU ?!?

Nope, no take-backs.

I want my personal jetpack, and my subway under the ocean with a glass tunnel roof so I can see the sharks.

It is heartening both that the AP waited until the polls closed to call it, and that the AP feels the result is so overwhelming to call it the instant the polls close.

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Avenging Guardian seems like just the kind of journalism we need now.

We were in Germany this summer. Yeah. Same.
Interesting conversations with our family there.

I think I just felt a small earthquake in Redwood City, bit of shaking and creaking.

I don't want to click like on this post but I understand the sentiment.

Passive Taxonomy of Wifi Clients using MLME Frame Contents In supporting Wifi networks it is useful to identify the type of client device connecting to an AP. Knowing the type of client can guide troubleshooting steps, allow searches for known issues, or allo...

arXiv no longer accepting submissions until after peer review is sadly necessary to fend off the torrent of AI slop, but cuts off a venue which made papers available which wouldn't have otherwise been available.

arxiv.org/abs/1608.01725

<Looks around>

Sign me up. Throw me in the time wormhole forever.

Oh lawd I had forgotten about the time Fiber blew up the Kansas City World Series. Wowza.

I think I should have watched the baseball game instead today.

This would be amazing.
(Californian here)

I wasn't willing to risk it and signed up for ACA, which in 2025 provided roughly the same benefit at roughly the same cost as the COBRA plan had.

I'd hoped to receive the Cal-COBRA letter in October, but alas. The prior employer's plan doesn't qualify for Cal-COBRA, for one reason or another.

Our access to the regular COBRA plan ended 9/30/2025.

It turns out to be impossible to find out in advance if Cal-COBRA will extend it another 18 months past the end of the regular COBRA, you just let it expire and wait to see if they send a letter within 30 days.

"By using Covered California, you'll save $5.00/mo on your health plan. Your estimated yearly cost includes these savings."

Gee, thanks.