My mind went to "Bro-Och." Like bros who are (selling? buying? promoting? snorting? meme coin?) What's an och? Oh, on, like brooch. Like my grandma used to wear. Got it.
"Middle English: variant of broach, a noun originally meaning ‘skewer, bodkin’, from Old French broche ‘spit"
so the US could just bomb their tankers...no, shoot, wait, we can't do that because the world actually needs the oil. It's a good thing this admin is squashing wind, solar, and other renewables. THAT will show Iran, now, and for decades. We don't need their oil (except for now, now we need it).
I never thought I'd be using what I learned in engineering school (programming) and my PhD to help me with my tax preparation business! But building scripts in AI is so much fun. If I didn't have that basic programing knowledge from years ago I think I would be lost.
I'm building a script that redacts all sensitive inform from tax documents, then allows me to verify/confirm the results. It works for most forms. So I can use a local script for redaction (AI never sees the sensitive information), and now I have a clean set of docs to analyze with AI if I want do.
I wrote about some details of the appeals process a few years back: www.sotirioskeros.com/uncategorize...
Btw, the appeals process is easy once you've done a couple. Easy for doctors, that is. I never made a patient attempt an appeal on their own. I could do it 100 times more effectively, and with 100-fold less time spent. Now, some docs have hundreds of denials a year, and can't appeal them all.
In a decade+ as a physician, never had a denial. I always immediately filed an appeal, and made sure it went to the independent review stage where every single one went the patient's way.
My doctor's office just cancelled my appt for tomorrow because they don't take my insurance. But 1) this is a follow-up from THREE weeks ago and they previously verified my insurance 2) they submitted a claim for that visit and it was accepted/paid by my insurance. I can't wait to be on Medicare.
Unfortunately, the IRS online account (for individuals and tax pros) has been down all day today. Grrr.
NYT and others are on it. The Washington Post however, not so much.
Me in Greece in the yard/field, gnats in my face, worms down boots, squishing through piles of decomposing grass and mulch/pruning, eating bits of sandwich with dirty hands...nature. Cool.
Me in New York City when there is a tiny bug in the apartment...WHAT THE HECK I CAN'T LIVE LIKE THIS.
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I used to do MRI calibration type studies as a graduate students. They pay me $10 an hour to lay in the MRI. My record without coming out of the machine was about 6.5 hours. I just took a long long nap and tried not to think without having to pee.
I wonder what Guinness tasted like before they changed the recipe? It's weird to imagine it was a different beer earlier in my lifetime. It seems like it should have been like this current iteration for forever.
No one Takeis you seriously anymore, George. ;)
Long signatures and disclaimers in emails is a major source of inefficiency in my job (and especially when I was in medicine). One hospital's required sig was almost 30 lines of text. It was so easy to miss critical information in an email chain, and even harder to search/review past conversations.
It helps (me) to read that post as if was written sarcastically.
Google tells me the concept started in Hungary? Also, here's a video from the greek parent company pitching to franchisee food trucks. I'm not sure if that frosting/chocolate combo is amazing or gross but I think it's both, at the same time. www.youtube.com/shorts/1I4Ta...
Dough is rolled out in strips and then wrapped around a wooden core, covered in sugar or other topping, and then grilled/cooked. After that, one can request from a dozen toppings.
And don't go to a Greek church food festival if the sight of people waving the flag of their ancestors and likely existing family members bothers you! 😱
It's not everyday you discover a brand new street food! This was in Greece yesterday, but apparently it's a hungarian-based food/dessert?
This guy crawled up on our sliding glass door to molt. It was amazing to watch. 5 hours or so from nymph to a brown cicada that flew away.
Even stray cats that normally fight will get along if they each have their own bowl!
Well, you can use crypto to pay someone halfway around the world. Oh but wait, you can use a wire transfer from your checking account for that. So perhaps having some crypto will save you a $10 to $40 wire transfer fee. 😁
It is indeed true that some crypto has increased dramatically in value. It is also true that beanie babies made some people a fortune because they also went up in value dramatically. However, neither Bitcoin nor beanie babies have much inherent worth.
I worked in South Dakota and someone move to me cause they didn't want to be treated by that [racist explitive]. I responded it was a shame, because the previous treatment and advice provided was perfect, and that I would need to solicit that other physician's advice to help continue their care.
Treasuries ARE "safe" assets (barring US default). BUT, the value (particularly "long-term" treasuries) can fluctuate dramatically with changes in interest rates. So if banks bet incorrectly on rate predictions, the value of their holdings can go down, a lot. Result? Increased chance of failure.
Thanks! In all my previous attempts, I struggle to break 100. I got lucky, um, I mean, it was ALL SKILL!!, ha ha. Anyway, I figured posting about a bowling score better than posting about politics, or the tax clients I extended (their fault) who think they can ignore their taxes until Oct 14th. Grr.
That's the same outfit I wore!