Aviandelight

joined 2 years ago
[–] Aviandelight@mander.xyz 7 points 1 week ago

I love my Steam deck for this reason. I started out using it to replace my switch and now I'm easing my way into learning Linux.

[–] Aviandelight@mander.xyz 22 points 1 week ago

I watched that video and I was terrified. If a group of people stop my car and come at me with sledgehammers then I will assume they mean to do me bodily harm. That's what terrified me most about that video. It's only a matter of time before "ICE" starts straight up killing people.

[–] Aviandelight@mander.xyz 3 points 2 weeks ago

That is completely fair to want more info and I agree the article should have explained this. Here's the thing no CAP/CLIA certified lab would ever release screening results without a note directly on the results saying that said results are only for screening purposes. The key here is that screening tests will not hold up in court. It would be business suicide and against regulations to do otherwise. I do know from personal experience that LabCorp generally charges $70-$90 for a limited urine drug screen and that confirmation testing which should be reflexively run for all screening positives can run between $150-350ish range depending on the drug. We're talking that price per drug per confirmation test. So I'm fairly sure the prison was being a bunch of cheap bastards and ignored what Quest told them. The fact that Quest noticed the result trends in their reagents before the company producing the reagent did tells me that their on point with their QA/QC. If this was a major reagent provider like Abbott or Siemens then this issue would have been noticed country wide real quick, but I'm guessing that this was some sort of third party reagent for something more esoteric like oxycodone testing. But that's just a hunch on my part. I'm more pissed off that once again the lab is getting blamed for people doing whatever the fuck they want with testing results when the lab community does so much fucking work that's never seen or appreciated to keep people safe. Also pisses me off that screening testing is used to trap and incarcerate innocent people who don't know or understand that they're being fucked. Thanks for listening while I shake my pipette in fury at the sky here.

[–] Aviandelight@mander.xyz 13 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Once again here we have fucking screening tests used for legal reasons without confirmation testing being done. This is not the fault of Quest Diagnostics and completely the fault of the cheap ass prison system.

[–] Aviandelight@mander.xyz 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

So I actually experienced one of these on 64W between VA Beach and Richmond. It was amazing how everyone including myself just instinctively moved to the sides of the road. It's not a hard concept it just takes cooperation.

[–] Aviandelight@mander.xyz 35 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I'm American and I am in complete awe of Zelenakyy. Humanity gets so few people of his quality in a lifetime. He is truly inspirational.