ahodges22 (u/ahodges22)

ahodges22 commented on Estonia is running its country like a tech company qz.com/1535549/living-on-... · Posted by u/lev272

jaydenseric · 6 years ago

America is very backwards in tech for daily life. About 2 years ago I was blown away when I arrived at the San Francisco airport and had to buy a train card with a Visa card; the customer service guy got flustered and pulled an old carbon paper swiper thing out from under the desk, and asked for my signature. In Australia it's all wireless payWave or PayPass. My Chinese GF uses her phone to pay for things and considers me old fashioned for using a card.

ahodges22 · 6 years ago

Umm when did you go to San Francisco? They've had BART ticket vending machines there that take credit cards for as long as I can remember.

ahodges22 commented on Ask HN: Is “new” Reddit completely unusable for anyone else? · Posted by u/aosaigh

jedmeyers · 6 years ago

Why aren’t you using old.reddit when you are signed in?

ahodges22 · 6 years ago

You can actually set it in your account settings to default to the old design without needing to go to old.reddit.com

ahodges22 commented on Woman says her son couldn't afford his insulin – now he's dead cbsnews.com/news/mother-f... · Posted by u/methodover

helsinki · 7 years ago

I had this problem during six months of self-employment. I found that the cheapest way to get good insulin (Novolog) is to fly to Bangkok / Chiang Mai and hit up all the pharmacies until you have a year's supply. If you're not unlucky, you shouldn't have a problem at the airports.

I think it cost ~$25-35 USD for several pen cartridges of Novolog.

ahodges22 · 7 years ago

You don't even need to go that far for cheap insulin. I'm a type 1 diabetic in Seattle, and I've gone to Canada a few times for ~$25-$30/vial USD of Humalog (Novolog is also available) insulin. It's over the counter there, and I've never had an issue with US customs bringing up to a year supply back home.