Re: The price of oil

BeH <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:

> On 08.10.2022 16.30, Merlyne wrote:
>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:
>> 
>> 
>>>> I knew that. There is project at StatCan to look into creating some
>>>> sort of 'people registry' like the Scandahoovian countries have. 
>>>> It will probably never get off the ground mostly due to the
>>>> bullshit levels of bureaucracy that you have to go through to do
>>>> anything here.
>>>
>>> There are some legitimate privacy issues - including that this
>>> unique identifier is used in all kinds of context; health care,
>>> taxation and pensions, banks et.c.
>>> We have a Data Protection Agency to try and keep private data out of
>>> the hands of people who shouldn't have it. Incidentally they
>>> recently forbade a school district to use chromebooks because of
>>> privacy concerns vis a vis Google...
>> 
>> I was actually wondering how they planned on keep the information
>> up-to- date. They asked me for a dump from my database which is
>> always 2 years behind. Not helpful.
> 
> Every citizen will obviously be self-reporting any changes.

But the problem is they will be expected to do that (and 50% will) but 
the others won't.

> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'll try not to focus on that when I don't pay for
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> doctors or prescriptions or when it costs me $10 to get
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> my teeth cleaned.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> He-he. Silly 'merkins.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> But also: Dammit, I pay close to $100[1] for a teeth
>>>>>>>>>>>>> cleaning. And I'm supposed to have it done 4times/year
>>>>>>>>>>>>> because reasons. The previous government cut almost all
>>>>>>>>>>>>> subsidy for dental care, and the present one don't seem in
>>>>>>>>>>>>> a hurry to reverse that.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> BeH
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 1: Not actual dollars but the equivalent monetary value in
>>>>>>>>>>>>> the local currency.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> I looked on my last bill. It costs $210 and my insurance
>>>>>>>>>>>> covers 90%. If I had a spouse, the co-pay would cover the
>>>>>>>>>>>> rest.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> You should get one of them, then. I mean 20 bucks is 20
>>>>>>>>>>> bucks...
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Wanna help me write up a dating profile?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>       Trust me, you do not want my input for that... From what
>>>>>>>>>       I have
>>>>>>>>> learned from the internet, just don't add pictures of yourself
>>>>>>>>> holding a fish; or maybe that only applies to men.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> One of my friends uses online dating sites. She meets a lot of
>>>>>>>> guys I will politely refer to as 'undateable'.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It all seems weird to me. You *know* everybody is going to lie
>>>>>>> through their teeth on their profile which leaves just how they
>>>>>>> present themselves in pictures (fish or no fish) to decide
>>>>>>> possible compatibility...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'd wager the same people who lie in person like at a bar are the
>>>>>> same ones who lie on their dating profile. Maybe the 'catch of
>>>>>> the day' person has a great sense humour (or irony?). You never
>>>>>> know until you try something.
>>>>>
>>>>> Or maybe they smell of fish - you can't tell that from a picture.
>>>>>
>>>>> Also if someone tells you that they are an astronaut or a secret
>>>>> agent type they are almost certainly lying. In other cases it will
>>>>> be easier to evaluate their veracity face to face...
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> What a coincidence! I'm a secret agent too!
>>>
>>> I Don't believe you - so you don't have to kill me now.
>>>
>>>> And that fish smell? It's my new cologne --Fruit de Mer.
>>>
>>> Very -erm- catching...
>>>
>> 
>> See? It's working already.
> 
> It would work on a cat...
> 
Not my cat.