06/22 - Techie Thursday!

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If it's taking two months to get an appointment my first impression is to say get a different primary or go to a non-urgent free clinic, but I realize that some people do need urgent care because they don't have other options.

I'm sorry if the comment was offensive. It was directed at the shocking number of people who go in for extremely minor/non-urgent cases and then drive up costs and wait time for people who need help. Last year, when I was accompanying a friend with bad dehydration and food poisoning to urgent care, there were multiple people who just wanted pregnancy tests. Took 2 hours to get him fluids.
Had a friend who worked in the ER. He was amazed and stunned at how many people would fly their elderly parents in from other countries, and take them to the ER and demand every test be performed on them (no insurance of course). They were coached on what to say to get the test done.
 
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Title: VacationRentalAPI Qual Test: Find the address for these rental listings | PANDA
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Given a short-term home rental listing, find the address
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If it's taking two months to get an appointment my first impression is to say get a different primary or go to a non-urgent free clinic, but I realize that some people do need urgent care because they don't have other options.

I'm sorry if the comment was offensive. It was directed at the shocking number of people who go in for extremely minor/non-urgent cases and then drive up costs and wait time for people who need help. Last year, when I was accompanying a friend with bad dehydration and food poisoning to urgent care, there were multiple people who just wanted pregnancy tests. Took 2 hours to get him fluids.
My point is just that there are a lot of reasons people do things related to their own health that others aren't privy to and it seems rather unkind to judge them when we don't actually know what the reasons are.
 

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The only one I ever did was half the stated time, I think.

(Was that enough bait to get someone to do it?)
They had been on a good streak of doing $20+/hr HITs but they've been back to shitsville the last couple times.
 
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Title: Perform a task about perceptual decision-making and learning (60 minutes, $8) | PANDA
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