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  • Unless you were in BFE, there were options for getting Linux delivered in the mid 90s.

    I know I bought a Red hat 4 (not to be confused with RHEL) CD in the late 90s from some mail order thing.

    This was actually “fill out a form and mail it”. And they offered legit nearly every major distro. I think they even sold printed out copies of HOWTOs.

    But it was quite cheap. Iirc it wasn’t much more than postage and a small fee to cover time and materials.

    And I paid C.O.D.

    This wasn’t a secret…I think I found the site either from usenet or EFnet #linux… but it wasn’t like going to CompUSA.

    I also remember seeing Walnut Creek FreeBSD and Slackware CDs at a nearby flea market (Flea@MIT) around then, too. Probably also the computer fairs as well.









  • Generic GLP-1s in USA when?

    Wegovy Pill is still, I think, $150-$200 (for now) (with manufacturer coupon) per month.

    I started a week ago and I honestly feel like I will be saving at least $5-$7 per day off my food budget. So it’s affordable, albeit expensive.

    Still a ripoff that insurance companies aren’t paying for it. Between my contribution, my employers contribution, my Medicare tax, and my deductible, my family plan costs $50k per year. That’s roughly the per capita median income in my area. The whole industry is a damn scam.