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Thanks Alphaville. I do prepaid right now but to move the SIM card I assumed I needed another unlocked phone. I also have to swap out/switch the SIMs whenever I cross to the US or travel anywhere else (not that I'll be doing any border crossing anytime soon). But I've fallen greatly behind on phone ...

Any recommendations for reasonably priced unlocked Android phones available in Canada? I have been getting by with a very cheap (C$40) and now quite old unlocked phone (Blu Advance 4.0) that I usually only have talk/text minutes on. It has some apps on it that I can use with wifi but very few are su...

Become a community tutor on italki. No certification required. My experience as a student with French, German, and Spanish community tutors is that some are absolutely awful but still get lots of bookings anyway if they're cheap. The really good community tutors get very popular quickly, raise their...

How long until we have attacks on Asian people in Western countries? Verbal and physical assaults have been increasing in Vancouver (Canada) for months. https://globalnews.ca/news/6859065/suspect-id-hate-crime-assault-vancouver/ https://bc.ctvnews.ca/young-indigenous-woman-says-a-sneeze-sparked-a-r...

Germany's fatality rate of 0.3% is amazingly low compared to other countries (https://www.covid-19canada.com/) and they have one of the highest numbers of confirmed cases. Have they just gotten lucky because so far people are skewing younger? Or is it because they are doing some things right: more t...

A local comp sys grad has created a tracking site that does seem only Canada-focused at first, but he does provide global statistics as well in map and table form if you scroll about a third of the way down.

https://www.covid-19canada.com/

Thanks @DreamOfFreedom et als.

Your logic and math are interfering with my overwhelming need to panic though.

I live in Vancouver and there continue to be multiple fights a day arriving from China and Hong Kong and our province is still only at 4 confirmed cases. Can anyone explain to my non-scientific mind how this can be? I'm assuming it's because people are simply dealing with their flu symptoms and not ...

After clearing the hurdles Jacob brought up, social security and medicare taxes would also be a major drawback for a relocation under 10 years. You have to contribute a minimum of 10 years over your working lifetime to benefit from social security and medicare. Under 10 years, you contribute a lot ...

Something to keep in mind is that you can fly with frozen liquids in your carry on. They have to be 100% frozen solid. I just did this recently with freezer packs, but I've also frozen actual food like soup, peanut butter, etc. and flown with them in my carry on. Of course this only works if you hav...

This reads like a textbook confidence scam to me.

I hope it's not, but please be cautious. Being "very lonely" has perhaps dulled your spidey senses.

@Freedom_2018 Croatia will (unfortunately for long-term European travelers...) most likely be in the Schengen Area next year. Also don't forgot Ireland, Moldova, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the Ukraine as non-Schengen countries in which to stay. All allow 90-day stays for Americans and C...

@BPA
Thank you so much for all the information. This is great stuff!

I'm planning to be in the Maritimes in early September so will definitely ping you closer to the date.

@BPA How are you finding it living on PEI, coming from what I assume was in or around a big city? I've been pondering a move to the Maritimes and am curious how it's working out for you wrt things like grocery prices and selection, medical care, island fever (I know there's been a bridge for a coupl...

I work from home 100% as a technical writer. I am in the latter part of accumulation. I started out 100% in the office. I made myself a valuable member of the team, proved myself to be trustworthy, and gradually started working from home more and more. I've done this at a number of similar jobs, inc...

Day-to-day for a software tech writer depends at the very least on the company (start-up to established), the product (vaporware to mature), the size of the tech writing team, the skills of the other writers on that team, and your own skills. Location also matters (presumably because of the quality ...

I work as a technical writer. I can give you advice about landing your first junior writing position, but it sounds to me like you're trying to jump right into (higher level) contract opportunities? I'm just assuming this based on the excerpts you provided and your questions. I imagine that would be...

@sl-owl-orris, Thank you for posting that information. I did try FODMAP for a couple of months and did not get any results from it. I asked the gastroenterologist I saw last year about SIBO and parasites and low acid and other possibilities and he could not have been less interested. He was a locum ...

Thanks Douglas. I was vegan for 10 years (and was when this started). It is not the magical solution for me that it can be for others. (And yes, I was a whole-foods vegan, not an Oreos and fake hot dogs vegan. :) ) Hi finity. Thank you for sharing that information. I started on on a low-carb diet ar...

Riggerjack, Thanks for your response. I have done all of the things that you mention and there is nothing more that I can get from the traditional medical system here (it's been about 18 months). That's why I was contemplating a functional medicine doctor. It was the logical next step where some peo...