Times are changing! Remember when it was easy to set up WiFi, but difficult to call your doctor and get an appointment?

Now my friends don't have trouble calling doctors, but can't set up port forwarding (not like any games require it anymore).

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kmoser 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

In the US, my experience is that it's more difficult than ever to get an appointment with a doctor.

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Fnoord 4 hours ago | parent [-]

Here in NL as well. I attribute it to population ageing (babyboom generation), but AFAIK that issue is much less severe in USA than other countries which suffered in WWII. China is going to have the issue severe due to the one child policy. That population is going to get reduced a lot (not taking into account migration).

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TFNA 4 hours ago | parent [-]

In my EU country, making an appointment got extra steps asking about one's mental state, namely depression or loneliness. One wonders if this age of social atomization, people (probably mostly those elderly) are making unnecessary appointments just to have someone to talk to.

	▲	kmoser 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		That may be part of it but my guess is that since patients tend not to proactively mention depression and loneliness to their doctor, the doctor's office wants to know in advance whether they should be referring you to a mental health specialist.

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ProllyInfamous an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

>can't set up port forwarding

After October 2026, nobody should be port-forwarding IMHO.

I am next to learn about the "tailscale options" of this new world.

Wish us all luck.

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kirth_gersen 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Local minecraft server definitely requires port forwarding at the router... as I've learned to my chagrin that Starlink doesn't support port forwarding... Goodbye self hosted minecraft. Did it for nearly a decade and cannot anymore.