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I get the snark on the technical merits, but saying that Four Thieves is just a joke is sort of like saying that Luigi Mangione is just a murderer. The reason t
by 0xcde4c3db 2y ago
I get the snark on the technical merits, but saying that Four Thieves is just a joke is sort of like saying that Luigi Mangione is just a murderer. The reason that they have such notoriety is that countless people are deeply disappointed and frustrated by the state of the systems that they're lashing out against. It's arguably a cousin to the Silicon Valley "disruption" mindset: playing by the rules has only made things stagnant (if not worse), so the new heroes are the ones who make their own rules.
- tptacek 2y agoLuigi Mangione is just a murderer.
- gsf_emergency 2y agoHey.. can you back that up with data, like this one?: https://www.macpac.gov/publication/national-health-expenditu https://www.macpac.gov/publication/national-health-expenditu... That suggested, I looked at the table and could not plainly see the problem. Would imagine that time series presented like with an analog of Tim Morgan's Energy cost of Energy for energy markets might help..
- tptacek 2y agoThat table shows insurers incurring roughly 1/9th the costs of providers, which seems plain enough.
- gsf_emergency 2y agoWpuld nobody pleaase think of the slopen!