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by 3143 14y ago
1. All other factors being equal, insurance companies with more accurate statistical models will do better. 2.. Because many employees would choose to not work for such an employer, and this negative impact would outweigh the potential bene
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by 3143 14y ago
You're dismayed that some people believe the unhealthiest of the population ought to pay the largest share of healthcare costs? Maybe you disagree, but "dismayed" seems very harsh.
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by 3143 14y ago
That's just as bad. The problem is in the word "lowest," because it is understood to mean "the one lowest".
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Is One Company About to Lock Up the Electronic Medical Records Market?(theatlantic.com)
3 points by 3143 14y ago|1 comments
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by 3143 14y ago
Really? They always seemed quite incompetent to me. Upgrades frequently took 3 to 4 times as long as planned. Unscheduled downtimes happened at least once a week. Matchmaking took forever even when servers were busy, and when asked about it
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by 3143 14y ago
Yes, this is an act of war. So what? Is Iran going to declare war on the US?
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by 3143 14y ago
Actually, nobody will notice, because Chinese don't use google in the first place.
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by 3143 14y ago
The whole point of voting is that higher-rated comments are brought to the top of the page, making them more visible. Most people don't read every comment.
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by 3143 14y ago
Or you might get a health plan that you're perfectly satisfied with, as many people do, and not think about it very much.
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by 3143 14y ago
What was stopping the guy from skipping his boss and talking to the higher-ups himself? He could probably prove his boss right by taking his boss' job.
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by 3143 14y ago
Yes, it's weird, but that's not Apple's fault, it's a reflection of the society we live in.
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by 3143 15y ago
It's not. Babarock said that living in your convictions is itself admirable. But I disagree - if your convictions are bad, living by them is bad too.
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by 3143 15y ago
It's only admirable if you agree with those convictions. Otherwise you have to end up admiring people like the Westboro Baptists and the KKK.
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by 3143 15y ago
If the freedom you are most concerned about losing is the freedom to lead other people into believing they are your friends when you really don't care about them, you might be a sociopath.
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by 3143 15y ago
Hitting on the woman you pass by on the street won't get you in trouble for sexual harassment.
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by 3143 15y ago
Why would you want that person to be able to avoid going to jail just because he was smart enough to use encryption?