Camas

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by Camas 7y ago
Similar recent thread "My first 15 compilers" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20408011
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by Camas 7y ago
Who is predicting a mass extinction event within our lifetimes? e: I'm aware of the Holocene extinction. And as far as I'm aware there are no credible predictions that Humans will share the same fate within our lifetimes, which th
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by Camas 7y ago
The US has a much larger population and is the largest economy in the world. It would be unusual if lobbying there wasn't much larger.
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by Camas 7y ago
If the other options are begging or stealing, as per the article, then yes?
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by Camas 7y ago
That some people might be worse off says nothing about the net effect.
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by Camas 7y ago
Corporations don't exist in a vacuum. Consumers have also benefited short-term from environmental costs being ignored. Either way, I care much more about fixing the problem than assigning blame.
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by Camas 7y ago
> that is, market failures - something this site would probably not call out but rather attribute it to the legislation. Socially shaming companies does very little compared to legislation, so that's completely understandable.
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Online identification is getting more and more intrusive(economist.com)
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by Camas 7y ago
Even if the checklist was responsible for all of the improvement in surgical outcomes that doesn't mean the other items don't have an affect anywhere else. And again, it's not hand-waving to suggest that the item that has the
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by Camas 7y ago
>It was, however, the only Patient Safety Essential that targeted surgical patients specifically during the interval studied. That's hardly hand-waving.
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by Camas 7y ago
They didn't just measure the difference and call it a day. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/bjs.11151