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by Digory 7y ago
The median physician salary is $217,000, and the average family doctor oversees a panel of 2,300 people, who see him or her about 20 minutes, two or three times a year. There is not a sustainable system where workers pay taxes sufficient to
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by Digory 7y ago
FWIW, What you described as your personal experience doesn’t strike me as all that abusive. If my (non Mormon) pastor was told someone was violating title IX (sex assault), I’d expect them to report to various other authorities. Mandatory
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by Digory 8y ago
Has anyone tried to build conversation into RSS? An RSS item that is related or responsive to another RSS item? (Or is that what Mastodon is trying to do?)
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by Digory 8y ago
COL is a little better, but far closer than people think. Real Estate prices in the best areas of Beijing can easily top $1,000 a sq. foot to buy an apartment (though there may be an inversion in rent). Comparable cars are more expensive.
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by Digory 8y ago
I hope you have a long and healthy future. But if the staffing work is draining to you, how will this free you for "work that matters?" It seems like the changes you're proposing are (1) cutting your own spending, and (2) pub
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by Digory 8y ago
Centralized planning has all the same weaknesses it always did. It's a problem of distributed analysis, not a lack of data points. Italy was something of model for alleged central planning efficiency in the last century. Now it's
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by Digory 8y ago
I suppose the IRS doesn't prosecute some of the tax fraud, because it might be difficult to prove a quid pro quo or the value of an admission. Sometimes, alumni give to their alma mater for charitable reasons! And some USC grads do bet
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by Digory 8y ago
Some religions are about secrets, not persuasion. Mithraism was a popular underground (literally) religion among the Roman army. And the Hebrews weren’t about letting people traipse through the holy of holies. I agree that religion is proba
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by Digory 8y ago
It's disguised as "inventory." Slightly more defensible than "buy a set of knives to get a job," but not much.
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by Digory 8y ago
I remember this being part of the pitch of Avon -- you're already buying laundry soap, why not build a business? Of course, at the bottom of the pyramid, you'd buy overpriced soap to keep up your minimums.
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by Digory 8y ago
My impression is that McDonalds' margins are shrinking, forcing franchisee consolidation. Where margins are still fat, you'll find more one-off franchises. Chick-Fil-A, for example, used to limit "Operators" to one stor
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by Digory 8y ago
> fraud Blue Origin yanked a super bowl ad after it was disclosed Sanchez was involved in its production team (presumably she was not free, and the ad certainly wasn’t.) It was then shifted to Washington Post at the last minute, with a s
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by Digory 8y ago
Imagine WeChat as a default Reddit login or client. It’s the cheapest user base that could rival Facebook or google to kick off a global payment platform. And give China an unprecedented peek into educated Americans’ porn preferences, to
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by Digory 8y ago
Jeff was using company money and contracts to keep his mistress happy. The pictures keep that in the spotlight. And despite the letter, does anyone think he isn’t spending a big chunk of time on this? Most Fortune 500 CEOs would be gone or
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by Digory 8y ago
All large law firms have general knowledge about it. There's an active market targeting lawyers with "secure communication solutions." But clients hate secure messaging, unless they're in a job that pays them to care ab
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by Digory 8y ago
"happily prevent gay marriage by force or much worse." This seems to neatly capture the problem. If you can paint the other side as irrational, it excuses almost any pre-emptive bad behavior. Believing something is wrong does not
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by Digory 8y ago
I signed up a few weeks ago. It worked for about a week, until I tried to sign in on a desktop. I think some number of non-China mobile numbers need verification out of the box. And they've banned most VOIP/Virtual numbers from si
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by Digory 8y ago
A comment on one episode of Hoarders stuck with me: "I'm saving all this for my grandkids." It was a mangled way of protecting him from death and the indifference of future generations. But all it takes is a visit to a local
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by Digory 8y ago
I'm surprised this isn't higher. Unlimited pictures are included with Prime; I pay a little more for 1TB of video storage. It's the cheapest way to store our 15 years of stuff. The app reliably uploads all my wife's phot
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by Digory 8y ago
People firmly believe competition will control prices. But people also firmly believe they don't want price discrimination once they're on fixed incomes, and want government to take whatever steps are necessary to pay for that. He
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by Digory 8y ago
Counterpoint: there’s not much to like about these[0] pine or balsam incense sticks, unless you like the smell of woodsmoke. And as far as I can tell, this particular brand has been selling for nearly 90 years. A few times now, I’ve bought
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by Digory 8y ago
Can! But judges and the government can take steps to limit or torpedo recovery by less virtuous (or disfavored) whistleblowers.
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by Digory 8y ago
Having represented whistleblowers, though, I can say it's difficult to find any pure cases. There's almost always something to crticize about the leaker's motive. The evil is often an order of magnitude of difference betwe
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by Digory 8y ago
Most people start by assuming you can trade with anyone willing to trade with you. Without more, you're not responsible for their use or misuse of the purchase. I have a hard time seeing SaaS services operating to make your team compl
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by Digory 8y ago
This has been the default position of every administration in my lifetime. If times are bad, we need stimulus. If times are good, we can spare the cash to goose the growth. Headline could be “Trump Agrees with Keynes: In the Long Run, We’
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by Digory 8y ago
Whatever awards can be won for impact, this campaign should win them. One of New York Magazine's "Toys to Buy Now Before They Sell Out" is an $80 unicorn that 'poops' glittery slime.[0] Obviously, an homage to the
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by Digory 8y ago
Farnam Street had an enjoyable interview with Barbara Coloroso recently.[0] But, as others have said, there are no magic bullets, and much of the advice in this area is about fads. Like romantic love, every 'rule' has an exception
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by Digory 8y ago
That's kind of interesting and evil. It's not a covenant not to compete (which must be reasonable, and would be unenforceable in some states). It's a covenant to keep secrets in a way that makes you less employable. If it hol
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by Digory 8y ago
> I can't file an EEOC complaint because I wasn't discriminated against. That's not quite true. I'd talk to a California employment law attorney, or a public interest law firm that might be interested in these facts.
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by Digory 8y ago
I think the US version of this discussion is usually about the extraordinary rise in SV, NYC and DC, even as the rest of the country shares low interest rates. True, prices will also fall when interest rates rise, but it’s been a generation

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