Nrsolis

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by Nrsolis 10y ago
The Sony A7S Mk II can do an effective ISO close to 4096000. http://www.kenrockwell.com/sony/a7s-ii.htm EDIT: fixed the actual ISO.
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by Nrsolis 10y ago
I would argue that if you compared the risk profiles of fossil fuels vs nuclear power you'd come to the conclusion that nuclear has and continues to have, by a wide margin, the safest profile of ANY energy source except maybe wind and
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by Nrsolis 10y ago
I've got news for you if you expect guarantees about every possible risk you might face in life: We've had not one but several nuclear disasters in the past several decades and in each case the sky hasn't come crashing down.
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by Nrsolis 10y ago
I think you have a different definition of the word "emit" than I do. Nuclear waste is stable, does not migrate when handled properly in containment pools, and can be reprocessed if required. All existing spent nuclear fuel in th
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by Nrsolis 10y ago
Uh, no. I think I was very clear that I blame management for incompetence. They didn't manage their way out of it and cut REALLY BAD DEALS with the unions. And believe me, I think the unions share some of the blame here. They negoti
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by Nrsolis 10y ago
I wholeheartedly disagree. Let me tell you something you might be unfamiliar with: companies that cannot manage their affairs properly will end up in bankruptcy. They will owe more to those who provide it with goods and services than they
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by Nrsolis 10y ago
I live in America. I work in NYC. The unions here are a significant problem. Unions in NYC are a protection racket. They don't do crap for worker safety or fair workplace rules. They are a front for legal extortion and add complexi
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by Nrsolis 10y ago
I guess that depends on what neighborhood you live in doesn't it? Try and suggest that ownership and operation of a vehicle is a Constitutional right and see how far you get with that. Want to change the Bill of Rights and get rid of t
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by Nrsolis 10y ago
Try and suggest to people over the age of 70 that they need to take more frequent drivers tests or get certified by their doctor to safely operate a vehicle. You'll learn quickly that cognitive dissonance is a real thing.
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by Nrsolis 10y ago
This process has been abused by anti-gun localities to strip people of their gun collections for the most MINOR of prescription drug use. http://reason.com/blog/2013/04/11/take-xanax-lose-your-guns
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by Nrsolis 10y ago
Yeah. Not so much. http://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1357935#p1941...
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How to Negotiate a Salary(moneyish.com)
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by Nrsolis 10y ago
What contradiction? The guy is guilty. He knows he doesn't stand a chance in court. This guy is looking at several life sentences for his crimes. So this guy can get the fairest trial of all time and STILL go to prison forever. A t
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by Nrsolis 10y ago
Technicality? This guy ferried gigabytes of secrets out of a secure installation, fled to a foreign country and was likely protected by one or two hostile foreign intelligence services, and then made a movie where he admitted the whole thin
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by Nrsolis 10y ago
Protect him against prosecution? He's admitted that he committed the crime and then he fled first to Hong Kong and ultimately to Russia. I'm not convinced this guy is as innocent (or much of a whistleblower) as everyone seems to b
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by Nrsolis 10y ago
I'm not arguing for one side or the other. I'm telling you how it works in practice . Complain all you like. Our Constitution spells out in very clear terms that blacks are to be considered 3/5th of a white man for the pur
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by Nrsolis 10y ago
It doesn't conflict with the Constitution and this is a common misunderstanding by laymen about how the law works in the USA. "Case Law" vs "Statutory Law" is the name of the game here. To not beat a dead horse: eve
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by Nrsolis 10y ago
Interesting that you should bring up Medicare. I'd encourage you to read pages 23-28 of the following paper from the Mercatus Center. You'll find that prices for Medicare reimbursement are set by a committee largely stacked by th
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by Nrsolis 10y ago
I'm for aligning incentives. Quality of care is a good direction but doesn't go far enough. We need to get real price transparency into the market so people understand what it costs to treat lung cancer and what the probabilities
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by Nrsolis 10y ago
I think you misunderstand my question. In a perfect world, you'd keep 100% of the premiums and never pay a cent to a healthcare provider because everyone is healthy, right? In a terrible world, every single one of your insured has a ch
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by Nrsolis 10y ago
And FYI: I campaigned for BHO in 2008 primarily on his platform promise to reform healthcare. I helped get him elected. I wanted reform. I wanted better outcomes. I wanted people to participate. Consider me disillusioned.
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by Nrsolis 10y ago
Noooooo. The cost curve was NOT bent downward and if you can show me any evidence it was I'll certainly change my opinion. What did happen was that a whole lot of people suddenly became the beneficiaries of a brand new government welf
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by Nrsolis 10y ago
In that scenario, are your interests served more by spending via medicare increasing or going down? If your incentive is to maximize the absolute amount of actual profit you earn and the ONLY way you can do that is to push more money toward
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by Nrsolis 10y ago
OF COURSE their lives have value. This isn't a moral argument. I'm not arguing that we should NOT provide universal coverage to everyone. What I'm arguing is that the ACA, as written, has established a non-sustainable model
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by Nrsolis 10y ago
Guess what, you can't just "form a C corp" and go from there. The rules specifically exclude that kind of structure. Look, it all looks great but when you REALLY DIG down into the rules, what you see is a recipe for disaster
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by Nrsolis 10y ago
I think you should post some links to relevant sections of the ACA and show me where they take specific actions to drive down costs. I will tell you that I've seen scant evidence that it's working. A wishlist of initiatives isn&#x
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by Nrsolis 10y ago
Well, you're still an employee right? You're not the guy actually footing the majority of the bill, so it doesn't really matter as much to you, right? BUT, if you own a small tire shop and some guy just tripled your healthcar
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by Nrsolis 10y ago
I'd offer you the opportunity to do your own research into the subject if you'd like to investigate the implementation of ACA in NY state: https://nystateofhealth.ny.gov/ Let's start with how much money you n
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I think the core argument is that it wasn't working and isn't working any better now but costs everyone a BUNCH MORE. Regulatory capture and conflict of interest made it impossible for government (itself the largest payer for heal
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by Nrsolis 10y ago
I think you've answered a question you'd like to answer instead of one you don't: WHY is healthcare in this country SO EXPENSIVE? The way to make care available is to drive down costs. We haven't done a single thing wit

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