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by antr 11y ago
You might want to explain the USA's addiction to prescription drugs, and how your conclusion is hence, well, misguided https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachm...
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by antr 11y ago
Refute? Easy. The US has an unhealthy addiction to prescription drugs: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachm...
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by antr 11y ago
Don't confuse the pharmaceutical industry with any healthcare system. The quality and cost of hospitals, doctors, nurses, etc, in the RoW has nothing to do with how much Americans pay for drugs.
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Eric Schmidt-backed startup working to elect Hillary Clinton(qz.com)
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How a small streaming site became the Netflix for indie film(theverge.com)
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How a small streaming site became the Netflix for indie film(theverge.com)
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Study: Some car models consuming around 50% more fuel than official results(transportenvironment.org)
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Axel Springer Buys 88% of Business Insider for $343M(bloomberg.com)
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by antr 11y ago
Back in May I went to Barcelona with a friend. We booked the apartment with Airbnb. Among other issues (the address Airbnb gave us was wrong, and had to wonder the streets for a couple of hours with no response from the host, then the host
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Tesla opens European factory for Model S(autoexpress.co.uk)
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by antr 11y ago
Silicon Valley is a car-centric urban area, and this Google initiative strikes a cord with this talk "The Importance of Designing Streets Instead of Engineering Them", well worth watching: http://www.architecture.io&#x2
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by antr 11y ago
Bye bye Web Summit... after unsubscribing from your email list several times I get sent your emails time and time again, and your affiliate events, and your newsless announcements, etc. Thank you Google.
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by antr 11y ago
Sure, I did see the link to the data you provided. Unfortunately that doesn't provide the entire picture, lets not be naïve about it. US healthcare cost is not "expensive" because it is private. Some of the main reasons why i
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by antr 11y ago
From experience, yes. That's my understanding. I have worked on several transportation infrastructure projects, and now work in energy, and government-led projects (local, regional, national) tend to be more expensive (even if we inclu
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by antr 11y ago
When you say "cheaper" you mean to partialy subsidised services. I'm refering to tollroads, train networks, healthcare, pensions, etc. What you "pay" is not the real cost, but paid for in good part by the Government
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by antr 11y ago
I hope this clarifies my comment https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10251846
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by antr 11y ago
I don't think you understood my comment. "Socialised healthcare" is a system where a public institution puts capital to take care of a patient by using private-made products and services. i.e. the needles, IT systems, ambulan
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by antr 11y ago
I agree, a healthcare system, the question is at what cost per patient/treatment. The healthcare system, is a system, not an industry per se. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for public healthcare... but the comment feels like a k
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by antr 11y ago
I want my goverment helping people avoid health issues, rather than subsidising costs that could have been prevented. I've yet to see any one industry that has been nationalised and is performing better (in every sense) than the privat
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Can the Mittelstand Fend Off U.S. Software Giants?(bloomberg.com)
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UK hands down first ever conviction for illegal drone flying(arstechnica.com)
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YouTube stars like Smosh ride loyal fan base to film success(ft.com)
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Hewlett-Packard to Cut Up to 30,000 More Jobs in Restructuring(bloomberg.com)
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Blockchain initiative backed by nine large investment banks(ft.com)
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Swiss Watchmakers Turn Pessimistic as Smartwatch Risk Looms(bloomberg.com)
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Aurous: Free Music, Whenever, Wherever(aurous.me)
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Welcome to Project Soli [video](youtube.com)
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I hope these kids get a merit star from their teacher
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U.S., tech industry fight over email privacy heads to appeals court(reuters.com)
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by antr 11y ago
I thought that a cot death meant that this remained unexplained. Now a baby monitor reduces cot deaths? I'm really interested to read about that claim.

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