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by bbddg 9y ago
Okay, maybe I should have said "access to medical treatment shouldn't be decided by ability to pay".
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by bbddg 9y ago
I think you need a citation for that last point. This is the exact logic that got us the 2008 crash.
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by bbddg 9y ago
I think there's plenty of room for innovation but we should start from the principal that everyone gets full access to medical treatment regardless of their ability to pay.
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by bbddg 9y ago
No I would argue for a single payer system like Medicare for All.
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by bbddg 9y ago
I'd call this liberal-communism. We just have to put our trust in benevolent billionaires to solve our problems for us with no oversight or democratic controls whatsoever. The idea that this is anything but an attempt to squeeze even m
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by bbddg 9y ago
I think for most insurers it's more profitable to provide less service and preventative care for two specific reasons. One, once a person is 65 they are covered by Medicare and are the government's problem. Two, if someone under 6
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by bbddg 9y ago
You think the laws of physics don't apply to software engineering?
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by bbddg 9y ago
Yes, that is another way to interpret those facts. It's just terrifyingly arrogant and irresponsible.
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by bbddg 10y ago
This is a horrible thing for privacy but would information collected this way even be admissible in court? They could use it to inform investigations but I think they would have a very hard time trying to use this information to prosecute.
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by bbddg 10y ago
> Citation? I can't imagine they would use little or none unless they were farming something specific, like rice, which can grow under water or if it's grown indoors. I don't really have a source for that more than anecdot
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by bbddg 10y ago
Interesting link, I'm admittedly not that educated on this. However, not all organic farms use more pesticides. Some hardly use any pesticides at all. What is the most sustainable and ecologically friendly way to get food then? Local f
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by bbddg 10y ago
I try to almost exclusively eat organic products. It's not really about the taste or even much about my own health. The real benefit is to the environment where the plants are grown. The overuse of herbicides, pesticides, and antibioti
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by bbddg 10y ago
I've always wanted an e-reader that could do comics in full color. Kinda niche I guess.
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by bbddg 13y ago
I think we'll eventually get to that point as well. We might even need some form of base salary for everyone. But until we get to that point I think we're gonna see a transition to more creative work. Design, art, music, movies, e
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by bbddg 14y ago
YouTube will only show ads for videos that either use copyrighted content in some way (usually music) or are videos by a YouTube partner and they have a deal with Google to split ad revenue for the video. This video would never have ads on