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by bdzr 4y ago
Programming does not have a 10x productivity impact by voice when using the appropriate tooling (albeit, with significant configuration), see for instance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxZUJE3mC9M .
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by bdzr 4y ago
I'm not who you're responding to, but I voice code for most of my SWE job. The technology that exists today is far better at editing existing code than writing code from scratch, making copilot and other boilerplate generators an
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by bdzr 4y ago
Copilot is a lifesaver, but Talon and Cursorless are quite good for voice based programming today.
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by bdzr 4y ago
> A good chunk of our health-care "system" is just a giant jobs program. Yes, and government systems are peak efficiency without the slightest semblance of a jobs program.
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by bdzr 4y ago
A significant portion is not. Clinical trials are unbelievably expensive, see https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/drugs-come-compreh... .
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by bdzr 4y ago
Sort of, the supply of physicians is artificially limited by the AMA - which dictates how many physicians there are. That keeps the cost of physicians nice and high.
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by bdzr 4y ago
> But it's also crazy that your access to healthcare is based on how the government prioritizes your need of it. So does every private insurer under the sun. You've never had insurance deny access to care? No insurer can afford
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by bdzr 4y ago
Network restrictions are dumb, but copays and deductibles serve a purpose. Healthcare isn't unlimited, and free services leads to long wait times because people don't reduce demand (e.g. going to the doctor for a stubbed toe). Cer
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by bdzr 5y ago
This series keeps pretending that restaurants are the only source of food. Restaurants aren't grocery stores. Restaurants are great, and they're a big part of our economy, but they're a luxury. Sorry your margins aren't
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by bdzr 5y ago
I think you're conflating "these tests cause harm" e.g. radiation and "the information gleaned from these tests could cause the patient to make poor decisions". Having a regulatory body make this value judgement for