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by bhelkey 2mo ago
At the start of this year, Waymo had a permit to test eight autonomous vehicles with a safety driver behind the wheel in NYC. The permit expired March 31st [1]. Waymo may no longer test autonomous driving (even with a safety driver) in NYC.
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by bhelkey 2mo ago
Why should drugs in America cost >2x the price of drugs in other countries?
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by bhelkey 2mo ago
Drug prices in the US are >2x the price as compared to other developed countries [1]. [1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK611301/
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by bhelkey 2mo ago
>> Gram for gram it's better to eat chicken than cheese for the climate. reply >IE a chicken filet is about the carbon impact of 8oz of milk. They said cheese not milk. Note that it takes more than 1 unit of milk to produce 1
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by bhelkey 2mo ago
> Americans wouldn't tolerate the trade-offs in the British healthcare system I do not believe this is true. Keep in mind that the UK has universal healthcare (NHS) but also has a private healthcare system. The private healthcare sy
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by bhelkey 2mo ago
I reject your argument. It is easier to see when comparing the cost of goods. It is not a fact of life that goods in the US cost 2x the price of equivalent goods in the UK. If I compare the prices of a PS5 in the US to a PS5 in the UK (excl
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by bhelkey 2mo ago
Again, healthcare in the US is dramatically more expensive than in other countries. This is true for publicly funded healthcare (e.g. Medicare) and privately funded healthcare. I already mentioned drug prices, another input in the cost of U
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by bhelkey 2mo ago
If your implication is that this is a private vs public spending problem, that's not it. Healthcare in the US (both private and public) costs dramatically more than in other developed countries. Why that is is a bit complicated and doe
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by bhelkey 2mo ago
The US spends $2 Trillion dollars on Medicare + Medicaid a year [1][2]. Given that the US has a population of 342.7 million people [3], those two trillion dollars divides out to $5800 per resident per year. The UK's universal healthcar
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by bhelkey 3mo ago
One thing I noticed is that I tended to accumulate a lot of trash in Japan. Connivence stores were plentiful and the food was tasty, but it was all wrapped in plastic. Where does all the trash go? More often than not, I ended up carrying tr
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by bhelkey 3mo ago
> Equally telling is the list of companies that did not sign it -- including Google, Amazon. Could you elaborate? I don't understand your implication. Amazon in particular hosts open weight models via Amazon Bedrock (e.g. Ministral
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by bhelkey 3mo ago
>> Codeberg was actively positioned as an indie almost drop-in Github alternative > What on earth are you talking about? No one, no less Codeberg themselves, would make up such fictitious comparison. Codeberg's getting started
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by bhelkey 3mo ago
> the problem is that it hurts legit people too. What hurts other people too?
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by bhelkey 3mo ago
> Distillation is impossible to stop Lots of things are impossible or very difficult to stop completely but measures can be taken to reduce their prevalence.
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by bhelkey 3mo ago
There is a brand of creatine manufactured in the US (con-cret) and a brand manufactured in Germany (Creapure). Either of those companies should address the concern around adulterated powder. > That's why I dropped creatine since I d
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by bhelkey 3mo ago
What continent is India in? What continent is Australia in?
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by bhelkey 3mo ago
I linked both prebuilt and do it yourself builds. Neither resulted in a comparable machine to the PS5 for $600. Again, I think you are missing how much the price of components has increased. 16GB of DDR5 alone costs approximately $200 [1].
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by bhelkey 3mo ago
> $600 could get you a beast of a machine Where can you get a new gaming "beast of a machine" for $600? In the past you could build a reasonable gaming machine for $600 but parts are drastically more expensive today. If you go
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by bhelkey 3mo ago
When buying a gaming console, I imagine folks think more about the upfront cost ($600 for PS5 vs $1,050 for steam machine) as opposed to the total cost of ownership. The steam machine may be cheaper in the long run once you consider: * Play
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by bhelkey 3mo ago
Because if they don't offer a used virtual marketplace, everyone has to buy new games directly from them. A used game market provides downwards pressure on new games.
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by bhelkey 4mo ago
The US spent $2 Trillion dollars on Medicare and Medicaid in 2024 [1][2]. If the US spent this money as efficiently as Japan (or UK [3], ...) it could pay for Healthcare for every single resident with this $2 Trillion dollars. [1] https:&#
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by bhelkey 4mo ago
If indeed the public is looking for dividends, why is Amazon, a company that has never paid a dividend, such a valuable company? Amazon has ~10 Billion outstanding shares and the current market price for one of those shares is ~$240. If fol
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by bhelkey 4mo ago
Fastfood apps typically offer deals to new customers. I suspect this is an attempt to prevent folks from spinning up many new accounts to get these deals.
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by bhelkey 4mo ago
McDonald's app (other other similar apps) offer discounts to ordering through their app. For example, McDonald's has a long running campaign, 99¢ for coffee. Any size, iced or hot.
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by bhelkey 4mo ago
I assume that is the typical Uber/Lyft prices. It would likely be a lot cheaper if another family member does drop off/pickup.
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by bhelkey 4mo ago
>Fable 5 and Mythos 5 are being offered at $10 per million input tokens and $50 per million output tokens From their pricing page, Opus 4.8 costs $5 per million input tokens and $25 per million output tokens [1]. [1] https://p
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by bhelkey 4mo ago
> it's illegal for merchants to discriminate against credit cards with high fees Do you have a source for this? Often times merchants don't accept American Express because it charges higher fees [1]. [1] https://www.
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by bhelkey 4mo ago
What I got from the linked review is: 1) Creatine is safe, "creatine supplementation is safe across a range of doses, durations, and populations according to human trials". 2) Stomach issues are a commonly reported side effect, &q
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by bhelkey 4mo ago
Stomach issues are a frequently reported side effect of Creatine Monohydrate [1]. The general school of thought behind the belief 'Creatine HCL is easier on the stomach" is: 1) HCL is much more water soluble and (likely) is more e
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by bhelkey 4mo ago
> Creatine mono-hydrate which mostly comes from China and "creapure", which is a patented formula known for its purity. Creapure sells Creatine Monohydrate not a proprietary form of creatine [1]. The higher end in creatine is C

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