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by bko 10mo ago
Can you name someone that is a long-term non-political person that is making these decisions? I have trouble believing empowering people who have no risk of losing their job and no one knows they exist is the best model for making decisions
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by bko 10mo ago
Okay, you have no bargaining decision when you have N providers, so we should get rid of all providers with a single provider because only then you'll be in better bargaining position. And now your death will have a meaningful change t
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by bko 10mo ago
Because if something sucks, someone comes up with something better and sells it for a profit. This is the history of pretty much every other good or service that is not heavily influenced by regulation and artificial barriers to entry
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by bko 10mo ago
> The general public doesn’t have enough information to make informed decisions when it comes to healthcare. This alone completely removes the usual market forces from providing any benefit when it comes to healthcare. Why is it always &
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by bko 10mo ago
There's a benefit to having a service tied to the individual receiving the service. For starters it put price pressure and competition on providing the service. When someone else is paying for something you don't have a signal of
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by bko 10mo ago
Exactly. This is such a silly argument. The article takes the argument "if a lot of jobs disappeared since they are now done effectively for free, what about tax revenue??" It really misses the forrest from the trees. You're
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by bko 10mo ago
What does this have to do with the parent's comment? Okay it's not 100% my device my content, so I shouldn't be allowed to run a local AI against the text?
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My GPT-5.2 Review: Impressive, but Too Slow(shumer.dev)
3 points by bko 10mo ago|1 comments
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by bko 10mo ago
Why is this a problem with Disney? Who cares? Online trolls make inappropriate videos with characters. Rule 34: If it exists, there is porn of it. It's so exhausting that companies are overly cautious about everything and let a tiny ni
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by bko 10mo ago
Maybe it's just me, but I want people that are reasonably competent and you can work with. Maybe there are some jobs that require deep understanding of maths/proofs etc, but those are what, maybe 1 in 100 engineering jobs? More of
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SpaceX in Talks for Share Sale That Would Boost Valuation to $800B(wsj.com)
46 points by bko 11mo ago|127 comments
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by bko 11mo ago
Why is this a negative for consumers? Doesn't everyone complain how they have to subscribe to 5 different streaming services, and plenty of people have to pay for a service just to enjoy one or two series? I don't think consolidat
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by bko 11mo ago
Job training is a lot more than learning how to use equipment. It's about showing up on time, dealing with coworkers and being a productive member of a team. That's best learned on the job and is a big reason people don't li
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by bko 11mo ago
There are profit margins on inference from what I understand. However the hefty training costs obviously make it a money losing operation.
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by bko 11mo ago
Then it's covered by the government and cost is more or less ignored. It still costs something but now there is no or little visibility as to how much it costs which is obviously bad for incentives and general governance
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by bko 11mo ago
I'm skeptical of these descriptions. Usually it's something like kids that sign up for free lunch or some survey. You should look at something objective like underweight or households without heat.
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by bko 11mo ago
I don't get your comparison to VC model. Sure it's temping to sell $10 for $5 and many VCs fund this business for a while. But the difference is there isn't an infinite backstop. It's not really new or innovative to give
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by bko 11mo ago
Wouldn't the more reasonable argument be "The economy is failing. Keep the kids gooning to distract them"
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by bko 11mo ago
I generally agree that social media regulation is the medium where political censorship is being pushed. I disagree that measures regulating Meta or TikTok are not popular on this platform. This is a regulation that, at least in theory, wou
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by bko 11mo ago
They already do this with social media regulations. This is the venue, not these adult content filters. The UK already arrests 33 people PER DAY for social media posts and that was in 2023. If we're going to throw people in jail for po
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by bko 11mo ago
Well considering you can go to prison in Germany for posting a meme on social media, that ship has already sailed. This has been a thing for a while. The only difference with this is this gives some parents control over what they allow thei
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by bko 11mo ago
I find it interesting how these kinds of measures are incredibly unpopular on HN and other online platforms. But if there was some regulation about social media algorithms, short form content, age restriction for social media and other mand
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by bko 11mo ago
How does GIMP compare to Photopea. On occasion I open a file in GIMP by accident and end up waiting 20m for it to load and am almost always disappointed. Meanwhile Photopea always just works super fast and supports a lot more. What the hell
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Norway's Wealth Tax Unchains a Capital Exodus(citizenx.com)
47 points by bko 11mo ago|82 comments
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by bko 11mo ago
So we shouldn't allow people to "profit" off saving our lives? Maybe we should ban for profit surgeons. Seems unfair, morally, that someone is profiting and living in a nice house and has a nice car from saving my life.
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by bko 11mo ago
300 employees, let's say average salary of 300k? $90m in employee expenses so that's neglible. Prob burning through 200% of revenue which I've seen elsewhere. But they also probably spend a fair amount training their own mode
567.
by bko 11mo ago
Sure, it's pretty easy to argue. The profit margin on health care providers is not that high. The median hospital operating margin in the US is 7%, despite 37% of hospitals operating in the red. Even if you assume profit is completely
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by bko 11mo ago
I think comparison shopping works great, even with health related things. When you pay out of pocket, like for Lasik or cosmetic surgery, it works. And most medical expenses are non-emergency. There exists asymmetry in all markets. I don&#x
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by bko 11mo ago
Correct, it's a meme.
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by bko 11mo ago
No one is talking about moral weight. You keep bringing morality into it. A lot of people want a lot of money (for their family, personal or vanity purposes) Some people accumulate a lot of wealth in their lifetime. We can look to those peo

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