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by clavalle 13y ago
It is more like checkers. Limit the moves: Profit is capped. Now profit can only grow through growth in a market that is, by law, fully saturated. That means mergers. Once the field is winnowed down to a few players, government can cry &#
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by clavalle 13y ago
Wow. That is the best example of regulatory capture I've ever seen. I love the rationalization: "If there are too many hospitals many hospitals and doctors my recommend unnecessary hospitalization or overcharge existing patients
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by clavalle 13y ago
If they are required to do business with one another how do they negotiate a price?
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by clavalle 13y ago
This is going to precipitate one of two things: If hospitals get federal money for anything they will be required to accept insurance offered on the exchange that meet some minimum qualification. At least the two that were blessed as the n
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by clavalle 13y ago
I generally don't like SEO and I'd agree with you if I didn't know so many clueless small business owners (I mean that in the least offensive way possible -- marketing is just not their strong suit). So many people have somet
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by clavalle 13y ago
I am hesitant to put any unnecessary software layers between my databases and the hardware so I wouldn't know. But it doesn't matter. Even if everyone stopped buying and using Windows tomorrow /Microsoft/ could still us
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by clavalle 13y ago
I always wonder when I see charts like this: How would, say, the top 1 or 2% of each of those countries fare against each other?
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by clavalle 13y ago
What? First, they have enough cash to weather quite a lot of financial upsets. But to say they are dependent on their OS for revenue is silly. SQL Server income is not dependent on the OS -- anything can talk to it. Their cloud solution i
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by clavalle 13y ago
I think much of the HN audience deals with the business side of the house enough to get their bearings on an revenue statement.
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by clavalle 13y ago
I don't think there are many practicing entities that are hiding the people potentially benefiting from their patent litigation. I also don't think many practicing entities send out litigation threats that cannot be shown to be &q
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by clavalle 13y ago
Outsourcing is fine. Outsourcing and saying "It is because you all are so stupid." when that is clearly not the truth is not.
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by clavalle 13y ago
Or spend two weeks training them to work on a biscuit making assembly line or babysit machinery that they'll have to be trained on anyway. But I have a feeling this is less about having a basic skillset and more about that few American
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by clavalle 13y ago
> the company is struggling to find Okies with the skills to fill even its most basic factory jobs. Such posts require workers to think critically Perhaps those educated enough to think critically put that skill to work before accepting
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by clavalle 13y ago
Oh, they know. They just don't respect him.
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by clavalle 13y ago
Destruction is a huge part of street art. No one expects their piece to be permanent. There is a loose code as to when it is acceptable to go over someones piece and a good one can stand for a long time but it won't be there unsullie
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by clavalle 13y ago
>There are many duplicated modules, many of them done in a half-assed manner by inexperienced developers and rarely updated. This statement accurately describes the world of Ruby gems.
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by clavalle 13y ago
I'd wonder if any grad school in the country would let people in with a degree from Excelsior.
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by clavalle 13y ago
Yeah...I was talking about classes through upper division coursework not just the introductory classes.
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by clavalle 13y ago
Yeah. I read through too quickly... Thanks for pointing that out.
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by clavalle 13y ago
Looking through the CLEP tests... It appears that they mostly cover freshman/sophomore level material. There are certainly not enough to get a full-fledged degree.
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by clavalle 13y ago
Very interesting, indeed. I dropped out of engineering school to start my first company when I was a junior and never went back. I'd probably have to retake everything since it has been so long. There are so many bullshit required ele
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by clavalle 13y ago
At least you know exactly what you are getting. Something in alpha, mostly. Messy code, half baked features, that kind of thing. I could see it being valuable for people who have a hard time getting started but go like gangbusters once the
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by clavalle 13y ago
Perhaps he is only opposed to a monopoly on the use of force. Violence for pay is just part of the market dynamic, right?
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by clavalle 13y ago
Sounds like what WigWag is doing with device.js[1] only not as mature. [1] http://devicejs.org/status/
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by clavalle 13y ago
http://www.marshallofficespace.com/ First thing that popped up when Googling 'tyler texas federal court office suites' I was not saying these offices are some kind of grift, just that these cases are a big part of
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by clavalle 13y ago
> So yes, on average Texans are among the most devout Christians and among the worst educated in the United States. There are more than enough public statistics to back this up. There is a huge (and growing) underclass in Texas that drag
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by clavalle 13y ago
I don't think it is as clear cut as flat out bribery but these judges know what side their bread is buttered. They live there. They are friends with hotel and restaurant owners. Their family members are local patent attorneys. They
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by clavalle 13y ago
I read it. You should too. It is not as long as the page count makes it seem. What industry are you referring to? Healthcare? Or insurance?
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by clavalle 13y ago
>(which is more complicated and more expensive than just picking up the phone and calling BCBS. Source? >The other 50% will raise hell they are not paying $500 to the IRS, Obama will feel like a bully and Obamacare will be history. I
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by clavalle 13y ago
Yeah, that is how high deductible plans work. But if you are in a car accident and need to be airlifted, have a heart attack, etc etc, it is much better for you to at least have some cap on your out of pocket.

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