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by e_i_pi_2 4y ago
We do have this in the US! All laws should show who wrote them, when, who approved it, etc, we just don't have a great API for programs, and moreso we don't have the public appetite to consume it
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by e_i_pi_2 4y ago
You're in luck, someone recreated the constitution in git with the history of edits https://github.com/jessekphillips/usa-constitution Edit: just noticed the dates aren't accurate, but still interesting and t
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by e_i_pi_2 4y ago
> But somehow the USA comes up with the the first vaccines for the coronavirus and if you want any sort of complex procedure you travel to the US to get it This isn't true, the US didn't make the first vaccines, it was created
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by e_i_pi_2 4y ago
There's always complaints about healthcare and probably no perfect system, but a bad one where everyone has coverage seems a lot better than a bad one where everyone doesn't
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by e_i_pi_2 4y ago
> you can't just declare bankruptcy. The court won't allow you to do it because you make too much money Isn't this always the case? My understanding was that bankruptcy is for when you don't have enough income to pay
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by e_i_pi_2 4y ago
> If the sale wouldn’t happen without an ad, then that’s a necessary ad I think that's the core issue here, healthcare and pharmaceuticals have basically inelastic demand. The US is one of only two countries where it's even leg
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by e_i_pi_2 4y ago
Ah good catch I was moving the goalposts there - I think in my head public and universal and basically interchangeable - if everyone has it is it a public good regardless of if it's provided by a collection of "private" compa
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by e_i_pi_2 4y ago
I don't think that disproves a general trend that increased socialization in healthcare costs leads to better outcomes and less per-capita spending. Also FWIW France and Switzerland both have universal healthcare, under different syste
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by e_i_pi_2 4y ago
Ah thanks for making me look this up! Seems like it did change recently (Jan 1, 2021) https://www.cms.gov/hospital-price-transparency Now assuming the hospital is compliant the information should be available. To be fair my
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by e_i_pi_2 4y ago
I have no experience as a user, but I've heard about it in the past and have been following the keffals story. From my understanding it was a site largely dedicated too, or encouraging, or at a minimum allowing people to dox trans peop
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by e_i_pi_2 4y ago
My current assumption is that private healthcare/insurance is to blame, because countries without that or with less generally have better outcomes at less cost. Looking for evidence to the contrary
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by e_i_pi_2 4y ago
My understanding (not an expert by any means) is that we basically have two tiers of negotiation - the fed. govt. has way more leverage but also some amount of corruption that goes into pricing, then afterwards individual hospitals and &quo
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by e_i_pi_2 4y ago
Do you consider the amount that the US spends per capita on healthcare relative to other countries for the same standard of care a "failure" of the healthcare industry? Or is there some other reason healthcare "just costs mor
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by e_i_pi_2 4y ago
I heard a podcast recently talking how the police do the same thing to the homeless population in LA, and they described it as "trying to clean your floor by sweeping the dust in a circle"
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by e_i_pi_2 4y ago
As a counterpoint - the big benefit I see from Astro isn't that it has minimal dependencies, it's mainly that it seems like a very flexible foundation to build from. So I'd agree a landing page doesn't need this, but &qu
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by e_i_pi_2 4y ago
Just to add - this can even be a career advancement hurdle. My mom told her about a meeting she had with her boss where she asked for a promotion because she was doing so well at her current role and the boss basically said "yes you&#x
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by e_i_pi_2 4y ago
I was just curious about how these rates scale with inflation, seems like 1972 to now is a factor of 7.13, so $2.15 would be $15.33, and $5 would be $35.65
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by e_i_pi_2 4y ago
I have two I run most days: - A `daily` script that creates a daily notes markdown file with the current date and pulls in the tasks from the previous day of notes - A `config` script that tweaks some files for a local development environme
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by e_i_pi_2 4y ago
https://alphafold.ebi.ac.uk/entry/W6KDG8 The ribbon shape for GFP is a very cool barrel thing
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by e_i_pi_2 4y ago
I agree that they're "broken" in that they don't work the way I want them to - but they're functioning perfectly normally to maximize profit. I think TikTok kinda broke the dam on this and we see it in more apps now
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by e_i_pi_2 4y ago
> it is embedded in the culture to be as egoist as possible and to steal as much as you can from everyone else in the most ruthless and shameless possible way This sounds like an issue with capitalism and the rest of your comment aligns
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by e_i_pi_2 4y ago
This reminded me of a short story I read by the guy that wrote "The Martian" - it's different from what you're describing but in this model there's only one person and they're living every life through reincarn
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by e_i_pi_2 4y ago
I was just talking about the physicality of the brain, so it'd be (physical brain)->consciousness vs. consciousness->("physical" brain). Either way in all ways that matter to us the brain is physical. I think of it simi
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by e_i_pi_2 4y ago
I was a first responder for a while and we would record a metric called "Level of consciousness" often abbreviated as LOC - it was rated "times 0" to "times 4" based on how aware of your environment and able to
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by e_i_pi_2 4y ago
I think it's fair to say we do know that we have a somewhat physical brain. Even if it's part of a dream then our definition of "physical" would be scoped to that dream and still be accurate
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by e_i_pi_2 4y ago
I totally agree with the parent post but was coming here to say the same thing - the best argument I've heard along these lines is that the signal is still transmitting but "you" aren't receiving it. This kinda makes goe
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by e_i_pi_2 4y ago
Definitely agree that this is a good solution given the limitations, I think the only downside to this approach is that there might be some effect based on time of day or the interval affecting your results. That said I think the chances of
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by e_i_pi_2 4y ago
Agreed - I wasn't trying to say that this is actually a likely outcome, just that it makes more sense to hold companies accountable than individuals
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by e_i_pi_2 4y ago
I had an initial negative reaction to this comment and tried to figure out why - I think the main reason is that you're putting the blame on individuals for systemic problems. I don't think any amount of individual people trying t
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by e_i_pi_2 4y ago
> I got the sense that people became more anxious about what reached that "good enough" mark Bo Burnham has some interesting comments in his "Inside" special about how social media makes us disassociate from ourselves

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