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by forum_ghost 4y ago
> missing some "obvious" applications what would that be?
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by forum_ghost 4y ago
>This should not happen by the argument you keep repeating. you do not understand how the industry works. salaries are high because the supply is constrained. supply is capped. by residency availability. doctors, like many others, don&#x
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by forum_ghost 4y ago
It’s always been a business. Even in formerly communist countries bribes got you better access. As soon as you can figure out how to prevent people trying to leverage every resource they have and try to outcompete others to avoid death, let
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by forum_ghost 4y ago
Anyone who keeps talking about averages or statistical outcomes does not understand the first thing about medicine: there is no averages. Because of deep sub-specialization you only have an agglomeration of outliers that are really good at
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by forum_ghost 4y ago
You get paid what you can negotiate, not what you deserve. Any politician that would propose serious enough cuts to physicians pay would suddenly find that their own GP has dropped him, and his oncologist forgot how treat the politician’s c
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by forum_ghost 4y ago
What exists in Australia is exactly what the US has: private payers that get preferential access, and then Medicare for the poor/everyone else. People avoiding appointments they cannot afford. Psi service refusing to take Medicare pati
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by forum_ghost 4y ago
Every country can grant compulsory licenses. India does that a lot, and supplies the entire developing world with medicines. Canada doesn’t have that much leverage. It often receives brand medications much later, and some cases medications
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by forum_ghost 4y ago
What you are writing about is aspirational utopian fantasy. What I wrote is harsh reality informed by two decades of being elbow deep in bodily fluids. You may not like it, but you aren’t getting the best physician just because you develope
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by forum_ghost 4y ago
Medicine, first and foremost, is a BUSINESS. It is also a game of super-sub-specialization. The entire field. There essentially numerous subspecialties within each specialty. Some surgeons do nothing but the same apnea surgery 5 times a day
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by forum_ghost 4y ago
the famous french restaurants are cooking on electric, really?
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by forum_ghost 4y ago
- 1A was written to make sure citizens beliefs, ideas and thoughts cannot be suppressed and controlled by the state. - 2A was written to allow citizens possess the same tools as any other powerful imperial force of the day. How is any of th
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by forum_ghost 4y ago
> throwing an entire gas station into the fire? Why? Longer span can also mean longer healthspan.
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by forum_ghost 4y ago
>outdated constitutional rights ? surely you are joking?
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by forum_ghost 4y ago
I'd be very surprised any serious criminals use anything from webstores in the first place. maybe some low level foot soldiers at most.
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by forum_ghost 4y ago
afaik they only have key disclosure. which you can reveal yourself on clientside? afaik they dont have a backdoor law? can you point to a link? tia
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by forum_ghost 4y ago
Fossil fuel again is a misdirection. Neonics, BPA, DDT and all sorts of other fun stuff would exist without fossil fuels. Semiconductor manufacturing gaves is few superfund sites in the US. Nothing to do with fossil fuels either. The big pr
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by forum_ghost 4y ago
European restaurants (in any EU country, even Germany) absolutely do use gas, and it's fairly common. Depending on the restaurant, i'd go as far as to say "all" of them use it. At least the ones worth mentioning. Heating
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by forum_ghost 4y ago
Populations of insects have collapsed, fish stocks have collapsed, biosphere is polluted by millions of tons of forever chemicals dumped into the Pacific ever year. Chemicals that keep accumulating in every life form. Earlier puberty in gir
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by forum_ghost 4y ago
Do tell: how do you think these standards are established? By performing surveys or some other democratic/rule of law/other ritual? FATF is an unelected, undemocratic body, where you have absolute monarchies like Saudi Arabia and
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by forum_ghost 4y ago
> Anonymous billions are all fun and games until the second plane hits the tower. What? security services can only spy on money, but just can’t do their main job of preventing attacks by humans? Maybe we should hire a competent replacem
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by forum_ghost 4y ago
Do you think Germany should use more cash or less?
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by forum_ghost 4y ago
The same works in person too. You make your own “serendipity”. Some just win a small lottery at times, and don’t even realize it.
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by forum_ghost 4y ago
You are not aware at all how Cyprus went down, are you? The banking holiday was declared in Cyprus, banks and ATMs shutodnw, everyone local is locked out completely, meanwhile deposits were drained by the rich international depositors thru
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by forum_ghost 4y ago
wasn't early internet a massive rise in complexity? and it came with a ton of fraud too?
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by forum_ghost 4y ago
Here is what a fairly prominent member of the global community of technologists, DHH, who is a known Bitcoin-sceptic thinks now: https://world.hey.com/dhh/i-was-wrong-we-need-crypto-587ccb0...
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by forum_ghost 4y ago
> Do Germans or Italians want different anti-money laundering standards, for example? Yes. Germany is the highest user of cash in G-7 and has radically different views on privacy from other G-7/G-20 country, doesn't even have a
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by forum_ghost 4y ago
can you find people in Cyprus that were enthusiastic about losing money so that the government can pay bankers' gambling debts? a 2-3 verified examples will suffice, tia.
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by forum_ghost 4y ago
>I wouldn’t be where I am if remote work was the norm why not? It's probably just as likely you wouldn't be where you are if your several pivotal points in life went only slightly different.
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by forum_ghost 4y ago
Indeed. Why shouldn't there be a binding UN convention that enforces work from home where possible to save us from climate change?
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by forum_ghost 4y ago
>at least it has some urban core why do they need to exist? they are even harder to maintain than suburbs, have you not noticed the meter thick layer of dirt in the NYC subway?

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