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by mfoy_ 8y ago
Isn't it anti-competitive? How can consumers make an informed decision as to which care provider to visit? Isn't this in the same boat as price-fixing?
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by mfoy_ 8y ago
I'm pretty sure "how they want" looks exactly like it does right now, with the only change being the option to refuse treating uninsured emergency cases.
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by mfoy_ 8y ago
"There's profit in confusion."
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by mfoy_ 8y ago
As a Canadian, we have our own share of problems with our health care system... but thank goodness this isn't one.
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WhatsApp cofounder Jan Koum is leaving Facebook after clashing over data privacy(theverge.com)
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by mfoy_ 8y ago
Haha, oh crap, you're right. Well, what's done is done.
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by mfoy_ 8y ago
Look harder :)
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by mfoy_ 8y ago
While you're going down that rabbit hole, check out Stoicism. The Enchiridion is pretty short and sweet.
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by mfoy_ 8y ago
S te n ogr aph y h a s alwa y s intere s te d me-- t he a r t of h idi n g thing s i n pl a in sig h t!
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by mfoy_ 8y ago
The alt-text is especially funny, now that we're in the world of USB-C and Thunderbolt 3, etc... Dongles for days.
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by mfoy_ 8y ago
Wouldn't it be ironic if it was found a few years after it was hidden, or maybe even before he announced the Hunt... I mean, the finder would probably think "best not tell people where I got this from" a la Counte of Monte Cr
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by mfoy_ 8y ago
Thanks! How did you get these? I tried opening the images in a new tab to see if they had been artificially resized, but they had been compressed to all hell.
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by mfoy_ 8y ago
Would be nice if the charts were legible...
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by mfoy_ 8y ago
You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.
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by mfoy_ 9y ago
Just want to say I really like the new feature.
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by mfoy_ 9y ago
Regarding justice. There is no such thing. To borrow a pun from Terry Pratchett, there is "just us".
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by mfoy_ 9y ago
And you have a magic, unbiased ICopmparable<Culture>?
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by mfoy_ 9y ago
>Can you really ... think that ... creating an underclass with ... different phenotypic traits ... will go well? What are you saying, exactly? Don't dress it up with $20 words... you're literally saying "Those Others are d
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by mfoy_ 9y ago
Wake up in the middle of the night with your Amazon robot standing over you, laughing.
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by mfoy_ 9y ago
Visiting, or living.... there's a different standard applied to guests than to neighbours.
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by mfoy_ 9y ago
Immigration is just a wedge issue-- a means to an end. The point is to use propaganda to pit half of the population against the other half. Divisive politics in a nutshell! As the saying goes, "divide and conquer."
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by mfoy_ 9y ago
Often abbreviated as "GP".
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by mfoy_ 9y ago
TL;DRs are generally frowned upon here, but a clickbait title deserves one, I think.
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by mfoy_ 9y ago
Obligatory plug for Planetes, a great sci-fi story about space debris. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planetes )
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by mfoy_ 9y ago
"Move fast and break things" is a problematic motto if it applies equally to your product and work culture.
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by mfoy_ 9y ago
Work less hours, and don't do just one type of thing all day, if possible.
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Specification vs Documentation...
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by mfoy_ 9y ago
Even if that number is 3x higher than average, it's still an order of magnitude higher than I would have guessed.
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I think the biggest thing is the HUGE disconnect with what people think Facebook is doing, and what Facebook is actually doing. I think the whole point of this is to raise awareness about of the scope of Facebook's data collection-
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by mfoy_ 9y ago
Yeah, that article is very apologetic for Facebook... but the problem is that they do take what you don't give them. Heck, they'll build an advertising profile on you even if you don't have a Facebook account, and they&#x27

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