panzer_wyrm

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by panzer_wyrm 9y ago
The survival rate in US prisons is higher though. You expect to come out alive from them. If you count the people that died in gulags... it is lot worse there. Of course - "US - we are not yet as bad as North Korea, Stalinist Russia
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by panzer_wyrm 9y ago
Your story can also be made about housing affordability. The cost of maintaining a house in the smallish 50 stories highrises in Shanghai per unit is a lot lower than for one level detached house. Density gives ability for a lot of savings
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by panzer_wyrm 9y ago
Please do not change the goalposts. You were talking about property not houses. Condos are property and are easier to obtain.
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by panzer_wyrm 9y ago
Not at all. Renting with no road to purchase turns you into serf. Owning your dwelling is the most basic form a security a human needs. I own a condo that I rent and live renting in other part of my city. The rents cancel each other. It wor
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by panzer_wyrm 9y ago
Scarce resources are kidneys. There are not enough of them to go around. Not all people that need kidneys will get them in any time frame. They are also rationed - you get one kidney transplant and that's it. On the other hand the peop
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by panzer_wyrm 9y ago
That is the best subtle trolling I have seen this month. Well played sir.
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by panzer_wyrm 9y ago
Because waiting lists imply shortage or rationing. Here this is not the case. It is mostly optimization of utilization of existing capacity. It is best for both the purse of the system and the patient if needed but not urgent stuff is done
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by panzer_wyrm 9y ago
Yes they do consume a lot more government services. Whole branches of government are set up to protect property in any forms. Outside of life and limb protection, the rich consume property protection more. Land, IP, bank accounts, shares, o
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by panzer_wyrm 9y ago
First because reducing malpractice is a goal that does not depend on the way a system is funded. We should reduce medical errors full stop. The two you mentioned give direct costs increase and indirect in the form of defensive medicine. UnN
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by panzer_wyrm 9y ago
How often do you need non trivial procedures? Surgical operations are split into 2 groups - planned and unplanned. In planned enter people that could wait a bit. If there is good medical reason that you cannot wait you get the treatment on
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by panzer_wyrm 9y ago
This is one of those citation needed moments. IIRC insurance companies paid 90% of their income as "medical loss ratio". Even if you made them NPO - the cost will drop some percent. US needs healthcare costs to drop times.
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by panzer_wyrm 9y ago
To bring us costs to western europe levels you need to have 1. Slash labor compensation 2. Slash medicine prices. 3. Reduce amenities in hospitals 4. Reduce medical student debt. 5. Reduce equipment cost 6. Reduce somewhat the freedom of
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by panzer_wyrm 9y ago
Deriving trends with samples of 1 is hardly wise. Le Pen error was in her underestimation that people love the EU more than they hate immigration. If she was running on pure platform of anti-immigration it might have been different. Putting
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by panzer_wyrm 9y ago
It is the same in China. The government does not try to clamp down too hard on vpn in Shanghai, Beijing etc. They are worried about the people in the midland. Same is with Erdogan - he will never control Istanbul and Ismir. He is worried ab
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by panzer_wyrm 9y ago
Lavabit were nobodies. If today github pulls a lavabit it will be noticed.
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by panzer_wyrm 9y ago
Sooo... Intel nuc with hdmi?
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by panzer_wyrm 9y ago
Slighlty offtopic - but why are not debit cards popular in US. A card in which you put money and withdraw/pay untill they ran out. No overdraft/credit/direct debit bullshit to be concerned with. They are perfect solutions fo
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by panzer_wyrm 9y ago
Thermal mass is your friend. You need something that can hold a lot of heat, is flat, food safe, heatproof, textured and porous. Preheat for an hour and drop the pizza on it. Also turn the infrared broiler. Or blowtorch. Thin crust also hel
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by panzer_wyrm 9y ago
Ask me in two thousand years
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by panzer_wyrm 9y ago
Because calling your assistant jeeves means you are the wooster drone. On a serious note - a female voice is extremely pleasing. Male voice puts you instantly into play social status games mode.
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by panzer_wyrm 9y ago
Leave Shodan and Glados alone!
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by panzer_wyrm 9y ago
Press it in osmosis membrane and ship it in a can.
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by panzer_wyrm 9y ago
First - it is not racism if the gp would react disapprovingly to other nations also buying. If Russia and China places were changed, I have a feeling that he would complain about those pesky Russians buying in Vancouver. Second - for a lot
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by panzer_wyrm 9y ago
Take a wild guess. Especially in context of the article which says how badly it fucks the wings without giving any information how the species interacts with their wider ecosystem.
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by panzer_wyrm 9y ago
If you don't involve yourself deep into politics the most oppressive thing there is that you have to eat with chopsticks. It is hardly totalitarian dystopia. As long as you are there to make money and help the chineese do so you are fi
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by panzer_wyrm 9y ago
The human females find sense of humor attractive. That requires development of big brain. Think how shitty big brain is - it soaks up nutrition, takes insane amounts of protein to develop, makes the infant helpless for 12 years, diverts re
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by panzer_wyrm 9y ago
Yeah but his whole thesis in thus article is based on the assumption that efficient flight is important for the survival of this species. If we said 40 millions years ago - protowhales cannot run as fast because their mates really like the
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by panzer_wyrm 9y ago
If you want to see the future - look at london. It will come there 2-3 years before in the US. Whole classes of products are impossible to find offline. Like pc parts. PC world is stocked only with crap. And there is nothing else.
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by panzer_wyrm 9y ago
You can always gain something new from Pratchett books. I usually reread the diskworld every other year.
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by panzer_wyrm 9y ago
I guess you. Not the government.

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