qserpent

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by qserpent 9y ago
If it's all about the money, companies should offer voluntary pay cuts. I know a few folks who'd take that over "voluntary" retirement any day.
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by qserpent 9y ago
What a bleak perspective. What are the odds of being neighbors with a child predator? I'd bet they are incredibly small. If a neighbor is nice, friendly, and you get to know them over a little bit of time, I'm betting problems ari
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by qserpent 9y ago
I agree with everything you said. That still doesn't equate to "nothing except for $100 yearly preventative checkups are covered" though, which was my point. Keeping heated discussions honest is important, regardless of which
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by qserpent 9y ago
I agree that Anthem is in the wrong by denying ER coverage in some cases, but let's keep the discussion free of hyperbole like this: > insurance companies are dropping support for expensive ER visits, and instead supporting "pr
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by qserpent 10y ago
I don't know anything about the details of this situation. But maybe someone else here does. How is the US so inefficient at healthcare? We spend more per person (or per GDP?) than many (most?) other countries and we get less in return
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by qserpent 10y ago
More evidence that nothing is ever fully out of human hands. The promises of Ethereum are gone. If you write a smart contract and want to rely 100% on the code to be the source of truth, and a large enough piece of the community doesn'
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by qserpent 10y ago
If you had written a comment which summarized a recent BMW convention that you enjoyed and wanted to share links to interesting things discussed at the convention, and you ended it with "On the other hand, some other cars are too obses
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by qserpent 10y ago
I wish HN had less snark. Who cares what language communities obsess over what? Snark ruins otherwise informative posts.