solosoyokaze

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by solosoyokaze 6y ago
The ACA forced people into this system with the individual mandate. I gave the insurance industry zero dollars until the ACA forced me to send them almost a thousand dollars a month. Before the ACA you could go to the doctor and just pay
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by solosoyokaze 6y ago
While it was certainly going up pre-ACA, if your costs went down due to the ACA then your case was extremely unusual. Costs are way up since it was enacted: https://www.healthsystemtracker.org/chart-collection/u-s-spe..
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by solosoyokaze 6y ago
Certainly they wouldn't support M4A, but it's definitely the Democrats that work to pass laws that increase the cost of healthcare. Prices have been spiraling out of control since the ACA.
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There's a third side and it's the one that's been winning: use regulatory capture to increase health industry profits. This is the side that brought you the ACA and individual mandate. The only reason the mandate existed was
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by solosoyokaze 6y ago
I think most people wouldn't "normally" get a checkup like this because it's extremely expensive to not just go to the doctor, but also deal with any issues that may be diagnosed.
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The amounts tied to NFTs should be easily exchangeable without having an impact on the price.
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by solosoyokaze 6y ago
> I can't put my finger on it but I doubt the valuation of bitcoin/other crypto assets when converted to USD. That valuation is based on what you can, right now, exchange crypto for USD on the exchanges.
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Your claim is that they didn't know what Epstein was up to. That's pretty clearly not the case.
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> And think about how many government computers around the world run Windows and Office. Then think about who uses Azure. I absolutely think the government should be using OSS or literally anything other than MS products. I also would ra
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by solosoyokaze 6y ago
That’s how I read it too. Having the case sealed seems like an invitation to actually do some investigation. Instead the NYT played along and tried to bury the story (albeit in a technically ignorant way).
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by solosoyokaze 6y ago
Not only did a lot of these people interact with Epstein after he was convicted of having sex with a child, they actively worked to get him off the hook: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/07/17/s
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by solosoyokaze 6y ago
> Putting public money into the effort rather than the hodgepodge of private funding that has so far fueled a good portion of the research, including a Bill Gates-backed initiative at Harvard that wants to do a small-scale test this sum
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by solosoyokaze 6y ago
Why was the case sealed?
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by solosoyokaze 6y ago
What makes you think the super powerful, rich and "smart" people associated with Epstein, weren't also a good judge of character or aware of who they were dealing with? As is documented throughout this thread, many of them me
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by solosoyokaze 6y ago
There are pictures of Stephen Hawking on Epstein's submarine with two girls . He almost certainly knew what was going on.
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by solosoyokaze 6y ago
There's been several interviews with IT people who helped setup the surveillance and networking equipment. It's also documented that the cameras did exist as discovered when his NY home was raided. Maria Farmer talks about this to
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by solosoyokaze 6y ago
Epstein was open with his behavior and many of these people have been accused by Epstein victims of also raping them. The tech people I listed also worked hard to conceal their relationship with Epstein, including lying about it multiple ti
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by solosoyokaze 6y ago
Yes, he used his connections to Harvard explicitly to pressure women and law enforcement. Multiple Harvard faculty are also accused of raping girls Epstein provided.
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by solosoyokaze 6y ago
Trump, Clinton, Gates, Reid Hoffman, Joi Ito, Naomi Campbell, Dershowitz, Nowak, David Copperfield, Minsky, Bill Richardson, Woody Allen, Prince Andrew, MBS... Epstein had deep connections to all of these people (and plenty more). It'
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by solosoyokaze 6y ago
> There is nothing wrong with having two young girls with you all times. In a professional context? You bet there is. When Joi Ito brought Epstein to the MIT Media Lab, he had two young girls with him. When he left, lab members looked th
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by solosoyokaze 6y ago
There are many articles that detail the kind of things Epstein would tell these people and how he'd behave around them: * https://slate.com/technology/2019/08/jeffrey-epstein-science... * https:/&#
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by solosoyokaze 6y ago
It was well known what Epstein was up to, the people you list were often exposed to Epstein's true behavior: https://slate.com/technology/2019/08/jeffrey-epstein-science...
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by solosoyokaze 6y ago
No, and we're unlikely to find out. According to Acosta, he was let go the first time because: > he was told that Epstein "belonged to intelligence", was "above his pay grade," and to "leave it alone".
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by solosoyokaze 6y ago
Epstein and his associates have all admitted that there were hidden cameras throughout all of his properties which he used to record the activities of his guests for later blackmail and leverage. Epstein, Maxwell, Guiffre, his staff and man
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by solosoyokaze 6y ago
Yes, it was after Epstein was originally arrested for having sex with a minor. Epstein's actions were no secret. Those that worked and associated with him knew what he was up to. This is a good article that lays out how this was common
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by solosoyokaze 6y ago
And yet Harvard still proudly associates with Alan Dershowitz who was deeply involved with Epstein, has been accused of raping minors with Epstein, and got Epstein off when he was caught the first time. https://hls.harvard.edu&#x
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by solosoyokaze 6y ago
Investors always pour into spaces and make a ton of bad bets. How many photo sharing apps got funded? Social networks? Podcast things? Most investments are bad and most investors aren't very good. The crypto stuff is just the latest in
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The only reason to publish something to social media is to promote your business initiatives. Otherwise you're just letting an ill behaving private company monetize your personal/social life. You can either be exploited or leverag
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I wouldn't call optimizing for information flow through an organization in a way prescribed by management "socializing" or even "good". Wfh definitely isn't accelerationism (or perfect). It's just a chance
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You're not really socializing with people in the office either, you're working with them. Without a boss around looking over your shoulder, you have a lot more time to socialize if you want. Go get a coffee with a friend, your par

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