tertius

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by tertius 9y ago
Self-diagnosis may be the reason for something like that? I agree that it's silly in general though.
572.
by tertius 9y ago
The point he's making is that it's only unfeasible to negotiate when you need treatment this minute. Therefore a free market system is feasible for everything else. Not that it's what we currently have as you point out.
573.
by tertius 9y ago
> Every other developed nation has less of a free market in health care than the United States Generally what you're referring to is government run healthcare. This isn't "less" free market, it is no free market, (at
574.
by tertius 9y ago
Life threatening ailments are very rare. It is not only those that are off the charts expensive. Negotiation is easier when you have some time to negotiate. Most do.
575.
by tertius 9y ago
> Apparently, everyone gets artisanal health care, regardless of the level of complication (or not) of their condition. Because biology is complicated.
576.
by tertius 9y ago
> Or the reason has to do with the fact that the people that need these treatments are willing to pay any price for it because their life literally depends on it. Largely the end user does not pay full price and relies on negotiation by
577.
by tertius 9y ago
Why? Because the market will bear it. Simple.
578.
by tertius 9y ago
And I follow the example. Except that it is not unique to telecoms and they already exist and are already a part of fixed costs.
579.
by tertius 9y ago
You should pay for it! Early adopters help everyone who come after. You thereby help create the market. A much better tactic than trying to shut down market economics. Or making other people pay for what you want through threat of violence
580.
by tertius 9y ago
> Putting some sort of solar system on my house will cost ME money It will cost you regardless of how it's implemented. Through taxes, increased utility costs etc. I'm okay with this.
581.
by tertius 9y ago
I completely agree with you regarding the FCC's ability to create "law" and not just weak "regulation" or "rules" and also that the 10th amendment shouldn't be trampled on. I disagree that already hav
582.
by tertius 9y ago
Many international withdrawals only do 4 digits which means 6 digits in your home country becomes meaningless...
583.
by tertius 9y ago
It looks like this is about a new app from the Todoist guys, not Todoist specifically. Disclaimer: I love and use Todoist religiously and agree that it's not great at collaboration.
584.
by tertius 9y ago
I'm not kidding, advances in anti-addiction medication is going pretty well...
585.
by tertius 9y ago
The rich only outsource long term thinking. Humans are generally bad at long term thinking, no matter how much money they have.
586.
by tertius 9y ago
Also, prohibition does not remove addiction. But I'm sure there's something they can add to our drinking water to change that...
587.
by tertius 9y ago
> a reflection of the male 'visionary' who created a company to reflect a vision of a world where childnren don't exist (too messy!). I'd love for a quote somewhere from this visionary to reflect this statement. If it
588.
by tertius 9y ago
Start by showing how proxying is copyright infringement. Or even search results...
589.
by tertius 9y ago
I'm not a VC chasing founder and the content is/was very helpful to me. I just cut out the hockey stick and spending huge to acquire and apply it to my little unsexy niche. So yes I believe it will be valuable. Ignore the parts th
590.
by tertius 9y ago
Junior developers don't often skip payroll (they can move on if asked to do so) founders do. Junior developers don't often mortgage their houses or max out credit cards, founders do. I can go on and on. I think getting into debt i
591.
by tertius 9y ago
I think the rudeness isn't about unpleasant things here. But using examples out of context.
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by tertius 9y ago
Security. Make me feel safe when adding very personal information about people I meet. (Btw. I've been considering building something like this myself, I meet so many people that I want to recognize and remember what they told me about
593.
by tertius 9y ago
I like that, our significant others usually fill in gaps where we lack. My wife has stellar memory, mine, not so much.
594.
by tertius 9y ago
If we were all communist we wouldn't have any bike locks. There's a silver lining, you just have to look for it.
595.
by tertius 9y ago
Because a market decided that it is valuable. Same with crypto.
596.
by tertius 9y ago
Gold doesn't make money either. Gold isn't as valuable as a commodity for engineering (what's it's actually useful for) as the markets sets its price at. Gold, like fiat currency, like "cryptocoins" are all jus
597.
by tertius 9y ago
> the people who start mining early win out, and the people who join later to speculate on the currency have less and less chances of striking it rich. Replace "mining" with investing and currency with stock and tada. That&#x27
598.
by tertius 9y ago
What is reasonable is not what happens the majority of the time. The economics tell us that we need to continue to burn things. At the same time collection will get better. Hopefully the one will go down and the other up. I for one am hopef
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by tertius 9y ago
> Companies don't have the emotions people have. You forget, companies solely consist of people and are solely owned by people. It's a legal vehicle. People, of which companies consist, have feelings and emotions.
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by tertius 9y ago
> I'm assuming this is just temporary and eventually it's just smooth sailing and you get sleepy? After reading this again. Yes, the goal is a habit that puts you into a rhythm. The place you want to be is to not need an alarm

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