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by tomp 2y ago
Then make a full argument, not just implying that "making money from dead school shooting victims" is somehow immoral. Every newspaper does just that! Very low quality comment, not worthy of HN (but of course useful for woke virtu
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by tomp 2y ago
I’m not 100% familiar with US system but I think it’s quite a bit different. First of all, MedicAid and MediCare, are insurers - so basically, if you’re poor (or old), the state pays for your procedures , not for your insurance . That i
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by tomp 2y ago
Well, "private". Every resident is required by law to have health insurance, if you can't afford it, the state will pay it for you. Insurance companies cannot reject you. There's a limited list of personal characteristic
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by tomp 2y ago
Redistribution = socialisation, I see no practical distinction or differences, but I’m open to you clarifying any that I’m missing. I’m not arguing against socialisation of medicine per se (though there are obviously worse (UK) and better
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by tomp 2y ago
we should just stop calling it insurance, and call it socialised medicine the young pay for the old "insurance" means there's some chance you're having an adverse event, and a lot of chance you don't but with medici
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by tomp 2y ago
200 vs 220 is likely noise. The recruiter shouldn’t care about tha2, and neither should you. But £200k vs £400k is real! That’s the real span for e.g. hedge funds in London. Actually, it was a few years ago. Probably more now!
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by tomp 2y ago
> how to do you explain why the UK grew so much faster than other EU nations in the decade before Brexit? Similarly, how do you explain how much worse is the UK economic story after Brexit? It seems exactly the opposite of what you wrot
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by tomp 2y ago
The entire point of being wealthy (and USA is one of the richest countries on earth) is to be able to afford to sacrifice some extra wealth (e.g. by not working, or giving to charity, or abolishing slavery, or enforcing worker's righ
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by tomp 2y ago
In Europe, most immigrants (from third-world countries) are on welfare and are net welfare recipients. see graph here https://www.reddit.com/r/ScienceUncensored/comments/1565sti/... from article https:&
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by tomp 2y ago
Fortunately, we don't need to listen to any "academic economists" (who need to toe the party line) or even internet "experts", we can simply observe reality. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland
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by tomp 2y ago
ok this clears it up, thanks! this is obviously a very confusing topic, as evidenced by the other replies that either don't get my post, or the post above :D
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by tomp 2y ago
what do you mean by "just sits there"? Sits where? In the same position relative to the sun? Relative to the center of the Galaxy? Relative to the local galaxy supercluster? A particle does not just sit still !
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by tomp 2y ago
I don't understand her comment. This is really easy to verify. You drop an iPhone, the gravity "acceleration" really goes to 0 - so far so good. But at rest (i.e. holding the iPhone in your hand), the acceleration is pointing
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by tomp 2y ago
what did you eliminate, i.e. what were you eating before? eggs, milk, cheese/yogurt (fermented diary), meat, processed meat?
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by tomp 2y ago
no if it remains in GEO orbit (same speed vector), it will remain in same "place" relative to other satellites, and won't ever hit them if it changes speed vector, it's no longer in GEO orbit
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by tomp 2y ago
Maybe? What about rhesus monkeys ? Note that ketosis != fasting; ketosis == low carb, which can also be induced without fasting (but only by eating a low (near zero) carb diet). So are you sure you're not conflating 2 dimensions ( how
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by tomp 2y ago
No, read the article I posted. TL;DR: there are 2 monkey studies, with unclear/conflicting results, both had pretty shitty diets, the calorie restrictions were severe, the benefits minimal at best.
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by tomp 2y ago
“Intermittent fasting and/or caloric restriction extends mice lifespan.” is quite old news. The reason mice are used in labs isn’t because they’re a good model of humans, but because they’re easy to bread and have short lifespans. Stud
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by tomp 2y ago
Because some of us want the real thing, not the fake thing achieved by cheaters. I'm the same in other areas of life. I don't take steroids, I work out in the gym. I don't take drugs to have trips and achieve enlightenment, I
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by tomp 2y ago
No, I disagree. There hasn't been a hot war between nuclear powered states, ever. This is pretty obviously superior compared with the previous "no nukes" era, that had plenty of hot wars...
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by tomp 2y ago
Are you sure that's the explanation? It could be (and I think it's more likely) that the rest of the stone was lightened, and the part in the shadow, wasn't. No "residue of a person", just literally "shadow&quo
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by tomp 2y ago
Are they? What did Demis do?
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by tomp 2y ago
Is anyone still using Docker? I am, simply because I haven't "updated" my stack in a few years. But are there any remaining arguments for using Docker instead of Podman (sudo-less docker alternative)?
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by tomp 2y ago
What makes you think OpenAI makes any money on people using Microsoft's technology (i.e. Microsoft owns all OpenAI IP up to AGI) running on Microsoft's servers in Microsoft's cloud?
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by tomp 2y ago
Yeah the latest Pika model is mindblowing. Out of this world (though surprisingly creepy ad!). https://x.com/pika_labs/status/1841143349576941863 Where's Sora?
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by tomp 2y ago
beautiful!
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by tomp 2y ago
Why would this make any sense? const myDiv = div( {id: 'container', className: 'my-class'}, h1('Hello World'), p('This is a dynamically generated paragraph.') ); docu
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by tomp 2y ago
I don't understand why call centers exist in the first place. If you just exposed all the functionality as buttons on the website, or even as AI, I'd be able to fix the problems myself! And I say that while working for a company m
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by tomp 2y ago
I only feel sore if I haven’t been working out regularly. After a week or two, the soreness is gone, for as long as I keep regular trainings. (I do strength training in the gym.)
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by tomp 2y ago
I don’t get it. Sounds like all the things the state would offer anyways - education and healthcare for poor people…

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