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by tsax 13y ago
The perils of top-down standardization.
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How Government Killed the Medical Profession(cato.org)
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Bots Gobble Up Restaurant Reservations in the Bay Area(siliconbeat.com)
33 points by tsax 13y ago|46 comments
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by tsax 13y ago
I actually agree that that's exactly the jihadists' objective. However, it's silly to say that this can be achieved with random acts of terrorism. 1) 9/11 2) ??? 3) Sharia law!
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by tsax 13y ago
This is hilarious! The Constitution? Paper constitutions aren't worth the paper they are printed on. They are an Americanism. Before the American paper Constitution, constitutions were exactly what the word signified - the structure of
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by tsax 13y ago
Awesome. I was just about to post this. I almost wish to kill a few hours scraping tens of thousands of headlines with question marks to find out whether these could be answered with a negative. I suspect > 85% could be answered so.
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by tsax 13y ago
I suspect he's simply warning against mistaking the formal spec (US code) for enforcement.
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by tsax 13y ago
Formal spec vs delivered software - there's a similar case here. In any real world organization, the formal written mission and rules are not exactly the ones that are in operation. Unionization especially public-sector unionization fu
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by tsax 13y ago
Right because near-impossibility of firing someone, and the magnified principal-agent problems of public sector managers negotiating with psu's don't influence behavior in any way.
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by tsax 13y ago
Blame unionization. Why government employees are allowed to unionize will forever remain a mystery, for non-cynical reasons that is.
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by tsax 13y ago
Let me also add licensing regulations that require MDs for routine procedures. Though nurse practitioners are becoming more involved and this is a good development. Another issue which HN commenters are aware of is the AMA's cartel mon
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by tsax 13y ago
- The hospital industry is a monopolized cartel - you usually need the approval of existing hospitals in an area before you can open your own. - The insurance industry is a cartel - there are extreme compliance costs that only a few big pla
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by tsax 13y ago
Not everything, but most of the important stuff was backed up I think. Probably lost a bunch of pictures though.
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by tsax 13y ago
This had me laughing, crying, fearful, among a whole host of emotions. Amazing. Bravo.
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by tsax 13y ago
At least one was at my apartment. Macbook Pro =(
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by tsax 13y ago
I can understand your frustration. The key is not to follow the headlines but do deep research on each claim. For example, intake of dietary saturated fat is simply not associated with heart disease. http://ajcn.nutrition.org&#x2
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by tsax 13y ago
You are only a quarter right (or whatever). The incidence of corporate taxation can fall on various entities including the consumers, the employees, and the shareholders. The better argument is that corporate taxation is double (or triple)
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by tsax 13y ago
This is the most sensible comment in the whole thread to me. PR costs should be factored in, and if I recall correctly Uber waived fees during Hurricane Sandy in the NY/NJ area last fall.
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by tsax 13y ago
More blather. Its irrelevant whatever you choose to call the phenomenon. The fundamental problem is scarcity of goods and services. Its a shortage of fuel, water, food and other goods the delivery of which won't be carried out because
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by tsax 13y ago
Again you are missing the consequences. Acting indignant is not going to bring you more oil/gas/water/ice/food. Letting the prices go up will do it. No amount of moral indignation and Talmudic discourse on when its right
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by tsax 13y ago
That would be fine if the story stopped there. The balance could be found out by experimentation between many companies and pricing models. But it doesn't stop there. Regulations are brought in and you damn well believe that they are e
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by tsax 13y ago
Actually this is usually because of local anti-price gouging laws pushed by ignorant people such as the author of the above piece. You can thank these people for mile-long gas lines, and general shortages all around, because to them MORALIT
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by tsax 13y ago
http://www.econlib.org/library/Columns/y2007/Mungergouging.h...
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by tsax 13y ago
There should also be a 'Don't be an economically illiterate douchebag' rule which is seldom followed.
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by tsax 15y ago
The network effects seem to be working in a female-friendly manner here. The Bros need to seek a new haven.