It's actually pretty short-termist too. Women are being pressured into taking on careers, are having children later or not at all and denying the future new scientists, engineers, whatever. It's self-defeating at root.
Now I will attempt to defray the cries by stating that women who are interested in these things should absolutely be encouraged to follow their dreams. I hope my own daughter has significant achievements. Let's not force it though, eh?
It kinda reminds me of a local contractor. He does work all over the US. He gets all the equipment transported to the site well ahead of time then when the work is due to begin, loads all the workers on his private plane and flies them out there.
Ah, but to what end? I guess my point is that it's easy to critique the US system but also easy to come up with "fixes" that don't make things better and may very well make them worse.
Actually, that's pretty much how I remember it was. Also some nightmare stories of patients having to be rushed to an NHS hospital because the private hospitals didn't have the emergency facilities. It's really not the same as proper healthcare insurance.
I wonder where there is a break-even whereby it makes sense to send the mechanical stuff ahead but send the computer part on a smaller, faster shot simply due to the power savings and increased processing capacity gained in what would be the time in between the launches.
Gotta agree with you here. There is a spectrum of libertarian positions from left-libertarian to right libertarian and another couple of dimensions thrown in as well. As someone who fits broadly in as a libertarian, I find there plenty of areas that I disagree with other libertarians on and some where it is not clear to me that those who disagree with are actually wrong, it just seems to me that my position is more "right".
This is no different from many other political stances, of course.
However, what most libertarians, more than a few republicans and not a few democrats do agree on is that we are heading away from the direction of personal liberty towards authoritarianism and it should be reversed. The problem is, it's the politicians that fuck it up and invariably, that means both the Republican and Democratic politicians.
I think it's really easy to unbalance a game this way though. Rust is/was much the same way. The penalty for death is low so some players just go around being a-holes. Can't really blame them because it's the game's mechanic but that often cuts off so much of what else a game has to offer.
There are ways to keep the gist of the mechanic in and keep the game fun (bounties, infamy lists etc) but they weren't there the last time I played Rust.
And let's not forget that there are laws preventing drugs from crossing borders. $1000 in India? Fine, let Spaniards buy their drugs from India. But no, because governments.
When I was younger and still living in the UK, private medical insurance was almost unheard of. Its growth is a sign of the direction that the NHS is heading in. Given that it was founded less than 70 years ago, this is a pretty bad indication of things to come.
To be fair, there is likely some fire to go with the smoke. Regular vehicles which are only driven short distances can collect water in the exhaust which can lead to corrosion. Hydrogen vehicles might experience something similar. And I guess fuel cell exhaust would not reach similar temperatures to an ICE exhaust. But I'm sure the system could easily be designed to ensure icing up would not be a problem.
My friend, who works in the pharmaceutical industry in the UK, was telling my of a pharmaceutical company refusing to provide drugs to the NHS at the price they were willing to pay. So yes, this is happening.
Though personally, I think the patent and approval process and other things are totally screwing up drug prices in the first place, the laws of supply and demand still apply, even if the market is distorted.
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You are correct.
It's actually pretty short-termist too. Women are being pressured into taking on careers, are having children later or not at all and denying the future new scientists, engineers, whatever. It's self-defeating at root.
Now I will attempt to defray the cries by stating that women who are interested in these things should absolutely be encouraged to follow their dreams. I hope my own daughter has significant achievements. Let's not force it though, eh?
"When I was a teen, I thought I knew everything too".
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It actually took me until fairly recently to be right about everything ;)
Yeah, for sure. What next, articles with multiple pages needing multiple Slashdot posts? This is just dumb.
True. But there may still be gains to be had.
It kinda reminds me of a local contractor. He does work all over the US. He gets all the equipment transported to the site well ahead of time then when the work is due to begin, loads all the workers on his private plane and flies them out there.
Ah, but to what end? I guess my point is that it's easy to critique the US system but also easy to come up with "fixes" that don't make things better and may very well make them worse.
Actually, that's pretty much how I remember it was. Also some nightmare stories of patients having to be rushed to an NHS hospital because the private hospitals didn't have the emergency facilities. It's really not the same as proper healthcare insurance.
I wonder where there is a break-even whereby it makes sense to send the mechanical stuff ahead but send the computer part on a smaller, faster shot simply due to the power savings and increased processing capacity gained in what would be the time in between the launches.
The voting system is also to blame and that has largely been put in place by the government.
Which trusts specifically? Not all monopolies are abusive.
I don't think you understand how monopolies work.
His votes there did nothing and were politically easy. His votes for other legislation which passed have done a whole lot of damage.
Gotta agree with you here. There is a spectrum of libertarian positions from left-libertarian to right libertarian and another couple of dimensions thrown in as well. As someone who fits broadly in as a libertarian, I find there plenty of areas that I disagree with other libertarians on and some where it is not clear to me that those who disagree with are actually wrong, it just seems to me that my position is more "right".
This is no different from many other political stances, of course.
However, what most libertarians, more than a few republicans and not a few democrats do agree on is that we are heading away from the direction of personal liberty towards authoritarianism and it should be reversed. The problem is, it's the politicians that fuck it up and invariably, that means both the Republican and Democratic politicians.
If you want more of the same, vote (D) or (R).
The you fail to understand your subject matter. Likely because you view it through your own biases and not honestly.
Wasn't this the excuse for Sim City?
I think it's really easy to unbalance a game this way though. Rust is/was much the same way. The penalty for death is low so some players just go around being a-holes. Can't really blame them because it's the game's mechanic but that often cuts off so much of what else a game has to offer.
There are ways to keep the gist of the mechanic in and keep the game fun (bounties, infamy lists etc) but they weren't there the last time I played Rust.
And let's not forget that there are laws preventing drugs from crossing borders. $1000 in India? Fine, let Spaniards buy their drugs from India. But no, because governments.
I agree with the principle but you run the risk that the pharm company withdraws all their business from your country and then things get messy.
The poster above mentions low prices in India but I believe India is a country that is willing to put patents aside so that may explain that.
I think drug companies are entitled to make a profit, even a very substantial profit but it should be remembered what patents are there for.
When I was younger and still living in the UK, private medical insurance was almost unheard of. Its growth is a sign of the direction that the NHS is heading in. Given that it was founded less than 70 years ago, this is a pretty bad indication of things to come.
This is a fair point. And an issue totally unaddressed by Obamacare.
To be fair, there is likely some fire to go with the smoke. Regular vehicles which are only driven short distances can collect water in the exhaust which can lead to corrosion. Hydrogen vehicles might experience something similar. And I guess fuel cell exhaust would not reach similar temperatures to an ICE exhaust. But I'm sure the system could easily be designed to ensure icing up would not be a problem.
Yes, and here is you ticket. Go to platform 9 3/4 and have a good trip, grandad...
Are you suggesting we send all the old people to Detroit?
Who is John Galt?
That's a meaningless anecdote.
It's also worth noting that treatment on the UK's NHS is not free to foreign visitors. (Certain treaties notwithstanding)
http://www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/A...
My friend, who works in the pharmaceutical industry in the UK, was telling my of a pharmaceutical company refusing to provide drugs to the NHS at the price they were willing to pay. So yes, this is happening.
Though personally, I think the patent and approval process and other things are totally screwing up drug prices in the first place, the laws of supply and demand still apply, even if the market is distorted.