1) He tells you the problem with America is with The Other 2) He tells you he'll kick out The Other 3) He tells you without The Other, America will be Great Again.
Just a couple days ago Wikileaks was decrying Twitter's for banning professional shit-thrower Milo.
I think Wikileaks was noble-intentioned for about ten minutes. Then Assange went off the deep end and it became yet another haven for white supremacist libertarians.
Verizon's been patiently letting these customers stay in their restaurant for ages. They haven't even been an all-you-can-eat restaurant for like, 3 years now.
Verizon's just now saying "Okay, but you need to start eating like a normal person (and not taking 8 steaks and licking each of them once), or we're going to take away your special privilege and treat you like any other new customer."
* Insurance won't pay for recreational drugs. * Consumers won't pay brand-name prices without insurance (at least, not consumers at large) * Company can't charge enough to make back what it sunk into R&D, testing, and regulatory approval. All that engineering-from-the-ground up takes a lot of money. Most new drugs are simple (but patentable) tweaks of older drugs already in their stable.
Not everyone can find another doctor. Some states don't have a single doctor willing to prescribe hormones without a letter from a psych - which is often >$1000 in sessions and 6+ months of "Oh yes doctor, I've only ever liked pink girly things tehehe" before they'll say "okay, you're trans enough." A lot of doctors won't even prescribe hormones for trans people with that magical letter, and finding one who takes your insurance might be very difficult or impossible.
The risks of a stroke from HRT are way overblown. The majority of people without pre-existing issues can take a normal dose without any real risk. I think I've heard that about 1% of trans women get blood clots, and most of those had pre-existing risk factors. That's quite a lot lower than our ~50% suicide attempt rate.
Agreed, I'm not gonna tell anyone to go to a value-bin surgeon. A fistula is like, nightmare-scenario outcome. But SRS isn't HRT. SRS requires a lot of care and skill, HRT requires "take 2 of these and 2 of these daily. If you start feeling weird, lemme know."
And yeah, a lot of trans women are forced into sex work because they can't find gainful employment as an out trans woman, especially one that pays well enough to save up for SRS (if they want that) in addition to their normal costs of living. Having the option to order pills online isn't going to make them more likely to resort to sex work.
Apparently suggesting "maybe we shouldn't have a system that is designed to reward the smallest slice of the most exceptionally greedy" is a conspiracy theory to mask my impotence and apathy.
And yeah, I've written letters to my elected congress critters, city council members, and governor. I get the usual form mails back. I've signed my share of petitions that I support and believe in, some of them succeed, some of them don't.
It's so much easier to yell at straw men than real people, innit?
Not all trans people can get hormones through their doctor. They might live in an area with only shitty doctors who refuse to treat them, be unable to afford the doctor's visits, or be frustrated by the long lines for cheaper care.
Also, I know you say they were targeting Canadians, but it's also pretty popular to target USA citizens with pharmaceuticals "from Canada" (not from some scary overseas place).
I do recommend going through the "official" pipeline if it works for you, but a lot of people don't have that luxury.
"Flying Cell-On-Wings" - doesn't the "Wings" part cover that? Unless you're gonna go the whole mile and dress these things up like cows and pronounce it "Flying Cow" (instead of see-oh-double-you).
Deflation increases the wealth of the people holding the currency. In Bitcoin's case, an intentionally disinflationary currency was coupled to a ponzi scheme - the hope was that demand rises high enough for early adopters to make bank (which it did).
Bitcoin has always been expressly designed to favor the people who got bitcoins early. And it was just obvious enough to recruit people who thought themselves early.
Asking people to adopt it worldwide is like Parker Bros saying "We're gonna make Monopoly Money into a valid international currency. Yes, we are the only ones who have Monopoly Money in meaningful quantities. No, we won't be printing hardly any more, we want to protect our investment. It's actually nearly impossible to print it, we engineered it that way. If you want some, you have to give me something in return. But look how pretty it is!"
Slashdot Mirror
1) He tells you the problem with America is with The Other
2) He tells you he'll kick out The Other
3) He tells you without The Other, America will be Great Again.
That's it.
You can be right about 99% of the things in the world and still be a total asshole and a terrible human being.
But really, if you think he was right about any of the stuff he got banned for... you're too far gone to listen to anything I'll say.
Maybe not, but they certainly identify as libertarians, and they're definitely white supremacists.
What, your google's broken? https://twitter.com/wikileaks/...
Just a couple days ago Wikileaks was decrying Twitter's for banning professional shit-thrower Milo.
I think Wikileaks was noble-intentioned for about ten minutes. Then Assange went off the deep end and it became yet another haven for white supremacist libertarians.
Verizon's been patiently letting these customers stay in their restaurant for ages. They haven't even been an all-you-can-eat restaurant for like, 3 years now.
Verizon's just now saying "Okay, but you need to start eating like a normal person (and not taking 8 steaks and licking each of them once), or we're going to take away your special privilege and treat you like any other new customer."
In 2005 my phone was still tethered to the wall of my kitchen.
Actually, scientists are well aware of the multiple hypotheses problem and correct for it statistically.
It's all pixels. Anything you watch on any pixel-based display will be pixels.
If you mean CGI, say CGI.
It's a profit question.
* Insurance won't pay for recreational drugs.
* Consumers won't pay brand-name prices without insurance (at least, not consumers at large)
* Company can't charge enough to make back what it sunk into R&D, testing, and regulatory approval. All that engineering-from-the-ground up takes a lot of money. Most new drugs are simple (but patentable) tweaks of older drugs already in their stable.
I do appreciate that. :)
Unfortunately, he's a Libertarian.
Not everyone can find another doctor. Some states don't have a single doctor willing to prescribe hormones without a letter from a psych - which is often >$1000 in sessions and 6+ months of "Oh yes doctor, I've only ever liked pink girly things tehehe" before they'll say "okay, you're trans enough." A lot of doctors won't even prescribe hormones for trans people with that magical letter, and finding one who takes your insurance might be very difficult or impossible.
The risks of a stroke from HRT are way overblown. The majority of people without pre-existing issues can take a normal dose without any real risk. I think I've heard that about 1% of trans women get blood clots, and most of those had pre-existing risk factors. That's quite a lot lower than our ~50% suicide attempt rate.
Agreed, I'm not gonna tell anyone to go to a value-bin surgeon. A fistula is like, nightmare-scenario outcome. But SRS isn't HRT. SRS requires a lot of care and skill, HRT requires "take 2 of these and 2 of these daily. If you start feeling weird, lemme know."
And yeah, a lot of trans women are forced into sex work because they can't find gainful employment as an out trans woman, especially one that pays well enough to save up for SRS (if they want that) in addition to their normal costs of living. Having the option to order pills online isn't going to make them more likely to resort to sex work.
Apparently suggesting "maybe we shouldn't have a system that is designed to reward the smallest slice of the most exceptionally greedy" is a conspiracy theory to mask my impotence and apathy.
And yeah, I've written letters to my elected congress critters, city council members, and governor. I get the usual form mails back. I've signed my share of petitions that I support and believe in, some of them succeed, some of them don't.
It's so much easier to yell at straw men than real people, innit?
Translation: "Have you tried being part of the Establishment? Maybe then you wouldn't be such a loser."
Not all trans people can get hormones through their doctor. They might live in an area with only shitty doctors who refuse to treat them, be unable to afford the doctor's visits, or be frustrated by the long lines for cheaper care.
Also, I know you say they were targeting Canadians, but it's also pretty popular to target USA citizens with pharmaceuticals "from Canada" (not from some scary overseas place).
I do recommend going through the "official" pipeline if it works for you, but a lot of people don't have that luxury.
From TFA:
For those familiar with Season 1 of Silicon Valley, this is essentially a “middle-out” algorithm.
Okay, "why not use a balloon" aside:
"Flying Cell-On-Wings" - doesn't the "Wings" part cover that? Unless you're gonna go the whole mile and dress these things up like cows and pronounce it "Flying Cow" (instead of see-oh-double-you).
Hi Linus! I didn't know you read slashdot.
I wonder if it's the same country that MIT is in?
"Continue to appreciate"
Sweetheart, when a currency appreciates, that's deflation. You can say "disinflationary" all you want.
Sure buddy, deflation of currency doesn't advantage those that have a lot of that currency. That's a totally reasonable thing you're saying.
Bitcoin is just like dog shit. It's worth what others deem it worth based on blah blah blah blah blah.
Deflation increases the wealth of the people holding the currency. In Bitcoin's case, an intentionally disinflationary currency was coupled to a ponzi scheme - the hope was that demand rises high enough for early adopters to make bank (which it did).
Bitcoin has always been expressly designed to favor the people who got bitcoins early. And it was just obvious enough to recruit people who thought themselves early.
Asking people to adopt it worldwide is like Parker Bros saying "We're gonna make Monopoly Money into a valid international currency. Yes, we are the only ones who have Monopoly Money in meaningful quantities. No, we won't be printing hardly any more, we want to protect our investment. It's actually nearly impossible to print it, we engineered it that way. If you want some, you have to give me something in return. But look how pretty it is!"
This was "controlled detonation" of a person, not an explosive.