Slashdot Mirror


User: techpeon

techpeon's activity in the archive.

Stories
0
Comments
7
First seen
Last seen
Profile
(view on slashdot.org)

Comments · 7

  1. Re: I'm guessing this has less to do with healthy on California Study To Examine the Influence of a Healthy Diet On Patients (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Did you forget to use sarcasm font, or are you actually serious? The US has the most expensive health care in the world. All countries with universal health plans (i.e. every developed country except the US), have cheaper health care and almost all have better health outcomes for their citizens. And yes, some of these countries are ... socialist. Most societies consider providing universal health care to its citizens as the right thing to do from a moral perspective.

  2. Re:This should be free on Google Announces Fiber Phone, a $10/Month Home Telephone Service · · Score: 1

    I agree, I went with an Obihai ATA and voip.ms years ago. I can't identify any downsides. I'm puzzled by much of the general discussion on this topic; if you're not using a VoIP service why are you here? I thought this was news for nerds, not consumer reports.

  3. Re:But they're not white, so it's OK on Indonesia Moves To Ban Same-Sex Emojis On Messaging Apps (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    Nothing wrong with getting kids to read the King James bible in a literature class. Kids should have knowledge of a broad range of classic fiction. Can't see it happening though, too much sex and supernatural elements for the conservative crowd.

  4. Re:Nerds Matter on Did a Timer Error Change the Outcome of a Division I College Basketball Game? · · Score: 1

    Can we mod such stories down to "irrelevant"?

  5. Re:Context On the Issue on Have Your iPhone 6 Repaired, Only To Get It Bricked By Apple (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    So it detects this change "weeks or months" after the repair. Sounds like a great implementation of a security feature!

  6. Re:Basic income methodology on Dutch City To Experiment With Paying Citizens a "Basic Income" (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    The "experiment" in Dauphin, Canada lasted 4 years and seems like it was terminated for political reasons, not because of failure. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/....

  7. Re:Yes - it worked in the Kibbutz! on Can Star Trek's World With No Money Work In Real life? (cnn.com) · · Score: 2

    It still seems to be working today within Hutterite colonies in Western Canada/US (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hutterite). I suspect this type of environment requires strong commitment to societal ideals, and some form of "opt-out" such as an option to leave the society. Thus it is difficult to see how this could extend to a broader society that includes the current sociopaths who provide the "leadership" of our overall society.