So, from here on, Massachusetts residents are obliged by law to make money for a profit-oriented company (that may or may not actually cover their ailments).
That was my first thought too! Why not start by removing any requirements for Medicaid? Just remove any checks---whoever applies gets it. And if folks ever admitted into hospital, that application is automatic for them. That would ensure everyone is covered. Would need to pump more money into Medicaid, but, eh, there's gotta be costs... But in my view, much better then pumping the same money into a for-profit entity.
Indeed. What's surprising is how folks manage to praise apple that this isn't a security flaw. I'd really -wish- for this to be a security flaw, to unlock this damn device...
I wouldn't be surprised if there's a way to hookup a serial cable to the board and get a terminal... Hmm... don't these devices have some sort of a factory override mode?
Indeed. Which seems to suggest that entropy is reversible (locally at least; though it wouldn't really matter whether it's local or global, 'cause you can never find out).
In short, you can't mandate access to a scarce resource without rationing.
Who ever said it -has- to be a scarce resource? Heck, fire department, and police seem to be doing an ok job, with their rationing. And sanitation workers seem to pickup trash---all rationing their time. Medicare seems to satisfy lots of elderly folks. Medicaid works ok for the poor. The middle class gets screwed! Most families pay ~$15k a year for health insurance. There -can- be a balance, and many countries seem to find it (or at least a balance where more people are happy with health care than in the US).
I think most folks would welcome a universal `Medicaid' system (ie: just remove any restrictions on getting it). The system is already in place. Every hospital accepts it, etc.
20-somethings who choose to have $150 a month extra partying money
That's assuming you're employed with insurance. Ever priced self-employed insurance? It's -way- more than $150 a month. A friend of mine pays $1500 a month. It just about approaches his mortgage, and in a few years (due to inflation), it will surpass it. Isn't that a bit ridiculous?
You don't have to actually "own" anything to control everything. Most rich folks have figured this out already---it's not about money, it's about power. Money is for folks who live in a world not of their making...
Fines based on income are silly, as most rich folks don't ``make'' much money. Their taxable income is surprisingly low---in fact, I'd imagine many billionare CEOs would qualify for welfare.
Hmm... As a manufacturer, I can set the min price of $100, get paid, and then ignore all facts of the product not selling for $100. The retailers shouldn't be the one losing if this price fixing doesn't work.
Don't worry. Economies have a way of fixing themselves, one way or another.
Either this works, and everyone will be happy, or it doesn't (and it will get tossed, or online shops shut down---a recession is -way- overdue as it is).
This really is just an extension of Microsoft's business model.
This is a stupid move on their part, and if it spreads to the rest of the company, it will be their end. Just like Sun.
Most software isn't commodity. You can't easily replace one piece of software with another without folks complaining. Hardware (unless it's top of the line) is commodity---corps compete on price, and price alone. There's virtually no insentive for someone to spend more on another branded hardware, 'cause it's all the same cheap stuff (and likely made in the same factory). It's a stupid business for Microsoft to be involved in... especially considering that for most of their time they've been trying to commoditize hardware!
Now a big part of that is that scientific theories must be falsifiable, that means that they must be stated in such a way they can be tested to be proven false.
The thing about science is that you're not violently aggressive towards others who say your theory sucks. Not so with Faith (at least in large part of the world). Science is all about revision, exploration, change, etc. Newton was wrong? Great. Einstein may be wrong? Great! Quantum Mechanics may be wrong? Even better! Every time someone debunks one of the established theories, something better and more accurate comes along. Faith, on the other hand, is about static belief in a non-changing doctrine---folks go to great lengths to ensure it is unchanging. That's the key difference, I think.
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...even the most ardent anti-green campaigner would probably agree that a wind turbine creates less environmental damage than an oil rig.
Unless they use that rotational power of the wind to pump oil!
quantum mechanic weirdness also works logically. lookup the `free will theorem'.
If by "perfect Utopian universe" you mean dead, then yes. Somebody's going to push that button.
I think the point was that there will be -some- universe where nobody pushes the button---we can ignore the dead non-utopians who did.
I'm not very fan of this kind of deterrent law, that makes the penalty for attempt harsher than the penalty for the actual infringement.
In other words, ``you're only guilty if you're caught''.
I call it ``bottom-up AI'' (as opposed to the ``top-down AI'' everyone is familiar with).
So, from here on, Massachusetts residents are obliged by law to make money for a profit-oriented company (that may or may not actually cover their ailments).
That was my first thought too! Why not start by removing any requirements for Medicaid? Just remove any checks---whoever applies gets it. And if folks ever admitted into hospital, that application is automatic for them. That would ensure everyone is covered. Would need to pump more money into Medicaid, but, eh, there's gotta be costs... But in my view, much better then pumping the same money into a for-profit entity.
Shouldn't be hidden from me anyway,
Indeed. What's surprising is how folks manage to praise apple that this isn't a security flaw. I'd really -wish- for this to be a security flaw, to unlock this damn device...
As far as you know . . .
I wouldn't be surprised if there's a way to hookup a serial cable to the board and get a terminal... Hmm... don't these devices have some sort of a factory override mode?
...but does it spontaneously burst into flames?
he'd be rotating in his grave
strap some magnets on'em, and generate electricity... -PHB
Indeed. Which seems to suggest that entropy is reversible (locally at least; though it wouldn't really matter whether it's local or global, 'cause you can never find out).
As good as the P-51 was back in its day, it would be almost miraculous for one of these planes to shoot down a modern jet aircraft...
That's what those smug aliens thought, and look where it got'em! Should've used SEP.
In short, you can't mandate access to a scarce resource without rationing.
Who ever said it -has- to be a scarce resource? Heck, fire department, and police seem to be doing an ok job, with their rationing. And sanitation workers seem to pickup trash---all rationing their time. Medicare seems to satisfy lots of elderly folks. Medicaid works ok for the poor. The middle class gets screwed! Most families pay ~$15k a year for health insurance. There -can- be a balance, and many countries seem to find it (or at least a balance where more people are happy with health care than in the US).
I think most folks would welcome a universal `Medicaid' system (ie: just remove any restrictions on getting it). The system is already in place. Every hospital accepts it, etc.
20-somethings who choose to have $150 a month extra partying money
That's assuming you're employed with insurance. Ever priced self-employed insurance? It's -way- more than $150 a month. A friend of mine pays $1500 a month. It just about approaches his mortgage, and in a few years (due to inflation), it will surpass it. Isn't that a bit ridiculous?
...what human brains aren't `man-made'? ...all in just 9 months!
You don't have to actually "own" anything to control everything. Most rich folks have figured this out already---it's not about money, it's about power. Money is for folks who live in a world not of their making...
Fines based on income are silly, as most rich folks don't ``make'' much money. Their taxable income is surprisingly low---in fact, I'd imagine many billionare CEOs would qualify for welfare.
ie: consider Bloomberg with a $1 salary.
Hmm... As a manufacturer, I can set the min price of $100, get paid, and then ignore all facts of the product not selling for $100. The retailers shouldn't be the one losing if this price fixing doesn't work.
Don't worry. Economies have a way of fixing themselves, one way or another.
Either this works, and everyone will be happy, or it doesn't (and it will get tossed, or online shops shut down---a recession is -way- overdue as it is).
...And why aren't they using their Washington cronies to ban `find' and `grep'?
This really is just an extension of Microsoft's business model.
This is a stupid move on their part, and if it spreads to the rest of the company, it will be their end. Just like Sun.
Most software isn't commodity. You can't easily replace one piece of software with another without folks complaining. Hardware (unless it's top of the line) is commodity---corps compete on price, and price alone. There's virtually no insentive for someone to spend more on another branded hardware, 'cause it's all the same cheap stuff (and likely made in the same factory). It's a stupid business for Microsoft to be involved in... especially considering that for most of their time they've been trying to commoditize hardware!
There is a reason that IBM isn't called Hollerith, Inc. and Apple is called J&W Computing.
And Ford is not called... and Johnson & Johnson is not called... and Linux is not called...
Now a big part of that is that scientific theories must be falsifiable, that means that they must be stated in such a way they can be tested to be proven false.
Godel's incompleteness theorem?
The thing about science is that you're not violently aggressive towards others who say your theory sucks. Not so with Faith (at least in large part of the world). Science is all about revision, exploration, change, etc. Newton was wrong? Great. Einstein may be wrong? Great! Quantum Mechanics may be wrong? Even better! Every time someone debunks one of the established theories, something better and more accurate comes along. Faith, on the other hand, is about static belief in a non-changing doctrine---folks go to great lengths to ensure it is unchanging. That's the key difference, I think.
Of course, the interesting part of the big bang theory is not what came "before" the big bang
That's when the Matrix booted up. Obviously there was nutn we'd be aware of before it booted; kind of like we're not currently aware of the Matrix.