TFA says that the bill for this one-time treatment weighs in at $475,000 in America.
Fixed that for you. For those of you who, for some reason don't see it or refuse to see it, your system is complete and totally shit. I have close family members who still live the US. One who recently was diagnosed with Cancer. Turns out that the cancer was a result of another illness which went undetected for nearly 20 years. The medicine for the illness is in excess of 40k per treatment in America. The family member was able to come to the EU country in which I live and paid 1000€ for the non-insurance price to have the doctor give the injections. The people who support this price gouging system, to mind, are fucking disgusting human beings. If in fact they should even be considered Humans. What kind of sick fuck literally holds lives hostage in an effort to increase their profits 100 fold? Worse than ISIS, Hitler, Stalin and Satan combined.
And this is a prime example of why cloud based services are a shit idea. Personally, I think that it is foolish to rely on any cloud based service where other options exist.
Look at all those stupid nest smoke alarms going off after a FW update was pushed. Or this recent fiasco with all the people using an internet connected door lock and having a bricked unit thanks to an update. Or photobucket decided that it's no longer OK to link to your photos from other sites after you were doing it for years and was literally the only reason to use that stupid site. What happens when you cloud storage company closes up shop and you lose your data? Maybe you are outside of the US, but the company is a US based company and the feds decide to raid the data center and take the drives? I don't even recall what the company or product was, but last year one of these device companies closed up shop which made all the hardware useless. Something which ONLY works when connected to the internet is just stupid.
No one in Germany is withheld an education...full stop.
No one is told by anyone he cannot go to uni. He must decide by his own which path to take. Even if he goes to realschule (non uni track) he can still later go to uni if he wants. It is not that hard to get accepted either. In the worst case he will need to take 1 or 2 years of prep school before starting. This is pretty common though.
I think most of the states actually dropped the new program. NRW was the last to switch back, but as I know, in 2016 they also went back to the old way. I believe they are going to get rid of the bachelors program as well since German business do not like it.
First, I will say that the program seems like a great idea and I wish them success.
Next, I can say that in my company, we had very, very bad luck with Indian engineers and SW developers. I am not talking about H1 imports either. Ultimately, I think it came down to cultural differences which created a mismatch of expectations from both sides. After the 5th one, we more or less stopped considering those applications. We are not a large company, but we do tend to have 5 to 10 interns at any one time. We did accept a few interns from India as well. We sponsored the visas and all that. Didn't really work out.
Then, we starting bringing German interns in. Maybe some people will get offended by this statement, but I can say in about 95% of the cases, the German interns we got were far superior engineers than our full time US master degree engineers. Their problem solving skills, critical thinking and overall work ethics were, for us, amazing. For nearly all of them, at the end of their internship we offered them a contract plus visas. Of course, this is much easier to handle with Germans because of the visa treaty. The thing is, they also ask for much less money than out of school Americans and they are vastly better engineers. Whatever they are doing in their schools seems to be working. Basically what I am saying is, why do so many companies jump through hoops to bring in scores of cheap Indian guys when way better engineers are also willing to come?
At least not in the US. Nothing can stand in the way of profits. This includes coming up with "cures" for age related illnesses. Big pharma and medical are salivating already since the boomers are all starting to get age related issues now. Call me a cynic if you like, but I really believe those who pull the strings will do everything in their power to ensure treatments like this never make it to the plebs.
I guess I will avoid tossing my roof full of panels in the garbage. Good thing they figured that out...otherwise.... I would have just tossed 15k of cells out.
Actually, no.. we don't. We do not actively market our service to anyone. There are very few companies who do what we do. Only 3 or 4 that I know of. The phone rings and we answer it.
As I mentioned to the previous poster, who unlike you was not such a little pussy that he needed to post under AC... Sometime we have to deal with assholes (like you) and that is life. But we are still allowed to complain about it. If you do not want to hear about it, stop reading and stick your finger in your ass.
Yeah, because that is the only option. Man, you are like one of those jack asses who hears someone complain about a policy of America that they do not agree with and says, "If ya don lik it... git out!". In every line of work we are forced to deal with fucking morons and asshats. That's life. That doesnt mean that we need to like it or that we cannot complain about it.
Seriously, this is a typical Indian move. I am pretty sure that it is something which is woven into their culture.
I have several India firms as clients. Typically they are serving as an OEM for a larger US or EU brand, but they are responsible for getting all of the certifications ahead of time. So, we give our standard offer. They say, no no no, that is WAY too much. Way more than your competitors. We say, what are you looking for? They say, it must be at least 40% less than this. We say... OK, we can do 30% less, but we will not offer any support. If you do not know how to fix something, or fill out some form, then it's not our problem. They agree. Then, they fuck everything and demand support and extra support. I forward them the earlier emails and reminding them they agreed to no support and tell them that I would be happy to send out a new offer to include support at our standard list price. They decline.
Then for the next project, they ask for an even bigger discount because the support last time was not good. Every..fucking...time.
Exactly so, and this should also not be supported or allowed under the guise of religion. Because it's total bullshit. No legal protection should be offered to any group who teaches those things.
So, the asshole in this whole thing is the one who thinks it is morally wrong to oppress women and gays? Then, I am happy to be an asshole. Sorry, it is not OK to me that they preach hatred to these groups. So, sit atop your glorious high horse, expounding the virtues or your liberal righteousness and limitless tolerance of groups who teach the hatred of others. If these religions stood up and said hey... we support women, we wont make them wear full body covers and we support a person's right to be gay.. then fine. I would have no problem with them. Seriously, how the fuck can you support their "right" to teach hatred? Is be because you have some hatred towards the same groups?
Look, I do see your point. Really, I do. But where do draw the line? It is undeniable that Islam teaches hatred against gays. That they teach men that women are property for their pleasure. This is the believe system of nearly the entire middle east. When do you decide, maybe we already have enough crazy people here and stop importing more?
Look, like these fucking wack-jobs from whatever that Christian Church is that goes to funerals with their God hates fags signs. I think these guys should be shut down as well. That type of thing, in my opinion should not be tolerated. If you are preaching hatred and oppression against any group, then, IMO you should not be allowed a religious status and you should be persecuted.
On the other hand, I think that people who stand up and say.. hey, that is their religion! they have a right to oppress women and all the rest of. I think they should be persecuted as well.
I also think the fake gender stuff is nuts. If someone wants to call themselves an asexual herbivore from the planet dinglehopper, more power to them. But, that doesn't mean that I have to play along in their fantasy. This is where the discourse in America is taking a wrong turn. People can do whatever the fuck they want, but there should be nothing saying that the rest of the country has to play along.
You could also argue that the city folks are 100% dependent on rural Americans to support them. Food would be the biggest example. The fact is, without rural Americans, city people would literally die. The reverse is not true. So, why should city people get to decide anything? They own their lives to country people? See? It makes no sense. We are all interconnected and make the system "sort of" work. I agree, 99% of the Muslim population is not radical by Muslim standards. Personally, I do not think that the ban will do anything to make anyone safer. I do not think it has anything to do with terrorism. I think most people are not afraid of terrorism in their daily lives.
I have long considered myself to be an open minded and liberal man. I also pay my taxes, give to charity and severed in the armed forces during which time I was deployed. I spend more than half the year living in Europe, so I am rather well traveled. But, I simply cannot understand my liberal counterparts on this point. How is it OK to support the "freedom" of a religion that systematic oppresses women? If anything, I would think Republican would love Muslims. They are basically the same. Both hate gay, both hate women, both want a religious state, both support extreme punishments for small crimes. Both of them think natural disasters are a result of not believing in god and so on. But liberals? Here is an entire group who hates everything that liberals stand for and seek to actively destroy it, but they simply fall all over themselves trying to show everyone how tolerate they are. I just cannot understand it. It is your right to support Muslims right to hate women and gays, I just do not know why I am the bad guy for saying it's not OK.
Personally, I think all organized religion is terrible and more or less the cause of most of the worlds problems. Christianity, was, years ago a plaque on this earth. The joint forces of Christianity and Islam help back the progress of mankind for more than 2000 years.
The difference is, for the most part Christianity has grown out of this "dark ages" mentality. Sure, there are some cults here and there that still practice the bad stuff, but their numbers are not enough to make a difference. Islam on the other hand is simply massive. They never grew out of the dark ages. Why do I have to be OK that people CHOOSE to believe that shit? Why is that OK?
By saying "No!" to a religion that puts women into bondage? By saying that it is not OK to oppress half of the population because of their sex? Tell me, where does your "tolerance" end? What are you willing to accept? When something stands against all of your "western" values and wants to destroy what you hold dear, do you just sit on your hands and let it happen so that you can show your hipster friends how tolerant you are?
There are certain things which we, in the west, value, things that we hold dear. Tell me, why should we forsake these core values by allowing the spread of something fundamentally at odds with them, purely in the name or Torrance? It makes no sense. But, they say that cuckold is the new trend for western men, I guess guys like you are evidence to support that.
Despite the noise that the vocal minority is making over this, I think you will find that most folks, if asked (assuming no one could find out the answer) would support a completed ban on Muslims in the country. Naturally, most folks are simply afraid of being a racist or other "ist" word.
Honestly, I do not know understand why it is an issue to dislike someone because they are Muslim. It's not like disliking a person because they are brown, or black or whatever color. Islam is a religion and an ideology. It is reasonable to not like a person based on what they choose to believe?
Everyone keeps repeating this notion that Islam is the religion of peace, but that it total bullshit. The backbone of Islam is based on submission. The word Islam means submit! I work with several guys from Morocco. Naturally, they are all Muslim. They are seem like "normal" guys to me. I once asked one of my colleagues, hey... man, I heard that the Quran says that it is OK to hit your wife if she is disobedient or disrespectful. His answer... Of course! How else shall she learn? He went on to explain that of course, you could not cause damage or marks, but only enough that she gets the point and never more.
For all those people who say how great and peaceful Muslim people are... go to the middle east. Take your wife, or go alone if you are a woman. See how "peaceful" they are. I have lived in the middle east and I will not support or "tolerate" and religion that puts so little value on a human because of their sex. If I am "Racist" because I won't tolerate their hatred of women, then.. fine, I'm a racist. And no... I will not be hiding behind AC.
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TFA says that the bill for this one-time treatment weighs in at $475,000 in America.
Fixed that for you.
For those of you who, for some reason don't see it or refuse to see it, your system is complete and totally shit.
I have close family members who still live the US. One who recently was diagnosed with Cancer. Turns out that the cancer was a result of another illness which went undetected for nearly 20 years.
The medicine for the illness is in excess of 40k per treatment in America. The family member was able to come to the EU country in which I live and paid 1000€ for the non-insurance price to have the doctor give the injections.
The people who support this price gouging system, to mind, are fucking disgusting human beings. If in fact they should even be considered Humans.
What kind of sick fuck literally holds lives hostage in an effort to increase their profits 100 fold?
Worse than ISIS, Hitler, Stalin and Satan combined.
And this is a prime example of why cloud based services are a shit idea. Personally, I think that it is foolish to rely on any cloud based service where other options exist.
Look at all those stupid nest smoke alarms going off after a FW update was pushed.
Or this recent fiasco with all the people using an internet connected door lock and having a bricked unit thanks to an update.
Or photobucket decided that it's no longer OK to link to your photos from other sites after you were doing it for years and was literally the only reason to use that stupid site.
What happens when you cloud storage company closes up shop and you lose your data? Maybe you are outside of the US, but the company is a US based company and the feds decide to raid the data center and take the drives?
I don't even recall what the company or product was, but last year one of these device companies closed up shop which made all the hardware useless.
Something which ONLY works when connected to the internet is just stupid.
I find your xenophobic comment very ironic, given your signature.
But hey... TRUMP!!! Am I right??
Sorry, but this is totally bullshit.
No one in Germany is withheld an education...full stop.
No one is told by anyone he cannot go to uni. He must decide by his own which path to take.
Even if he goes to realschule (non uni track) he can still later go to uni if he wants. It is not that hard to get accepted either. In the worst case he will need to take 1 or 2 years of prep school before starting. This is pretty common though.
I think most of the states actually dropped the new program.
NRW was the last to switch back, but as I know, in 2016 they also went back to the old way.
I believe they are going to get rid of the bachelors program as well since German business do not like it.
First, I will say that the program seems like a great idea and I wish them success.
Next, I can say that in my company, we had very, very bad luck with Indian engineers and SW developers. I am not talking about H1 imports either. Ultimately, I think it came down to cultural differences which created a mismatch of expectations from both sides.
After the 5th one, we more or less stopped considering those applications.
We are not a large company, but we do tend to have 5 to 10 interns at any one time. We did accept a few interns from India as well. We sponsored the visas and all that. Didn't really work out.
Then, we starting bringing German interns in. Maybe some people will get offended by this statement, but I can say in about 95% of the cases, the German interns we got were far superior engineers than our full time US master degree engineers. Their problem solving skills, critical thinking and overall work ethics were, for us, amazing.
For nearly all of them, at the end of their internship we offered them a contract plus visas. Of course, this is much easier to handle with Germans because of the visa treaty.
The thing is, they also ask for much less money than out of school Americans and they are vastly better engineers. Whatever they are doing in their schools seems to be working.
Basically what I am saying is, why do so many companies jump through hoops to bring in scores of cheap Indian guys when way better engineers are also willing to come?
At least not in the US. Nothing can stand in the way of profits. This includes coming up with "cures" for age related illnesses.
Big pharma and medical are salivating already since the boomers are all starting to get age related issues now.
Call me a cynic if you like, but I really believe those who pull the strings will do everything in their power to ensure treatments like this never make it to the plebs.
I guess I will avoid tossing my roof full of panels in the garbage.
Good thing they figured that out...otherwise.... I would have just tossed 15k of cells out.
Actually, no.. we don't.
We do not actively market our service to anyone. There are very few companies who do what we do. Only 3 or 4 that I know of. The phone rings and we answer it.
As I mentioned to the previous poster, who unlike you was not such a little pussy that he needed to post under AC... Sometime we have to deal with assholes (like you) and that is life. But we are still allowed to complain about it. If you do not want to hear about it, stop reading and stick your finger in your ass.
Yeah, because that is the only option. Man, you are like one of those jack asses who hears someone complain about a policy of America that they do not agree with and says, "If ya don lik it... git out!".
In every line of work we are forced to deal with fucking morons and asshats. That's life. That doesnt mean that we need to like it or that we cannot complain about it.
Seriously, this is a typical Indian move.
I am pretty sure that it is something which is woven into their culture.
I have several India firms as clients. Typically they are serving as an OEM for a larger US or EU brand, but they are responsible for getting all of the certifications ahead of time.
So, we give our standard offer. They say, no no no, that is WAY too much. Way more than your competitors.
We say, what are you looking for?
They say, it must be at least 40% less than this.
We say... OK, we can do 30% less, but we will not offer any support. If you do not know how to fix something, or fill out some form, then it's not our problem.
They agree.
Then, they fuck everything and demand support and extra support. I forward them the earlier emails and reminding them they agreed to no support and tell them that I would be happy to send out a new offer to include support at our standard list price. They decline.
Then for the next project, they ask for an even bigger discount because the support last time was not good. Every..fucking...time.
Well, I have two passports. so, 1 out of 2 is not bad. ;)
Exactly so, and this should also not be supported or allowed under the guise of religion. Because it's total bullshit. No legal protection should be offered to any group who teaches those things.
So, the asshole in this whole thing is the one who thinks it is morally wrong to oppress women and gays? Then, I am happy to be an asshole. Sorry, it is not OK to me that they preach hatred to these groups. So, sit atop your glorious high horse, expounding the virtues or your liberal righteousness and limitless tolerance of groups who teach the hatred of others.
If these religions stood up and said hey... we support women, we wont make them wear full body covers and we support a person's right to be gay.. then fine. I would have no problem with them.
Seriously, how the fuck can you support their "right" to teach hatred? Is be because you have some hatred towards the same groups?
Look, I do see your point. Really, I do.
But where do draw the line? It is undeniable that Islam teaches hatred against gays. That they teach men that women are property for their pleasure.
This is the believe system of nearly the entire middle east. When do you decide, maybe we already have enough crazy people here and stop importing more?
Look, like these fucking wack-jobs from whatever that Christian Church is that goes to funerals with their God hates fags signs. I think these guys should be shut down as well. That type of thing, in my opinion should not be tolerated.
If you are preaching hatred and oppression against any group, then, IMO you should not be allowed a religious status and you should be persecuted.
On the other hand, I think that people who stand up and say.. hey, that is their religion! they have a right to oppress women and all the rest of. I think they should be persecuted as well.
Sorry, I do not know what this means.
I also think the fake gender stuff is nuts.
If someone wants to call themselves an asexual herbivore from the planet dinglehopper, more power to them. But, that doesn't mean that I have to play along in their fantasy.
This is where the discourse in America is taking a wrong turn. People can do whatever the fuck they want, but there should be nothing saying that the rest of the country has to play along.
The ban has nothing to do with terrorism. It is designed to keep the countries who send the most Muslim immigrates from sending any more.
I never said Christians were perfect. For the most they have grown out of the craziest stuff. All in all, I would consider all religion bad.
What is irrational to say you have an issue with religions who oppress women?
Or do you believe that women in the middle east are not oppressed?
You could also argue that the city folks are 100% dependent on rural Americans to support them. Food would be the biggest example.
The fact is, without rural Americans, city people would literally die. The reverse is not true. So, why should city people get to decide anything? They own their lives to country people?
See? It makes no sense.
We are all interconnected and make the system "sort of" work.
I agree, 99% of the Muslim population is not radical by Muslim standards. Personally, I do not think that the ban will do anything to make anyone safer. I do not think it has anything to do with terrorism. I think most people are not afraid of terrorism in their daily lives.
I have long considered myself to be an open minded and liberal man. I also pay my taxes, give to charity and severed in the armed forces during which time I was deployed.
I spend more than half the year living in Europe, so I am rather well traveled.
But, I simply cannot understand my liberal counterparts on this point. How is it OK to support the "freedom" of a religion that systematic oppresses women?
If anything, I would think Republican would love Muslims. They are basically the same. Both hate gay, both hate women, both want a religious state, both support extreme punishments for small crimes. Both of them think natural disasters are a result of not believing in god and so on.
But liberals?
Here is an entire group who hates everything that liberals stand for and seek to actively destroy it, but they simply fall all over themselves trying to show everyone how tolerate they are. I just cannot understand it.
It is your right to support Muslims right to hate women and gays, I just do not know why I am the bad guy for saying it's not OK.
BTW, how ironic that you post that AC, you fucking cuckold.
Personally, I think all organized religion is terrible and more or less the cause of most of the worlds problems.
Christianity, was, years ago a plaque on this earth. The joint forces of Christianity and Islam help back the progress of mankind for more than 2000 years.
The difference is, for the most part Christianity has grown out of this "dark ages" mentality. Sure, there are some cults here and there that still practice the bad stuff, but their numbers are not enough to make a difference.
Islam on the other hand is simply massive. They never grew out of the dark ages. Why do I have to be OK that people CHOOSE to believe that shit? Why is that OK?
By saying "No!" to a religion that puts women into bondage? By saying that it is not OK to oppress half of the population because of their sex?
Tell me, where does your "tolerance" end?
What are you willing to accept? When something stands against all of your "western" values and wants to destroy what you hold dear, do you just sit on your hands and let it happen so that you can show your hipster friends how tolerant you are?
There are certain things which we, in the west, value, things that we hold dear. Tell me, why should we forsake these core values by allowing the spread of something fundamentally at odds with them, purely in the name or Torrance? It makes no sense.
But, they say that cuckold is the new trend for western men, I guess guys like you are evidence to support that.
Despite the noise that the vocal minority is making over this, I think you will find that most folks, if asked (assuming no one could find out the answer) would support a completed ban on Muslims in the country.
Naturally, most folks are simply afraid of being a racist or other "ist" word.
Honestly, I do not know understand why it is an issue to dislike someone because they are Muslim. It's not like disliking a person because they are brown, or black or whatever color.
Islam is a religion and an ideology. It is reasonable to not like a person based on what they choose to believe?
Everyone keeps repeating this notion that Islam is the religion of peace, but that it total bullshit. The backbone of Islam is based on submission. The word Islam means submit!
I work with several guys from Morocco. Naturally, they are all Muslim. They are seem like "normal" guys to me. I once asked one of my colleagues, hey... man, I heard that the Quran says that it is OK to hit your wife if she is disobedient or disrespectful.
His answer... Of course! How else shall she learn? He went on to explain that of course, you could not cause damage or marks, but only enough that she gets the point and never more.
For all those people who say how great and peaceful Muslim people are... go to the middle east. Take your wife, or go alone if you are a woman. See how "peaceful" they are. I have lived in the middle east and I will not support or "tolerate" and religion that puts so little value on a human because of their sex. If I am "Racist" because I won't tolerate their hatred of women, then.. fine, I'm a racist.
And no... I will not be hiding behind AC.