She is more insightful than the all the Democrats in office or running for office. If you think so little of her, just imagine how little you should think of them.
More people spending money on insurance is not "more people with medical services". It's driving the cost of medical care and increasing wait times for procedures for people who actually need them. Everyone loses in the process. Doctors get paid less and have to fight with insurance companies more. Insurance companies have to find ways go delay care for people who actually have coverage in order to ration access (because more people who don't need it now demand it). Trial lawyers lose because insurance companies are the reason people are getting sicker and Obamacare indemnifies insurance companies for law suits. Patients lose because the quality of care is worse and more expensive. It's not a system which improves something at the expense of others. It's worse for everyone involved.
I'd rather say the avoided deaths of nearly 15m people formerly without health care
Obamacare has 0% chance of doing that. The only people without care were the ones with lower medium income of less than advanced age. They didn't need medical care at that stage in their life other than emergency care (which they would receive without Obamacare). The only thing Obamacare did was reduce the quality of medical care for people who actually needed it (oh, and forced a lot of people to pay for illusion of care which they didn't need).
Because it was always going down until Obama care was passed. And it's being going up starting a few years after its passage. They are looking to find excuses anywhere they can before the historical perspective sets in.
Snowflake is as snowflake does. Americans are not stupid or smart They just enjoyed a very well-built social mechanism. Now that it's been destroyed by the neo-communists, the country is in the downward spiral.
You are the idiot. Socialism is always, without exception, totalitarian dictatorship. It's how the dictators subdue the middle class. They call it by different names, but it's just a way to keep the poor always available to be the attack dogs to keep the middle class at bay.
"Not sure why" is hilarious. When Sarah Palin became the first major politician to use twitter, the Democrats laughed at her. When she said that Putin, if not thwarted, may eye invading Ukraine, they laughed at her. When she said she didn't read any one newspaper for her news (as anyone who looks at news aggregators doesn't), they laughed at her. When she said Obamacare would destroy the quality (not access, but quality) of medical care in this country, they ridiculed her. Well, keep laughing, ass holes.
Not necessarily stress. Heart rate could be up because someone is doing something interesting and the dopamine goes up. But then they themselves won't understand what they did once the excitement wears off.
Permissions on phone apps should allow users to force OS to report fake information to the apps if the apps won't install without being allowed to have those permissions.
It was already clear that Sam Brownback was going to win the gubernatorial race at that time. He was leading by 30%. And actuaries are not involved in the retail side of insurance business. Are you really not realizing how significant it is that KANSAS has higher actuary salaries than NY/NJ/CT/DE?
In 1977, maybe. By 1985, Japanese cars already had more fuel-efficient engines and were more reliable. Given that the "car trouble" was the place where an average american was expecting to get scammed the most (auto repair business was notorious for overselling unneeded repairs), cars which lasted without repairs the longest were hot.
You are reversing cause and effect. Because they are a US corporation, they owe honest financial reporting of their earnings. That's not their privilege. It's their responsibility. And you are trying to claim that owing one responsibility somehow makes them owe another (spending all income earned outside the country back in the home country).
Even if it is manufactured and sold outside the country, lots of work inside the US helped to produce it (designing it, programing it, testing it) so shouldn't some portion of the profits still come back?
It does. A large chunk of those profits is earned and spent in the US. Just not all of it.
Do you have even a single *scrap* of evidence to support this rather fantastic assertion? Because it's really, really easy to demonstrate that mechanical devices wear out and break down, without invoking any evil malicious conspiracy.
Japanese cars vs US cars. Car manufacturers learned pretty early on that making cars which lasted wasn't a good business. There were dozens of car companies. But then there was consolidation of the business because the manufacturers which didn't ensure their continued survival went bankrupt or got bought out. When Japanese cars came to the market (60 or so years later), they didn't have to worry about cannibalizing the market by making cars which lasted longer. So they did. And this was despite the fact that the cars they made were smaller (so they had to have more precise manufacturing process).
I assume you mean "without justification" or "without proof". But I did give a reason. It won't have that aim because it won't be given that aim by its creators. If it acquires that aim by accident, its continued existence will not be beneficial to its creators and it will not be supplied with resources necessary for its continued existence.
I am one of those people who will create AI and not care to teach it the 3 laws
It will be treated as a virus and after it destroys you (and possibly wreck a bit more havoc), it will be eradicated by more advanced AI created by mind which are more cooperative and less hell-bent on destruction. Intelligent agents acting in consort are more effective because they can build more advanced structures through specialization. So more advanced AI will be built by benevolent-minded (even if not benevolent in the short run) endeavors than the AI built through nihilistic-minded endeavors.
They certainly don't have the same tires, brakes, or light bulbs. When something wears out it is replaced, like in any modern automobile. What they have learned to do is fashion replacement parts as best they can with whatever materials and tools they have available.
You are living in the frame of mind that when something breaks, it must be replaced rather than fixed. Here's an example which demonstrates the difference: in the 80's, if a PC power supply died, it would be replaced in the US and it would be repaired in any Eastern Block nation. The same happens with cars. The parts which do not require very advanced technical knowledge to manufacture, can be repaired (albeit with much more effort) in smaller quantities from basic materials. Have you ever used a filer? Unless you are very mechanically inclined, it's a good bet that you haven't ever held it if you live in the US. I doubt there are many men living in Cuba who had never touched a filer in their lives. Because this is slashdot, it's less likely that you never touched a suturing iron. But primitive industrial tools are widely used in 2nd world countries. And repairing already-designed-and-manufactured parts usually requires only knowing schematics and access to basic materials from which they were manufactured.
Have you yet met anyone in control of investing billions into some future technology who asked technicians for "implementing the laws of robotics" rather than "make it make me more profit, no matter what it takes"?
I gave the example of it. Car companies. Laws of robotics prioritize the needs of the tech's creators over tech's advancement. So people who finance creation of AI will force its advancement in ways which ensures the financiers' preservation.
Kansas was the first state to see Google fiber roll out. It's also the state with the highest salaries for actuaries (which means it's attracting a lot of insurance business). It may not be in a good financial situation now, but it's clearly attracting investment in the future from those who know where the smart money is.
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She is more insightful than the all the Democrats in office or running for office. If you think so little of her, just imagine how little you should think of them.
The discussion is over.
You are spelling it wrong. It's spelled "the science is settled". </sarcasm>
More people spending money on insurance is not "more people with medical services". It's driving the cost of medical care and increasing wait times for procedures for people who actually need them. Everyone loses in the process. Doctors get paid less and have to fight with insurance companies more. Insurance companies have to find ways go delay care for people who actually have coverage in order to ration access (because more people who don't need it now demand it). Trial lawyers lose because insurance companies are the reason people are getting sicker and Obamacare indemnifies insurance companies for law suits. Patients lose because the quality of care is worse and more expensive. It's not a system which improves something at the expense of others. It's worse for everyone involved.
I'd rather say the avoided deaths of nearly 15m people formerly without health care
Obamacare has 0% chance of doing that. The only people without care were the ones with lower medium income of less than advanced age. They didn't need medical care at that stage in their life other than emergency care (which they would receive without Obamacare). The only thing Obamacare did was reduce the quality of medical care for people who actually needed it (oh, and forced a lot of people to pay for illusion of care which they didn't need).
Because it was always going down until Obama care was passed. And it's being going up starting a few years after its passage. They are looking to find excuses anywhere they can before the historical perspective sets in.
Snowflake is as snowflake does. Americans are not stupid or smart They just enjoyed a very well-built social mechanism. Now that it's been destroyed by the neo-communists, the country is in the downward spiral.
Obamacare reducing the quality of care (not access, but care) has a direct effect on the rising death rates.
You are the idiot. Socialism is always, without exception, totalitarian dictatorship. It's how the dictators subdue the middle class. They call it by different names, but it's just a way to keep the poor always available to be the attack dogs to keep the middle class at bay.
ISIS rose because we left. We removed a brutal dictator. We left. A brutal dictatorship emerged. Yeah, I am sure it was our fault.
"Not sure why" is hilarious. When Sarah Palin became the first major politician to use twitter, the Democrats laughed at her. When she said that Putin, if not thwarted, may eye invading Ukraine, they laughed at her. When she said she didn't read any one newspaper for her news (as anyone who looks at news aggregators doesn't), they laughed at her. When she said Obamacare would destroy the quality (not access, but quality) of medical care in this country, they ridiculed her. Well, keep laughing, ass holes.
Not necessarily stress. Heart rate could be up because someone is doing something interesting and the dopamine goes up. But then they themselves won't understand what they did once the excitement wears off.
Keep in mind there is no Tetra in the US, but there is plenty of DMR & P25, which is significantly easier to listen in on.
I am not sure you can even buy a switch which will send it unencrypted anymore. Which makes ROIP as secure as any https communication.
Permissions on phone apps should allow users to force OS to report fake information to the apps if the apps won't install without being allowed to have those permissions.
It was already clear that Sam Brownback was going to win the gubernatorial race at that time. He was leading by 30%. And actuaries are not involved in the retail side of insurance business. Are you really not realizing how significant it is that KANSAS has higher actuary salaries than NY/NJ/CT/DE?
In 1977, maybe. By 1985, Japanese cars already had more fuel-efficient engines and were more reliable. Given that the "car trouble" was the place where an average american was expecting to get scammed the most (auto repair business was notorious for overselling unneeded repairs), cars which lasted without repairs the longest were hot.
You are reversing cause and effect. Because they are a US corporation, they owe honest financial reporting of their earnings. That's not their privilege. It's their responsibility. And you are trying to claim that owing one responsibility somehow makes them owe another (spending all income earned outside the country back in the home country).
Even if it is manufactured and sold outside the country, lots of work inside the US helped to produce it (designing it, programing it, testing it) so shouldn't some portion of the profits still come back?
It does. A large chunk of those profits is earned and spent in the US. Just not all of it.
You really think Apple is selling a ton of iPhones in Ireland?
No, but that's between Ireland and China or Ireland and Japan. Why should US be the place where that money gets spent?
Do you have even a single *scrap* of evidence to support this rather fantastic assertion? Because it's really, really easy to demonstrate that mechanical devices wear out and break down, without invoking any evil malicious conspiracy.
Japanese cars vs US cars. Car manufacturers learned pretty early on that making cars which lasted wasn't a good business. There were dozens of car companies. But then there was consolidation of the business because the manufacturers which didn't ensure their continued survival went bankrupt or got bought out. When Japanese cars came to the market (60 or so years later), they didn't have to worry about cannibalizing the market by making cars which lasted longer. So they did. And this was despite the fact that the cars they made were smaller (so they had to have more precise manufacturing process).
You say this without a reason.
I assume you mean "without justification" or "without proof". But I did give a reason. It won't have that aim because it won't be given that aim by its creators. If it acquires that aim by accident, its continued existence will not be beneficial to its creators and it will not be supplied with resources necessary for its continued existence.
I am one of those people who will create AI and not care to teach it the 3 laws
It will be treated as a virus and after it destroys you (and possibly wreck a bit more havoc), it will be eradicated by more advanced AI created by mind which are more cooperative and less hell-bent on destruction. Intelligent agents acting in consort are more effective because they can build more advanced structures through specialization. So more advanced AI will be built by benevolent-minded (even if not benevolent in the short run) endeavors than the AI built through nihilistic-minded endeavors.
Because it's really, really easy to demonstrate that mechanical devices wear out and break down, without invoking any evil malicious conspiracy.
I think stipulated that they need maintenance. They just happen to be repaired rather than replaced when replacements are not available.
They certainly don't have the same tires, brakes, or light bulbs. When something wears out it is replaced, like in any modern automobile. What they have learned to do is fashion replacement parts as best they can with whatever materials and tools they have available.
You are living in the frame of mind that when something breaks, it must be replaced rather than fixed. Here's an example which demonstrates the difference: in the 80's, if a PC power supply died, it would be replaced in the US and it would be repaired in any Eastern Block nation. The same happens with cars. The parts which do not require very advanced technical knowledge to manufacture, can be repaired (albeit with much more effort) in smaller quantities from basic materials. Have you ever used a filer? Unless you are very mechanically inclined, it's a good bet that you haven't ever held it if you live in the US. I doubt there are many men living in Cuba who had never touched a filer in their lives. Because this is slashdot, it's less likely that you never touched a suturing iron. But primitive industrial tools are widely used in 2nd world countries. And repairing already-designed-and-manufactured parts usually requires only knowing schematics and access to basic materials from which they were manufactured.
Have you yet met anyone in control of investing billions into some future technology who asked technicians for "implementing the laws of robotics" rather than "make it make me more profit, no matter what it takes"?
I gave the example of it. Car companies. Laws of robotics prioritize the needs of the tech's creators over tech's advancement. So people who finance creation of AI will force its advancement in ways which ensures the financiers' preservation.
Kansas was the first state to see Google fiber roll out. It's also the state with the highest salaries for actuaries (which means it's attracting a lot of insurance business). It may not be in a good financial situation now, but it's clearly attracting investment in the future from those who know where the smart money is.