... maybe Bayer were dicks to charge that much for a drug in a poor country...
Good point --
FTA:
"The Bayer price of Rs 34,11,898 per year ($69,000) is more than 41 times the projected average per capita income for India in 2012,
To put more familiar numbers on this, that would be comparable (using the naive assumption of a multiplier) to $2E6/year assuming a per-capita income in the US of $50k/year.
How would a comparable situation play out in the US? I'm guessing they'd negotiate a reimbursement with large insurers to make it sane for people to buy?
Scam 10 people out of $1000 each and you'll get a court case and jail time. Scam 1,000,000 people out of a cent each and nobody in law enforcement will care, even though the damage to society is the same.
Not to nitpick, but more than half of those ten may be in trouble if they lost that kind of money. Is the impact proportional for losing a cent (pretty much anywhere in the world)? The gain is the same to the scammer, but how do you calculate 'damage' on a one-cent scale?
... go-forward time machine. That way, when Sally McKnight in high school told me, "No way, not if you were literally the last man alive", I can finally test this theory!
I'd recommend reading James Tiptree's most famous novella in advance if you're planning such an adventure -- or at least take it with you to read on the trip.
If it's literally as bad as you describe, your intended function is to fail as spectacularly as possible in order to be the fall guy.
I found this epic tale as an example of this situation. Knowing the indicators to look for based on others' hard-won experience can keep you from repeating their mistakes.
All jobs suck at one level or another. Grow up, suck it up, and keep working. You need to learn to work to live, not live to work.
The same advice I gave a coworker when we were discussing this same topic in -- of all places -- a children's library. I pointed him to this award-winning discussion of this topic.
I think your kids would also enjoy it, albeit on a different level.
SIL, a group that does, among other things, Bible translations.
Offtopic, but they also send people out to very remote areas -- one of their missionaries lived with and studied an Amazon tribe and learned some things that challenged some very fundamental western assumptions about universals in human language.
And vice versa. He's a number guy, I'm a language person.
I can't help but be reminded of the Phantom Tollbooth's Mathemagician's letter to King Azaz and the difficulties they had communicating. I read the book maybe ten years ago and I still find parts of it relevant in day-to-day conversation.
Ellen Spertus has a page on gender and computing that includes a link to the ADA Initiative as well as other research she's done and collected on similar topics.
You're largely correct but the biggest problem is that even at an Enterprise level, it is a cottage industry. Everyone has different processes. What works well for one system is an absolute disaster in another. Hell, what works on one floor of a hospital doesn't work on another.
It's very frustrating.
Is this a US issue? How does this play out in countries with socialized medical systems? To what extent are the records centrally stored and/or standardized in other countries?
I'd say he was beaten out for most thought-provoking coverage of this phenomenon. But I don't think anyone's ever topped his take on a peculiar kind of coffee.
photocopied one side of a twenty dollar bill. He showed me both the original and the photocopy. I was completely unable to tell the difference between the two.
No one cared except for the person who would be considered to be the most unlikely to assist.
Oddly enough, this story closely parallels one in 'A Scanner Darkly', about how drug users can be very kind to animals. The audiobook for it was done -- quite well, IMO -- by Paul Giamatti.
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Good point --
FTA:
"The Bayer price of Rs 34,11,898 per year ($69,000) is more than 41 times the projected average per capita income for India in 2012,
To put more familiar numbers on this, that would be comparable (using the naive assumption of a multiplier) to $2E6/year assuming a per-capita income in the US of $50k/year. How would a comparable situation play out in the US? I'm guessing they'd negotiate a reimbursement with large insurers to make it sane for people to buy?
Would you be okay with that, or are you one of those traditional grill-only types?
I'd be pretty flexible, but I draw the line at grill-on-grill.
Or for that matter, Evolution?
I'd be careful -- it could prove to be a health hazard in more than one way.
You can say this about anything.
I'm surprised they're so behind the curve compared to some products that Apple apparently didn't market as extensively.
Scam 10 people out of $1000 each and you'll get a court case and jail time. Scam 1,000,000 people out of a cent each and nobody in law enforcement will care, even though the damage to society is the same.
Not to nitpick, but more than half of those ten may be in trouble if they lost that kind of money. Is the impact proportional for losing a cent (pretty much anywhere in the world)? The gain is the same to the scammer, but how do you calculate 'damage' on a one-cent scale?
... go-forward time machine. That way, when Sally McKnight in high school told me, "No way, not if you were literally the last man alive", I can finally test this theory!
I'd recommend reading James Tiptree's most famous novella in advance if you're planning such an adventure -- or at least take it with you to read on the trip.
If it's literally as bad as you describe, your intended function is to fail as spectacularly as possible in order to be the fall guy.
I found this epic tale as an example of this situation. Knowing the indicators to look for based on others' hard-won experience can keep you from repeating their mistakes.
All jobs suck at one level or another. Grow up, suck it up, and keep working. You need to learn to work to live, not live to work.
The same advice I gave a coworker when we were discussing this same topic in -- of all places -- a children's library. I pointed him to this award-winning discussion of this topic.
I think your kids would also enjoy it, albeit on a different level.
SIL, a group that does, among other things, Bible translations.
Offtopic, but they also send people out to very remote areas -- one of their missionaries lived with and studied an Amazon tribe and learned some things that challenged some very fundamental western assumptions about universals in human language.
Hey, it's the most action some people will get. Plus, it may give you insights into relationships you may not have previously considered.
having it muck about in a place without AAA Roadside Service.
I don't know if roadside service would help in this case.
Well done.
A solar-powered car running for 8 years without any maintenance in a fairly hostile environment -- just astounding.
Sometimes The Right Thing and More Profit are actually aligned.
Like the correct time and the hands of a stopped clock.
Re:I can't remember my husband's passwords
And vice versa. He's a number guy, I'm a language person.
I can't help but be reminded of the Phantom Tollbooth's Mathemagician's letter to King Azaz and the difficulties they had communicating. I read the book maybe ten years ago and I still find parts of it relevant in day-to-day conversation.
Ellen Spertus has a page on gender and computing that includes a link to the ADA Initiative as well as other research she's done and collected on similar topics.
And we can finally confirm what all those germs are really saying!
They came after his planet ... and he started working to find a solution.
Then they came after his child.
Nobody comes after his child.
GORE
Summer, 2012.
You're largely correct but the biggest problem is that even at an Enterprise level, it is a cottage industry. Everyone has different processes. What works well for one system is an absolute disaster in another. Hell, what works on one floor of a hospital doesn't work on another.
It's very frustrating.
Is this a US issue? How does this play out in countries with socialized medical systems? To what extent are the records centrally stored and/or standardized in other countries?
Lastpass is pretty popular and works in exactly this case. In particular, it makes it easier to have longer, unique passwords for different sites.
Or Lastpass. I've heard good things about 1password as well.
I'd say he was beaten out for most thought-provoking coverage of this phenomenon. But I don't think anyone's ever topped his take on a peculiar kind of coffee.
photocopied one side of a twenty dollar bill. He showed me both the original and the photocopy. I was completely unable to tell the difference between the two.
pay the 2 million dollars the printer costs
No one cared except for the person who would be considered to be the most unlikely to assist.
Oddly enough, this story closely parallels one in 'A Scanner Darkly', about how drug users can be very kind to animals. The audiobook for it was done -- quite well, IMO -- by Paul Giamatti.