craigmccaskill

Medicare administrative costs are around 2% of total program spending [1] compared to typically >10%. While what you're saying on the surface may be true from the numbers you are comparing, the fact of the matter is that healthcare costs are becoming more and more expensive during a time when many are experiencing a cost of living crisis.

The US gets a bum deal on costs and outcomes and while we can argue on which specific changes will move which specific needle I think it's clear that one of the major differences compared to the rest of the world is that running healthcare as a for profit enterprise has failed to deliver on the promise of good outcomes for as affordable a price as possible both on an individual and country wide level.

[1] https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/sep/20/bernie-san...

So I have to have been involved in protesting a non-Israel conflict to have an opinion on this one?

You don't need more than 3-5g per day (about 15mg per pound of body-weight) to see the maximal effects. There is a loading period where you take 2-4 weeks to saturate, many take an increased dose to get there faster but if you're going to be doing this consistently, after a month of daily usage 3-5g is all you need.

There have been a couple of class actions, doesn't seem to have changed the outcome though.

Marco's version of purple rain [1] remains one of the most impressive pieces of live performance I've ever seen.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fQbtp2BgY4

He's presenting this to his company. I don't think this video was originally intended for mass consumption, but I am glad it was made available.

So this is the CEO presenting to a group of people who know him and his presentation style, I think at that point much of the stuff you're complaining about can be thought of as humor or house style, especially when you consider that Joel worked at Microsoft on Excel. Context matters.

I made this account 1979 days ago, have 230 karma and have probably averaged over 7 visits a week. Some people just spend way more time reading than commenting.

Thank you for confirming your motives by ignoring the substance of my comments.

I ignored mac pros? I specifically called them out as not a valid comparison given the price point.

First it's hyperbole, which you incorrectly applied now it's confirmation bias by 'ignoring' something which was not pertinent but I called out anyway. Make up your mind.

If you want to argue on the internet, there are plenty of other places to do that, I wish you luck in your sport. However, if you're just going to stick around and argue equivocation needlessly, that's not something I want to be a part of.

Silly statement that's factually correct and entirely relevant to a discussion about the lack of reason to upgrade hardware to something Apple currently makes?

When your comparison is to bring up a 16 year hardware difference or to incorrectly comment at the lack of transfer standards available to me and also suggesting that I even needed said transfer speed or peripherals, I don't understand what impact you're trying to have on the discussion.

I excluded the mac pro because it costs ~$1k more than I spent on my computer 5 years ago. I could spend the same ~$2k and build a similar or the ~$3k and a far more powerful computer, but I realize that isn't available to everyone and so omitted it as it wasn't a fair comparison and not relevant to the conversation on an Apple exec suggesting that people don't upgrade their computers frequently enough and should instead buy the latest iPad Pro every 2-3 years.

I really don't get what point you're trying to make, other than being overly pedantic and argumentative. There isn't much reason to upgrade hardware, especially not within the Apple ecosystem and these comments from an Apple exec are very far from the mark. If you don't agree with that statement then I'm happy to discuss, but your current line of reasoning is flawed and unproductive.

I actually have 2 USB 3.0 ports. USB 3.0 was first available on ASUS motherboards in late 2009 [1]. Thunderbolt wasn't available at that point but it was unveiled with the Thunderbolt Display, which was July 20th 2011, so coming up fast on 5 years old tech at this point. I personally have no use for 20Gbps transfers so TB2 has zero draw for me to upgrade.

Talking about hyperbole, you're comparing brand new hardware vs something that was released in 1999 (so 16 years of moore's law) against the point that the hardware apple uses in it's cutting edge desktops/laptops is pretty comparable to the stuff commercially available 5 years ago, which is a valid point.

If Apple wants to shame the market for not upgrading in the last 5 years, maybe they should offer a valid reason to upgrade outside of a marketing campaign appealing to 'want' and additional software features which a recent change actually made free anyway.

The idea that I could replace my PC with an iPad pro is just plain wrong.

[1] http://www.pcworld.com/article/174672/Asus_Debut_First_USB_3...

I'm using a ~5 year old PC I built myself and it still outperforms the hardware in any available mac product (desktop, tablet or laptop) that isn't a Mac Pro (starting price $2999,00).

I don't have a compelling reason to upgrade until the launch of VR headsets.

More than that but there's no regulatory push (outside of maybe healthcare?) to require stringent handling of peoples data. If anything the opposite is true where the government wants people to build a specific backdoor for them.

This is certainly one of the reasons I've become more aware recently of the amount of data certain companies have on me. Data breaches have the potential to be catastrophic and very few people are looking out for my best interests.

Personally, I don't and I'm a native English speaker. I doubt many who weren't would have any chance of deciphering the meaning here either.

Would not the location tracking telling them the girls phone was inside the house be probable cause? Seems more reliable than a dog alerting on a car.

If you trust people to do the right thing, you're going to get burnt.

We need to evolve the internet past these types of attacks and build systems to protect everyone from this kind of terrorism, rather than just get angry at people who abuse well known about loopholes.

Your anger, while justified, is not helpful.

They use to be called inbox app, maybe you signed up for info before the name change?

I don't think that's a fair representation of why they don't want to update kernels and also completely downplays that there were three other points mentioned which all added non trivial overhead to getting stuff done now.

In an ideal world you build a system from the ground up, but rarely is that ever possible and the approach taken to iterate is far more valuable than your requested 'serious' recommendation.

They specifically called that out in the article with an entire section called "just use docker".

Sadly this is where the UK government seems to be going [1]. They want all encryption to have a backdoor or be outlawed.

[1] http://www.businessinsider.com/david-cameron-encryption-back...

This is nothing new, and my comment was made with all of this in mind.

Here's a thought experiment however, ask someone why they watch the news, buy a news paper or visit sites like the new york times. Then re-read your comment and see where the differences are. :)

No, the media has evolved to become advertising. News corporations definitely should have the responsibility of education, despite what the Murdoch empire would have you believe.

Sorry, but that is not a valid reason for spending $7 billion. Agencies are accountable for not wasting money and oversight should be in place to prevent this sort of abuse.

Also, we aren't in a democracy or free market economy. The people who have the most to profit from the TSA's budget being as large as possible are also the people pulling the strings here. Follow the rabbit hole and find out how much companies like Rapiscan spent on lobbying and tell me again how this is a free market economy.

But if only 12-13% of people think they're doing a bad job then they are just not informed on the topic and what they think is really of no consequence. The media is to blame for not educating the general population on this. People get outraged talking about single government officials claiming a few thousand dollars of expenses they shouldn't, I think that most people would get somewhat upset if they knew that the TSA by and large was a complete waste of time and money which provided almost zero additional security.

As to the drop of water argument, I don't see that as particularly valid. Either it's a waste of money or it isn't. Wasting money should be cut out whenever possible. Happy to debate the merits of the program being a waste or not, but not going to dive into a conversation about how it's OK to waste money frivolously.

Which says more about the media than the merits of the TSA. The majority don't know who edward snowden is either (or as john oliver found out -- think he's the wikileaks guy).

Fact of the matter is that the TSA is doing a bad job and is a colossal waste of time and money. People should be outraged at the misuse of $7.4 billion from the annual budget. The media should be calling out the US government for mismanaging tax dollars.

No, they do not.

The officer should have made that clear to the 17 year old, part of the problem seems to be that the kid thinks he's protected by the fact that his mother isn't present. This leads to resistance which could be seen as justification for the escalation.

You would hope that the police officer was fully aware of the kids rights and part of their job should be to calmly explain the situation and try to defuse any possible conflict. Regardless of any law breaking here by either side (not going to pass judgement on that) this police officer is really bad at his job.

'Blood carries' is obviously true. I have the same color skin as my parents. The concept is not archaic, intellectually offensive or dangerous. It's also in no way connected to racism.

Eloquently put, but not really true as there are definitely traits and behaviors which are inherited via DNA.

http://sciencelife.uchospitals.edu/2010/06/14/primed-to-expl...

One of any number of examples.

It's hard to count the value in having well run, on time and cheap mass public transport system.

Maybe the tax payer at some point subsidized this effort, but it doesn't have to keep doing so to get the benefit. The government was unlikely to develop and run these malls themselves, so it seems like they government would've just sold the land and then had to run the MTR itself.

Seems like a win-win to me.

You're suggesting that X is required for healthy living and that you get X from kale.

Surely the important thing is if you get X from Soylent? Which you completely ignore.