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This place in Oklahoma has there prices listed: https://surgerycenterok.com/pricing/.

I'm sure there could always be complications but there are supposed to be laws in place to stop hospitals from price gouging.

My anecdotal experiences are not the same. The majority of taxi drivers and ride-sharing drivers have been good, with a few exceptions of actual bad drivers.

And I think the disregard for rules applies to a lot of public drivers. The Port Authority buses in Pittsburgh think they own the road.

Having second-hand knowledge of a public teachers union I heard more many stories of terrible workers who could never get fired. That is the reason I'm not very supportive of unions.

I would also add Redbox to the list. $2 for a bluray rental.

I upvoted you solely on the "Come On!"

@recursion posted this around the same time: http://archive.is/h2465

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14860289

The only sad things I use more Google products on my iPhone than Apple ones, notably Google Photos and Chrome. I'd never switch though as I have never had a pleasant experience using Android.

42% of respondents from a 2006 gallup poll said they paid off in full: http://www.gallup.com/poll/22879/Credit-Card-Owners-Average-...

Growing up somewhat near Cedar Point I'm actually surprised at Disneyland's wait times aren't longer.

These are from 2013, but wait times at Cedar Point are much worse! http://www.fodors.com/community/united-states/cedar-point-wa...

This almost works for NFL, with the exception of Monday Night Football and non-market Thursday night games. But it doesn't really work for anything else, not even NCAA bowl games.

You'll be given cushy jobs!

The word "Doh" doesn't even show up until season 8. I'm guessing it's not written out in the closed captioning?

For anyone who's feeling nostalgic and wants a quick (or long) choose your own adventure, http://chooseyourstory.com/ has some interesting stories.

I really enjoyed http://chooseyourstory.com/story/ground-zero and http://chooseyourstory.com/story/dead-man-walking-(zombie-su...

So would one solution be to have (1) a $3 app that already has the features unlocked, and (2) a free version with the IAP to open up those features?

Somewhat off topic but I would consider seat belt laws to be part of the police state. Shouldn't it be my personal choice to wear it or not?

What advantages did you see comparing Cloudant to CouchDB?

Don't you mean "bad news for a debt driven economy"?

This! In iOS you can delete Apple Maps but it then just prompts you to re-download it when an app tries to open a map. It's worse than the old IE default browser.

I'd say that Google Maps is streets ahead of Apple Maps still. :P

I completely forgot about that one! It may very well be the best. :)

http://www.27bslash6.com/ - lots of crazy stories from David Thorne

Some particular good ones are:

http://www.27bslash6.com/f26a.html

http://www.27bslash6.com/arguments.html

http://www.27bslash6.com/covers.html

It's interesting, comparing the Dollar Shave Club 4X to the Pace 4 Cartridges it's actually cheaper on DSC. Plus it's handy that it automatically ships.

https://www.dollarshaveclub.com/page/checkout/product/4-blad... http://www.dorcousa.com/pace-4-cartridges-fra1040/

I really like how this brings up the issue of where you are when you would want to bookmark or remember something.

"...the reality of remembering: when, how, what you were doing when visited the link".

Having that kind of meta data would be helpful with any kind of bookmarking tool.

Good point, there's only one medical center I've heard in the US that actually advertises their prices: http://surgerycenterok.com/pricing/

> EG: in a free market, if someone has a healthcare emergency, yet cannot afford to pay for the service required, the free market would say -- dump this person in the street.

So before the EMTALA was passed in 1986 people were dying in the street? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Medical_Treatment_an...

> What caused the most recent bout of grade inflation? Some point to the rise in tuition—and educational debt...

One of the largest reasons for skyrocketing tuition is the US government's guaranteed student loans. And those loans are very difficult to discharge by declaring bankruptcy, which makes the loans less risky to the schools. This is the farthest thing from free market capitalism.

Those some good points, but if some one is living paycheck to paycheck they still can't afford a new device. Also iCloud backup only does so much data before it costs something, so that could be another additional cost that some people are not going to be able to afford.

I always hate these kind of articles. As a US citizen there's only rule when it comes to firearms and that's the 2nd Amendment:

"A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."

Until a new Amendment is passed to revoke this individual right, all arguments are invalid.

Most of the winners have won through illegal actions or government collusion. That's not free market capitalism.

It seems like being Buyer #1 or #2 is a great spot, as they walk away with $300k without doing that much.