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  • We could have markets run the hospitals but heaven forbid people would consent to their economic interactions.

    “Hello! My mother is clutching her chest. She may be having a heart attack. Could you please email me an estimate for the treatment? I’m talking to two other car dealers, and I’ve read all the posts about the 4 square method online, I’m on to your tricks.”


  • overcast5348@lemmy.worldtoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.worldHow medical insurance works
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    1 month ago

    You do need some checks and balances because what’s to stop a hospital from profiting off the insurance companies by asking for a CT scan/whatever of every single patient just because they can.

    I suppose we could have the government run the hospitals too. But noooooo, that’s never going to work out because communism or something.

    Maybe we should try effective altruism and accelerationism instead? Let’s just hand over all our money to a few tech bros and then we can go beg them to pay for the scans. And if they don’t pay for it, surely someone will come up with a cheaper technology to do the same. Yes, that’ll definitely work.





  • I had to get a new battery for my OP6T after using it for over 5 years - exclusively charging it using the fast charger. I’m sure that I can get another 3 years out of this phone, at the very least.

    The battery + replacement service fee was around 40 USD.

    I don’t expect much more from the battery TBH.
















  • overcast5348@lemmy.worldtoScience Memes@mander.xyzBurning Up
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    2 months ago

    That’s a lot of moved goalposts to justify the weird temperature scale logic but okay.

    You’ve essentially justified that 0F and 100F are what they are because some old people died when it was 100F (most people, including the old are perfectly fine at this temperature all around the world) and because you can manage at 0F while wearing a ton of layers and not need a heat source (do all old people manage to survive just fine at 10F or 20F by just putting on some layers?).

    Either way, this pointless conversation had gone on for way too long. Have a good day! :)