His boss wants to stay in power, Ukraine is just convenient way of doing it.

I don’t think thought property laws help Nestle at all. Or reional monopolies.

Well, true. It’s not because russian healthcare so good, but because america is so… “special”.

…but why?

For mathematics wall is a curve. But yeah, completely agree.

the doctor thought I was lying for pain killers

What the fuck? I see it often in english-speaking places, but I want to know why doctors say “oh, you just want pain killers”. Them being concerned about painkillers more than about biological nukes infections can become resistant to greatly concerns me.

concern with over regulation of any industry

Usually mergers happen and monopolies form because there is no regulation of industry

You don’t get to pick your doctor,

you get shuffled out the door just as fast as humanly possible.

Please fix. Even in Russia of all places I can choose specialist. Well, if there is specialist at all. Regional healthcare is kinda fucked.

but even if it is, it’s the cost of production, not the cost to the end user.

You want to say shareholders give up their yachts?

There are. They are also state-run. But they are mostly in former soviet republics.

The proper model is everyone has a mandatory contribution % of their income above a poverty line.

State-run Mandatory Health Insurance, that provides healthcare free of additional charges. *old Russian anthem intensifies*

Pooling everybody’s money

It’s called taxes

Goose says “Gaa-ga”(Hauge)

Humans are mostly water. If water boils, then humans will mostly boil too.

EDIT: replied to wrong comment

Joules are energy. You need thermal capacity to turn them into temperature.

At 64°C wax melts. 53 is quite hot.

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Still close. 1 lightyear.

During this time above ground passengers get in line to present tickets.

So my first guess was correct, presenting tickets is done before even entering the platform. I can see it on regional trains with turnstyles in front of platform, but for international trains it is unusual. Usually tickets are presented on platform right in front of train.

Platform for amtrak at Penn Station/Moynihan:

Interesting… Looks smaller than I expected.