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VMisTheWay | 5 years ago | on: Blue Cross Blue Shield plans sue CVS for overcharging them for generic drugs

I've done price comparisons and CVS is hands down the worst price for anything.

The only reason you go to CVS, is if you have 0 other options.

While I blame the various medical cartels for making healthcare unaffordable by bribing (Lobbying) hundreds of millions of dollars to politicians- can the customer be blamed for negligence?

VMisTheWay | 5 years ago | on: A Fast, Cheap and Scary Way to Cool the Planet

Reminds me of the Coronavirus lockdown. Save 0.5% of the sickest/old/obese people, cause the 99.5% to develop drug addictions, suicide, riot, undergo domestic abuse, disrupt supply chain, shortages, etc...

But look, we flattened the curve!

VMisTheWay | 5 years ago | on: Ask HN: How do you organise your files and folders?

Side note, years ago I organized decades of hard drives, this found clips of my baby siblings playing with microphones and old video games.

I went through literally every folder. Took probably 20 hours.

Wondering if I could simplify this with python. Eliminating generic program files, but keeping all user data. The goal wouldn't be perfection but to take that 20 hours and turn it into 5 hours.

Does this exist in any capacity right now?

VMisTheWay | 5 years ago | on: Software Engineering Within SpaceX

As someone that works in Auto on buttons and works with the head unit team, you are incorrect.

The benchmarking shows nearly every company is moving to screens. Sure you might have a few models that remove the screen, but these are cheap cars with limited features.

You literally can't have a button for every car feature.

And if your car doesn't have all the features, you won't sell well.

And if you disagree with all of this, you probably aren't the type of person to drop 40k-50k on a new car. You'd be happy with a 2014 car for 10k.

VMisTheWay | 5 years ago | on: Is a trillion dollars’ worth of programming lying on the ground?

I found it quite difficult to outsource Engineering work to Engineers in another country.

It might be a cultural thing, but issues I've ran into- Slow/low prioritization, no movement unless you follow up often, lack of experience.

Don't get me wrong, I can be lazy too. But when things are outsourced it's really hard to keep positive relations and get stuff done on time with high quality.

VMisTheWay | 5 years ago | on: People think they're calling restaurants directly but Grubhub is getting a fee

I'm totally with you on this. People pay other money to prepare food?

It's not trivial either, restaurant food is 7 to 20x more expensive than home cooked (source- Efficiency Is Everything)

The only other business model for a restaurant is to sell drugs(aka alcohol and caffeine). Then your business model exploits customer addictions.

I think we've spent far too much money/resources/manpower on lazy food habits.

VMisTheWay | 5 years ago | on: Tor Browser 9.5

Say you did 5 vpns, you'd need all 5 companies to respond correct?

I imagine you could pick a few Anti US government VPNs and at least 1 wouldn't cooperate.

VMisTheWay | 5 years ago | on: Tor Browser 9.5

I understand the concept of Tor but since the government is actively watching, it doesn't really fit the usecase if I understand correctly.

From a privacy point of view, couldn't you use multiple VPNs?

VMisTheWay | 5 years ago | on: Study of the effect of Vitamin D, Magnesium and Vitamin B12 on Covid-19 patients

>It just seems the more we learn in this field the more it shows us what we don't know.

I think the root issue is that Medical treatment existed before the scientific method. This creates a huge industrial debt of "doing things the old way" and relying on authority/tradition.

I can only imagine deregulation is the solution. At least in the United States, medical is run by various cartels/factions. It would be nice to have input from scientists rather than authority.

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