Most 404media.co articles show [dead]. I don't recall why, maybe after they switched to paywall, though I don't see a paywall for this article. I clicked 'vouch' now.
Thanks for that find. At least now I know that 404 media is under suspicion of low quality posts. I'm not sure if that's true because I don't have the history with 404. I do feel like, and I could be wrong, that hackernews seems to not want articles that paint AI in a negative light. If that's the case, IMHO, that's unfortunate.
The Brexit-induced impoverishment of UK will inevitably lead to a reduction in the scope of the NHS and so kill off its supporters. So Brexit is kind-of self healing.
Thank you for this. The poor always vote against themselves I have the impression. Far right plan to hand over the country to megacorps et remove all social nets in Germany. Guess who votes for them more than other social categories? The one that would be most impacted by this. It’s insane.
At the same time, it’s a testament to the weakness of other parties that they can’t even articulate that sufficiently well.
Generation of boomers accumulated lots of wealth, mostly thanks to house prices skyrocketing during their lifetime. Not all but many old people can afford private healthcare. Younger people need NHS more.
The irony is that in our experience, if you're old or a child, you're far more likely to be treated quickly on the NHS.
Perhaps that isn't the whole story, maybe old people tend to have more life threatening conditions, so triage puts them first. But from my perspective, private health insurance is now mandatory in the UK if you're not old or a child, and I am even going to put my children on private health insurance. So now I'm paying a fortune in taxes for a health system I can no rely on, so must pay for private too.
The problem with this is that private health insurance is very cheap because there is an NHS that takes care of emergencies and does more than 50% of the rest. So your taxes keep your health insurance premia low.
Otherwise a comprehensive health insurance wouldn’t cost 200£ a month per person (I just requested a quote from AXA, as a 45 year old with no health problems, adding all packages, unlimited specialist visits and no excess)
Yeah, there's a reason why it's a standard perk for tech employees - they're dirt cheap to insure.
I'm a bit older than you, and the taxable value of my PHI is £140/month. I've not looked into what that covers, or what the excess etc is, and have never even considered making use of it.
And why would I? When I needed treatment in a hurry, I was blue lighted to Barts and spent two weeks in their ITU getting world-class care free of charge, with not a single thought given to cost or having to call my insurer to ask permission for particular treatments or whatever. Thank fuck for the NHS!
Honest question: are there serious studies about the link of Covid with the current dying (for lack of a better word) of democracy in the US? I would be very interested. I suspect there is a link – but I’m really not an expert on the subject matter.
How have you seen workplaces keep phone use curtailed? I spent a month visiting an office we had in India. Phones were not allowed in the work area. There were lockers outside where people were supposed to lock up their phones before going through the gates to get into the work area. I locked up my phone at the start, but then realized almost everyone still had their phones, they were just sly about using them. By the end of the trip I stopped using the locker.
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