Hacker News: hockley

New comment by hockley in "IBM acquires Red Hat"

hockley — Mon, 29 Oct 2018 15:18:49 +0000

Yes. Television is in the midst of one now.

New comment by hockley in "Shutting Down Google+ for Consumers"

hockley — Mon, 08 Oct 2018 21:04:07 +0000

They are optimizing for posts that generate revenue. Since users don’t pay, the news feed is optimized for advertisers and the user posts that lead to more advertiser engagement.

New comment by hockley in "U.S. consumer protection official puts Equifax probe on ice"

hockley — Tue, 06 Feb 2018 15:36:20 +0000

The dismantling of the Fed Gov is decades in the making. While there may be recent foreign influence on the margins, the Kochs, Adelson, Mercer, and the rest of the GOP donor class are the originators of this GOP agenda.

New comment by hockley in "U.S. consumer protection official puts Equifax probe on ice"

hockley — Mon, 05 Feb 2018 16:28:06 +0000

This is 100% Driven by Americans. See “Freedom Caucus.”

New comment by hockley in "Thunderbird Starts Working on Improving Its Interface"

hockley — Tue, 16 Jan 2018 21:38:32 +0000

This is just a focus group of one, but I really want to see two problems solved in email:

1) Trusted identity assertion: I want to know with confidence (at a glance) that the sender is who I think they are.

2) Secure communication: I want the visual metaphor of email (private correspondence) to match the reality of email.

How great would it be if Mozilla lead the way to for email clients to adopt open standards to do easily do these things.

New comment by hockley in "Identity Theft, Credit Reports, and You"

hockley — Sat, 09 Sep 2017 14:39:28 +0000

How does this keep people from using your ssn and other stolen information to get a credit card or loan in your name?

New comment by hockley in "How to find a remote job"

hockley — Wed, 02 Aug 2017 16:03:22 +0000

Step 1) Become indispensable in your current job.

Step 2) Move.

New comment by hockley in "The war between Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Apple"

hockley — Wed, 02 Aug 2017 15:58:09 +0000

Marketing is a fool me once scenario. Quality products earn repeat purchases. You don't become the world's most valuable company with one-and-done sales.

New comment by hockley in "The Company Behind Many Surprise Emergency Room Bills"

hockley — Thu, 27 Jul 2017 17:50:40 +0000

There were provisions that addressed cost containment (ACOs, Quality-Based reimbursement models for Medicare). In fact, medical cost inflation has come more in line with general inflation since about 2009/2010. But, you're right, the market based reforms like cost and quality transparency were left to fight another day. The ACA focused more on access to coverage than it did cost.

I would not put too much weight on conspiracy theories though. The healthcare system is massively complex. It will take multiple reforms to eat this elephant.

New comment by hockley in "The Company Behind Many Surprise Emergency Room Bills"

hockley — Mon, 24 Jul 2017 18:54:48 +0000

It was a problem before ACA; it's a problem now. The law didn't really change that aspect of the system.

New comment by hockley in "Thoughts on Insurance"

hockley — Mon, 10 Jul 2017 16:41:36 +0000

Do you have any price comparisons between for-profit and non-profit hospitals?

New comment by hockley in "Thoughts on Insurance"

hockley — Mon, 10 Jul 2017 16:39:52 +0000

The ultimate reason behind hospitals attempting to charge exorbitant prices is that you have no choice but to pay.

New comment by hockley in "Thoughts on Insurance"

hockley — Fri, 30 Jun 2017 02:12:52 +0000

Payors are healthcare wholesalers. They can buy health services from physicians and facilities at about a third to a tenth of the cost you can because: 1) It's not life or death for them; and 2) They can buy in bulk

New comment by hockley in "Tencent buys 5% of Tesla"

hockley — Tue, 28 Mar 2017 18:06:35 +0000

This kind of proves the thesis. EV is a hobby for the legacy guys that competes with much more powerful (by revenue) business units in the company. It's like expecting Kodak to compete and win with their own digital camera.

New comment by hockley in "Opaque drug pricing in the U.S."

hockley — Sun, 12 Mar 2017 20:58:36 +0000

I wonder if this a a compromise for tuition free education? Start with medicine.

New comment by hockley in "Opaque drug pricing in the U.S."

hockley — Sun, 12 Mar 2017 20:57:08 +0000

The margins are much higher in Rx. About 8% for payors, 12% for providers, and 20% for drugs.

New comment by hockley in "Snowden: Stop Relying on Facebook for Your News"

hockley — Thu, 17 Nov 2016 00:56:06 +0000

Man, I'm going to miss Gwen Ifill.

New comment by hockley in "Why C.E.O.s are getting fired more"

hockley — Wed, 02 Nov 2016 15:30:44 +0000

Don't confuse being known with being trusted. One is a prerequisite for the other, but they are not the same thing. It's not so much who you know as it is who trusts you.

New comment by hockley in "Why C.E.O.s are getting fired more"

hockley — Wed, 02 Nov 2016 15:28:09 +0000

I think the large compensation helps the CEO act on what he/she feels is in the best interest of the company. When you make enough in one year to retire, you can make decisions with a lot more courage.

New comment by hockley in "Why's that company so big? I could do that in a weekend"

hockley — Mon, 03 Oct 2016 14:44:18 +0000

Having an effective strategy to skirt regulations probably requires just as much knowledge of the regs as a company who complies with them.