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New comment by limagnolia in "Universal health coverage could save $1T and 114k lives a year: study"

limagnolia — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 05:52:31 +0000

1)People who choose not to buy insurance because we don't force them to. 2) Adults in the remaining states that chose not to extend medicare who don't earn enough to qualify for ACA subsidies. 3) Adults who qualify for subsidies but still can't afford relativly expensive ACA plans. 4) Others? Not sure if that number includes noncitizens who don't qualify for assistance?

New comment by limagnolia in "Universal health coverage could save $1T and 114k lives a year: study"

limagnolia — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 05:43:25 +0000

Based on what I found, you pay a lower rate for children, but you pay for each child, they don't do a fixed rate for the whole family.

New comment by limagnolia in "Universal health coverage could save $1T and 114k lives a year: study"

limagnolia — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 05:23:51 +0000

Most other countries don't even have a residency system. After graduation you simply apply for and work as a junior dr. for some number of years. No federal funding of a 'residency' position necessary.

New comment by limagnolia in "Universal health coverage could save $1T and 114k lives a year: study"

limagnolia — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 04:36:43 +0000

Where are you getting the 150 to visit a Dr. in the US? The copay is usually much, much lower than that.

New comment by limagnolia in "Google buys crashed airline Spirit's data at auction"

limagnolia — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 13:44:11 +0000

Well, it also says that the data was already scrubbed. Arguments have been made that this is insufficient.

New comment by limagnolia in "Google buys crashed airline Spirit's data at auction, because AI"

limagnolia — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 13:41:22 +0000

The article claims it has already been removed, that Google is committing to remove anything leftover that they find.

You can argue that its a bad deal, shouldn't be allowed period, etc. But that is a different argument than saying that there is no scrutiny.

New comment by limagnolia in "Google has acquired the data of failed US airline Spirit"

limagnolia — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 13:40:20 +0000

Sure, you can argue that its a bad deal, shouldn't be allowed period, etc. But that is a different argument than saying that there is no scrutiny.

New comment by limagnolia in "Google has acquired the data of failed US airline Spirit"

limagnolia — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 12:46:02 +0000

It is being scrutinized. The sale is overseen by the courts. Also, the media is scrutinizing. Also, PII has already been addressed by the court, from the article: "If you’ve flown Spirit and worry that Google will soon know about a testy conversation you had with the airline’s call center, you’re being told not to worry. The court filing says the data was deidentified before being put on sale and Google has promised to scrub any PII it finds in the trove."

New comment by limagnolia in "Google has acquired the data of failed US airline Spirit"

limagnolia — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 12:43:05 +0000

The article directly addresses this concern:

"If you’ve flown Spirit and worry that Google will soon know about a testy conversation you had with the airline’s call center, you’re being told not to worry. The court filing says the data was deidentified before being put on sale and Google has promised to scrub any PII it finds in the trove."

New comment by limagnolia in "CEO Just Fired 500 People Because He Says Zillow Is More Efficient Without Them"

limagnolia — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 18:03:45 +0000

There a lots of downsides to layoffs, and I don't think your #3 is the biggest at all. The morale hit across the company is huge. Furthermore, it will have negative effects on recruiting and retention well into the future.

Layoffs are an incredibly bad idea for most companies. There are almost always better alternatives.

New comment by limagnolia in "Mark Zuckerberg attacks 'closed' AI rivals as Meta returns to open models"

limagnolia — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 15:32:58 +0000

Based on the wording of the response, and a review of the ship tracking data, it appears that Zuckerburgs yacht may have been actively communicating on a different channel, and once they switched back, the assistance from the cruise ship was already underway.

Again, more facts may be revealed, but as of right now, I don;'t see any reason to believe the crew did anything wrong.

New comment by limagnolia in "Mark Zuckerberg attacks 'closed' AI rivals as Meta returns to open models"

limagnolia — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 15:24:49 +0000

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/10/zuckerberg-y...

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/article316824631.h...

I haven't found any source that states what channel the request for assistance came in on. But multiple sources are reporting that the coast guard determined they were not in distress.

New comment by limagnolia in "Mark Zuckerberg attacks 'closed' AI rivals as Meta returns to open models"

limagnolia — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 15:04:05 +0000

Reading the facts of this incident, it seems like much to do about nothing. The crew are saying that the request came in on a frequency they weren't monitoring (and apparently were not required to monitor.) The Coast Guard determined it was not an emergency. The criticism lies with those who failed to properly fuel their boat, not the crew who didn't respond to a request that came over a frequency they were not on. They can't monitor every frequency. I am open to new facts being discovered that changes this assessment.

New comment by limagnolia in "Federal Communications Commission scraps limit on broadcast TV ownership"

limagnolia — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 22:11:38 +0000

This does not seem to undo caps on ownership within broadcast markets, though? That seems like a more sensible cap to me. Of course, if Congress made the cap and didn't give authority to the FCC to adjust it, they shouldn't be trying. But I'm not familiar with the statutes involved.

New comment by limagnolia in "Taylor Farms has rewritten its cyclospora statement four times in sixteen days"

limagnolia — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 01:00:27 +0000

Yes! I have no idea if that is the case here, but absolutely yes.

New comment by limagnolia in "Show HN: Bor – Open-source policy management for Linux desktops"

limagnolia — Sun, 02 Aug 2026 22:03:38 +0000

I use Ansible or Pyinfra more recently to accomplish these sorts of tasks. Not quite the same concept, but I think it accomplishes the same goal for me.

New comment by limagnolia in "OnePlus halts operations in USA and Europe"

limagnolia — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 14:28:45 +0000

Curiosly, they only say this to their European customers. It isn't clear that they plan to continue supporting North American customers.

Either way, eventually operations will halt, because existing products will be out of their update commitments.

Headline would be more accurate if it said "is winding down".

New comment by limagnolia in "It's not about physical vs. digital games, it's about ownership"

limagnolia — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 06:47:20 +0000

Are you sure? I'm pretty sure the button says 'buy' or something similiar, not 'rent'.

New comment by limagnolia in "It's not about physical vs. digital games, it's about ownership"

limagnolia — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 22:20:31 +0000

I would argue that we don't need new regulations, we need to enforce existing laws against fraud. It is fraudulent to sell something and then later disable ones access to the thing you sold them access to.

New comment by limagnolia in "What does privatization of the US Postal Service mean?"

limagnolia — Sat, 04 Jul 2026 17:13:50 +0000

I'm not sure that there is any law forcing you to accept it, but if you have a mailbox, it will get put into it. I don't think there is any law requiring anyone to have a mailbox, though.