@julesyoo FFS codes are generally time-based, and time spent by an AI doesn’t count. Lower costs don’t benefit providers if they lead to even lower revenue.
@chrissyfarr How would you define these categories, if not minority vs. majority investing? I suspect that “PE” is being used as shorthand for “late stage investor comfortable with healthcare growth rates,” whereas “VC” now means “100x target-return AI investor” (seemingly everyone else).
@ycombinator@charlieholtz YC building hedge funds? Is there a social argument here (e.g. reducing future brain drain) or not necessary? No judgment, but curious how @paulg feels about it.
Honest question for the void. Lots of debate about whether shot #1 was self-defense, but it seems straightforward that the final shots were not (through side window from a distance). So why is shot #1 worth debating? If nothing else, innocent at t=0, guilty at t=1, right?
@zachweinberg Credible threat of U.S. military intervention seems like a more effective deterrent, but normalizing invasions sends the opposite signal. And if you’re saying that war with the U.S. wouldn’t have stopped them anyway, why won’t they also go to war for the oil required?
Unless actual healthcare costs decline, then Medicaid cuts will just get financed via higher healthcare prices (hospital bills and premiums) instead of taxes…by the same people. And if you deny preventive care and add administrative costs, total spending probably goes up.
@Michael_E_84@Mosster89@RealAlexJones@grok Human civilization is ~10k years old, with most of the modern world built in the last few hundred years (designed for today’s climate and coastlines). The planet was cooling until humans arrived - that’s the story. Most of the period you’re referring to is irrelevant.
@RealAlexJones Remarkable that no one here actually read the article. Its conclusion, to quote, is “further reason for concern about modern climate change.”
@nikillinit I think #2 is the big one. FFS inherently pays for time spent by humans, just as lawyers get paid for billable hours. If you lower costs by reducing labor inputs, you also lower revenue. Unless you have VBC contracts, efficiency bets will be aimed at (non-billable) admin work.
If perceived success is what matters to the president, and he’s allowed to claim success regardless of outcome, then he won’t fear any particular outcome very much, and a shrewd negotiator will use that against him.