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dipppyon Unnecessary medical care is harming patients physically and financially (2015)

Everyone has a story like this.

I went in for a physical and even though they said to my face my insurance would fully cover a heart electrocardiogram (my family has a history of heart problems) I wound up with a huge bill, month long fight with insurance, and ended up just having to foot it.

Maybe if medical care was driven by some other force besides capitalism this wouldn't be such an issue.

dipppyon Apple Maps vs. Google Maps vs. Waze

Seriously. I can handle most NYC driving but I'd be absolutely ruined in Jersey or even Westchester without lane guidance.

dipppyon Peace and quiet is all about the noise in your head

That's a really great quote. Here's the video for anyone looking for the full interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?src_vid=FkxUY0kxH80&v=UKdZU9Db...

dipppyon Is developer compensation becoming bimodal?

Seriously. A lot of comments in here are "Well it's hard so we deserve it!".

There are thousands of developers making fractions of what their equally talented counterparts make in the US.

dipppyon Bitcoin drops below $10K after three days of cryptocurrency correction

Not even the seemingly-infinite pumping of Tethers (now $1.6 billion and counting) can keep the price afloat. We're going to see further correction before the end of the month.