mindlesscrollyparrot

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[–] mindlesscrollyparrot@discuss.tchncs.de 52 points 1 year ago (5 children)

it’s standard for providers to bill for two colonoscopies if they remove two or more polyps in different ways.

Billing for 2 procedures instead of 1 could conceivably explain why the bill was twice as high as the estimate. It could not possibly explain why the bill was three times as high as the estimate.

How clearly can Musk telegraph that if you want safety, you shouldn't drive a Tesla? More evidence that he is a genius CEO.

[–] mindlesscrollyparrot@discuss.tchncs.de 27 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The scary thing here is that the pledges came out of shareholder activism. If the corporation will not do what the shareholders ask of it, then who is calling the shots?

We often hear that CEOs have no choice but to put profits ahead of morals because they are obliged to deliver profits to the shareholders. We can see here, that they're prepared to act against the wishes of the shareholders, so that excuse is clearly untrue.

Loving people is what makes it painful. It opens you up to constant worry and inevitable loss. Even so, I think it's a price worth paying.

Of course it's a lie. With his money, he could end it overnight.

This is true, but regular cars already produce far more microplastics pollution than is safe / sustainable, so staying on IC engines is not an option from that point of view.

However, as serious as the microplastics problem is, climate change is an existential threat. If people are going to drive cars, they should be electric.

[–] mindlesscrollyparrot@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A reply to the original post, from a lemmy.ml account. I blocked them, so I can't link you to it.

[–] mindlesscrollyparrot@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

How about the comment further up - "daily dot world self-soothing thread" ?

I don't think you need to go that far. Abortions where the fetus is non-viable or already dead are healthcare and only healthcare.

It relies on the idea that, since the government can 'print money' to pay the interest on debts, it can borrow freely. What do you expect the lenders to do in response?

Maybe because of projects that aren't interested in the opinions of distro maintainers, let alone individual contributors.

Will Trump's team continue to claim this as his achievement?

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