I think if you sat people down and showed them how much they pay for health insurance, showed what they got out of their medical insurance, and the actual cost of those procedures, that very few people would rate it highly.
For a system like capitalism that prides itself on market forces, no one has a clue about how and why insurance operates the way it does.
Damn, the automated “comment removed” notices are getting brutal.
I get social security not being taxes (as its literally the federal gov giving money and then taking some back), but why wouldn’t tips be taxed if they’re just additional wages?
Like what is the logical arguement, and if they weren’t why wouldn’t I ask for all wages just be “tipped” to me?
I mean, he’s the president elect. If you look at the following sentences he thinks energy and supply chain will fix the problem.
The issue is neither of those is going to come down enough to lower prices, and even more poignant is that he is not proposing any plan or strategy to enable those to fix pricing.
Inflation and grocery prices aren’t new issues and if he doesn’t have a plan now he isn’t going to come up with one (lest we be reminded how his Healthcare plans have evolved over 8+ years).
Also no way to verify the vote is real if no accountability
I mean, the only thing he’s proposing will fix the issue is other people’s actions. In that statement he isn’t suggesting any solutions nor discussing a plan, hes saying if other people fix other problems it may help prices.
That seems like abdicating to me.
Im surprised to see this pop up multiple times. If my device more or less is still plugged in with wireless chargers (as it can’t really be “off” the pad) it’s really not that impressive to me. Not to mention we’ve been pumping power through the air since the first radio.
If my device could charge anywhere within a certain radius (feet/meters), that would be impressive.
Yeah the issue with predictions around things like autonomous vehicles is it assumes tech advancements will flow in one direction/domain. There are still serious limitations of current AI systems in regards to autonomous vehicles and the next breakthrough may not be one relevant to that domain.
Its certainly possible, but we’ve basically been on the current autonomous vehicle hype for about 10 years already.
I heard he was six foot eight and weighed a fucking ton.
Link for the uninitiated - https://youtu.be/qv6OOuPI5c0
Also has a great song that only pops up once during the show - My Name is Hilda
That page says 05/2020 launch date, so I think it’s an old tech sheet. Can’t find the tech specs for the mini that’s being announced myself, but didn’t try that hard.
I was wondering why the art direction seemed terrible for the event. Everything feels all over the place and generic - apparently cause it is.
The only caveat would be is if they were going to hoard that money anyways it might not make it into anyones hands.
“Trickle” would definitely be the key word though.
I had no idea it had some basis in mormanism, but I also really wanted a sequel to it. It ended on such an interesting cliff hangar and with Orson Scott Card it seemed like the plot would actually go somewhere.
Haha, I think it’s very likely there are even earlier examples than both of those. I debated counting final fantasy, and did not recall the final boss of Dragon Quest 2.
I think ultimately, Man v God is a story that’s existed for a looong time.
Sounds like it’s more or less where I left it. There definitely was a story there at some point, and it felt well written and heartfelt. However, over time it did feel like new characters were being introduced cause some had seen there story arc and the writer just couldn’t move on.
I’d love to be able to jump in knowing there is some conclusion, or at least sunsetting for the original main characters. Not sure how realistic that is.
This may be part of the reason why I’ve found conflict driven web comics less risky to jump into. Eventually you overcome the challenge or you don’t.
Edit: Also, thanks for the info!
“Doom” is a pretty good one.
“Advent Rising” you find out you are a god.
“Dread Delusion” prisoner to decider of gods fate.
A lot of Kirby games.
Yeah if I had to take a guess shin megami tensei series (1987) is solidly in the “… And then you fight God”, but a lot games even earlier probably did the same.
How’s the quality on that recently? I had been keeping up to date with it before covid, but it had started to drop off for me.
Effectively a stacked bar chart/area chart, but with “pizzaz” that makes it less readable.