16 July 2024

The racket that is the Pharmacy Benefit Managers. And well-summarized by Portland ophthalmologist, Dr. Glaucomflecken. I'm old enough to remember when doctors ran healthcare. Those were the days.

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Europe is rushing to set the rules for AI. Pardon me, but I don't trust the elites in Europe to do the right thing. I still think the most objective and knowledgeable policy setters for AI are the AI grad students. They know AI really well, and most of them haven't established anything that would generate conflicts of interest.

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Google and Microsoft generate as much power as small countries. But you can't have natural gas stoves, and must buy inferior EV glorified golf carts to drive.

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Graffiti's back, Portland. Hasn't been 24 hours.

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Microsoft laid off its entire DEI department. Companies don't have money to waste on stuff like this. Only governments like California do.

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California's "Keep parents in the dark" about about transgender grooming finally tipped Elon Musk over the edge. This is because he saw how devastating transgender ideology ruined his relation with a daughter. So SpaceX and X/Twitter are going to Texas. More tax base loss for California and probably unemployment as well.
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