Aaronontheweb

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Maintaining Security-Critical Project Where I Don't Read the Code(aaronstannard.com)
1 points by Aaronontheweb 1mo ago|0 comments
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Escaping the LLM Coding Rat Race(aaronstannard.com)
5 points by Aaronontheweb 2mo ago|1 comments
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Fearless Concurrency Gets Real(clef-lang.com)
3 points by Aaronontheweb 3mo ago|0 comments
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Software 2.0: Planning and Verifying a Greenfield Project(aaronstannard.com)
3 points by Aaronontheweb 6mo ago|0 comments
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Software 2.0: Code Is Cheap, Good Taste Is Not(aaronstannard.com)
1 points by Aaronontheweb 7mo ago|0 comments
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by Aaronontheweb 8mo ago
Moving away from RSS was a mistake
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AI Won't Kill Open Source – It Will Amplify It(petabridge.com)
2 points by Aaronontheweb 8mo ago|0 comments
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by Aaronontheweb 10mo ago
> Do you have non-ACA insurance? One explanation for why your costs are so much higher than the national average is that you're on a non-complying plan (you can also still buy plans that will exclude preexisting conditions --- they
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by Aaronontheweb 10mo ago
I can assure you they are, if anything, understated - as I am not including the expenses my health insurance will not cover. So no, you are fully in the wrong there. What do I have to do to prove it? Show you itemized receipts? Moreover, wh
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by Aaronontheweb 10mo ago
That's not what the link the OP included said and not what I said either, but I concede your point - that's my fault for checking individual health care marketplaces (like eHealthInsurance and Aetna direct) or not looking closely
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by Aaronontheweb 10mo ago
Dude, you don't even have your own facts straight and you are embarrassing yourself. It's clear you have no experience, don't understand your own sources you provided, or any clue how child birth actually works from a medical
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by Aaronontheweb 10mo ago
> ACA plans absolutely cover childbirth ( https://www.healthcare.gov/what-if-im-pregnant-or-plan-to-ge ...) that link doesn't even say what you says it does - it said you can apply for coverage, not that there are pla
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by Aaronontheweb 10mo ago
> the $14300 is the family out of pocket max You know they charge you, separately, for both the mother's care AND the infant's during a delivery right? Those count as two people. I am, with 100% certainty, going to hit the out
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by Aaronontheweb 10mo ago
1. I mentioned, in multiple places, that this is the cheapest PPO offered to me through a limited selection of potential brokers / marketplaces - and that's important because it covers our current health care providers AND child b
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by Aaronontheweb 10mo ago
The explanation of benefits simply doesn't cover child birth - this is extremely common for individual marketplace plans.
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by Aaronontheweb 10mo ago
> Given he has 3 children, 400% of FPL in 2026 is $150,600 so he's easily eligible for ACA subsidies I am absolutely not eligible. I earn more than $150k. And "manipulating your income" is not really feasible with a pass-t
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by Aaronontheweb 10mo ago
I included screenshots of my actual health insurance premium terms, including the plan number, which is what is at issue in the article.
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by Aaronontheweb 10mo ago
Did you try reading the lengthy section of the article where I answered your question?
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by Aaronontheweb 10mo ago
> It sounds like you're trying to communicate that you pay at least $200/month per smartphone for your family? Or you don't value precision in communication. You're moving the goal posts here. You have to have service
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by Aaronontheweb 10mo ago
I pay that at least much for my family, hence why I used it
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by Aaronontheweb 10mo ago
I'm right there with you - this is a case study in "perverse incentives." There is zero benefit to "paying into the system" to be had under the current model. Better to chance it and then sign up for a plan at the l
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by Aaronontheweb 10mo ago
I think the market can do a better job of optimizing than central planning ever can - the problem is we have both the costs of capitalism and socialism concurrently with the model we have now. A worst of both worlds scenario.
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by Aaronontheweb 10mo ago
I actually thought about including this in the piece (and how car sizes become a problem once you hit 4+ kids) but decided to keep it more focused on just the healthcare costs
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by Aaronontheweb 10mo ago
My wife had to have an emergency C-section the first time around when they lost the heartbeat on our first baby, so we've stuck with planned C-sections - so yes, we are somewhat constrained in terms of our choices there.
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by Aaronontheweb 10mo ago
I only keep this plan because we're planning on having children, so yes, it's included in the pricing decision.
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by Aaronontheweb 10mo ago
Massive government subsidies for health care consumption not only eliminate, but disincentivize price discovery. If your biggest consumers of health care (seniors) have access to the best health insurance plan in the world (Medicare), that&
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by Aaronontheweb 10mo ago
Completely removing the U.S. Government from the health care market (Medicare, Medicaid, Obamacare, uncompensated care, etc) would be a great start.
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by Aaronontheweb 10mo ago
I've discussed just opting out of health insurance altogether and doing CrowdHealth with my wife, thinking along these same lines.
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The healthcare market is taxing reproduction out of existence(aaronstannard.com)
290 points by Aaronontheweb 10mo ago|407 comments
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There Has Never Been a Better Time to Be a Junior Developer – and It Won't Last(aaronstannard.com)
2 points by Aaronontheweb 1y ago|0 comments

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