Balanceinfinity

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by Balanceinfinity 6y ago
The American healthcare industry is fascinating for a number of reasons. First, when insurance is involved you have the person seeking the service completely removed from the person paying for it - which almost always will result in overcon
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by Balanceinfinity 6y ago
More systematically: offer a "good housekeeping" seal. Presumably those who have good implants will cooperate and open their books so you can look at who they install to and outcomes. Being a reliable 3rd party, cooperating and g
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by Balanceinfinity 6y ago
Makes one wonder - in the absence of thorough regulation, why a third-party evaluator hasn't arisen to provide real risk analysis for patients regarding each device (the good device seal) - and I'm surprised insurance companies ar
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by Balanceinfinity 6y ago
Sadly, horribly, that is now a risk with every major procedure - but at least it's a known risk that the patient can choose to accept when the underlying condition is not life threatening. Devices that don't work properly and hav
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by Balanceinfinity 6y ago
the best food in London is always in the restaurants from the places the British colonized: Indian, Middle eastern, American, etc. English food - traditionally English food - is better than it used to be, but still down the gastro list.
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by Balanceinfinity 6y ago
Cruising is kind of fun. I've traveled every way, from backpacks and youth hostels to four star hotels - they each have their merits. No, if you take a cruise and stop in Maine, it won't be the same as staying there for a week wit
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by Balanceinfinity 6y ago
As you age, you just can't bring the same focus and stamina to bear on a project - which is ok, because experience, wisdom, and efficiency can actually make things easier.
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by Balanceinfinity 6y ago
There's not the 24H grind with programming to a deadline. There can be long days, especially when preparing for a court appearance or a trial, and law firms notoriously work their associates very long hours to cover their significant p
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by Balanceinfinity 6y ago
I'm a lawyer, but talented paralegals (typically just a college degree) can do very well. Especially ones who can master ediscovery - the production of documents stored electronically.
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by Balanceinfinity 6y ago
It's a fair question - when you're presenting an oral argument the goal is to teach/convince/explain. The ability to see your audience is huge: do they have a quizzical look, are they trying to jump in on your comment; d
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by Balanceinfinity 6y ago
I realized that I was only a so-so programmer. the real ninjas were so passionate and knowledgeable; I was only successful because of brute force and overworking. I moved on to a career in the law - which is a much more natural fit for me.
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by Balanceinfinity 6y ago
This is totally addictive
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by Balanceinfinity 6y ago
Not surprised they are moving from in-person, but i am surprised they aren't moving to a video system; so much of communications are visual.
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by Balanceinfinity 6y ago
"In essence, cooking—including not only heat but also mechanical processes such as chopping and grinding—outsources some of the body’s work of digestion so that more energy is extracted from food and less expended in processing it. Coo
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by Balanceinfinity 6y ago
best/easiest writing tip 1: You place a square around the subject of the sentence and a circle around the verb. This ensures you have one (or more) of each, as opposed to having an implied subject or verb. Then look at how close they a
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by Balanceinfinity 6y ago
fire made eating animal protein much more efficient. imagine the patience of eating raw deer off the bone - hours of chewing. With fire, it converted a monotonous task to something efficient
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by Balanceinfinity 6y ago
Shocked the story didn't mention the Fogerty suit - the strangest copyright -music case of all https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/27501/time-john-fogerty-...
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Is it immoral to go to Disneyworld
2 points by Balanceinfinity 7y ago|1 comments
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by Balanceinfinity 7y ago
Obama said he was shocked by how many people he met as president, and all they wanted to do was take a picture - even though there's a professional White House photographer recording everything and the pictures are made available. Hec
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by Balanceinfinity 7y ago
I agree - family trips (even long car rides) can be quality time if everyone is listening to the same songs and singing along together, or listening to a book together and discussing what's going to happen (ok, we're strange) or w
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by Balanceinfinity 7y ago
I became familiar with the term "quality time" as a contrast to "quantity time," regarding child rearing. As both parents began working outside of the home, and less time was spent with the kids, parents tried to ease th
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Original plague story: Thinking of the Masque of the Red death(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by Balanceinfinity 7y ago|0 comments
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by Balanceinfinity 7y ago
Warby really does have a good deal compared to other glasses options (IMO this wasn't true until they developed bricks and mortar stores to fit the glasses properly). If the only thing a new company is selling is that it's not you
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by Balanceinfinity 7y ago
Favorite role: Hannah and her sisters. he had a great role - some humor, some sadness (when his heart is broken). This guy could totally act.
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by Balanceinfinity 7y ago
He writes "There seems to be something in getting good at a skill tree that helps in latter life. I’d like to think it is a function of exposure: once you see the competitive meta at the top of one skill tree, you begin looking for it
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by Balanceinfinity 7y ago
Interesting - One of the things we teach is that we don't want our people competing with the slides, so if you want to put up a quote to expand upon it, first you have to read the quote - otherwise, you're talking and people are r
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When you watch a PowerPoint presentation, what do you hate
17 points by Balanceinfinity 7y ago|16 comments
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by Balanceinfinity 7y ago
need to lojack the hives
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by Balanceinfinity 7y ago
The number 600 would be the number of expected blind schizophrenics in the US right now. But as people have been looking for them over time, the actual number should be higher.
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by Balanceinfinity 7y ago
The origin of the mixed use movement (and the rebirth of cities) is The Death and Life of Great American Cities ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Death_and_Life_of_Great_Am... ). The upshot is that mixed use is the ho

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