To desire to keep down the rate of wages, with the view of favoring the exportation of merchandise, is to seek to render the citizens of a state miserable, in order that foreigners may purchase its productions at a cheaper rate; it is, at most, attempting to enrich a few merchants by impoverishing the body of the nation; it is taking the part of the stronger in that contest, already so unequal, between the man who can pay wages, and him who is under the necessity of receiving them; it is, in one word, to forget, that the object of every political society ought to be the happiness of the largest number.
Oh how we have strayed so far from the wisdom of the founders. Ever wonder why “pursuit of happiness” was included amongst the unalienable rights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence?
It should not be surprising that given the amount of money in politics, that there is corruption.
The consequences of long-term damage from misinformation at network scale are becoming so real that, at this point, it should be viewed as a collective emergency for everyone, including media organizations, not-for-profits, and Internet platforms.
Axios rightly points a major flaw in healthcare in the United States, that insurance is tied to employment. Another major flaw is even calling it insurance.
Insurance is really about probabilities and statistics, and insurance companies are essentially gambling on the premise that there is a lower probability of paying out money than taking in money.
Car insurance is real, one might go a life time without ever having to file a claim yet must pay for it regardless if you own a car. (BTW, in most states one MUST buy at least liability insurance.)
If car insurance were like health insurance one would be filing a claim every time they took their car in for an oil change or some other repair.
With the frequency of payouts, the real question is, why would any private corporation want to even be in the health insurance business? The only way it can be profitable to a corporation is to take in more money by charging more than they pay out. Can you not seen the fundamental problem here?
For me, the ideal news reading format is river of news and supports the micropub API to share news items direct to blogs. Right now I have half the equation.
There is only one Blockbuster left on the planet. Oh my!
Fox News, otherwise known as Trump TV.
Last fall I was seriously considering buying the 1080P version of Lenovo’s Chromebook Yoga 630C and now I am so glad that I decided to not buy it given that Lenovo has already stopped making it.
And we are back to ten degree temperatures. Hopefully we will be getting warmer weather soon.
My number one tip for anyone planning to work from home is go invest in a good chair. You want something that is ergonomic and can withstand a lot of use, so you are best to go with real office furniture. We bought two Steelcase Leap chairs about six years ago and they look new and remain as comfortable as the first day they arrived. Recommended.
Today I replaced the chair mats that go with our office chairs in the basement. We have low, how traffic carpet in the basement but still need a flat surface for the wheels on the chairs. Because my wife and I both work from home, the chairs and mats are used at least five days a week for something on the order of 10 hours a day.
Last year on this date two people where shot on the campus of Central Michigan University. I don’t think we have made any progress towards addressing the gun violence problem in the United States.
The price of the original Apple Pencil has decreased to $80, which is still too much to buy for a backup. Keeping my eye on it for further price drops.
And now the posts have come through. Yippee! :)
Well, that’s interesting. I just enabled sending posts to the Internet Archive and now so far my post has not appeared on my blog.
Interesting to see that micro.blog has added a feature to automatically save posts to the Internet Archive.
The way I see it, the Detroit Red Wings need a coaching change.
Android is now FIDO2 certified, which means that it should be easier for applications to use fingerprints for authentication.
A weather pattern known as a bomb cyclone went through Michigan today. According to the Detroit Free Press the northern part of the Lower Peninsula was more affected than the southern. So far we are fortunate to not have a power outage, though DTE’s Outage map shows pockets of outages around us. The light have flickered that has been the extent.
Last week I was in Halifax, Nova Scotia for business. I didn’t get a chance to do any sightseeing, and it was really too cold to do that, but I did snap a few pictures.