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I had some exposure to Epic at my previous job. Any software or technical challenges in this space (and there are real ones) - pale in comparison to getting the tech to work within healthcare processes.

Hats of to Judy for cracking that alchemy.

Healthcare tech is an absolutely terrifying space full of process complexity and technical debt.

I've seen systems where part of the process is using an automated letter opener and automated scanner then optical character recognition to get patient bills into a system - because there was no hope of switching some paper aspects of the process to digital.

@Renauda I thought he disqualified himself over a decade ago. What I think doesn't count.

"Small potatoes" in whatever balance of forces that keeps this man in power.

Trump got away with deriding American POWs. This is small potatoes.

Huge congrats! I remember the relief of getting mine.

Make sure you always have it with you when you cross the border, even if you’re traveling on a different passport. They always ask for it (technically you’re supposed to carry it at all times - but I don’t risk losing it by carrying it in my wallet)

I think it’s Zone 2 cardio. Peter Attia has been a big proponent on the bro science side of things.

Well - if I had ownership of trillions of dollars of something and decided to sell it…. I’d probably auction it to the highest bidder.

@Tom-K said in Just one unforced error after another:

@AndyD said in Just one unforced error after another:

Bribery is effective and of course far better than fighting.

I like that. 50,000 people give them each a million dollars to vote to become part of the US--that 50 billion. Chump change and everybody's happy.

My question though is - what do we get for $50B? We're already allowed to build bases there.

I thought we wanted Europe to pull their fair share and make their own bases.

I honestly don't understand what's going on here.

@AndyD why? Do we need to do that to build bases? Do we have a lot of money to throw around right now?

We need to throw money around to build bases?

Any theories on why?

Thanks feels great - actually looks great too. I really didn't go in with that being the primary goal, but it's definitely a perk!

I've been taking it for the good part of a year. I didn't notice a ton of difference in recovery, but I definitely noticed that I can eke out 2-3 more reps when I lift heavy. I've gained a good 5-8 lbs of muscle over the last year.

Yeah - I feel the Canadian ire all the time as someone who travels there frequently.

You can't blame them - it's like a family member just turning on you all of sudden for no rhyme or reason (or benefit to anyone).

@89th - we're in a very similar situation. All caveats about how great a person and mom my wife is (all true), she has a consumption issue. I think it's much easier to have this issue than it has been in the past.

Our houses are bigger, we have Amazon, impulse buying has moved from the aisle to your bedroom.

Luckily our common living spaces are tidy, and she hates a messy kitchen. Outside of that (our bedroom, the playroom, kids bedrooms) - not so much.

Lots of good advice in this thread, but change is hard. I've worked my wife to the point of recognizing that it's better if every item in the house has a specific place to live, and not only space for itself, but breathing space so that it can actually be found and used.

That's step 1, I guess. But changing habits is hard. We're on that step right now. She has to want to do it, as Jodi said you typically can't berate a person into doing that.

It doesn't help that I've become sort of a minimalist as I've gotten older. We're pretty far from each other on this topic.

I thought we already tried the war on drugs.

We've been acting like budgets and spending your money wisely doesn't matter for the past decade. The debate over Obamacare seems quaint now - at the heart of it was a discussion about affordability and efficiency.

There's no real policy debate any more about healthcare, a responsible level of tax, education costs, debt, etc.

If this has to happen (which I hope it doesn't) - I'm glad it's happening during a Republican administration. It's the conservatives' responsibility to bring these sort of grown up topics to the table... not ignore them.

I think loved ones can contact FB to get a page "memorialized".

Huge fan of the BMW. I have an X7. The B58 engine (their inline 6) is bulletproof. Very reliable. That doesn't mean their electronics are reliable or that the maintenance is cheap - but that particular drivetrain is very proven (don't get a BMW V8).

Personally, I like small sports cars (think Miata, GR86, low-end porche, etc.) with small engines and manuals. I'm not going to the track and these whizbang Mercedes and BMWs, and if you gave them full throttle, their 400HP engines would mean you're breaking the law by the time you shift from 2nd gear..

With the small cars you can actually push the gas down a bit and row through the gears on normal streets.

It seems like MAGA might be getting over this. If I go onto X, MAGA related accounts are now largely ignoring this. That wasn’t the case a few months ago.

Doesn’t everyone already know he’s morally bankrupt. Not sure what the emails could have that’d change minds.