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consz commented on Research suggests Big Bang may have taken place inside a black hole port.ac.uk/news-events-an... · Posted by u/zaik

hshshshshsh · 3 months ago

You cannot measure consciousness. You are consciousness thinking of itself as the human. Measurement is an event appearing in consciousness done by humans.

It's like persons inside GTA talking about measuring the Samsung monitor. It makes no sense cause they can never see the monitor or locate it. They appear in the monitor.

consz · 3 months ago

You absolutely can measure "various aspects of consciousness" -- for example, "how much of the last 24h has this consciousness been awake" seems simple. So your definition seems kind of weak, could you be more precise?

Conversely, in your definition, is consciousness the only "thing" that you would describe as not being able to measure various aspects about it? Are there any other objects or concepts which you also cannot measure various aspects about? If yes, what differentiates those things from consciousness?

consz commented on Top Crypto Firms Named in $1B Fraud Lawsuit bbc.com/news/business-671... · Posted by u/belter

consz · 2 years ago

Can someone who fell for the 7%+ return explain which part you got tricked by? Was it just not registering as red flag to offer such a high, risk free rate? Or did you believe it wasn’t risk free, but thought the risk of it turning into this situation too low/zero?

How much of the decision was based on using the claimed FDIC insurance as a limiter on the downside risk?

I don’t mean any antagonism by these questions, I’m personally curious what is the thought process to get involved with this investment option.

consz commented on Ask HN: How do you manage photos, philosophically? · Posted by u/oldsklgdfth

consz · 2 years ago

Here’s a question I’ve wanted to ask — how many people just don’t take photos? I don’t have any philosophical bone to pick with it, I still take a photo if I need to reference something like where I parked; but I used to take photos on my phone at probably a normal frequency when I first became an adult, and I realized after a few years that I had never looked back on any photos I’d taken, so I just stopped taking them afterwards and never really felt any loss from not having them.

Incidentally, one unintended consequence of this behavior is realizing just how insignificant of a difference there is between smartphones even over 5+ years, if the camera is zero value add.

consz commented on CFPB kicks off rulemaking to remove medical bills from credit reports consumerfinance.gov/about... · Posted by u/geox

joe5150 · 2 years ago

If the hospital/provider sends your bill to a collections agency, then it can definitely show up on your reports. Especially so if you are actually sued for the debt, in which case the judgement is also a public record.

I've had this happen a couple times in the past when I was in treatment for cancer and underemployed. One agency reported the collections action and it went on my credit report (no indication that it's medical debt or anything else, so I imagine it would be up to the consumer to contest these things with the bureau?) Another collector didn't, so I never paid the bill or heard from them again!

consz · 2 years ago

>If the hospital/provider sends your bill to a collections agency, then it can definitely show up on your reports.

So I agree this was the impression I got in theory, but in practice I’ve never seen this happen. Why is there this mismatch? I check my credit reports once a year, there’s nothing showing up

consz commented on CFPB kicks off rulemaking to remove medical bills from credit reports consumerfinance.gov/about... · Posted by u/geox

rqtwteye · 2 years ago

My ex had collectors calling her several times a day for months while she was disputing a bill. It probably depends on whether the hospital writes the bill off or sells it to collectors.

consz · 2 years ago

But I guess that’s my whole point is once they sell it to collectors it’s equivalent to the bill not existing? My confusion is around wondering if I’ve somehow fallen through the cracks and got lucky or other people have the same experience.

Why do other people pay bills they receive in the mail?

consz commented on CFPB kicks off rulemaking to remove medical bills from credit reports consumerfinance.gov/about... · Posted by u/geox

consz · 2 years ago

I’ll repost my comment from a recent thread, but this article is a surprise to me, I thought this had already been the case for years?

Reposted comment —

As far as I can tell, this is the correct way to handle this? I haven’t paid attention to any medical bills sent in the mail since I started working 15 years ago (I generally pay what they ask at the point of service), and I’ve never noticed any consequences (no denial of service anywhere, has never shown up in any way on my credit report, etc) — as far as my experience has shown, any bills sent after the fact are completely optional to pay.

consz commented on She paid husband's hospital bill. A year after his death, they wanted more money text.npr.org/1194289492... · Posted by u/rntn

tomrod · 2 years ago

My experience has been that bills can often be 5X the actual services. It can matter if you have any sort of real interaction. For minor common stuff you're right it is immaterial -- like a doc visit with a copay. But get a frenectomy? Mole removal? Vein ablation? Ortho surgery? I highly, highly recommend reviewing the procedure codes for anyone who recognizes they are their best, and often only, advocate.

consz · 2 years ago

I don’t understand why it’s worth doing that work — ignoring and not paying the subsequent bills in the mail seems to have no downside, so why bother reviewing the procedure codes afterwards? Maybe we’re talking past each other.

consz commented on Tech Workers Deserve a Union: An Interview with Ethan Marcotte workerorganizing.org/tech... · Posted by u/ughitsaaron

bluGill · 2 years ago

Unions have not helped their cause over here. They have regularly enforced paying bad people more than good people because the only measure they allow is years on the job. They regularly prevent people who want to move into management from doing so (not to be confused with people who don't want to!) be not allowing anything learned to count for your management role. They regularly discourage learning something more. They regularly yell that doing better work just helps your employer and will not help you.

Unions don't have to be that way, but all the examples I have of unions are places I would not want to work. Thus why would I want a union in my job?

consz · 2 years ago

Here’s how I think about it —

There’s a value X that’s the absolute minimum you would work for, any less and you quit today.

There’s a value Y that’s the absolute maximum I would pay you, any penny more and I fire you immediately.

Y - X is up for grabs, and there are zero moral proscriptions I would give to any allocation of this between employee and employer. Each and every aspect of the employee-employer relationship is advantaged already in favor of the employer (resource disparity, implicit solidarity from company structure, regulations). Unions tend to reduce my share of Y-X. If I was a laborer, I’d prefer a union.

E: I’ve seen unions that are counter examples to each of your complaints so not really interesting to me to think too much about your own personal experience with unions.

consz commented on Tech Workers Deserve a Union: An Interview with Ethan Marcotte workerorganizing.org/tech... · Posted by u/ughitsaaron

consz · 2 years ago

It’s absolutely incredible to me how much animosity unions have in the US and how self defeating the typical programmers attitude is (maybe this is just selection bias for HN?) — and I say this as someone who’s definitely not a laborer. But if I was one, I would hope I wouldn’t vote against my own class interests like it appears developers often do.

Luckily, even speaking openly against my own interests here is zero risk, I feel Americans are too far gone in their position against unions for it to ever be an issue for me personally.

consz commented on She paid husband's hospital bill. A year after his death, they wanted more money text.npr.org/1194289492... · Posted by u/rntn

tomrod · 2 years ago

If you are in the US, you are probably often paying for the wrong services as billing errors are quite common.

consz · 2 years ago

Maybe? I don’t really care, that sounds like an error for the hospital to fix or get right the first time. Ignoring it seems to have no repercussions.