skybolt_1 posted:

Obligatory Ben Garrison:

F_Shit_Fitzgerald posted:

I was thinking about getting a Pine phone (Linux based) and looked at many of the major retailers to ask about phone compatibility. Every single one looked at me like I was talking about an alien species on Star Trek and that Linux is a "European brand" that just wouldn't work with our 'murican system . I settled on Verizon, which my parents have. It's OK, I guess, but I'm still salty that they were unable* to accommodate a Pine phone.











_{* Unwilling}

Injuryprone posted:

Lil homie gay rear end

The Cameo posted:

you’re still on Verizon

it’s literally called visible by Verizon

(it’s a good deal)

Stereotype posted:

good time to buy Boeing stock since there’s no way in hell the US government will let them fail even if every one of their planes was grounded for being a deathtrap

skooma512 posted:

There was a EXIT DOOR here

It’s gone now

Stereotype posted:

good time to buy Boeing stock since there’s no way in hell the US government will let them fail even if every one of their planes was grounded for being a deathtrap

quote:

How many hospital beds are enough? Report finds that Western Pennsylvania has too many

Jan 9, 2024

Western Pennsylvania hospitals have continued to open new beds, despite data indicating that the region has been overbedded for years, an expense that some experts say ultimately drives up the cost of health care.

Defying a national trend of hospital closures that have especially stung in rural areas, Western Pennsylvania hospitals licensed 229 new beds between 2017 and 2021, according to business consultant Compass Lexecon. All but three of those new beds came from five hospitals that Allegheny Health Network opened in the Pittsburgh area during the four-year period.

There’s no simple metric for determining the right number of hospital beds needed in a given region, and many administrators have been loath to shutter units at their institutions for various reasons, but researchers in this case pointed to data showing plenty of empty beds as backing up their argument that the region has too many.

The issue may become front and center as community hospitals continue to face COVID-19 related financial strains. The five-hospital Independence Health System, for example, is struggling under a 12-month loss from operations that totaled $79.3 million in June, partly blamed on inflated labor costs related to the pandemic.

Harold Miller, president and CEO of Downtown-based consultant Center for Healthcare Quality & Payment Reform, disputed the significance of inpatient bed counts.

“It tells you something about the physical plant capacity to be able to handle patients,” he said. “But it’s not all that relevant for anyone anymore.”

Economists say unnecessary duplication of medical services and equipment is a cost ultimately borne by the consumer in the form of higher health insurance premiums.

Xaris posted:

is the era of lovely hilariously comically ovepriced us cell service finally coming to an end? i switched to visible which is $20 (that's actually all inclusive of taxes/fees) vs verizon where i was like close to a benjamin a month after all the taxes/fees, which was absurd. don't know why i waited so long, and it was painless to port number too and done in like 15 minutes. seems like service is even better. was lookin into mint or us mobile and seems like it was the same thing for like $20 a month.

god bless bidenomics

Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:

https://www.post-gazette.com/busine...es/202401080010

skooma512 posted:

There was a EXIT DOOR here

It’s gone now

net work error posted:

Vox Nihili posted:

this unlocked a core memory of when my parents bought me a DOS game called "Capitalism" when I was a kid, probably hoping to teach me how to survive in the economy or something

https://obscuritory.com/sim/capitalism/

I remember it shared a passing resemblance to more normal simulation games of the time like Sim City, Sim Tower, or Sim Farm, but when you started playing you realized it was definitely designed in hell by demons to torture children

net work error posted:

Vox Nihili posted:

this unlocked a core memory of when my parents bought me a DOS game called "Capitalism" when I was a kid, probably hoping to teach me how to survive in the economy or something

https://obscuritory.com/sim/capitalism/

I remember it shared a passing resemblance to more normal simulation games of the time like Sim City, Sim Tower, or Sim Farm, but when you started playing you realized it was definitely designed in hell by demons to torture children

Frosted Flake posted:

You know the American Airlines crash in 2001 where a jet crashed because, when the pilot encountered mild turbulence, he slammed the rudder so far to the right the vertical stabilizer flew off and the plane disintegrated in a spin?

That seems to be how liberals respond to any crisis.

skooma512 posted:

Sun Wu Kong arrogantly boasting he can escape the major telcos

Vox Nihili posted:

this unlocked a core memory of when my parents bought me a DOS game called "Capitalism" when I was a kid, probably hoping to teach me how to survive in the economy or something

https://obscuritory.com/sim/capitalism/

I remember it shared a passing resemblance to more normal simulation games of the time like Sim City, Sim Tower, or Sim Farm, but when you started playing you realized it was definitely designed in hell by demons to torture children

Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:

half of the featured for sale games are about being a drug dealer

Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:

https://www.post-gazette.com/busine...es/202401080010

Grapplejack posted:

Try capitalism 2, it's better. Better ui and menus, less agriculture.

Vox Nihili posted:

this unlocked a core memory of when my parents bought me a DOS game called "Capitalism" when I was a kid, probably hoping to teach me how to survive in the economy or something

https://obscuritory.com/sim/capitalism/

I remember it shared a passing resemblance to more normal simulation games of the time like Sim City, Sim Tower, or Sim Farm, but when you started playing you realized it was definitely designed in hell by demons to torture children

Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:

Check this out: Crabitalism

Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:

Check this out: Crackitalism

Retromancer posted:

drat, turns out Mohamed Atta was just a REALLY bad pilot.

Zurtilik posted:

skooma512 posted:

Sun Wu Kong arrogantly boasting he can escape the major telcos

Akratic Method posted:

Everyone is running and smiling! The crabs are getting bigger.

Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:

Check this out: Wopitalism

Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:

half of the featured for sale games are about being a drug dealer

F_Shit_Fitzgerald posted:

I was thinking about getting a Pine phone (Linux based) and looked at many of the major retailers to ask about phone compatibility. Every single one looked at me like I was talking about an alien species on Star Trek and that Linux is a "European brand" that just wouldn't work with our 'murican system . I settled on Verizon, which my parents have. It's OK, I guess, but I'm still salty that they were unable* to accommodate a Pine phone.











_{* Unwilling}

mycomancy posted:

I looked into this PinePhone and this showed up on their page about halfway down.


Lmao GoonPhone seems interesting!