The US tried that. It was called the Articles of Confederation. It didn’t really work out.

What do you consider to be memes? Just images/image macros? Gifs? Videos? Copy pastas? Do you dislike all of these, or just some?

Generically, I’d say memes are essentially just widespread “internet culture” inside jokes. Disliking humor or inside jokes is definitely not the norm.

Don’t get me wrong, I think that’s where the money should come from too. I just meant where else is the money going to come from in the current US healthcare system.

Unfortunately, we don’t live in a country where that’s the case right now. I think it is still a very good thing to donate blood, despite having for-profit/privatized healthcare.

Fair enough. If that’s the philosophy you want to live by, then who am I to say otherwise.

Personally, I’d rather help people the best I can in the world I live in.

But where does the money come from? It sucks that in the US it has to come from the patient, but that’s the world we live in right now. I think it’s worth doing all the good you can with the tools available at the moment. Even if it’s not perfect.

I’m just assuming you’re in the US. Sorry if that’s not the case and your country has a different situation.

That’s a terrible reason. You would rather a patient in need not have blood available than be charged for it?

There is definitely price gouging in blood. But it also requires testing, transportation, and storage before it can be used. The money for all that has to come from somewhere (unfortunately in the US it’s usually the patient).

It really is a fantastic book. I’m a sucker for mid-20th century nuclear apocalypse literature, but this book is in a league of its own.

You don’t have a soul, Doctor. You are a soul. You have a body, temporarily.

Reading that quote made me reflect on the distinctions between body, soul, and consciousness in a new way.

It’s from the book A Canticle For Leibowitz for anyone curious.

Aside from the electricity, that sounds a lot like traditional currency.

You’re right, SATA isn’t going anywhere for a very long time. If you have a need for 4+ TB of total storage there is nothing at all wrong using HDDs or 2.5" SSDs.

Your question reminded me of an interesting article I read a while back: Gen Z Is Apparently Baffled by Basic Technology.

It’s kind of a click bait title, but I think it’s still interesting. Technology is definitely generational, and I’m sure there are some things millennials will be better prepared to use in old age, but there will likely be lots of new tech that will be a struggle to learn.