well put. After swimming 10km on a empty stomach that first glass of chocolate milk and a banana were near psychedelic. Obviously not the same life threatening situation as a diabetic but I can imagine there'd be some similarity to the experiences
What in the world? $5k a year? How on earth are those things so expensive? 2 fully spec'd macbook pros per year? Surely they aren't that complex. Am I missing something?
They're not enormously complex from a hardware perspective, but the sensing element is really hard to get right. Interference from a whole host of common drugs (including ibuprofen) can really mess up one's signal. Not to mention the regulatory moat; many medical device startups die on the vine working for regulatory approval, or looking for funding for expensive human trials (which quickly get into the millions or tens of millions for a Phase II/III trial)
They are entirely disposable. The transmitter lasts 3 months and the sensors last 10 days. I read something about the FDA requiring the sensors be forced to not work after 10 days, because they were worried about infections.
It might be advisable to take their point in good faith by considering what they may be saying instead of resorting to mentioning something about US foreign policy.
Based on the definitions I can find of murder in various dictionaries, it seems almost universally defined as an unlawful act. If you choose to go by the commonly-accepted usage of the term, it would not be a murder if the killing is found to be lawful. There are other words, such as homicide, that could be used here [1, 2]. The CPS themselves (in the UK) have a whole page about this distinction.
I was just pointing out that definitions can be really flexible. Sure, murder is a crime of intentionally killing someone. So if something is not a crime then it's not a murder. But since criminal law is vast and varied same deed in one country might be a crime and in other it is not. I used the word "murder" in non-US definition of what crime is. And pointed out that such actions are not a murder specifically in USA. Implying that with respect to other countries laws they might be. And they are.
And calling indiscriminately killing people "a foreign policy" and legal is another can of USA made worms.
Check out how narratives created and pushed by evil people affected your moral sense.
Doesn't inflation mean that nominal debt is less painful to hold? ie I go $100k into debt for a degree, but 5 years down the line that $100k only has $50k buying power (in original year terms), so its easier to pay off?
