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For anyone looking for side gigs, are websites still the number one option? Also, it's nice to see that social media has not eaten the whole internet yet.

Another thing to note is, do these Googlers honestly think Russia and China and others aren't working on the same thing to be used by their military? Are these Googlers actively trying to persuade those countries not to work on this business of war at the same time?

Some people don't want to take part in automated killing. It is not their duty to stop others.

I know but I still think the points 1 and 2 are pretty much the same for both countries.

I worked with health insurance as a software developer (in Brazil so maybe it's all different, but still) and here are my observations.

1. Making claim submission impossible

He said he tried to submit a claim at the last minute. I believe the hidden page was just lazy work, because the page has to be visible again soon. If they hid the page at an appropiate time I don't know.

2. Routinely denying claim submissions

As far as I can tell, in Brazil a regulated health insurance plan can't deny you service based on how many claims of a certain kind you submited. They could before.

But the industry will find other ways to not lose money. Readjust prices based on number claims (from all users), prevent you from entering the plan and making a claim right away, pay for a quota of every procedure you take.

All these mechanisms already existed, but if they can't deny claims anymore they will tweak the other points.

3. Saying the customer has other insurance

This is fucked up. I can't find a explanation that isn't malicious.

Here is one similar case that happens in Brazil though. If you have health insurance and use the free health insurance (SUS). The Union will charge back your plan, not you. It's their job to sort it out not yours.

Price is the by far the biggest factor. My friends (here in Brazil) have two or three apps installed and always compare price before making a choice.

I do believe they are capturing microphone data because I can't think of any other explanation for the japanese ads (not about japanese stuff but actually written in japanese) I saw when rewatching my old anime DVDs.

I was watching anime in a old TV without any internet connection and at the same time browsing reddit on my laptop. Things like this make me feel no guilt for using ad-blocks.

I was referring about hiring people, not studying them. But I can't say you're wrong.

Of course not! I just don't know why someone would want that.

Not exactly, preferring a diverse group over a homogeneous one doesn't mean that the individuals of the homogeneous group are inferior.

If the goal is to have a diverse group then a group composed only of women isn't ideal either. Diversity is not about raising or lowering the bar.

It's not about being able to make a living, it's about how much do we really need to make a living.

The day a machine capable of transforming ambiguous and sometimes plain dumb input into code will be the day that developers are replaced.

I wouldn't say that finding a house cleaner is really easy, but once you solve this problem and all goes well you just stick with the same person.