Anyone on this thread has had ample time to prepare.
The potential severity of the illness and the inept response by authorities has been well laid out and forecast just from slim data from China.
After that comes the martial law, possible riots, civil unrest and general levels of craziness. Best to get yourself prepared emotionally first for the upheaval and then the rest falls into place. People are not 'panicking' over toilet paper, it's a rational response to get stocks before the other muppets. but you have missed the boat in many places already if you find yourself in that situation. No one really knows where it goes form here in the modern society but if the govt.s keep lying, denying, delaying and deflecting it's not going to go well for them in the final outcome.
In the next 2-3 months most of the Western healthcare systems will be overwhelmed to some degree or another. Make sure you are prepared for that single fact alone if nothing else.
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March 07, 2020, 06:14:15 PM
March 07, 2020, 06:09:51 PM
I'm not a specialist in discussing US politics, but someone from the US please correct me if I'm getting it wrong:
Will the spreading of the coronavirus in the US benefit Sanders against Biden? Sanders is (arguably) the politician from whom I've heard about healthcare improvement the most; IMO, the failure of the healthcare system in the USA at this point will give the old man some extra advantage in his campaign.
Will the spreading of the coronavirus in the US benefit Sanders against Biden? Sanders is (arguably) the politician from whom I've heard about healthcare improvement the most; IMO, the failure of the healthcare system in the USA at this point will give the old man some extra advantage in his campaign.
Surely Donald will wind up looking so deranged and callous by the time this has played out they'll be able to put Lenin up against him and he'd probably give him a kicking.
You can be lying baby when times are smooth. People will not forgive or forget if the same happens when the shit hits the fan which of course it will.
Then again - https://youtu.be/LtDEeerGEJA
March 07, 2020, 06:04:09 PM
I'm not a specialist in discussing US politics, but someone from the US please correct me if I'm getting it wrong:
Will the spreading of the coronavirus in the US benefit Sanders against Biden?
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Will the spreading of the coronavirus in the US benefit Sanders against Biden?
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I guess they are both at risk of an high impact:
March 07, 2020, 05:34:41 PM
Look at the prices of medical procedures in the US. One would suppose that capitalism would manage to reduce prices due to competition as it does in most other sectors. But in this particular case it is not happening at all. How do you reconcile US not having universal health care and still having the biggest per person spend? It just doesn't make any sense.
Simple. Medicine in the US is a semi-socialized, government-market-distorted clusterfuck that has nothing whatsoever to do with capitalism.
So the alternative being fully socialising it would probably work better IN COMPARISON... Unless they manage to keep corrupting the system somehow... which probably they would.
Is there any country where a pure capitalist health system exist? If there is, I would like to know and compare costs.
Somalia
Edit: I checked and I am wrong. Somalia is working towards free basic universal care. Bloody socialists.
March 07, 2020, 05:27:38 PM
https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2020/03/02/1913042117
Fascinating research, great news for bitcoin youth.
140 minutes and no post here I was feeling Corona Virus already approach here and members running away for safety reason Quote
Glucose decreases, and ketones increase the stability of brain networks.
Fascinating research, great news for bitcoin youth.
March 07, 2020, 05:21:49 PM
https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2020/03/02/1913042117
Fascinating research, great news for bitcoin youth if true.
Quote
Glucose decreases, and ketones increase the stability of brain networks.
Fascinating research, great news for bitcoin youth if true.
March 07, 2020, 05:20:00 PM
March 07, 2020, 02:59:38 PM
I was thinking about my private medical insurance which is supposed to cover me worldwide... but, yeah, probably there are lots of exclusions that I never even bothered to read... But I have just checked that it seems that there is a maximum cover of 50000€ which, after knowing the completely ridiculous prices of medical services in US, it's almost a joke.
dude, 50K?
we ain't even scraping you off the windshield for that...peasant
Yeah... but maybe it would be enough cover for an aspiring if I do get a headache while overseas?
I have read about completely terrifying stories (invoices/receipts included) of medical expenses running on the several hundreds of thousands dollars for what would otherwise be considered minor/mild health issues... like stents surgery, back surgery... or a few tens for a very simple bone fracture... and that without considering a long stay in the hospital which cost is simply mindblowing.
This is how the insurance companies are stealing peoples houses now. Short stays after surgery (intentionally get inflated:Especially for older people unable to make decisions) start them on roads where they never go home. The amount of drugs they pump into them is amazing and they go home hooked.
The health care system is designed to take assets in this country.
BTW there are never any shared rooms available.
https://www.medicaidplanningassistance.org/nursing-home-costs/
You have to read all the clauses of your insurance policy, insurance companies normally do not take charge or do not include coverage if a pandemic is declared.
Most insurance runs out on nursing home stays as well and they happily start a revers mortgage for you.
I was told today by a friend on this that if you have to go to the hospital from your nursing home or assisted living place..your soc security and medicare stuff will only pay
for the hospital stay and not your nursing home or assisted living place that such would usually apply to. Now I understand why I keep seeing Facebook memes of old folk
being kicked to the curb by their nursing home or assisted living when they come back from the hospital. No way to catch up on past rent..thus you are on the curb it seems.
As an aside, years ago, Canada had a web-based questionnaire on what it would take income/age/etc to be considered to immigrate to Canada. This has since been put up as
a humor site someplace because it was always 'slammed' by folk like me curious. At that time say 10 years ago, an 18-year-old immigrant from East Africa has a better
shot/score on this than myself at 55 years old, because the young person would have 'years' to contribute to the social network and safety net of Canada's social compact
than I ever would. I found that kinda amusing and depressing at the same time. About 2 years ago I took the same questionnaire (it is still on the net someplace or was) and NOW
after BTC/Crypto ($$$$) they would fall all over themselves to accept me! Sheesh! Sometimes I think I should only date Canadian Women as an option/backup plan...just in
case.
Anyway, money talks and bullsh*t walks applies everyplace it seems. 
March 07, 2020, 02:56:51 PM
LOCKDOWN IN ITALY
I also don't like the latest numbers. Italy goes ahead Iran. Deaths vs. Cured in the USA looks horrible, too (17 vs 15), is that to blame on the "healthcare" system?
Italy and Austria carnival tourism should show some effects in the following week, too. Good luck! Hope you're prepped out.
March 07, 2020, 02:51:09 PM
LOCKDOWN IN ITALY
Rumor mill:
Quote
UPCOMING DECREE IN ITALY
The Italian government is set to impose a virtual ban on entry into the region of Lombardy and several other northern areas to contain the spread of the coronavirus, according to newspaper Corriere della Sera, citing a forthcoming decree.
The measures will also include a so-called “security zone” with provisions including suspending skiing and public events, and closing museums, swimming pools and theaters, the newspaper said.
The Italian government is set to impose a virtual ban on entry into the region of Lombardy and several other northern areas to contain the spread of the coronavirus, according to newspaper Corriere della Sera, citing a forthcoming decree.
The measures will also include a so-called “security zone” with provisions including suspending skiing and public events, and closing museums, swimming pools and theaters, the newspaper said.
All this until April 3rd to say the least.
March 07, 2020, 02:50:24 PM
TOP Merited Posts on WO this month:
| 5 | https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.53772484 | 19 | OutOfMemory |
Still fixing glitches here and there, I am using this to getting better at data management (errors are mine).
I see i messed up the stats this month a bit, sorry for that. Should be the first and last time.
March 07, 2020, 02:30:46 PM
Observing $8870 btw.
Vegeta ded.
If Steph can then BTC can too! Vegeta ded.
Long live Goku as the one to be ultra instinct when $10k is seen again!
Rise you phoenix rise!
March 07, 2020, 02:28:43 PM
Another alternative would be to tear down the market distorting regulations that serve nothing but entrenched interests. That might work better, too. Plus, it would have the benefit of being a more moral system, as it would not be predicated upon coercion.
As you've already indicated, it'll never happen when the 'entrenched interests' are the ones in control of the corrupt system in the first place. Too much money to be made off the chronically sick and elderly in the U.S.
March 07, 2020, 02:20:39 PM
It's time (again) for a Wall Observer Meta Post!
This is a Monhtly post, so it will consider the merits sent during the month of February.
Consequently I had to wait for the last merit dump, that included the last day of the month.
Merit analysis based on LoyceV merit file: http://loyce.club/Merit/merit.all.txt
Merit updated to February, 29th, 2019 23:59:59 UTC
Total merits sent on WO: 39878
Monthly Merits sent on WO: 2418 (+129 vs previous month)
Merited Users: 671 (+7 vs previous month)
TOP 100 WO MERIT RECEIVERS:
TOP 100 WO MERIT SENDERS:
TOP 100 MONTHLY WO RECEIVERS:
TOP 100 MONTHLY WO SENDERS:
1.El duderino_ 382
2.marcus_of_augustus 290
3.JayJuanGee 248
4.LFC_Bitcoin 120
5.vapourminer 102
6.bones261 81
7.BobLawblaw 80
8.suchmoon 77
9.xhomerx10 57
10.Lambie Slayer 50
11.Globb0 49
12.Paashaas 49
13.Last of the V8s 45
14.fillippone 45
15.nutildah 34
16.mindrust 32
17.AlcoHoDL 32
18.bitserve 31
19.VB1001 28
20.Icygreen 27
21.Cryptotourist 25
22.OutOfMemory 24
23.jojo69 23
24.kurious 23
25.rdbase 22
26.HairyMaclairy 21
27.d_eddie 21
28.Hueristic 19
29.LUCKMCFLY 19
30.Gyrsur 17
31.lightfoot 16
32.bkbirge 16
33.JimboToronto 15
34.Raja_MBZ 13
35.ivomm 12
36.infofront 11
37.makrospex 11
38.Phil_S 11
39.DaRude 11
40.serveria.com 11
41.psycodad 11
42.Dabs 10
43.JSRAW 10
44.sirazimuth 10
45.eddie13 10
46.Biodom 9
47.Xavofat 9
48.P_Shep 8
49.bitcoinPsycho 8
50.OROBTC 8
51.gentlemand 7
52.bitebits 6
53.jbreher 5
54.cAPSLOCK 5
55.Torque 5
56.Ibian 5
57.Arriemoller 5
58.Wekkel 4
59.goldkingcoiner 4
60.DeathAngel 4
61.Olegya199 4
62.BitcoinNewsMagazine 4
63.kaicrypzen 4
64.Basorexia 4
65.Hyperjacked 3
66.yslyv 3
67.Swordsoffreedom 3
68.yefi 2
69.ErisDiscordia 2
70.Dunkelheit667 2
71.Searing 2
72.vroom 2
73.Totscha 2
74.fluidjax 2
75.smartcomet 2
76.heslo 2
77.willope 2
78.o_e_l_e_o 2
79.Royse777 2
80.ChuckBuck 2
81.peonminer 2
82.Pamoldar 1
83.ssmc2 1
84.Majormax 1
85.somac. 1
86.HI-TEC99 1
87.ChinkyEyes 1
88.Heater 1
89.silverfuture 1
90.akhjob 1
91.podyx 1
92.shasan 1
93.Vispilio 1
94.xtraelv 1
95.Blitzboy 1
96.soxxx 1
97.Becky666 1
98.hisslyness 1
99.rupola85 1
100.Wexlike 1
MONTHLY sMERITS BALANCE
Positive Balance means an user has been increasing sMerits on the WO thread, while negative numbers means the users has sent more merits on WO than received.
Negative numbers are possible or because he has been generous this week because he has been greedy past weeks (so only temporary imbalance), or because he has hoarded sMerits on other threads spending them on WO thread, or because he's a merit source.
TOP 20 MONTHLY NET RECEIVERS
TOP 20 MONTHLY WO NET SENDERS
Solid increase in merit circulation this month on the WO thread.
Despite the the "short" month we made a record month for merits and merited users!
Definitely looking for more action in the coming months with halving approaching.
WO gang, the hat gang, still continue to top the chart of monthly received and sent merits.
Nice to see a continuing increase of merits sent to new merited members.
TOP Merited Posts on WO this month:
Still fixing glitches here and there, I am using this to getting better at data management (errors are mine).
This is a Monhtly post, so it will consider the merits sent during the month of February.
Consequently I had to wait for the last merit dump, that included the last day of the month.
Merit analysis based on LoyceV merit file: http://loyce.club/Merit/merit.all.txt
Merit updated to February, 29th, 2019 23:59:59 UTC
Total merits sent on WO: 39878
Monthly Merits sent on WO: 2418 (+129 vs previous month)
Merited Users: 671 (+7 vs previous month)
TOP 100 WO MERIT RECEIVERS:
Code:
1. El duderino_ 2407
2. Last of the V8s 2070
3. xhomerx10 1583
4. HairyMaclairy 1511
5. LFC_Bitcoin 1154
6. BobLawblaw 1139
7. JayJuanGee 1120
8. jojo69 1083
9. VB1001 1002
10. Toxic2040 961
11. infofront 864
12. d_eddie 712
13. bitserve 710
14. Paashaas 659
15. mindrust 559
16. fillippone 551
17. gentlemand 527
18. Torque 526
19. Lambie Slayer 510
20. Globb0 473
21. Elwar 454
22. Icygreen 451
23. JimboToronto 414
24. Raja_MBZ 409
25. ivomm 407
26. JSRAW 366
27. cAPSLOCK 358
28. nutildah 352
29. Biodom 352
30. kurious 350
31. kenzawak 342
32. jbreher 324
33. goldkingcoiner 308
34. AlcoHoDL 298
35. LUCKMCFLY 293
36. Phil_S 291
37. mfort312 289
38. marcus_of_augustus 279
39. Pamoldar 265
40. BTCMILLIONAIRE 255
41. Cryptotourist 254
42. Hueristic 254
43. Rosewater Foundation 244
44. Arriemoller 243
45. vroom 232
46. Dabs 208
47. realr0ach 207
48. Ibian 198
49. 600watt 197
50. bones261 197
51. TERA2 194
52. bitcoinPsycho 183
53. vapourminer 181
54. Kylapoiss 180
55. kingcolex 175
56. makrospex 171
57. lightfoot 169
58. Wekkel 165
59. Gyrsur 165
60. yefi 161
61. serveria.com 148
62. bkbirge 143
63. SuperTA 139
64. Searing 137
65. StartupAnalyst 135
66. bitebits 133
67. toknormal 131
68. Bitcoinaire 129
69. Spaceman_Spiff_Original 128
70. Anon136 121
71. DaRude 116
72. sirazimuth 112
73. somac. 111
74. STT 109
75. Cryptoqueeen 109
76. BlindMayorBitcorn 107
77. kirreev070 107
78. BinaryReign 107
79. HI-TEC99 107
80. explorer 97
81. P_Shep 93
82. Majormax 93
83. DeathAngel 90
84. Olegya199 81
85. rdbase 79
86. Totscha 76
87. BitcoinNewsMagazine 75
88. dragonvslinux 73
89. Dunkelheit667 70
90. cryptjh 68
91. pacman7331 66
92. cannycassiopeia 64
93. suchmoon 63
94. conspirosphere.tk 63
95. becoin 62
96. Karartma1 61
97. theymos 59
98. nanobtc 59
99. crypmike 58
100. Ludwig Von 57
2. Last of the V8s 2070
3. xhomerx10 1583
4. HairyMaclairy 1511
5. LFC_Bitcoin 1154
6. BobLawblaw 1139
7. JayJuanGee 1120
8. jojo69 1083
9. VB1001 1002
10. Toxic2040 961
11. infofront 864
12. d_eddie 712
13. bitserve 710
14. Paashaas 659
15. mindrust 559
16. fillippone 551
17. gentlemand 527
18. Torque 526
19. Lambie Slayer 510
20. Globb0 473
21. Elwar 454
22. Icygreen 451
23. JimboToronto 414
24. Raja_MBZ 409
25. ivomm 407
26. JSRAW 366
27. cAPSLOCK 358
28. nutildah 352
29. Biodom 352
30. kurious 350
31. kenzawak 342
32. jbreher 324
33. goldkingcoiner 308
34. AlcoHoDL 298
35. LUCKMCFLY 293
36. Phil_S 291
37. mfort312 289
38. marcus_of_augustus 279
39. Pamoldar 265
40. BTCMILLIONAIRE 255
41. Cryptotourist 254
42. Hueristic 254
43. Rosewater Foundation 244
44. Arriemoller 243
45. vroom 232
46. Dabs 208
47. realr0ach 207
48. Ibian 198
49. 600watt 197
50. bones261 197
51. TERA2 194
52. bitcoinPsycho 183
53. vapourminer 181
54. Kylapoiss 180
55. kingcolex 175
56. makrospex 171
57. lightfoot 169
58. Wekkel 165
59. Gyrsur 165
60. yefi 161
61. serveria.com 148
62. bkbirge 143
63. SuperTA 139
64. Searing 137
65. StartupAnalyst 135
66. bitebits 133
67. toknormal 131
68. Bitcoinaire 129
69. Spaceman_Spiff_Original 128
70. Anon136 121
71. DaRude 116
72. sirazimuth 112
73. somac. 111
74. STT 109
75. Cryptoqueeen 109
76. BlindMayorBitcorn 107
77. kirreev070 107
78. BinaryReign 107
79. HI-TEC99 107
80. explorer 97
81. P_Shep 93
82. Majormax 93
83. DeathAngel 90
84. Olegya199 81
85. rdbase 79
86. Totscha 76
87. BitcoinNewsMagazine 75
88. dragonvslinux 73
89. Dunkelheit667 70
90. cryptjh 68
91. pacman7331 66
92. cannycassiopeia 64
93. suchmoon 63
94. conspirosphere.tk 63
95. becoin 62
96. Karartma1 61
97. theymos 59
98. nanobtc 59
99. crypmike 58
100. Ludwig Von 57
TOP 100 WO MERIT SENDERS:
Code:
1. JayJuanGee 3659
2. El duderino_ 3035
3. BobLawblaw 2523
4. LFC_Bitcoin 1781
5. infofront 1168
6. bones261 1159
7. Globb0 1155
8. vapourminer 1110
9. Last of the V8s 1034
10. marcus_of_augustus 990
11. xhomerx10 895
12. mindrust 892
13. jbreher 824
14. HairyMaclairy 730
15. 600watt 628
16. cAPSLOCK 621
17. jojo69 529
18. Dabs 501
19. VB1001 500
20. Paashaas 495
21. suchmoon 465
22. fillippone 460
23. Toxic2040 442
24. Hueristic 422
25. d_eddie 377
26. Torque 371
27. bitserve 362
28. QuestionAuthority 311
29. kurious 297
30. nutildah 286
31. yefi 260
32. Lambie Slayer 253
33. gentlemand 252
34. JimboToronto 219
35. Wekkel 217
36. Ibian 216
37. Icygreen 214
38. BlindMayorBitcorn 209
39. Raja_MBZ 208
40. ErisDiscordia 206
41. bitebits 201
42. kenzawak 191
43. ivomm 191
44. Gyrsur 186
45. RoomBot 180
46. Karartma1 180
47. Dunkelheit667 176
48. Pamoldar 168
49. Biodom 163
50. Arriemoller 158
51. explorer 155
52. JSRAW 150
53. ssmc2 148
54. mfort312 146
55. AlcoHoDL 139
56. Majormax 137
57. P_Shep 136
58. Cryptotourist 136
59. goldkingcoiner 131
60. kingcolex 130
61. lightfoot 127
62. Searing 126
63. LUCKMCFLY 124
64. makrospex 122
65. sirazimuth 122
66. BTCMILLIONAIRE 118
67. Phil_S 117
68. Rosewater Foundation 116
69. edgar 115
70. vroom 112
71. PoolMinor 101
72. DeathAngel 101
73. xyzzy099 99
74. bitcoinPsycho 93
75. julian071 90
76. tonyq 87
77. Kylapoiss 82
78. conspirosphere.tk 82
79. DaRude 81
80. Elwar 77
81. criptix 74
82. RayX12 73
83. bkbirge 73
84. serveria.com 70
85. rdbase 64
86. Bitcoinaire 64
87. SuperTA 63
88. StartupAnalyst 62
89. Wilhelm 59
90. OROBTC 57
91. Anon136 56
92. empowering 55
93. Totscha 54
94. rolling 53
95. somac. 52
96. soullyG 51
97. sammy007 50
98. Jayjay04 50
99. STT 49
100. psycodad 49
2. El duderino_ 3035
3. BobLawblaw 2523
4. LFC_Bitcoin 1781
5. infofront 1168
6. bones261 1159
7. Globb0 1155
8. vapourminer 1110
9. Last of the V8s 1034
10. marcus_of_augustus 990
11. xhomerx10 895
12. mindrust 892
13. jbreher 824
14. HairyMaclairy 730
15. 600watt 628
16. cAPSLOCK 621
17. jojo69 529
18. Dabs 501
19. VB1001 500
20. Paashaas 495
21. suchmoon 465
22. fillippone 460
23. Toxic2040 442
24. Hueristic 422
25. d_eddie 377
26. Torque 371
27. bitserve 362
28. QuestionAuthority 311
29. kurious 297
30. nutildah 286
31. yefi 260
32. Lambie Slayer 253
33. gentlemand 252
34. JimboToronto 219
35. Wekkel 217
36. Ibian 216
37. Icygreen 214
38. BlindMayorBitcorn 209
39. Raja_MBZ 208
40. ErisDiscordia 206
41. bitebits 201
42. kenzawak 191
43. ivomm 191
44. Gyrsur 186
45. RoomBot 180
46. Karartma1 180
47. Dunkelheit667 176
48. Pamoldar 168
49. Biodom 163
50. Arriemoller 158
51. explorer 155
52. JSRAW 150
53. ssmc2 148
54. mfort312 146
55. AlcoHoDL 139
56. Majormax 137
57. P_Shep 136
58. Cryptotourist 136
59. goldkingcoiner 131
60. kingcolex 130
61. lightfoot 127
62. Searing 126
63. LUCKMCFLY 124
64. makrospex 122
65. sirazimuth 122
66. BTCMILLIONAIRE 118
67. Phil_S 117
68. Rosewater Foundation 116
69. edgar 115
70. vroom 112
71. PoolMinor 101
72. DeathAngel 101
73. xyzzy099 99
74. bitcoinPsycho 93
75. julian071 90
76. tonyq 87
77. Kylapoiss 82
78. conspirosphere.tk 82
79. DaRude 81
80. Elwar 77
81. criptix 74
82. RayX12 73
83. bkbirge 73
84. serveria.com 70
85. rdbase 64
86. Bitcoinaire 64
87. SuperTA 63
88. StartupAnalyst 62
89. Wilhelm 59
90. OROBTC 57
91. Anon136 56
92. empowering 55
93. Totscha 54
94. rolling 53
95. somac. 52
96. soullyG 51
97. sammy007 50
98. Jayjay04 50
99. STT 49
100. psycodad 49
TOP 100 MONTHLY WO RECEIVERS:
Code:
1. xhomerx10 126
2. Paashaas 117
3. Last of the V8s 103
4. Lambie Slayer 95
5. marcus_of_augustus 80
6. LFC_Bitcoin 78
7. El duderino_ 74
8. jojo69 71
9. LUCKMCFLY 69
10. mindrust 66
11. AlcoHoDL 65
12. HairyMaclairy 64
13. JayJuanGee 63
14. VB1001 56
15. OutOfMemory 50
16. Icygreen 48
17. BobLawblaw 47
18. bitserve 45
19. fillippone 44
20. Cryptotourist 43
21. bitebits 43
22. bkbirge 42
23. Phil_S 41
24. gentlemand 40
25. Gyrsur 40
26. ivomm 35
27. d_eddie 32
28. JSRAW 31
29. eddie13 31
30. nutildah 29
31. Globb0 28
32. vapourminer 27
33. Raja_MBZ 26
34. lightfoot 26
35. JimboToronto 25
36. kurious 23
37. Biodom 22
38. serveria.com 21
39. BitcoinNewsMagazine 21
40. Hueristic 20
41. Searing 19
42. LoyceV 19
43. bitcoinPsycho 18
44. Olegya199 17
45. rdbase 17
46. dragonvslinux 17
47. psycodad 17
48. bones261 13
49. Torque 12
50. jbreher 12
51. Elwar 11
52. Wekkel 11
53. Ibian 10
54. goldkingcoiner 9
55. somac. 9
56. STT 9
57. DaRude 8
58. HI-TEC99 8
59. Lucius 8
60. cAPSLOCK 7
61. Majormax 7
62. Arriemoller 6
63. vroom 6
64. fluidjax 6
65. soxxx 6
66. akhjob 6
67. windjc 6
68. yslyv 6
69. Tash 6
70. rpietila 6
71. P_Shep 4
72. heslo 4
73. FullNode 4
74. Xavofat 4
75. Dabs 3
76. Dunkelheit667 3
77. becoin 3
78. julian071 3
79. smartcomet 3
80. hodl_2015 3
81. Millionero 3
82. OROBTC 3
83. ataArt 3
84. ChuckBuck 3
85. kellrobinson 3
86. ~Money~ 3
87. kro55 3
88. Pamoldar 2
89. DeathAngel 2
90. Biro Bob 2
91. NeuroticFish 2
92. plasticAiredale 2
93. manchester93 2
94. Swordsoffreedom 2
95. Jeremy Franklin 2
96. yefi 1
97. Bitcoinaire 1
98. sirazimuth 1
99. Totscha 1
100. strawbs 1
2. Paashaas 117
3. Last of the V8s 103
4. Lambie Slayer 95
5. marcus_of_augustus 80
6. LFC_Bitcoin 78
7. El duderino_ 74
8. jojo69 71
9. LUCKMCFLY 69
10. mindrust 66
11. AlcoHoDL 65
12. HairyMaclairy 64
13. JayJuanGee 63
14. VB1001 56
15. OutOfMemory 50
16. Icygreen 48
17. BobLawblaw 47
18. bitserve 45
19. fillippone 44
20. Cryptotourist 43
21. bitebits 43
22. bkbirge 42
23. Phil_S 41
24. gentlemand 40
25. Gyrsur 40
26. ivomm 35
27. d_eddie 32
28. JSRAW 31
29. eddie13 31
30. nutildah 29
31. Globb0 28
32. vapourminer 27
33. Raja_MBZ 26
34. lightfoot 26
35. JimboToronto 25
36. kurious 23
37. Biodom 22
38. serveria.com 21
39. BitcoinNewsMagazine 21
40. Hueristic 20
41. Searing 19
42. LoyceV 19
43. bitcoinPsycho 18
44. Olegya199 17
45. rdbase 17
46. dragonvslinux 17
47. psycodad 17
48. bones261 13
49. Torque 12
50. jbreher 12
51. Elwar 11
52. Wekkel 11
53. Ibian 10
54. goldkingcoiner 9
55. somac. 9
56. STT 9
57. DaRude 8
58. HI-TEC99 8
59. Lucius 8
60. cAPSLOCK 7
61. Majormax 7
62. Arriemoller 6
63. vroom 6
64. fluidjax 6
65. soxxx 6
66. akhjob 6
67. windjc 6
68. yslyv 6
69. Tash 6
70. rpietila 6
71. P_Shep 4
72. heslo 4
73. FullNode 4
74. Xavofat 4
75. Dabs 3
76. Dunkelheit667 3
77. becoin 3
78. julian071 3
79. smartcomet 3
80. hodl_2015 3
81. Millionero 3
82. OROBTC 3
83. ataArt 3
84. ChuckBuck 3
85. kellrobinson 3
86. ~Money~ 3
87. kro55 3
88. Pamoldar 2
89. DeathAngel 2
90. Biro Bob 2
91. NeuroticFish 2
92. plasticAiredale 2
93. manchester93 2
94. Swordsoffreedom 2
95. Jeremy Franklin 2
96. yefi 1
97. Bitcoinaire 1
98. sirazimuth 1
99. Totscha 1
100. strawbs 1
TOP 100 MONTHLY WO SENDERS:
Code:
1.El duderino_ 382
2.marcus_of_augustus 290
3.JayJuanGee 248
4.LFC_Bitcoin 120
5.vapourminer 102
6.bones261 81
7.BobLawblaw 80
8.suchmoon 77
9.xhomerx10 57
10.Lambie Slayer 50
11.Globb0 49
12.Paashaas 49
13.Last of the V8s 45
14.fillippone 45
15.nutildah 34
16.mindrust 32
17.AlcoHoDL 32
18.bitserve 31
19.VB1001 28
20.Icygreen 27
21.Cryptotourist 25
22.OutOfMemory 24
23.jojo69 23
24.kurious 23
25.rdbase 22
26.HairyMaclairy 21
27.d_eddie 21
28.Hueristic 19
29.LUCKMCFLY 19
30.Gyrsur 17
31.lightfoot 16
32.bkbirge 16
33.JimboToronto 15
34.Raja_MBZ 13
35.ivomm 12
36.infofront 11
37.makrospex 11
38.Phil_S 11
39.DaRude 11
40.serveria.com 11
41.psycodad 11
42.Dabs 10
43.JSRAW 10
44.sirazimuth 10
45.eddie13 10
46.Biodom 9
47.Xavofat 9
48.P_Shep 8
49.bitcoinPsycho 8
50.OROBTC 8
51.gentlemand 7
52.bitebits 6
53.jbreher 5
54.cAPSLOCK 5
55.Torque 5
56.Ibian 5
57.Arriemoller 5
58.Wekkel 4
59.goldkingcoiner 4
60.DeathAngel 4
61.Olegya199 4
62.BitcoinNewsMagazine 4
63.kaicrypzen 4
64.Basorexia 4
65.Hyperjacked 3
66.yslyv 3
67.Swordsoffreedom 3
68.yefi 2
69.ErisDiscordia 2
70.Dunkelheit667 2
71.Searing 2
72.vroom 2
73.Totscha 2
74.fluidjax 2
75.smartcomet 2
76.heslo 2
77.willope 2
78.o_e_l_e_o 2
79.Royse777 2
80.ChuckBuck 2
81.peonminer 2
82.Pamoldar 1
83.ssmc2 1
84.Majormax 1
85.somac. 1
86.HI-TEC99 1
87.ChinkyEyes 1
88.Heater 1
89.silverfuture 1
90.akhjob 1
91.podyx 1
92.shasan 1
93.Vispilio 1
94.xtraelv 1
95.Blitzboy 1
96.soxxx 1
97.Becky666 1
98.hisslyness 1
99.rupola85 1
100.Wexlike 1
MONTHLY sMERITS BALANCE
Code:
SMerits Balance=Received Merits/2-Sent Merits
Positive Balance means an user has been increasing sMerits on the WO thread, while negative numbers means the users has sent more merits on WO than received.
Negative numbers are possible or because he has been generous this week because he has been greedy past weeks (so only temporary imbalance), or because he has hoarded sMerits on other threads spending them on WO thread, or because he's a merit source.
TOP 20 MONTHLY NET RECEIVERS
Code:
1. LUCKMCFLY 15.5
2. bitebits 15.5
3. gentlemand 13
4. jojo69 12.5
5. HairyMaclairy 11
6. Paashaas 9.5
7. Phil_S 9.5
8. LoyceV 9.5
9. dragonvslinux 8.5
10. Searing 7.5
11. Last of the V8s 6.5
12. BitcoinNewsMagazine 6.5
13. xhomerx10 6
14. Elwar 5.5
15. ivomm 5.5
16. JSRAW 5.5
17. eddie13 5.5
18. bkbirge 5
19. STT 4.5
20. Olegya199 4.5
2. bitebits 15.5
3. gentlemand 13
4. jojo69 12.5
5. HairyMaclairy 11
6. Paashaas 9.5
7. Phil_S 9.5
8. LoyceV 9.5
9. dragonvslinux 8.5
10. Searing 7.5
11. Last of the V8s 6.5
12. BitcoinNewsMagazine 6.5
13. xhomerx10 6
14. Elwar 5.5
15. ivomm 5.5
16. JSRAW 5.5
17. eddie13 5.5
18. bkbirge 5
19. STT 4.5
20. Olegya199 4.5
TOP 20 MONTHLY WO NET SENDERS
Code:
1. El duderino_ -345
2. marcus_of_augustus -250
3. JayJuanGee -216.5
4. vapourminer -88.5
5. LFC_Bitcoin -81
6. suchmoon -77
7. bones261 -74.5
8. BobLawblaw -56.5
9. Globb0 -35
10. fillippone -23
11. nutildah -19.5
12. rdbase -13.5
13. kurious -11.5
14. infofront -11
15. makrospex -11
16. sirazimuth -9.5
17. Hueristic -9
18. bitserve -8.5
19. Dabs -8.5
20. DaRude -7
2. marcus_of_augustus -250
3. JayJuanGee -216.5
4. vapourminer -88.5
5. LFC_Bitcoin -81
6. suchmoon -77
7. bones261 -74.5
8. BobLawblaw -56.5
9. Globb0 -35
10. fillippone -23
11. nutildah -19.5
12. rdbase -13.5
13. kurious -11.5
14. infofront -11
15. makrospex -11
16. sirazimuth -9.5
17. Hueristic -9
18. bitserve -8.5
19. Dabs -8.5
20. DaRude -7
Solid increase in merit circulation this month on the WO thread.
Despite the the "short" month we made a record month for merits and merited users!
Definitely looking for more action in the coming months with halving approaching.
WO gang, the hat gang, still continue to top the chart of monthly received and sent merits.
Nice to see a continuing increase of merits sent to new merited members.
TOP Merited Posts on WO this month:
| POSITION | POST | Merits | Author |
| 1 | https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.53797887 | 66 | xhomerx10 |
| 2 | https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.53827891 | 57 | Paashaas |
| 3 | https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.53828163 | 36 | marcus_of_augustus |
| 4 | https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.53798263 | 24 | JayJuanGee |
| 5 | https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.53772484 | 19 | OutOfMemory |
| 6 | https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.53866382 | 19 | mindrust |
| 7 | https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.53827801 | 18 | Icygreen |
| 8 | https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.53812586 | 16 | LoyceV |
| 9 | https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.53821916 | 15 | Lambie Slayer |
| 9 | https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.53809611 | 15 | LUCKMCFLY |
| 9 | https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.53853003 | 15 | Olegya199 |
Still fixing glitches here and there, I am using this to getting better at data management (errors are mine).
March 07, 2020, 02:04:54 PM
Look at the prices of medical procedures in the US. One would suppose that capitalism would manage to reduce prices due to competition as it does in most other sectors. But in this particular case it is not happening at all. How do you reconcile US not having universal health care and still having the biggest per person spend? It just doesn't make any sense.
The trick is medical does not have to tell you what the price is, and they can charge whatever they feel like after the fact. Bonus is that if your insurance decides not to cover it, the price is different than if your insurance does cover it but pays nothing towards it.A perfect example: I take a drug long term. Insurance refused to cover it and wanted me to take something that made me feel like I wanted to kill myself. So I paid for it out of pocket. $350 a month. Even better, it does not go towards your "deductible" because your insurance doesn't cover it.
Doctor tells insurance company to cover it, price goes down to $5.00. Next year Jan I go to pick it up and expect to pay $350. Nope, it's $80 without the deductible filled.
So how much does this drug cost? Is it $350? $80? $5? No fucking clue. Also you can run into drugs that will cost $1500 if your insurance doesn't cover it and $100 if they cover it but won't pay for it because you have to pay 100% cost till deductible met.
Move this to a hospital: They won't tell you how much everything costs up front. Becuase then you might not seek the "best care" but instead only get the care you could afford. Can't have that, now can we?
This is the root of the problem.
March 07, 2020, 01:59:24 PM
Six pages to backread
I'm still in a hurry, wife got sick (i hope it's a "normal" virus, but no rhinitis and a sore throat for a start *fingers crossed*).
Just wanted to contribute this quickly to Covid-Observer:
https://www.inverse.com/article/60949-keto-diet-influenza-fight-infection
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31732517
Does not hurt. May be of some value for WO brothers who get sick.
I'm still in a hurry, wife got sick (i hope it's a "normal" virus, but no rhinitis and a sore throat for a start *fingers crossed*).
Just wanted to contribute this quickly to Covid-Observer:
https://www.inverse.com/article/60949-keto-diet-influenza-fight-infection
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31732517
Does not hurt. May be of some value for WO brothers who get sick.
March 07, 2020, 01:44:41 PM
^
meanwhile
meanwhile
In locked down Wuhan, teachers use an app called DingTalk to set homework. Kids realised if it got enough one-star reviews it would be removed from App Store. Thousands of reviews flooded in, and DingTalk’s rating fell from 4.9 to 1.4 overnight. Legends.
March 07, 2020, 01:40:52 PM
^ Would have expected a bit more design:
March 07, 2020, 01:30:18 PM
March 07, 2020, 01:13:23 PM
Quote
NEW: Italy will issue a decree later tonight with new measures to stop coronavirus, according to Reuters. Local media says new areas will be put on lockdown.
https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1236351278776754177We will end up all locked up at home.
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