Things can be good for you personally and still make the world a worse place.

These numbers are rounding errors to Ellison. I give a higher percentage of my net worth every year than he has in total

People like different things

and dislike different things

I mean people use the internet to find people who like similar things.

Why would you use a site called HackerNews if you are not a hacker? No idea.

I'm not a hacker I'm just news unfortunately

Oh well if YOU do something then that's that

1 billion users and growing says there are more people like me than not.

Claude gives me a lengthy explanation of MCP with web search disabled

Great! It's still irrelevant.

Complaining about someone else using an "ism" during a literal "whataboutism" is rich

> Zohran narrowly defeated Cuomo in the primary.

13% is not narrow

Ah, you're right. I forgot it was that stark. Thanks for the correction

and you think the competitors won't put ads in?

Wtf does “put ads in” mean? Google ads is one of the most sophisticated and profitable machines on the planet. People seem to think it’s as simple as <your ad here>.

The competitors will either figure it out or run out of money and collapse (or, both)

They are referring to the price that hospitals charge for aspirin, which is massively inflated, not the off the shelf cost of aspirin

Where in their comment do you see them referring to hospital care?

The article, talking about a patient's hospital visit, mentions "the $31 low-dose aspirin, of which they'd given him four."

Ahh, good callout. Thanks!

i think in this case, if you're at all familiar with what US hospitals charge for the small stuff, it's a safe assumption that when someone says aspirin costs $30 a dose, they're not talking about buying it at a CVS. of many folks on hacker news dot com i trust you to bridge that gap instead of nitpicking!

That's an odd argument to make in this thread, because whatever the drivers of burdensome consumer health spending are, they're not overpriced hospital aspirin.

maybe so; it's a symptom, not a cause.

I'm capable of understanding context.

Both my kids went to UIUC and we paid about $15k/yr, and both my kids graduated within the last couple years. And UIUC isn't a Directional State University; it's the flagship of the UI system. You can just look this up: tuition numbers aren't secret.

Ok I will. This claims the cost of attendance is $36,930-$42,310 per year:

https://www.admissions.illinois.edu/invest/tuition

This claims $21k per semester:

https://cost.illinois.edu/Home/Cost/R/U/10KP0112BS/15/120258...

You just cited the out-of-state cost of the flagship state university in Illinois as if it were the in-state cost of a Directional State University in Illinois. Again: you have an argument here that depends on people not Googling list prices (the prices that nobody actually pays) and seeing what they actually are.

No I didn't, that is in state, it's right there on the page.

Directly from the page:

> Illinois Resident

> Tuition & Fees: $18,046-$23,426

> Food & Housing: $15,184

> Books & Supplies: $1,200

> Other Expenses: $2,500

> Total: $36,930-$42,310

I literally looked at the exact school you used in your example and you are just wrong

Couldn't have been clearer that I was referring to tuition, including the fact that I said that specifically upthread.

Well then as long as the kids don't need housing or books or food or to pay the other fees they'll be set. Luckily those are all optional

They in fact differ wildly between students and between colleges! UIC and NIU are commuter universities where students generally don't live on campus. Students at UIUC live in campus-provided housing for their first year, but not generally for subsequent years. Everybody, whether they're in school or not, pays for housing. So no, the cost comparison you're offering here is not very useful.

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I also think you might have to ask around to find a student paying full price for books.

take the L, it's ok