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blog post: Open line referred to by Java Stack Trace in Eclipse http://bit.ly/8yuDLZ about 3 hours ago from Twitter Tools
@mschrag want WO/ObjC back yet? ;-) about 18 hours ago from Tweetie in reply to mschrag
@incanus77 saw it loved it about 21 hours ago from Tweetie in reply to incanus77
@CocoaGeek agreed, both my wife an my newborn daughter had (to understate it without gory details) very bad days. Worst day of my life. 7:37 AM Nov 20th from Tweetie in reply to CocoaGeek
Apple replaced my MacBook Pro's battery on May 29th, and now again on November 19th. Brutal. I mean, AWESOME, THANKS APPLE, but WTF? 8:00 PM Nov 19th from web
@mdhughes cowbell is just the prescription... 11:06 PM Nov 18th from Tweetie in reply to mdhughes
@mdhughes you can filter out a hashtag? What client do you use? I'd love to be able to do that. Sorry 'bout the noise in your timeline... 11:46 PM Nov 17th from Tweetie in reply to mdhughes
@stevedekorte economies of scale give US facilities access to equipment Canada doesn't have. Canadians go for on-demand or special service. 11:43 PM Nov 17th from Tweetie in reply to stevedekorte
@stevedekorte Americans come to Canada for care and medicine too. 11:42 PM Nov 17th from Tweetie in reply to stevedekorte
@stevedekorte insurance companies are motivated to avoid service whenever possible to improve their bottom line. That doesn't equal fairness 11:41 PM Nov 17th from Tweetie in reply to stevedekorte
@stevedekorte there are many ways to get there. I don't care how the care is dished out as long as everyone can have it for a fair price. 11:39 PM Nov 17th from Tweetie in reply to stevedekorte
@stevedekorte this is really a simple problem. Americans are demanding a better service level agreement so they can be healthy, affordably. 11:38 PM Nov 17th from Tweetie in reply to stevedekorte
@stevedekorte you consider 100% of the US system a mistake. You don't like the gov't part or the regulations for the private part. 11:38 PM Nov 17th from Tweetie in reply to stevedekorte
@stevedekorte i know two (married) doctors in town that live in a $2M house. They're doing alright working for the big bad government here. 11:36 PM Nov 17th from Tweetie in reply to stevedekorte
@stevedekorte then help convince doctors they can still be very wealthy in a system where everyone gets the care they need. 11:34 PM Nov 17th from Tweetie in reply to stevedekorte
@stevedekorte then learn from those mistakes and do better. No system is ever perfect. And unfortunately the US reform bill is terrible. 11:31 PM Nov 17th from Tweetie in reply to stevedekorte
@stevedekorte I'd rather spend $1.1T than $2.24T. Take out 800B in fat and there's still $1.44T left, so you charge more for better service! 11:26 PM Nov 17th from Tweetie in reply to stevedekorte
@stevedekorte giving everyone health care would improve outcomes and human happiness. But greedy doctors may have to live in cages... Ok? 10:53 PM Nov 17th from Tweetie in reply to stevedekorte
@stevedekorte so there's plenty of money, and the majority of Americans favour universal health care. 10:50 PM Nov 17th from Tweetie in reply to stevedekorte
@stevedekorte 2006 CDN per capita spending = $US3678. US pop = 309M. 3678x309M~=1.1T. US spent $2.24T on health in 2007 http://bit.ly/2SNmXD 10:49 PM Nov 17th from Tweetie in reply to stevedekorte

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Name Jim Roepcke
Location Victoria, Canada
Web http://jim.roepck...
Bio Computer Scientist, blogger, hockey dad, programmer with a thing for insanely great developer tools

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