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Re: Ask HN: What is the most complex topic you understand?

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Post by pcurve » Wed, Jul 13, 2022, 4:58 PM UTC

Healthcare accumulators & benefit plan designs : embedded coverage vs non-embedded coverage, drug tiers, medicare d coverage stages, deductible, out of pocket, formulary, preferred/non-preferred, drug specific caps,

Essentially all those instruments healthcare companies invented to make coverage and payout rules complex.

Re: Ask HN: What is the most complex topic you understand?

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Post by spacemanmatt » Wed, Jul 13, 2022, 4:59 PM UTC

To the extent that I understand anything, which is to say with all humbleness, incompletely, I'd say the most complex things I understand are: 1. human behavior 2. supply chains (arguably a subset of 1.) 3. distributed software systems

Re: Ask HN: What is the most complex topic you understand?

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Post by ScarZy » Wed, Jul 13, 2022, 5:01 PM UTC

YeGoblynQueenne wrote: post #8

I don't know, because once I understand something it always seems very simple to me.

Sigh. I don't believe this aids the discussion in any meaningful way at all.

Re: Ask HN: What is the most complex topic you understand?

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Post by khaledh » Wed, Jul 13, 2022, 5:03 PM UTC

The answer to life, the universe, and everything.

Re: Ask HN: What is the most complex topic you understand?

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Post by HasanYousef » Wed, Jul 13, 2022, 5:06 PM UTC

calo_star wrote: post #18

FFT...?

Good for you

Re: Ask HN: What is the most complex topic you understand?

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Post by algoatecorn » Wed, Jul 13, 2022, 5:06 PM UTC

Genome engineering and how our agricultural system actually functions. Next step is to have an in-depth understanding of the entire value chain of agriculture.

Re: Ask HN: What is the most complex topic you understand?

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Post by throwaway743 » Wed, Jul 13, 2022, 5:06 PM UTC

mbn12 wrote: post #9

women

Damn, didn't realize Chabuddy G is on hn

Re: Ask HN: What is the most complex topic you understand?

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Post by egberts1 » Wed, Jul 13, 2022, 5:07 PM UTC

The electrical properties and strength of covalent molecular bonds during DNA splicing

Also microinstruction vulnerabilities of CPUs.

Re: Ask HN: What is the most complex topic you understand?

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Post by ggeorgovassilis » Wed, Jul 13, 2022, 5:08 PM UTC

algoatecorn wrote: post #36

Genome engineering and how our agricultural system actually functions. Next step is to have an in-depth understanding of the entire value chain of agriculture.

> how our agricultural system actually functions

I take "actually" to mean that your understanding differs from that of most people. Care to tell the highlights?

Re: Ask HN: What is the most complex topic you understand?

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Post by daenz » Wed, Jul 13, 2022, 5:09 PM UTC

Developer experience and managing complexity