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Re: Rebecca Heineman has died

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Post by rsynnott »

philipallstar wrote: post #59
simondotau wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nobody is advocating for eliminating a market-based system. My country (Australia) has both single-payer and a market-based private healthcare system.

You can imagine how that system, like most, is actually getting its medical advancements from the US.

This… is a think that people believe, but it’s not as simple as that. Most basic research is universities, all over the place. Many drugs are developed in Europe. A lot of medical machinery is developed and made in Europe (Siemens, Philips and Roche are huge in this space). Like most things, med tech is fairly globalised.

Re: Rebecca Heineman has died

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Post by djmips »

edf13 wrote: post #26
zeta0134 wrote: post #9

Rebecca was well known in emulation circles for her high quality work on various games of the era, often pushing the hardware in unusual ways. This article is one of my favorites, detailing the wacky tricks she used to get Another World's 3D rendering system running acceptably on a Super Nintendo https://fabiensanglard.net/another_world_polygons_SNES/ Rest in piece, you absolute legend.

Today I learned... "Super Fami-Com ("FAMIly COMputer")" Doh!

It was a sequel to the Famicom.

Re: Rebecca Heineman has died

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Post by nebula8804 »

What a true legend. The amount of people she has touched with her work is enormous.

Feeling a bit of regret. I feel like I made a poor first impression on Rebecca when I first met her a few years back at VCF East. I saw her again recently but was suffering from severe undiagnosed sleep apnea so much so that I was practically asleep at the event. I didn't know about the cancer. Thought I would have another chance. This is happening more and more in my life. :/

Let us cherish all the great moments that she helped bring to us.

Re: Rebecca Heineman has died

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Post by simondotau »

rsynnott wrote: post #61
philipallstar wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can imagine how that system, like most, is actually getting its medical advancements from the US.

This… is a think that people believe, but it’s not as simple as that. Most basic research is universities, all over the place. Many drugs are developed in Europe. A lot of medical machinery is developed and made in Europe (Siemens, Philips and Roche are huge in this space). Like most things, med tech is fairly globalised.

And let's not forget that a substantial amount of medical research performed in the USA is not market-based but rather publicly funded through the NIH.

Re: Rebecca Heineman has died

#65

Post by jrflowers »

fastball wrote: post #46
thelibrarian wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Considering the James Van Der Beek of Dawson's Creek fame is having to hold a fundraising auction of his memorabilia to fund his cancer treatment, cancer is expensive in the US.

Cancer is expensive everywhere, the difference is who pays for it.

This is either intentional bad faith trolling or you are not aware of the per capita spending on healthcare in the US.

https://www.healthsystemtracker.org/chart-collection/health-...

Re: Rebecca Heineman has died

#66

Post by jjcob »

simondotau wrote: post #64
rsynnott wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This… is a think that people believe, but it’s not as simple as that. Most basic research is universities, all over the place. Many drugs are developed in Europe. A lot of medical machinery is developed and made in Europe (Siemens, Philips and Roche are huge in this space). Like most things, med tech is fairly globalised.

And let's not forget that a substantial amount of medical research performed in the USA is not market-based but rather publicly funded through the NIH.

And performed by researchers that received free education in their home country before moving to the US because they hope for a better career there...

Re: Rebecca Heineman has died

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Post by squigz »

simondotau wrote: post #60
ben_w wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> As is often said, capitalism is the worst economic system, except for all the others. I've only heard it said that "democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time", not capitalism and economics: https://winstonchurchill.org/resources/quotes/the-worst-form...

The Churchill line is about democracy, but the adapted version is a common variation. It works as a standalone maxim without need of attribution to some famous person.

It works insofar as quotes that sound wise but have no kind of evidence backing it up often do.

Re: Rebecca Heineman has died

#68

Post by dmead »

nebula8804 wrote: post #63

What a true legend. The amount of people she has touched with her work is enormous. Feeling a bit of regret. I feel like I made a poor first impression on Rebecca when I first met her a few years back at VCF East. I saw her again recently but was suffering from severe undiagnosed sleep apnea so much so that I was practically asleep at the event. I didn't know about the cancer. Thought I would have another chance. Thi…

Im reading this wearing a CPAP.

Re: Rebecca Heineman has died

#69

Post by philipallstar »

rsynnott wrote: post #61
philipallstar wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can imagine how that system, like most, is actually getting its medical advancements from the US.

This… is a think that people believe, but it’s not as simple as that. Most basic research is universities, all over the place. Many drugs are developed in Europe. A lot of medical machinery is developed and made in Europe (Siemens, Philips and Roche are huge in this space). Like most things, med tech is fairly globalised.

Most of that is funded by the NIH and not by the local systems. Spending money is easy.

Re: Rebecca Heineman has died

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Post by philipwhiuk »

simondotau wrote: post #60
ben_w wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> As is often said, capitalism is the worst economic system, except for all the others. I've only heard it said that "democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time", not capitalism and economics: https://winstonchurchill.org/resources/quotes/the-worst-form...

The Churchill line is about democracy, but the adapted version is a common variation. It works as a standalone maxim without need of attribution to some famous person.

> the adapted version is a common variation

Got any evidence for that?

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