You know what actually drives costs up? The fact that healthcare doesn't work as a market. I can't shop for medical care. I don't have the knowledge and it's usually extremely time sensitive. This is a ridiculous statement that's only parroted by the most market-pilled right-wing economists.

>The quality of health care in the US is significantly higher than anywhere else in the world.

Yeah, I'm gonna need a citation for that. Because it sounds like a health insurance propoganda rather than the actual truth.

I tried an American PPO with $10 co-pay and no deductibles. It was awesome :)

Nobody could tell me what anything would cost, or if the insurance would cover it. But I always ended up paying $10, whether it was a few pills or an expensive MRI I didn't need. Oh, yeah the downside is you can accidentally convince your doctor to get procedures you don't need.

Health care in Denmark is decent. But I've been told, no when I wanted to run some tests. That would never happen on an American PPO :)

I have had go wait, while unpleasant, it's fairly harmless (otherwise they don't let you wait).

So if you're on an great PPO plan in the US, healthcare is great.

Whether the outcome is better for the average Joe, is probably a different question.

My sister used to cook on private Yachts in the Mediterranean, and mingle with that part of the population that pay 3-5k/month for private insurance, helicopter evacuation and all that. I'm pretty sure they can ask their clinics any unnecessary tests they want, too.

I've had PPO insurance for a few decades. I've been denied tests and procedures many times, even when I had radiologist exams that supported the surgery according to their own rules. I've been forced to wait for procedures on many occasions.

Try playing Pokémon Legends Z-A multiplayer.

You're mixing up the Xbox 360 and the Xbox One releases. Xbox 360 came out a year before the PS3.

God, if it was only 2-4x market rates.

But the average internet user will just use their browser anyways on the desktop. So, what does this buy them?

Gmail, for instance has a way to store email offline via the web. Fastmail does not. The app aloows this functionality as far as I know. And it holds this data outside of your browser which I feel is more secure.

>Similarly, Windows 8 was bad software. We actually undid that one.

Windows 8 was bad software for desktop and laptop computers. I will say though that it was great for hybrid tablet computers and they should have kept that interface for them. Using a Surface running Windows 8 is much nicer as a tablet than what Microsoft has done since. I have no idea why they thought a tablet interface was a good idea for desktops though.

> I have no idea why they thought a tablet interface was a good idea for desktops though.

Some Microsoft VP saw an iPad and said 'That! Do that!', and the dominoes just fell from there.

~$200 for that amount of storage is still extreme

We also made it extremely easy to gamble. It'd be the equivalent to handing everyone a heroin replicator, so that all people had to do was press a button and heroin would instantly appear.

>Other than the chalk dust,

You know, the worst part that makes them unbearable and a literal health hazard to use.

The fact that it's still used in many places obviously means it's not unbearable. Besides if you're bothered by the dust you can use the water cleaning methods described in this very thread. It's not perfect, but I would take a chalkboard over a whiteboard anytime.

>Besides if you're bothered by the dust you can use the water cleaning methods

Yes, because I carry large amounts of water around with me for every lecture that I teach. Seriously? The board is covered with dust, the chalk tray is covered with dust and the floor nearby is covered with dust. No one cleans them at my school.

The fix is just to use whiteboards which are just better for everyone who doesn't have a fixation with chalkboards.