Einskjaldi

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[–] Einskjaldi@lemmy.world 16 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

If you get eagle scout you get a small raise when you join the military, same as if you had an associates degree.

[–] Einskjaldi@lemmy.world 0 points 21 hours ago

Solar panels last a long time and in 30 years or so we will have enough to power the world for a century.

[–] Einskjaldi@lemmy.world 2 points 21 hours ago

Solar panels and computer chips need large complex centralized factories, but that is basically 0%of the Land so there's no problem with having both, as long as you don't pretend that your solar powered homestead isn't dependent on inputs like that.

[–] Einskjaldi@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

It's negative value, because you'd have tons of poor refugees. And it would cost massive billions to rebuild.

[–] Einskjaldi@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It was like 500-600 a month for two people a decade ago but the insurance plans on the exchange have gone up in price about a 100 monthly, every year. But they also dissappear after getting too high, so there are increasingly fewer plans from new or small providers. This year it's 1200 monthly. These plans were actually quite good though compared to regular plans people get from their employer, with 0 copay and 0 deductible. For low income people on the exchange it cost them 0-100$ monthly for them, and the subsidies covered the entire plan cost up to around 1000$ a month. So last year you could have excellent health coverage for 50 dollars a month, but no longer.

The big problem of course was that without the universal mandate, the whole obamacare plan didn't really work long term because the cost kept going up without any of the parts to keep that price down because of the Supreme court.

[–] Einskjaldi@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

That doesn't apply in this case, they dint care about court cases. The arrest and torture is the only point.

[–] Einskjaldi@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

The difference is the military can very quickly kill thousands of people per minute, without even going to the big stuff. Hand held guns are irrelevant.

[–] Einskjaldi@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Did you mean are punished?

[–] Einskjaldi@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

That's not really accurate, the experience of an infantry soldier doing foot patrols in Afghanistan is completely different than someone who lived in a giant base in Iraq that had hiphop night and taco bell and never left it.

[–] Einskjaldi@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

It's the system that produces a restricted rules of engagement and a general fear of punishment if you do something wildly out of line and a strong Management that induces discipline and restraint. If you take one crazy guy out of that system and then hand him a gun and tell him that he can do whatever he wants with full immunity then you don't get restraint.

[–] Einskjaldi@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

He was popular and his excellent oratory skills induced people that liked him to like him more personally

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