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Q: How much does generic/biosimilar insulin cost in the US if you aren't insured? Does this vary by state?

I'm not sure modern academia has very much left to do with scholarship in the sense quoted in this article.

This is unfortunate.

> > blanket restrictions on everyone's freedom

> The scope is much smaller than that: restriction on what banking conveniences are provided.

The freedom to install whatever OS you like on your own phone?

> if a less than single percentage of __________ anything beyond that is not really worth it

My goodness one could fill in that blank in so many different ways, and all of the ones I can immediately think of would drag this thread straight into any number of dire arguments, so I'd better not.

> though I feel bad for saying it, I can't blame them. If some idiot roots their phone and downloads malware, the bank may be responsible for refunding them. I can see why they don't want that headache.

Most of us understand the desire to protect customers from fraud, but I don't think we should accept blanket restrictions on everyone's freedom simply because some people might make poor security decisions.

There's also the unspoken/uncomfortable economic reality here: the optimal level of fraud isn't zero. At some point, the cost of preventing additional fraud, including the loss of individual choice and autonomy, exceeds the benefit.

Could we aim for proportionate, evidence-based security rather than treating the least capable user as the benchmark for everyone?

See also the UK's Online Safety Act and the UK's regulator Ofcom, which stated:

'Ofcom told the BBC: "We are aware of this lawsuit. Under the Online Safety Act, any service that has links with the UK now has duties to protect UK users, no matter where in the world it is based."

A service doesn't have to be based in the UK to be subject to the act, and therefore face action from Ofcom.'

The US-based lawyers for the services in question take a very different view....

> today for the first time the safety briefing included a specific callout of respecting privacy while filming aboard

This policy change isn't that new, should have been included in the briefing since April/May 2026?

> "Agents" can be very "persistent" [...]

I've had that within the last few days.

I happened to be vaguely watching an agent at work on a longer task and spotted it attempt to find a way around not having access to a local service that would greatly help it achieve the task, I immediately chimed in with a "STOP! if you need access to X then just ask!".

I suppose my prompting could be improved :/

> My computer

Q: You have ONE computer?

I have eight PCs in my study right now, plus two more in the garage, and that's not counting laptops.

> You’re eliding the how.

You're eliding the why :)

> to help their runner run at a target pace

To help their runner get from the start to the end of the race faster (or indeed at all). In short: to increase performance.

Pacing isn't a neutral thing.

> The document format in CLAUDE.md is whatever Anthropic specifies

Q: Do Anthropic actually specify a document format?

In running and racing "pacing" is a means of maximising performance over an entire race.

It's a strategy to achieve more, not less.

"English pupils have pulled ahead of the rest of the UK in international reading, maths and science tests, new data suggests, with Scotland and Wales falling further behind."

Appreciate this stuff gets political very quickly, but I'm curious what did England do that Scotland and Wales did not do (or vice versa)?

> I don't really care if either my neighbor or Elon Musk used my open source code.

I wish we could spend less (collective) time here on HN talking about/worrying about Elon Musk.

We're (allegedly) here for "anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity".

What SpaceX and/or Tesla are doing could certainly satisfy that, worrying about Musk himself certainly isn't.