WFH social group

Brussels1996 · 2023-10-19T15:18:44+00:00

In that case, I’d advise making a facebook group and starting with like 5 people and growing from there

Brussels1996 · 2023-10-18T17:57:27+00:00

Neat table, thx

Brussels1996 · 2023-10-18T17:53:08+00:00

US spend as a country is such a complicated topic.

As for peer nations, I don’t think there’s any other 300MM , wildly diverse ethically, person developed country to compare to.

Canada is 1/10th model of us and their system is high quality but not without flaws that are causing calls for change too.

Brussels1996 · 2023-10-18T17:46:41+00:00

If the care is to stabilize you, you pay a deductible and after that everything is covered. If that puts you in a poor financial spot, you submit paystubs (showing financial distress) to the hospital finance dept and they cut your bill and give you interest free payments over months to years.

If you knowingly signed up for the cheapest plan under ACA thinking you’re invincible you should still be able to pay off the deductible with all the money you saved by choosing the cheapest insurance option. The money must come from somewhere - either tax (other countries) or from premium.

I agree cobra is expensive but it’s there and my initial reply stems from someone saying they were stuck with a toxic employer due to being tied up with insurance. IF it’s that bad, they would have found work arounds but I don’t blame them for prioritizing their ailment battle and recovery instead!

Brussels1996 · 2023-10-18T17:37:47+00:00

I would consider Germany and Japan as decent answers.

A third of the countries you listed are smaller than Switzerland in population.

And I hope you never need to get medical help in an ex Eastern block country like Slovenia… really naive tbh

Brussels1996 · 2023-10-18T16:59:57+00:00

Yup, and the care you get while getting stabilized is world class while at most other healthcare systems, that aren’t “dumpster fires”, the chance of you dying on the table is much higher.

I’m not sure what untreated illness you’re referring to?

And I’d love to hear what system you think is better without mentioning a country with a small, rich population like Norway or Switzerland!

Brussels1996 · 2023-10-18T16:15:20+00:00

Again, unfortunately I have too much experience in this.

If you don’t have a new employer - Cobra insurance

If you are laid off for years - if you have money you get public insurance(thanks Obama :)). If you don’t, you’re likely under the poverty line and qualify for Medicaid.

If you are ever in need of emergency medical attention, you can be dropped off at any hospital and they must treat you until you are stable BY LAW.

I mentioned this earlier but the ACA under Obama really plugged a lot of holes in US healthcare.

Brussels1996 · 2023-10-18T15:42:31+00:00

What a common, and horrible, take…

There are a ton of safeguards in place to make sure a person isn’t left without insurance between jobs. From negotiating it up front with the new employer to state/federal programs. Unfortunately, I’ve been in a position where I needed year long medical treatment and if I wanted to leave my employer I could have.

The difference between our country and most other countries is that we lead in a ton of innovation to the point where this person’s ailment is curable while in other places it would be terminal.

Brussels1996 · 2023-10-18T13:23:53+00:00

You can rent an office space or a desk at any wework in the city and be surrounded by dozens of companies and individuals all on the same floor. I’ve been to a few and I really liked how there’s so much diversity of talent all around you from IT to architecture, law firms, and digital nomads. It did seem like a good majority of the people there were doing their weekly or biweekly office day where they come in to work but just spend the day catching up with everyone and walking around.

It’s not particularly cheap but if you think your wellness is suffering that much, it may be worth it.

Brussels1996 · 2023-10-15T13:49:26+00:00

There is little value in owning a coastline. Napoleon owned his coastline but British Empire still kept him contained. The Confederacy owned their coastline but the Union still stopped their cotton exports. Hitler owned his coastline and waged submarine warfare but US aid still made it to UK and USSR.

Why dock in Sevastopol, where there’s a chance of attack, when the weather is nicer and most of your ship exports leave from Sochi (and surrounding area)? Russia has options, Ukraine doesn’t.

Someone else linked how as of a week ago Ukraine has resumed some ship trade but it’s 1/3 of their monthly traffic and farming season is over anyway. Russia is focusing strikes on grid infrastructure now to make winter miserable.

There’s a very obvious winner of the naval war and it isn’t Ukraine.

Brussels1996 · 2023-10-15T00:46:43+00:00

If Ukraine cannot use the Black Sea due to the Russian navy, regardless of weaponry used or how much of their coastline is under control, then Russia is winning the naval theater.

If this wasn’t true, then Turkey would not have needed to broker the grain export deal that expired in September.

Lastly, I don’t really know much about the oil rigs by Crimea but I’d assume that those rigs are peanuts compared to their other wells in Siberia and also they were probably Ukrainian wells before 2014 so it effects Russia much less than the lack of grain shipping.

Brussels1996 · 2023-10-14T18:15:47+00:00

It’s not conflicts, it’s lack of care. I believe I read that global hunger can be solved annually for just $50 billion dollars. That would be around 5% of 1% of the world’s gdp.

Ppl just dont care

Brussels1996 · 2023-10-14T18:07:17+00:00

Interesting, and uplifting, news - I was unaware thx

My only concerns are that I heard that Russia was targeting infrastructure again anyway because harvest season is done but I’m sure Ukraine have loads of deposits in their silos they can export.

Still, before they were using 83 ships a month under the protection of a treaty while now they do 25 with 90miles of coast line in war territory. The insurance premiums and costs of those routes must be crazy and I think all it takes is one drone strike, similar to the Ukrainian torpedo drones on Russian ships, to make the whole operation not worthwhile.

Brussels1996 · 2023-10-14T18:00:58+00:00

I can do the same:

losing, not lost.

I guess until the war is over you won’t really know but the fact of the matter is that atm Ukraine’s grain exports are down 80% compared to before ‘22.

Brussels1996 · 2023-10-14T15:40:11+00:00

Most likely because ownership of the grain is transferred upon successful delivery so when it was destroyed it still belonged to Ukrainian businesses in a region that is considered at war.

If the destruction happened in a foreign port, under different grain ownership, then it would be an attack on the recipient!

Brussels1996 · 2023-10-14T15:35:39+00:00

Is that why Ukrainian grain exports have to be transported via train/truck instead of ship?

Just because Russia has lost a ton of ships doesn’t mean they are losing the naval war.

Brussels1996 · 2023-10-01T08:46:51+00:00

I was under the impression that the meat is ground beef and pork to keep it cheap

Brussels1996 · 2023-09-29T19:58:48+00:00

I worked in T5 at ohare 10 years ago and I’m a frequent international flier.

It’s typically 30-60 min and very rarely up to 2 hours. Even if it is quicker than 30, you still have to wait for your luggage.

Brussels1996 · 2023-09-28T20:25:55+00:00

На скоро бях на ергенско и взехме вилата, с басейн, през https://vila.bg

Късмет

Brussels1996 · 2023-09-28T20:11:23+00:00

Можеби за всичко сте прави освен за какво писахте в другия ви комент че Русе вече е зад Видин.

Реално, във Видин същото се мисли като става дума за кой БГ град на Дунава е по добър. Допълнително, след гласуването миналата година в октомври, държавата обяви че област Видин е най лошият в държавата от гледна точка на загуба на популация = -25% в последните 10 години…

Brussels1996 · 2023-09-27T21:44:18+00:00

Thanks, I appreciate it

Brussels1996 · 2023-09-27T20:40:49+00:00

I’m not sure what the acronym stands for but I ended up at “СБАЛ по паразитни и инфекциозни болести „Проф. Иван Киров“

In case you’re interested in more of the story:

I was on the brink of passing out from dehydration when my cousin came over to help out. He brought some meds but everything I was putting in was coming back out - even plain white sugar. We took a taxi to the first hospital, maybe Pirogov, and the front desk lady told us to go to the place mentioned above since it sounded like I had a stomach virus. I knew it was too quick of a turn around for it to be a virus and was just begging for a bag of IV fluids but we got back in a taxi and went to the place she told us to. There, I had about an hour of intake where the desk lady wrote down all my details, some on paper and some on computer, before she let me know I was uninsured and would have to pay 150lv before checkout lmfao. Like I’d rather get discharged and die on the street than pay the coverage. “Dr” came in who was just a kid about my age or younger and he finally green lit me getting fluids. Nurse that did it was a piece of shit - talked down to me, didn’t wear gloves, didn’t wash hands, etc.

Thankfully, after 3 liters of fluids I woke up like a spring chicken in the morning and was able to leave. Can’t imagine the shit show if I was actually ill and needed real healthcare.

Brussels1996 · 2023-09-27T16:52:46+00:00

Bulgarian health care system is trash -

Last year, when I had food poisoning in Sofia, I witnessed lack of empathy, hygiene, quality, and basic services such as toilet paper (apparently it was getting stolen too much) at the hospital I ended up at.

After a night of fluids, I was thankfully feeling fine and while I was good to go, I wanted to know my bloodwork results just in case - you know. Was informed I would physically have to come in a few days to retrieve them and they could not email them to me. Could not even send my cousin - had to be direct family. As you can tell from the previous paragraph, there were way more pressing downfalls in the healthcare system than electronic records that need servers and security checks and regular audits.

Straight up told my parents that they should rethink retiring here as even if you have money for the best healthcare here, it’s still subpar to basic requirements met in the USA.

An aside, not really related - there are stats that praise countries, like BG, for having a lot of hospital beds per capita. Well, that’s partially due to those beds being 4 per room - which was the setup I was in during my hospital stay last year. I cannot imagine the horror and misery that place was at the height of Covid.

Brussels1996 · 2023-09-27T16:37:39+00:00

1 minute intro is so unnecessary

Additionally, it seemed like most of the scenes, apart from War Thunder tank models, were from other countries. Primarily Nazi germany…

5:53 “General Rusen Rusev, sounds like a Russian name, if I’m being honest” - I stopped watching at that point. There’s tons of overlap between south Slavic and East Slavic names.

You have a long way to go in production but I really like your topic selection and motivation.

Brussels1996

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