Provided we are talking about taxation not guillotines, it’s that really a problem? In Norway, a doctor doesn’t earn much more than a train ticket seller.

“Why study medicine”, you ask? “Self actualisation.” Is their answer. Remember, University is free in that system, so no student debt.

It could be argued that people are AGI. Are they always trustworthy?

This is true of public services. Society is always making choices which balance the level of service with the cost. If we wanted to save the maximum number of lives, there would be a hospital next to every home. We accept that some people, who could be saved, will die while they wait for an ambulance.

The latest first aid guidelines in Australia say to do EAR, but my employer’s training was to use a non rebreather and oxygen therapy with no breaths. Maybe that’s an advanced resuscitation thing. I think it dropping breaths happened during Covid.

A recent heart attack I was at where I worked on the patient with the ambulance (outside of work) also didn’t do breaths.

There’s so much cool stuff happening in Astronomy at the moment.

She did?

If you can get them at all. Everything seems disposable nowdays.

Nice. I love how 3d printing helps with sustainability.

I’ve used both metric and imperial and F is fine if all you are doing is choosing what clothes to wear. For anything to do with science or engineering, C just makes more sense. Internally consistent unit systems are a no brained. Fuck having to multiply by some arbitrary number just because your temperature units don’t relate to your volume units (or whatever)

Aussies don’t tend to use the word vacation. Not sure about Germans.

Aspirin has entered chat.

I notice it when I’m dehydrated.