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Boostnote (https://boostnote.io) with notes stored in the relevant repos.

Its not perfect (Boostnote really only supports local files) but it does mean our shared body of knowledge is versioned to what is in our repos. If someone makes large changes they can work on documentation while they are developing the change knowing that their docs are only released when their change is merged.

If Boostnote was aware of this workflow or allowed editing directly to remote repos it would be pretty much perfect.

True. I think that if Buffett wanted to address this problem his best option would be to fund an entity that could lobby on this issue and match dollar-for-dollar pharmaceutical company donations for house reps and senators that were willing to push to reduce the cost of healthcare.

Tackling healthcare is one 'big issue' that could have a huge effect on the US economy and living standards. Seems a worthy 'legacy' project for Buffett to finance.

Good points but important to point out that driving down costs may not be a net negative. From Buffett's comments in the video he seems to be indicating that business are more likely to make investment and hiring decisions on the basis of high and ever-increasing health coverage costs than a change in corporate tax.

Capping or reducing healthcare cost as a % of GDP may help many other sectors to expand. On this basis politicians should first try to get the support of corporations to reduce their insurance costs, and try to change the argument - sustainable healthcare for all. This kind of corporate backing would counter the inevitable lobbying of pharma/medical corporations who will put their resources into countering any legislation that reduces their profit margins.

Why the U.S. pays more for health care than the rest of the world

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXBPKE28UF0

Anyone here have deep insight on this? I thought a large part of the problem is the way that the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) is operating the market? Their mandate seems to be to prioritise price over reliability causing artificial shortages when there are not enough bids to form a market for excess load.

It appears that there is sufficient capacity in SA but providers are holding out for higher prices or not wanting to meet demand because they are providing higher priced capacity from their operations in other states.

In many cases it is not Bloomberg's monopoly but the data provider's. The licensing and royalty agreements between Bloomberg and the data provider have very onerous terms including restricting how many screens the data can be displayed on, what mediums the data can be transferred to, and where and for what purpose the data can be used. The terminal restrictions and API limitations that Bloomberg imposes are usually driven by these concerns.

Bloomberg offers less restrictive APIs but they are even more costly than a terminal license and often require the end user to sign agreements with the data providers directly and pay additional royalties.

A investigative authority like the NTSB is a really interesting idea. If it had the authority to level fines against companies that have been negligent or acted without due care it might have a real effect on behavior.

The only current recourse for those affected by these sorts of incidents is class action suits or public outrage/reputation damage. Both of these seem limited and put the onus on those who are impacted to fight for recompense.

Interesting summary of the process - http://thednetworks.com/2012/03/21/how-are-undersea-cables-l...

Before you get angry, you probably need to read the other 404 pages of the essay.

Many areas in London breach EU NOx limits hundreds of times each year - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jan/06/london-b...

The US has higher absolute and effective corporate tax rates than EU countries and almost every country in the OECD.

Tax treatment of equity compensation varies among European nations though.

Well, they're not "Wallstreet's dollars", it is international capital and it is happy to invest anywhere so long as it believes it will get a return. Possibly even happier to invest in an independent California if the government is likely to be beholden to its needs.