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Experimentation principles from Deliveroo, a Europe-headquartered delivery marketplace

That hasn't happened in the United Kingdom with the NHS

In the 1900s, people used to think the mind (and body, in a way) worked like a steam engine. In part, the steam engine was used as the analogy because that was the nearest and most technologically advanced input/output closed system that was available. (And, importantly, that most people could grasp and talk about.)

Hence colloquialisms like I need to "let off steam" or "I am under so much pressure".

It turned out to be an analogy that was so far removed from reality, it was useless.

I wonder if we are making the same mistake with computers as we know them today?

"I really just need to reset and reboot, y'know."

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I think Apple's HomeKit deserves a mention here.

www.littleflocker.com is down and my app is unable to update... I hope this means my $14.99 won't be going down the pan. It would be a shame to see Little Flocker cease, too.

I recommend the book Monetizing Innovation. It'll equip you well to talk about and think about pricing and value.

In my opinion, the hardest part of the problem is getting away from the psychology that pricing "uncomfortably high" is somehow cheating people. It isn't - your product is more often than not more valuable than the sum of its parts.

I recommend the book "Monetizing Innovation". It won't give you an answer, but it will equip you to understand value and think about pricing.

I know this doesn't apply to you, but thought others would find it interesting: in the U.K. the employer owns the rights to your inventions during employment, per the Employment Act, unless explicitly written otherwise.

Define a poor choice.

Would that be a job that circumstantially for all intents and purposes requires you to sit down for 8+ hours a day. Is that a poor choice? Would that take away my healthcare subsidy?

Is playing American Football, or kickboxing a similarly poor choice?

Would - and here's where I get facetious in a hope of highlighting the issue with the way you raise your choices/free healthcare point - knowingly continuing the pregnancy of a child with Downs Syndrome be regarded as a poor choice?

Finally, who decides?

Should minors be able to purchase alcohol unfettered and untaxed?

Do you accept it as a compromise for a state subsidised healthcare system?

"I want free/subsidised healthcare" and "I want to gradually erode my health without realising it OR incredibly cheaply OR because in helpless to not do so" are normally incompatible.

It probably won't fall short of the expectations of people who matter.