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  1. Is it offensive to suggest that rich people may get access to preferential treatment? I don't know about other countries but I know for sure that patients bribe doctors for preferential treatment in China.
  2. Thanks for the responses. Fortunately, there's no actual acquaintance related to this hypothetical question. My curiosity was about long term structural change to our healthcare system. Just my views but I don't think politicians respond to poor people but if the donor class is affected then maybe the odds of change go up. But, I may be wrong. My cousin died at the age of 47 of a heart attack in China. He was a high net worth individual and they have a piss poor healthcare system where paramedics don't know how to perform CPR. If he had been a janitor in the US, he would still be alive because our system is much better geared towards treating heart attacks. China has a lot of billionaires and their healthcare system is still behind so who knows if COV19 will cause structural change in the US. Just thinking out loud: - I wonder if there's going to be a mass of pregnancies during this time as people are cooped up and how the timing would play out as supposedly the soonest a vaccine would be available commercially is 1 1/2 yrs. Plus what if Roe v Wade gets struck down? - I was chiming in a UBI discussion a couple months ago and made the point that extreme wealth inequality causes negative externalities and those externalities aren't contained to poor areas. Well, I think COV19 certainly qualifies as an example as poor people can't afford to take time off and they're going to be moving about and spreading the virus.
  3. I'm curious. If there's a 70 y/o high net worth individual who say is worth $35M to $100M and then they get COVID19 and it develops into ARDS and then they need to go to the ICU and get ventilator treatment, how does their level of medical treatment differ from everyone else? Obviously, this will differ by geography but let's say it's one of the top 5 US cities. Also, this hypothetical person has a lot of money but doesn't have any powerful friends. Will this person be as fucked as everyone else if the healthcare system gets overwhelmed?
  4. That sounds perfect thanks. Actually I tried the Gboard again. If you're straight typing, there's no lag. If you're swiping then there's a slight lag.
  5. Web browser is really responsive. That's why I love the device so much. I have the 7.8 inch version and it's really light. Would be easy to use one hand just for turning ebook pages but haven't tried one handed web browsing. If you're going to do heavy input, then it's probably best to buy a Bluetooth keyboard or pair it to your windows laptop and use as a monitor. If you want to input like smartphone, it's just as fast as smartphone when typing but if you're swipe typing it slightly lags. I have Gboard loaded on mine, and the word prediction functionality helps a lot. I do use my likebook for Twitter but mainly for reading the feed. The battery life is like a smartphone with heavy web/app use. About a couple days. If you only use like e-reader then battery life like e-reader, a couple weeks.
  6. My main criteria was that I wanted a fast web browsing experience on an E-ink screen because I read a lot and I hate CLUTTER. That means I hate printing stuff out and I'm always reading off of some LCD phone or monitor which gives me eye strain. I'm not an expert on Kindles or Ereaders so take my comments w/ a grain of salt. For Kindles, my understanding is that you can only read ebooks and listen to audiobooks. I had a 2nd gen Kindle and it had an unusable web browsing experience. Not sure if the newest Kindles allow you to browse the web but when reading about it seemed liked even if Kindle could browse web it locked you into Amazon's ecosystem. For my Likebook, it's essentially an Android tablet with an E-ink screen which means I can add any app from the Google Play store. Some apps I've downloaded include but not limited to Google Chrome/Docs/Sheets/Keep/Gmail/Calendar, SpaceDesk, Moon Reader, Amazon Reader, Pocket, Chess, etc. You could add Facebook, Messenger, Instagram etc but I'm not into social media. You could even add YouTube, Netflix, Candy Crush, or Etrade although those all would be subpar apps on an E-ink screen. As far as how it compares to the other Ereaders, I chose the Likebook because it got good reviews and seemed like the best value. There are other Ereaders by other companies w/ very comparable functionality. The goodereader.com website does a good job of reviewing the different brands/models.
  7. Thanks @jurgis. All very good recommendations. I was trying to stay away from anything with corporate debt but I see MINT held steady even in 2009
  8. @James22 I have high yield savings accounts that yield nowhere close to 2.3% What's a Stable Value Fund? And how does the risk profile compare with an ETF like TLT? Thanks Stable value funds are usually only found in workplace plans. They're basically like bonds funds with an insurance wrapper. I would say they're significantly less risky than TLT. Though they do have some risks: https://www.reuters.com/article/chrysler-stablevaluefund/chrysler-stable-value-fund-loses-money-wsj-idUSN0331702520090403 Thanks for clarifying @stahleyp
  9. I recently bought a Likebook Ereader which is essentially an Android tablet w/ an e-ink screen. I'm sharing since I'm guessing everyone on this forum reads A LOT and might get eye strain like me. Also, would like these companies to stay in biz. You can buy it here: https://goodereader.com/blog/shop or on Amazon or Aliexpress etc Here's a YouTube video for the reader: I also recently found this website, Netvibes.com, which is a good news aggregator. I use Chrome Browser and have Netvibes as my startup page and then all my news is in 1 place including CoBF. You can also download the SpaceDesk app from Google play and use the Ereader as your primary or secondary screen for your Windows PC.
  10. @James22 I have high yield savings accounts that yield nowhere close to 2.3% What's a Stable Value Fund? And how does the risk profile compare with an ETF like TLT? Thanks
  11. What ETF's are people buying for the fixed income portion of their portfolio? I have ISTB (iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF), TLT (iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF), and then Muni ETF's for NY, CA, and TX.
  12. You're right. I should have asked what ETF's are people buying for the fixed income portion of their portfolio? I'll start a new thread.
  13. I have the ETF's: ISTB (iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF) with 2.7% yield TLT (iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF) with 2.1% yield and then a little IAU (Gold ETF) Wondering what everyone else is doing?
  14. @muscleman Best wishes to you and your family. I find the worst case stories much more believable than the official numbers. I don't trust the Chinese government.
  15. A recent Netflix docu-series is "Flint Town" which covers some of the themes of my favorite show of all time, HBO's "The Wire". Flint Town focuses on law enforcement/politics/poverty in Flint, Michigan. Another documentary also on Netflix is "American Factory" which is about a Chinese glass company opening a factory in Dayton, Ohio. You get to see how Chinese management/workers mix with American workers.
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