Man, I don't know what insurance you're talking about, but we fork over about $500/month [cost of insulin, infusion sets/reservoirs, amortized costs of quarterly Endo visit, lancets (actually no co-pay on those!), and test strips (insurance won't cover those at all so we buy out of pocket)]. This is on top of a approx. $700/month insurance premium. I wouldn't know what to do if I were paying $60/month. One 10ml vial of humalog costs me $180. We're using an out of date Medtronics Paradigm pump as well to keep costs down because the insurance won't cover a newer pump, particularly a model that supports GCM/phone apps (looking at about $15k out of pocket for the new whiz-bangery). All told, the preponderance of my insurance/medical out-of-pocket costs goes toward diabetes and it easily adds up to $1200/month (if you include my premiums).

** [ I looked into a higher premium plan, but based on the expenses vs. deductible vs. what's covered, I wouldn't get any more out of it and the insurance company would get significantly more money from me ]

Well, they get significantly less subsidies than say Ford or General Motors. Roughly half. So, maybe if they are to be considered successful, we need to give them more money?

Does Moore's Law apply to MJ/kg in LiPo battery tech?

You're a freakin' genius.

Chip hasn't exactly been active on that blog for a while. Did he ever regenerate more than 2%? The drag on this system would be tremendous. I think it would make a better speed brake than a power regeneration system. In my aircraft, I have to descend at least at a 6-degree angle (or greater) in order for the weight of the plane to drive the N1. And that's a mostly free turbine (it does turn an accessory box for hydraulic and electric). I can't imagine putting a heavy electric-generating load onto a propeller system and recovering enough energy to do more than 60-90 seconds of modest powered flight. Perhaps that would be enough to make that one final correction on landing, but if it's not enough to do a go-around, it's just not enough.

Certainly there will never be another Wal-Mart / Amazon / Big Box Store / et al, to come along that will be able to do it better and cheaper. 'Cause that's never happened. Ever.

The benefit of fitness trackers goes to agencies collecting and selling the data. Not to the generator of the data.

I am an even cheaper Boost Mobile (Sprint) customer. I wish I could afford to be a cheap T-Mobile customer.

Same here. I was hoping there was some substance to this rumor.

“If you dance with the devil, then you haven’t got a clue, for you think you’ll change the devil, but the devil changes you.”
-- J. M. Smith

It may be too late. I still have a need for something Windows-compatible from this era, however, ReactOS still lacks some basic functionality (e.g. drag-n-drop, ^c-^v [tested today in VirtualBox]) and at least one of the programs I regularly use still doesn't work inside ReactOS.

That's funny. I'm in the aviation industry and I keep hearing about this pilot shortage that we're having. I've been diligently hunting for a better job for the past five years and can't get so much as a peep from any decent employer. I have had plenty of savage offers for 40-70% pay cuts, opportunities without benefits (e.g. no health insurance), and offers to work 30% more for 20% less. There's lots of work out there, but not for anyone with experience it seems.

Once you kick the habit, it's definitely an option. And a damn fine one.

I actually came to say exactly the same thing. Get comfortable with logic and some basic algebra and go from there. Don't force it down the pupils' throats, rather teach it out based on aptitude after an introductory course.

Don't be^H^H^H^H^H^H^H Be Less Evil