https://old.reddit.com/r/Radiology/comments/11qr1sj/is_it_worth_it_learning_artificial_intelligence/

i think what this redd subb is saying is that unless a person is involved in a stateoftheart/research project.. the software isnt really valuable on an everyday basis ( compared to just using professional software that is the product of new research )
kinda demoralizing(in this context).
it would be cool if he could FOSS his way out of this one.

if u havent realized:
lemmy tends to be significantly more appealing/valuable to some niches that have strongly established,enthusiastic, talented userbase (such as tech ppl).
it's a minor satisfaction boost but beneficial. if maybe u dont fullheartedly believe in the lemmy mission(free nonprofit decentralized platform), then it seems, additionaly, less satisfying

to build up other unique /c/'s requires: initiative, light work/time, [and usually..] motivation to post.

i personally [tend to..] only post or comment on things im interested in. sometimes thats only linux and android.

when a site like reddit is ranked top site on the inrernet. everyone can be lazy and contribute once a year and thats still more than enough(when u consider scale). there are also a shitton of negatives to that. but they are ignored and swept under the rug.

reddit is driven by primitive monkey brain attraction as shown through popularity.
perhaps subs make the addiction more finely tuned to similarly minded peeps.

lemmy has less than infinite content and a less mainstream non-[purely]hedonistic culture.

i think also u [sometimes] need to wait 6-12 hours because people arent viewing,commenting,upvoting when they are asleep,working, or busy with life.

< deleted. pls find info on fb/yt > ..

good price is hit or miss

classic

maybe inflation.
just because U don't see a price tag doesnt mean its not there.
if you cant see the product, then you are the product!
the state of wellbeing had never really been that great to start.

reddit is a source of information. (fact).
but i logged out and will not be going back.

neither is good. A leads to sprawl. B leads to crime.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMessage
"On iPhones, green buttons and text bubbles indicate SMS-based communication; on all iOS devices, blue buttons and text bubbles indicate iMessage communication. "

https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/18/24006037/apple-beeper-doj-investigation-imessage-letter-android

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38293082

https://lemmy.world/post/6593309

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Communication_Services

speaking of mri's : https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/196pfb4/eli5_if_an_operational_cost_of_an_mri_scan_is/

articles and discussion about comparison to other countries:

https://old.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/1acp24/why_an_mri_costs_1080_in_america_and_280_in_france/
"If the US Government was serious about lowering the costs of imaging on Medicare, Medicaid, and the health sector in general, they would out right outlaw Physician ownership, investment in imaging centers. It is proven over, over, and over again(http://www.jacr.org/article/S1546-1440(09)00346-9/abstract) that when docs own an imaging center utilization rates go up. However, the AMA is too large of a lobbying force. Instead, of addressing the root of the problem, the Government has taken the tact of lowering pay outs for the scans done. this has done nothing to curb the utilization rates. It has gotten so bad for IDTF centers, that they are closing, and the imaging is being hustled back into Hospitals, where the HOPPS rates are much higher, and usually more extensive(their claims that they treat the poor that don't pay(when in fact it makes up only 1%)."

https://old.reddit.com/r/Economics/comments/18tz4h/why_does_an_mri_that_costs_99_to_160_in_japan/
"..hospitals and radiology clinics bill based on their assumed reimbursement rate. See, they know that the insurance company will only reimburse them for a small percentage of their aggregate billing (10%-50%) depending on the insurance company. So they inflate all their prices in order to maximize the payout."