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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2023 6:44:44 GMT -5
Happy (Spring for those of us in the Northern hemisphere) Equinox Day!
-M
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Post by codystarbuck on Mar 20, 2023 11:30:11 GMT -5
Happy (Spring for those of us in the Northern hemisphere) Equinox Day! -M
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Post by badwolf on Mar 20, 2023 13:03:12 GMT -5
We got no snow this year and I am sad.
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Post by codystarbuck on Mar 20, 2023 14:26:51 GMT -5
Nothing beats filing your taxes in your pajamas.
Well, pajama bottoms, since I had to give them the shirt off my back.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Mar 21, 2023 12:51:39 GMT -5
I've said it before and I'll say it again, it seems like every website does its best to drain every ounce of usefulness out of itself.
Amazon has, apparently in the last week or two, apparently changed its "Wish Lists" so that I can't see the prices for used copies of the items on my various wish lists. This has drained easily 80% of the usefulness of the lists for me.
I firmly believe there's a mindset across internet to make every website user unfriendly as humanly possible.
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Post by Icctrombone on Mar 21, 2023 13:37:56 GMT -5
Nothing beats filing your taxes in your pajamas. Well, pajama bottoms, since I had to give them the shirt off my back. Every where I go people are wearing pajamas.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2023 13:44:09 GMT -5
I've said it before and I'll say it again, it seems like every website does its best to drain every ounce of usefulness out of itself. Amazon has, apparently in the last week or two, apparently changed its "Wish Lists" so that I can't see the prices for used copies of the items on my various wish lists. This has drained easily 80% of the usefulness of the lists for me. I firmly believe there's a mindset across internet to make every website user unfriendly as humanly possible. You probably know my view about that, given what we posted about IMDb. What you describe does make it useless. I have to wonder, just who are the people who make these changes? Is it some odd desire just to change stuff for the sake of changing it? Or does someone actually think that they are doing something helpful and useful?
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Mar 21, 2023 14:20:12 GMT -5
I've said it before and I'll say it again, it seems like every website does its best to drain every ounce of usefulness out of itself. Amazon has, apparently in the last week or two, apparently changed its "Wish Lists" so that I can't see the prices for used copies of the items on my various wish lists. This has drained easily 80% of the usefulness of the lists for me. I firmly believe there's a mindset across internet to make every website user unfriendly as humanly possible. You probably know my view about that, given what we posted about IMDb. What you describe does make it useless. I have to wonder, just who are the people who make these changes? Is it some odd desire just to change stuff for the sake of changing it? Or does someone actually think that they are doing something helpful and useful? "Recover all your favourite functionalities by subscribing to our Premium service"...
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Post by impulse on Mar 21, 2023 14:21:14 GMT -5
I'm sure it's making them money somehow. Someone is getting paid off it.
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Post by Icctrombone on Mar 21, 2023 15:17:52 GMT -5
I'm sure it's making them money somehow. Someone is getting paid off it. You're so cynical. Lets be friends
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2023 9:17:49 GMT -5
There’ll be nothing political in the following post, even though it could in theory be political.
The chairman of NHS England has suggested that we should train doctors quicker. Right now, it takes seven years to become a doctor. Trainee doctors spend five years at medical school followed by two years on placement doing their training. After qualification, they can specialise - and the end goal for many is to become a consultant within 8 years.
One newspaper reported that France trains its doctors in five years.
What about the United States? I haven’t looked that one up.
I don’t like standards being lowered, and I have no real opinion on how long it should take to train a doctor, but the cynic in me thinks this is being discussed because of a report that the UK has fewer doctors than other developed countries.
Any doctors on this forum?
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Mar 22, 2023 9:25:51 GMT -5
There’ll be nothing political in the following post, even though it could in theory be political. The chairman of NHS England has suggested that we should train doctors quicker. Right now, it takes seven years to become a doctor. Trainee doctors spend five years at medical school followed by two years on placement doing their training. After qualification, they can specialise - and the end goal for many is to become a consultant within 8 years. One newspaper reported that France trains its doctors in five years. What about the United States? I haven’t looked that one up. I don’t like standards being lowered, and I have no real opinion on how long it should take to train a doctor, but the cynic in me thinks this is being discussed because of a report that the UK has fewer doctors than other developed countries. Any doctors on this forum? Four years undergrad. Four years medical school. Three to seven years residency depending on your specialty. I'm not a doctor, but I know a number.
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Post by codystarbuck on Mar 22, 2023 10:12:33 GMT -5
There’ll be nothing political in the following post, even though it could in theory be political. The chairman of NHS England has suggested that we should train doctors quicker. Right now, it takes seven years to become a doctor. Trainee doctors spend five years at medical school followed by two years on placement doing their training. After qualification, they can specialise - and the end goal for many is to become a consultant within 8 years. One newspaper reported that France trains its doctors in five years. What about the United States? I haven’t looked that one up. I don’t like standards being lowered, and I have no real opinion on how long it should take to train a doctor, but the cynic in me thinks this is being discussed because of a report that the UK has fewer doctors than other developed countries. Any doctors on this forum? Lowering standards is always a recipe for disaster. Better a few good doctors than a lot of mediocre ones. Or worse.
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Post by impulse on Mar 22, 2023 10:13:17 GMT -5
You're so cynical. Lets be friends Ha! Not trying to be. That's just the only reason a corporation does anything. I don’t like standards being lowered, and I have no real opinion on how long it should take to train a doctor, but the cynic in me thinks this is being discussed because of a report that the UK has fewer doctors than other developed countries. I agree. Cutting corners to pump out less-qualified doctors faster isn't the solution I would want. Much better to find out WHY there is shortage and address that/incentivize. Not lower the standards, sheesh.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2023 11:46:49 GMT -5
There was one report stating that doctors don’t even use all of the knowledge they learn, this is why some are advocating shorter training time.
I don’t like that argument.
A plumber could, in theory, spend the first 3-4 years of his/her career simply fixing taps and dealing with kitchen issues, but then one day, during the beginning of his/her fifth year, he may have to deal with a cistern/toilet issue.
I’d rather a doctor learnt everything, even if he/she may not ever use them. You could say that about many professions. We have a police force in the UK called the Civil Nuclear Constabulary, who guard and protect nuclear material/nuclear power stations. They may NEVER have to defend one as, thankfully, attacks on power stations have never occurred here, but thank God that they are trained to respond should the unthinkable ever happen.
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