[0xcde4c3db]

I get the snark on the technical merits, but saying that Four Thieves is just a joke is sort of like saying that Luigi Mangione is just a murderer. The reason that they have such notoriety is that countless people are deeply disappointed and frustrated by the state of the systems that they're lashing out against. It's arguably a cousin to the Silicon Valley "disruption" mindset: playing by the rules has only made things stagnant (if not worse), so the new heroes are the ones who make their own rules.

[tptacek]

Luigi Mangione is just a murderer.

[gsf_emergency]

Hey.. can you back that up with data, like this one?: https://www.macpac.gov/publication/national-health-expenditu...

That suggested, I looked at the table and could not plainly see the problem. Would imagine that time series presented like with an analog of Tim Morgan's Energy cost of Energy for energy markets might help..

[tptacek]

That table shows insurers incurring roughly 1/9th the costs of providers, which seems plain enough.

[gsf_emergency]

Wpuld nobody pleaase think of the slopen!