Irene

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by Irene 3y ago
Jeff Bezos started Amazon with his wife MacKenzie. Anita Roddick and Gordon Roddick started The Body Shop.
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by Irene 3y ago
https://www.aurametrix.com/blog.html A suite of blogs on the latest advancements in technology that are shaping the future. From artificial intelligence and wearables to nano-sensors, cutting-edge diagnostics and less discu
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Ask HN: Did Google's AI run amok?
8 points by Irene 6y ago|4 comments
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by Irene 6y ago
Yes, there could be many different scenarios; when vaccine supply is limited, vaccinate those at risk of death. BioNTech claims their vaccine efficacy is consistent across age groups, but we won't know for sure until large clinical tri
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by Irene 6y ago
I was referring to this paper: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/medrxiv/early/2020/09/27/202...
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by Irene 6y ago
Pfizer selected New Mexico, Rhode Island, Tennessee and Texas for their pilot delivery program "due to the states' immunization infrastructures, urban and rural variations, size and population diversity". First batches of vac
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by Irene 7y ago
Community medicine; precision medicine - all self-funded.
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by Irene 7y ago
Connectivity-driven innovation is cheaper. Science is becoming harder and is getting less bang for its buck. We saw great progress in AI over the past few years but even this has taken far more effort and money than building social network
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by Irene 7y ago
Most (if not all) new medicines came out of basic research supported by the NIH. This research was tweaked and patented by companies who profit from selling the drugs. Is start-to-finish government drug pipeline a better solution? Perhaps,
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by Irene 7y ago
You are right, according to medical journal "The Lancet", 85% of (government-funded) research funding is “avoidably wasted across the entire biomedical research range (e.g., clinical, health services, and basic science)” Governmen
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by Irene 7y ago
My grandmother was denied drugs by government-run healthcare and died in severe pain.
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by Irene 8y ago
Mind uploading predictions are fascinating (Edmond Hamilton, 1936; Isaac Asimov, 1956, 1957; Arthur C. Clarke, 1956; Bertil Mårtensson, 1968). Also predictions about automating boring and mundane human tasks: Waldemar Kaempffert, 1950: &quo
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by Irene 8y ago
It should be possible, but might take a lot of effort. Smell-detecting dogs are trained from birth to 18 months and it takes another 6 months to specialize them on specific scent like diabetes. Small rodents could be trained too. In Harry P
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by Irene 8y ago
Thank you, these are great suggestions.
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Ask HN: How to help people that shut themselves in?
4 points by Irene 8y ago|4 comments
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The quiet robot revolution(techcrunch.com)
1 points by Irene 10y ago|0 comments
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Top Algorithms Used by Data Scientists(kdnuggets.com)
2 points by Irene 10y ago|0 comments
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by Irene 10y ago
Original article: http://www.bmj.com/content/353/bmj.i2139 The authors suggest to introduce an extra field in death certificates indicating if it was a medical error, but the responsible parties may not acknowledg
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Silicon Valley might be losing its sex appeal(mashable.com)
12 points by Irene 10y ago|2 comments
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by Irene 11y ago
I suppose applicants with faces judged as competent and dominant (and looking like Zuckerberg, etc) tend to come out on top after video pitches in startup incubator applications.
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Hacking the nervous system(mosaicscience.com)
1 points by Irene 11y ago|0 comments
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by Irene 11y ago
Commenting on the popularity of languages: In TIOBE index of programming language popularity (based on web searches), Ruby is ranked 18th, down from 11th in April 2014. It fluctuates, but the trend is downward - 14th in November 2014, 13th
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What People May Be Most Interested in Buying in Your State(dailymail.co.uk)
2 points by Irene 12y ago|0 comments
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by Irene 12y ago
An article published last year in J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry proposed that chronic emotional stress may cause Parkinson's disease: http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/85/8/878.long
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Internet Connnected Barbie Will Talk to Kids(crazyengineers.com)
2 points by Irene 12y ago|0 comments
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by Irene 12y ago
Actually, life expectancy of world class aerobic athletes (unlike power (anaerobic) ones) is a little higher than average according to studies in US, Spain, Germany, Poland... Could be a little lower than life expectancy of those involved i
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Poll: Does using HN cause a decrease in mood?
2 points by Irene 12y ago|1 comments
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by Irene 12y ago
HN positively influences my self-esteem and/or makes me feel better most of the time
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by Irene 12y ago
I usually feel worse after participating
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by Irene 12y ago
HN does not seem to have any effect on my mood

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