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by btowngar 5y ago
One further thing - the article doesn’t talk much about the physical response to wearing a CGM such as the extreme skin irritation some people get from the adhesive. Or the fact that the CGM reading could be way off the reading you get from
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by btowngar 5y ago
And there can be large errors in the CGM data as well!
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by btowngar 5y ago
Neither the Libre nor the G6 require calibration.
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by btowngar 5y ago
I’m T1 and I use the G6. I used to regularly check against a glucometer multiple times a day (without calibrating) to check accuracy, and found no issues. A blanket statement such as “the Dexcom G6 is inaccurate in a harmful way” is certai
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by btowngar 5y ago
For disposing of lances - if you're in San Francisco at least, Walgreens provide a free sharps disposal service. They provide a sharps container at no cost, and will take in your full (used) sharps containers.
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by btowngar 5y ago
Completely agreed, a fantastic blog.
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by btowngar 5y ago
Yes, I use a Dexcom G6. If the rumors of the Series 7 having a glucose monitor and a blood pressure monitor on it are true, that would be incredible. They’re surely working on core body temperature monitoring too!
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by btowngar 5y ago
I’m T1 diabetic and use my watch for monitoring my glucose levels. I wear it 100% of the time, aside from showering when it charges. Charging quickly and having a minimum of 24hrs of charge is really important to me. Apple Watch hits both o
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by btowngar 5y ago
I assumed they meant that the additives made it difficult to detect that the milk had gone off and so it was easier to get sick from it. To you point however, I don't understand how that could have increased the transmission of TB as t
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by btowngar 5y ago
Helps with herd immunity. For example, Rubella is a vaccine commonly given to kids, but it is isn't really a severe disease even if kids catch it. If a pregnant woman contracts Rubella in her first trimester however, it can lead to sev
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by btowngar 5y ago
It's entirely feasible that you don't need ridiculous amounts of data to generate an AI - that's just the approach being taken by the vast majority of research teams.
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by btowngar 5y ago
GPS has its own shortcomings as well due to continental drift! "The Australian continent, perched on the planet’s fastest moving tectonic plate, is drifting at about seven centimetres a year to the northeast." https://t
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by btowngar 6y ago
Hard to recognize them from the reverse when they're hidden behind a bush!
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by btowngar 6y ago
I've seen this UX for comparing images multiple times and it does seem rather standard, but I'm frequently stumped by the affordance for a few seconds. Maybe if it quickly slid over and back to show how to interact? Anyway, incre
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by btowngar 6y ago
The YC application process in and of itself can be very useful for founders. It forces them to really think about what they're building and why it's going to bring value to customers.
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by btowngar 6y ago
It's not that metrics in general are bad, it's that bad metrics are bad.
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by btowngar 6y ago
I don't really see how your first sentence is related to the second!
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by btowngar 7y ago
They _are_ saying it explicitly: Headcount. Given all of the above stress points on your finances, this might be a time to evaluate critically whether you can do more with less and raise productivity.
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by btowngar 7y ago
Good advice. We found (in SF) that the lactation consultants and many of the neonatal healthcare providers came across as quite pushy promoting breastfeeding when the reality is that it doesn't work for every parent. I think it's
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by btowngar 7y ago
I agree with this a lot - asking for help can be tough when you're used to solving your own problems. Paying for help - such as a regular house cleaner if you can afford it - is totally worth it. One thing that we did that was unreaso
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by btowngar 8y ago
Online search is a natural monopoly - being simply "competitive" probably isn't possible, you either win (Google) or you don't (everybody else).
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by btowngar 8y ago
Charge $2 / 15mins for a SDC to be present downtown?
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by btowngar 8y ago
Undergraduate or graduate? I began my Stanford PhD as a 27 year old, after spending a number of years in the workforce. It's not at all unusual for grad students to be in their mid to late twenties.
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by btowngar 8y ago
For sure - my comment was just referring to the often mistaken belief that a GC holder doesn't need to pay tax on income earned outside of the US.
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by btowngar 8y ago
If you move to another country and you still hold a Green Card, you must file US income tax returns as well - it's not just for citizens. https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayers/freq... "
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by btowngar 9y ago
Norbert Wiener, the MIT professor, is generally the source of many of these (probably somewhat apocryphal) stories of 'absent minded professors'.
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by btowngar 9y ago
Load scheduling is precisely equivalent to energy storage. You store electrical energy with the intention of consuming it later. Load scheduling just makes this explicit. In fact one of the benefits of scheduling over storage is that there&
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by btowngar 9y ago
Yes, I really do think you need to say more. I'm certainly not convinced by the appeal of a 24/365 Apple Store...
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by btowngar 10y ago
I feel that some people are very good at seeing problems, and some people are very good at finding solutions to problems. I don't see any reason that the same skills should be present in any given individual, so you always need both ty
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by btowngar 11y ago
There's three to four minutes of reading in this article, possibly less if you're familiar with the concepts. It would be great if users were required to click on the actual article and wait a certain length of time before comment

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