cactca

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by cactca 14d ago
Demis Hassabis is, by any standard, the most ethical of the bunch.
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by cactca 1y ago
This! Any LLM provider that monitors chat/api history for ‘abuse’ towards the model is considering using user data for training. An Effective Altruism ethos provides moral/ethical cover for trampling individual privacy and propert
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by cactca 1y ago
These are extraordinary claims for a rapidly evolving field with a huge breadth of intended uses and technologies. Here are a few questions that should be part of an evaluation of the Parachute platform to pressure test the claims made on t
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by cactca 1y ago
I canceled my Windsurf subscription. I had/have no interested in supporting Cognition/Devin; the recent comments by Scott Wu to the Windsurf team was the motivation I needed to move to zed/claude code. If you're a curre
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Show HN: cStructure – Collaborative platform for causal models(cstructure.dev)
3 points by cactca 2y ago|0 comments
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by cactca 2y ago
Can you provide a single high quality (randomized) study demonstrating GLP1 therapeutics are 'incredibly detrimental to [your] longevity and quality of life'? Consider the type of confounding that occurs in studies of people losin
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by cactca 7y ago
The IRB would not be the correct office for a HIPAA violation, unless it was an informed consent form for a research study. Most hospitals have a compliance office where this type of issue would be handled.
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by cactca 7y ago
Health insurance discrimination using genetics illegal (GINA), but life insurance and long-term care insurance is not.
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by cactca 7y ago
How do you anonymize an individual's DNA dataset (600k-900k DNA markers)?
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by cactca 7y ago
The effective cost implications are more likely 10-12% at each sale. A seller will try to increase the price of the house to cover these commissions. Your comment is focused on buying a home, but there can be dramatic consequences for home
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by cactca 7y ago
There are two prominent examples of antitrust/monopoly problems in the U.S. real estate market: MLS and dual agency. The MLS seems to be complicit in forcing home sellers into paying higher buyer agent commissions: https://