jimmymcgee73

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by jimmymcgee73 1mo ago
I’ll add the caveat that motivation matters a lot. The kids that worked hard because they wanted to be successful? They’re all very successful, even if some didn’t go to top colleges. The kids that worked hard because they liked the work? H
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by jimmymcgee73 3mo ago
Right, there are operations that are sometimes performed with minimal (or sometimes even 0 sedation) with just a nerve block (regional anesthesia) which impairs sensation locally (like you get when a dentist numbs up your mouth, but you’re
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by jimmymcgee73 3mo ago
Anesthesiologist here: what you are referring to exists, but is rare and is not related to general anesthesia (equally likely in operations performed while patients are awake with regional anesthesia or under general anesthesia). It is more
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by jimmymcgee73 7mo ago
You realize semaglutide wasn’t the first GLP-1 right? The first GLP-1 was exenatide, invented in America and released in collaboration with Eli Lilly. In addition tirzepatide and retatrutide are not “just” GLP-1s. You frankly do not know wh
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by jimmymcgee73 7mo ago
If LLMs truly cause widespread replacement of labor, you’re screwed just as much as anyone else. If we hit say 40% unemployment do you think people will care you own your home or not? Do you think people will care you have currency or not?
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by jimmymcgee73 10mo ago
The average response time is considerably shorter than 10 minutes in many metro areas. In Los Angeles the average is 6 minutes and 14 seconds, with 98.8% of responses in under 15 minutes.
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by jimmymcgee73 10mo ago
For reference in Los Angeles, a notoriously traffic filled metropolitan area, the average response time for a life threatening ambulance call is 6 minutes and 14 seconds and 98.8% in under 15 minutes
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by jimmymcgee73 2y ago
I am an anesthesiologist. This is false. We bill 1 unit every 15 minutes, and then we receive startup units on top. A gall bladder removal is 7 units and often takes an hour. So we would receive 11 units for that hour. If it takes 2 hours w