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by shimon 3mo ago
Did you get any interpretation of the imaging? It sounds cool (I'd take an ultrasound selfie) but it has to be medically useful for something before enough doctors grade enough images to kickstart the data collection for diagnosing mor
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by shimon 5mo ago
LLM/AI growth is the major driver of usage growth on all the clouds.
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by shimon 5mo ago
Actually no, LLMs (preferably tool-using LLMs that can themselves do web searches and price lookups) are a great way to shop, especially if you're looking in a category and don't know exactly what item you want. You just say &quot
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by shimon 5mo ago
At what point does the use of clues to uncover the identity of a criminal cross the line from solid detective work to doxing? /s
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by shimon 9mo ago
Can you explain the joke in that username?
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by shimon 2y ago
I totally agree, but it is reflective of a shift in how cultural products are designed and selected that is in my view the more interesting story here. When selection is personal, you have a smaller set of choices and will respond to how th
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by shimon 2y ago
It would make sense to expect some ramp up because immigration is a stronger electoral issue than it was previously, and because a second Trump administration will probably be more coordinated and effective in implementing its goals than th
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by shimon 2y ago
I'm particularly impressed by your choice of "up there with Euchre" as a metaphor to explain Crokinole. It's like you wanted to make it relatable for people in a larger geographic region, but only a little larger.
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by shimon 2y ago
In many cases, a simple off-the-shelf smart plug would suffice.
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by shimon 2y ago
On what factual basis can you claim that adverse events are primarily driven by genetics? On the face of it this seems ludicrous. A baby born to a mother living in a high-risk environment but then adopted by a low-risk family would likely d
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by shimon 3y ago
Yes they also typically buy reinsurance (insurance that covers individuals whose claims exceed some amount in a given year, like say $150,000). The company will have some people in HR who administer this program but they aren't duplica
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by shimon 3y ago
Almost every sufficiently large employer does this. Instead of paying premiums to an insurance company which owns the risk (and also makes a profit from that) the large employer pays the actual costs of care, and a percentage to the insuran
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by shimon 3y ago
Insurers don't want to pay for unnecessary treatments, including equipment. Maybe your provider could have done a better job selecting the right mask or settings for the CPAP? Maybe they could have trained you in their office? I'm
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by shimon 3y ago
I think the Android approach is: the back button usually does what you want, unless what you want is consistency. Thoughtfully designed apps tend to set up clear expectations and deliver on them. Thoughtless or malicious apps can be confusi
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by shimon 3y ago
Yes, it's often hard to identify this as an outsider. But people inside the company know, and if you've worked in places that handle conflict in healthy ways and in some that handle it not-so-well, you'll know quite clearly
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by shimon 3y ago
The used/refurbished market for Chromebooks is great for buyers, too. There's not much demand for used Chromebooks so you can get something quite nice for personal/kid use around $100-200.
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by shimon 3y ago
If you're going to make a symbolic gesture you don't cloak it in so much secrecy that nobody can even reasonably guess what you're trying to symbolize.
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by shimon 3y ago
You say this as if it does something other than reinforce that Microsoft has figured out how to do this effectively and demonstrated that capability multiple times.
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by shimon 3y ago
Thanks for elaborating - that sounds really cool.
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by shimon 3y ago
Interesting technique. Are there some similarities to the Venetian Plaster technique? (Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfGbryICt0A )
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by shimon 3y ago
I'd love to do something like this with my family someday. Any advice based on your experience?
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by shimon 3y ago
What was your AC repair? Did it involve dealing with the refrigerant system or just other electronic components? If so, I'd be shocked too -- AFAIK most commonly-used refrigerant compounds are not generally available to civilians becau
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by shimon 3y ago
I agree, the scale problems seem to outweigh the scale economies at N=2. At some point you get positive network effects where the older ones contribute to the care of the younger ones, but so far we mainly observe a lot of resource contenti
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by shimon 4y ago
Yes, the point is that for most classes of merchants this behavior is not allowed by their contracts with their payment processors.
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by shimon 4y ago
You're still generating a lot less trash than replacing the whole laptop, but I have a hard time imagining how you can get the level of consumer-upgradeability you seem to want in a laptop form factor. You have to compromise somewhere.
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by shimon 4y ago
No company today has the level of consolidated power over the computing industry that Microsoft had in the 1990s. It's actually hard to imagine now, when the situation even at the very top of the industry is so much more competitive. I
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by shimon 4y ago
Or your IT team can implement an offboarding process that does something reasonable here, like transfer ownership of any remaining files to the departing employee's manager. Or sequester them somewhere with specified access rules. Some
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by shimon 4y ago
It comes down to whether the experience is desired or not. When multiple people recognize and respond to you, it is a sign of fame and respect. People generally like to be well-known and respected, so this coordination is appreciated. When
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by shimon 4y ago
This actually seems like a structural weakness in cloud, where so much of revenue comes from the relatively few customers who are very deep in their usage. On the other hand, you can usually rely on close relationships with those customers
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by shimon 4y ago
I studied CS and now work in software systems for biomedical research. It's difficult to overstate how different the fields are, so I don't entirely agree with this statement. But I do agree there are going to be lots and lots of

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