thomasfedb

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by thomasfedb 3mo ago
It is my (unpopular I suspect) opinion that the contents of medical or other academic journals is not intended for consumption by the “interested public” as much as I can understand the desire to do so. That’s not the same as saying that th
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by thomasfedb 3mo ago
As a clinician-academic who published in The Lancet during medical school, I think this goes a bit far. Unfortunately student doctors are encouraged to publish whether or not they actually have an interest in research… but that shouldn’t di
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by thomasfedb 7mo ago
A patient being drunk wouldn’t make it any harder for me to anaesthetise them. But if they’re drunk they wouldn’t legally be able to confirm they consent to the anaesthetic immediately prior.
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by thomasfedb 1y ago
If it was actually 23mins, and not modifiable, then a myriad of important professions would be completely unviable (e.g. medicine). That is to say, it seems doubtful that the impact of interruptions can be meaningfully summarised in a singl
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by thomasfedb 1y ago
I wrote my joint med-CS honours (1 year research thing we have in Aus) thesis in Word. My med supervisor was happy with it. CS supervised insisted I reformat it in LaTeX as he couldn't stand the typesetting. Honestly I don't disag
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by thomasfedb 1y ago
Nothing is ever “proven”. There is simply more or less support for a theory or proposition. Replication and meta-analysis are an important part of this. Most scientists are in fact very conservative with how they claim their results - less
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by thomasfedb 1y ago
We no longer require a bun crisis to lodge this flight plan. Plenty of flights are made to Rotto for a sausage roll, any time of the year.
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by thomasfedb 1y ago
I’ve heard (can’t tell for sure from the photos I’ve seen) that they were “dressing the yards” at the time - which is when the crew stands on top of the yards (the horizontal spars) side by side. It’s done for ceremonial or celebratory reas
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by thomasfedb 1y ago
This was sufficient justification for me
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by thomasfedb 1y ago
I would argue against “entire”. As an academic I (and I believe many of my colleagues also) take much pride in what we write - both the content and the prose itself.
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by thomasfedb 1y ago
I think you should expect to have your arguments deconstructed on HN.
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by thomasfedb 1y ago
What freedoms are you referring to wrt Australia?
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by thomasfedb 1y ago
Singapore and Australia might also be on the list.
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by thomasfedb 1y ago
Perhaps with margin: auto your :gap element can sit in the middle of the “gap space”?
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by thomasfedb 2y ago
I find the distinction you draw between weights and a program interesting - partially the idea that one is a “static file” and the other isn’t. What makes a file non-static (dynamic?) other than +x? Both are instructions about how to perfor
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by thomasfedb 2y ago
You might disagree, but if you bother to post here you should aim to make an argument. I don’t think a gay slur advances anything.
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by thomasfedb 2y ago
Akamai or Imperva maybe? No personal experience, but they seem to offer similar suites of WAF/DDoS/CDN products.
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by thomasfedb 2y ago
From what I can see, there’s reasonable competitors for CF’s offerings, but extremely limited parallels to their free tier. The free tier is the killer.
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by thomasfedb 2y ago
I think the majority of contributors to that thread are being very reasonable and measured. CF should not be in a position to determine which UAs are viable on the Internet.
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by thomasfedb 2y ago
Arguably the issue in your friend’s case is providing the patient with a document that’s not designed for them. Radiology reports are written with a particular audience in mind. They are also written with a particular medicolegal perspectiv
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by thomasfedb 2y ago
Generally yes. Sometimes what’s “normal” is highly dependant on other factors. In that case you might get a table or other comparative information provided. That said, some results are still concerning if they’re “high-normal” or “low-norma
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by thomasfedb 2y ago
These systems likely vary around the world, this is an Australian perspective. > When blood works or whatever exam results are available they should go through some kind of automated system that can flag critical situations like this, wi
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by thomasfedb 2y ago
Probably because we have quite a lot of human tools already.
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by thomasfedb 2y ago
Though Photopea is already an online Photoshop clone and sounds a bit similar? (It’s also pretty decent. My usual go to for stuff I can’t justify spinning up an Adobe VM for…)
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by thomasfedb 2y ago
I agree. Have always felt that USDS/18F are best in class examples of tech innovation being brought to perhaps slightly tech-backwards areas of government, and doing the interpersonal work to bring other agencies along as well. The UK’
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by thomasfedb 2y ago
It’s a rewarding experience. A bit voodoo magic until you wrap your head around all the utilities, build systems, workflows, and then quite pleasant.
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by thomasfedb 2y ago
Sometimes changes are required to meet packaging guidelines, sometimes you can get exemptions. Of course users often don’t realise who’s done what. I suppose my advice to upstream would be to direct the end user to the Fedora bug tracker, w
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by thomasfedb 2y ago
That’s a poor faith comment. I’m a Fedora packager (not for this package). Like many others I have an unrelated day job. If there’s an upstream complaint I might get to it this weekend, maybe next. If I’m busy for a few weeks that doesn’t m
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by thomasfedb 2y ago
The previous dogma being that no bacteria could survive in the acidic conditions (pH ~2) of the stomach.
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by thomasfedb 2y ago
Studied at the home University of this Nobel prize winner. Was a good bet you’d get a question on it in the exam every year.

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