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by boas 13y ago
If California and New York are the two worst states for businesses, then why are so many tech companies in California, and financial companies in New York? Yes there are more regulations in California, but clearly they are missing somethin
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by boas 14y ago
My high school had a good response to the criticism that tracking is elitist or that it prevents students from switching tracks. Rather than the school deciding your track (regular, advanced, AP), the student decided which level they wante
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by boas 14y ago
In my limited experience with both successful and unsuccessful patent applications, the first response from the patent office is often a "nonfinal rejection" due to obviousness (section 103 rejection). In response, you should present evide
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by boas 14y ago
I've worked in a US hospital for a few years, and I've never seen a bacteria that was resistant to all antibiotics, but I have seen people die from bacterial infections. So I think the media focus on drug-resistant bacteria is oversimplifi
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by boas 14y ago
Yes! Surgeons and other doctors get a text-only report from radiologists, but it's very helpful for them to actually see what we're talking about. That's one of the reasons we created ClariPACS.
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by boas 14y ago
Hi, I'm one of the creators of this web site. Claripacs screen share lets you show another radiologist or doctor a CT or MRI in real time on the web. Unlike other screen share software, you can temporarily disconnect from the screen share
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Radiology screen share using HTML5(claripacs.com)
2 points by boas 14y ago|3 comments
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by boas 14y ago
Many (most?) hospitals still use fax machines to get medical records from outside hospitals. There's not really a good alternative yet. Radiology studies are still mostly sent on CD or DVD. We're actually working on solving a small part
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Show HN: Claripacs - Share and annotate CT and MRI scans in HTML5(claripacs.com)
2 points by boas 14y ago|0 comments
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by boas 14y ago
This line: > x = (float )&i; breaks strict aliasing, and has undefined behavior. If you compile it with g++ -O2, you may get unexpected results. The solution is to use a union, or to compile with -no-strict-aliasing. I used to ha
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by boas 15y ago
It makes more sense for 2^3^4 = 2^(3^4). If you meant (2^3)^4, then it would be more efficient to calculate 2^(3*4), because exponentiation takes much longer than multiplication. On a related note, in Excel, -1^2 = 1 because they are calcu
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Thyroid cancer calculator (works as well as a radiologist)(stanford.edu)
1 points by boas 15y ago|0 comments
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by boas 15y ago
Exactly. Dictionaries don't always reflect current usage. Take a look at how the Oxford English Dictionary defines "sarcastic": "a sharp, bitter, or cutting expression or remark." By that definition, "you're stupid!" is sarcastic.
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by boas 15y ago
> Which alternative is more probable? > (1) Linda is a bank teller. > (2) Linda is a bank teller and is active in the feminist movement. If Linda is a randomly chosen person, then clearly 1 is more probable. However, there is an
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by boas 15y ago
I personally have been very happy with my decision to go into medicine (specifically, interventional radiology). I have a few comments about this discussion: 1. The average radiologist gets paid about $40 (after expenses) to read a CT sca