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by ed312 7y ago
That site is amazing and engrossing. Thank you for this link - I think I'm going to loose myself in excel for a few hours. Nutrients/calorie and nutrients/dollar are incredibly useful metrics for anyone while shopping!
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by ed312 8y ago
I did exactly what you described. Unfortunately there is an endless supply of fresh grads (and even very talented amateurs with no schooling) willing to work absolutely slave-like conditions to "live the dream".
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by ed312 8y ago
Throughout my childhood I enjoyed playing and making games. I eventually studied a mixture of CS and digital art in college in order to join the game industry. It was a dream job to me in so many ways - I imagined an open, friendly culture
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by ed312 8y ago
I think the argument is something like: It is not profitable to provide the current level of service to rural areas. Because of the high productivity of urban areas, we can redistribute resources and improve rural public infrastructure.
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by ed312 8y ago
TFA doesn't seem to add much new information to an old news story - am I missing something?
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by ed312 8y ago
A lot of devs just want to work on cool stuff, which FB has plenty of, and ignore "politics".
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by ed312 8y ago
Hate is probably not the right word - someone (entirely out of your control) is tinkering with your favorite hobby in ways that you feel are bad. The strong reaction probably speaks more to the fan's deep connection vs actual hatred. I
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by ed312 8y ago
Part of that is from an oversupply of no (or very low) skilled labor. When people are desperate for "jobs" you can afford to be extremely strict and remorseless as an employer. I think this why past generations promoted things lik
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by ed312 8y ago
Why is it bad? People (or companies) become aware of products that may solve their needs. Marketing does not mean "shut off your brain and buy our product" - it can simply be to raise awareness. You still need to do your own perso
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by ed312 8y ago
Marketing absolutely works - and the great news is you can advertise or market your product differently to different groups of people. You may loathe them, but sales and marketing folks are in demand for a reason.
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by ed312 8y ago
If Twitter is already storing the tweet timestamp, is there a reason to generate sequential IDs? It seems like they could move to a UUID scheme and protect their "firehose" from reverse-engineering.
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by ed312 8y ago
Generally I feel safer with Apple owning my phone data... but once you accumulate enough data in one company, the incentives for corruption and mis-use are too great. Let's not let more companies become "too big to fail" or &
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by ed312 8y ago
> You really think an oncology specialist would be unaware of that kind of thing? Yes. I know there is an unfortunately large number who are. Doctors generally and oncologists specifically have an epic amount of research and publications
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by ed312 8y ago
For what its worth, I'm just a software engineer and I gain nothing from this personally. (I don't even have shares or RSUs). I knew nothing about CGP when I got into this field so I'm generally pretty enthusiastic about tell
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by ed312 8y ago
From what I've heard lots of oncologists and pathologists are not up to date on CGP in general. We've had several patients come in to speak saying they only heard about CGP after getting a second or third opinion - otherwise they
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by ed312 8y ago
That's exactly correct - we're trying to partner with facilities as much as possible. On the other side - we're also trying partner with pharma companies to help find prospective patients for their trials. It's a really
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by ed312 8y ago
There is no harm that I am aware of - but it may not be considered necessary depending on the source. For example, some insurance providers will only reimburse after you're at a certain stage. I can tell you that if I or someone I love
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by ed312 8y ago
Some pathology labs do simpler sets of tests in house (e.g. testing for alterations in one gene in one class of disease). CGP tests sequence many many more genes and call out far more variants in the DNA. Basically you might test negative f
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by ed312 8y ago
That may help in some cases, but cancer specifically represents a broad class of diseases and treatment isn't always that simple. Blood-based cancers and later stages (having spread to multiple parts of the body) become more challengin
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by ed312 8y ago
Cancer represents a broad class of diseases (like "viral infection" is everything from common cold to HIV). If you or someone you know is diagnosed with cancer, and especially if it is later stage, please seriously consider compre
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by ed312 8y ago
Stage refers to the progression of the tumor (size, spread). Generally Stage IV is bad news - the cancer has spread throughout your body. https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/diagnosis-staging/stagin... It is gene
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by ed312 8y ago
Is there some sort of widely accepted "hacker news +" addon like RES for reddit? If not I think I just found the project I want to start :)
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by ed312 8y ago
At what scale? I would argue a taxi driver has a more dangerous job (in terms of probability of injury).
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by ed312 8y ago
Money is absolutely not a zero sum game. More is created e.g. by loans all the time. Wealthy people provide a lot of stability by either 1) putting money in banks, which provides capital for loans and 2) investing in long-term ventures (whi
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by ed312 8y ago
US users (both devs + gamers), and companies would still be subject to US contract law.
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by ed312 8y ago
Completely agree - we should be working to _reduce_ the number of "jobs".
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by ed312 8y ago
You'll ultimately become a better dev (e.g. higher quality code, faster, and more maintainable) as you learn more of the underlying stuff. For web dev definitely learn how to do everything in "vanilla" js, html, and css at le
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by ed312 8y ago
off topic of the thread: do you have a strong opinion of Dark Sky vs Weather Underground?
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by ed312 8y ago
It might also be worth starting to let go of the notion that you need 2000+ sq ft and a 1/4 acre yard as a minimum. Roads are effectively a subsidy to that life style (everyone shouldn't be forced to pay for the life style of a fe
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by ed312 8y ago
I am not a doctor, but my understanding is there is a small bug significant number of people who cannot get certain vaccines due to e.g. immune system issues. "Herd Immunity" through a highly-immunized population generally protect

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