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by entee 10y ago
I agree in principle. I would also argue that there should be a bias toward informational and clarity-enforcing regulation as opposed to specific action regulations. I.e. regulations that say, "you must disclose this clearly and transp
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by entee 10y ago
It does appear that Tesla is a little more deliberate than Uber in that regard. They do comply with court orders, they have been trying to fight the laws in court and the legislature as a first option instead of as a, "we got caught, s
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by entee 10y ago
Re. Gene drives, the article points out (and links to [1]) a major issue, but doesn't quite give the full story on that issue. Resistance to gene drives will arise, and isn't even that difficult to have happen. Key point: One sou
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by entee 10y ago
You can't do that for rule repeals, they are only subject to a majority vote in the senate: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Review_Act Relevant section: The law provides a procedure for expedited cons
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by entee 10y ago
There's a lot of interesting things going on at the intersection of medicine and AI. That said, it's important to understand some of the limitations: 1.) Medical data is often quite sparse and quite poor quality You may only get a
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by entee 10y ago
Not sure how I'm ignoring the forest, I'm just saying you may need a different chainsaw depending on the trees ;)
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by entee 10y ago
Yes and no, a detailed article covering the terms of the debate is here: http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2016/09/19/the-politics-of-med... Most relevant quote: "One bargaining chip to attract market-
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by entee 10y ago
I'm not saying there's no regulatory capture, I am saying that an angry citizen calling their congressman is a very different kind of problem then cozy relations between industries and the agencies that regulate them. Both exist,
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by entee 10y ago
Those aren't quite the same. Medicare part D plans are actually private insurance plans whose costs are subsidized by the government. It's not the same as the government itself negotiating for drugs, which is essentially what the
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by entee 10y ago
You're totally right, this is a hugely complex matter. However, it's not so simple to just relabel the drug, after all to a first approximation a drug is primarily an active ingredient and secondarily a delivery mechanism. You can
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by entee 10y ago
Of course immigrants and different languages increase diversity. But it's also true that other people from within the US are critical to developing a balanced view of the world. A black person is going to have a very different experien
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by entee 10y ago
I think what you're saying is a great way to describe what advantages accrue with wealth, even middle class wealth. Essentially you had the system work in your favor and in turn knew how to work to system. You got a warm intro into an
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by entee 10y ago
Fair enough on 1/10 vs 1/4 pound. Better McDonalds number: they will sell me a quarter pounder with cheese for $3.79, and that includes all the logistics, preparation, overhead etc. And yeah your bulk price is a better number anyw
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by entee 10y ago
One note: the saturated fat component is most likely from the coconut oil. The nutritional impact of coconut oil as a saturated fat is complicated. 55% daily value may not be as terrible as it looks on first glance. http://www.he
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by entee 10y ago
Yup, the relevant part of that article: "Post and his team are now working on replacing the serum [fetal calf serum] with something that doesn’t rely on animal products, and told the ABC that while they’re making great process, it’ll b
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by entee 10y ago
The major problem with lab-grown burgers is that cell culture is quite difficult and expensive to do at even small scale. There are obviously efforts to radically decrease those costs, but some things are going to be quite hard to do cheapl
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by entee 10y ago
Good to hear it's gotten better!
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by entee 10y ago
It turns out re. docs and nurses, not really. It's important to understand the who pays for what in healthcare, and how many links in the chain exist between payer, payee and who benefits. Physicians and nurses are not able to pick wha
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by entee 10y ago
Above all we want a data format that's consistent. The nice thing about FHIR is that it quickly allows us to join up all the data for a single patient, and all the pieces of data we need are always in the same, standards-compliant plac
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by entee 10y ago
Double bonus for this, we've been working with FHIR at Lumiata and it's quite good for certain things. Difficulty is that most EMRs as is work with tabular databases, and FHIR isn't quite organized that way. It does require s
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by entee 10y ago
To test this hypothesis, look to California. Here we have a very large healthcare system, a variety of insurance providers, a variety of care providers and no internal barriers to insurance competition. Still, practices/insurers use di
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by entee 10y ago
The pricing seems incredibly high, am I understanding correctly that they want ~$300 up front then $33/month thereafter? That said, working in this industry, I know exactly how hard it is to do this right. In many ways this is what it
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by entee 10y ago
The issue with small practices and even slightly larger physician's groups is that an EMR is often just a cost, with very little benefit. If you're a hospital with lab facilities, imaging facilities, surgical facilities etc. it&#x
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by entee 10y ago
Bandying about terms like "living here illegally" and the tone of how you're putting it is very much inflammatory. Fiscally responsible politicians should carefully consider the larger questions and tradeoffs including costs
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by entee 10y ago
The bay area is a bit of a mess public transportation-wise, and at least for this particular project, the cost seems not all that large in the scheme of things ($1.9B overall, need $647M in federal money). I hesitate to propose this because
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by entee 10y ago
A major flaw in your argument is the implication that undocumented individuals in CA (or the US in general) do not pay for the services they use. While in certain cases that might be true, in others they are net contributors. See social sec
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by entee 10y ago
That's a good point, and I don't know. Though I would propose that there's a difference between chronic stressor and short term stressors. In the case of exercise you're fluctuating up and down, in the case of a nicotine
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by entee 10y ago
Right, though fruit flies may not be the ideal model system here.
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by entee 10y ago
Nicotine is a known stimulant and vasoconstrictor so one could imagine that it's not great for long term cardiovascular health. That said, it seems consensus is that it's better than smoking [1] (quite old I know). EDIT: Also, yes
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by entee 10y ago
Some context: the author, David Baker, is a preeminent figure in the world of protein structure prediction. His lab has consistently had the best protein structure prediction software out there (Rosetta). They recently released a paper deta

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