et2o

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   by et2o 11y ago

   Yeah, exactly. Blaming the victim isn't really appropriate here.
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   by et2o 11y ago

   In general, government aid programs are extremely economically efficient.
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   by et2o 11y ago

   Sudden cardiac death is different from myocardial infarction (heart attack). Sudden cardiac death in younger people/athletes is usually due to hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy, a congenital defect. In older people it is usually
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   by et2o 11y ago

   I was being more specific in case someone pedantic would reply to me. Oh...
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   by et2o 11y ago

   I am the only person who thinks the entire idea of Theranos is nuts? It's far more painful to take blood from a finger than from the MCV in your cubital fossa (arm). The fingertips are some of the most highly innervated structures in o
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   by et2o 11y ago

   Inequality is a problem if inequality is restraining the total growth of society or limiting resources/services/goods that would potentially be available to you in a less unequal society.
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   by et2o 11y ago

   I think we are more or less in agreement. > There is no optimum level of equality than can be solved for using a mathematical equation This is not true: We can choose any function to maximize. As you correctly point out, the usefulness d
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   by et2o 11y ago

   This technique maybe points a way toward answering a very important question: what is the optimum level of inequality in a society? I doubt that the answer would be 'one where everyone is exactly equal,' because we do have differ
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   by et2o 11y ago

   Are you suggesting the video is fake? I think your intuition is wrong. To address your comment more directly, I don't see any information theory type limit immediately applicable here for finding xyz coordinates using echolocation. Tha
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    by et2o 11y ago

    I'm sorry, I shouldn't have called it stupid, that was needlessly inflammatory. Basically my point is that most people where you could diagnose appendicitis from elevated WBCs followed by ultrasound will probably not be in the hos
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    by et2o 11y ago

    This is a pretty stupid example imo, it isn't really workable in practice. You can die from a ruptured appendix and the surgery isn't terribly involved. Whereas people come in constantly with elevated WBCs; it'd require a hig
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    by et2o 11y ago

    After vi vs. emacs, this is truly the great debate of our generation.
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    by et2o 11y ago

    I never understand the extent to which people get upset about these programs. Taking the absolute worst-case scenario: You spend only $1.75 every weekday morning on a plain coffee. This website says you now get a free drink every 36 visits
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    by et2o 11y ago

    What is the advantage of turning an already paid capex into an opex?
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    by et2o 11y ago

    Disappointing that people aren't thinking more critically about this article. Yes, no one likes the Saudis and they often act unethically. That doesn't mean they are on the brink of imminent collapse, and there is no real evidence
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    by et2o 11y ago

    My bet is that Obama will try to choose someone less controversial in order to maximize the chance his nominee will be appointed.
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    by et2o 11y ago

    Won't someone think of the banks!? Your comment is farcical; it's been widely written about how lightly banks and other financial institutions get off following egregious violations of law.
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    by et2o 11y ago

    Who cares...
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    by et2o 11y ago

    I hate to be critical about something new, but at least for the example of the Wikipedia article on DNA repair, the summarized text is sort of completely off: http://summarai.com/summarai/dna_repair.html However the ex
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    by et2o 11y ago

    My favorite way to kill antibiotic-resistant bacteria is with a gun.
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    by et2o 11y ago

    I'm curious, how does it show?
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    by et2o 11y ago

    Yeah, you're right. Whoops.
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    by et2o 11y ago

    Probably not
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    by et2o 11y ago

    Everyone is really excited about the future expansion of inky rasping in medicine (even though it's already been in use for decades). Excited to check this out.
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    by et2o 11y ago

    Yikes. They should give him a better car at the agreed upon price.
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    by et2o 11y ago

    Yeah, this anecdote definitely proves that.
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    by et2o 11y ago

    The level of evidence here is not really believable in my opinion. It seems to essentially consist of two kind-of blurry sets of before and after pictures. I'm not a stem cell biologist by any means, but I'm also surprised their I
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    by et2o 11y ago

    I meant using multiple variables to categorize outlier events. What was shown here are also techniques to categorize discrete events ("Does this day cross some threshold?"). I guessed supervised learning methods.
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    by et2o 11y ago

    I would like to know about more sophisticated techniques for outlier detection. These are stat 101 level. Z scores? You can get into a lot of trouble assuming a normal distribution. What are credit card companies doing? What's the best
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    by et2o 11y ago

    I don't understand the point of things like these. You could choose any set metrics or variables that you want. How do we know these arbitrary categories are actually associated with a meaningful outcome? This is silly