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by guylhem 14y ago
Define neighborhoods ie proximity on a time scale (age) instead of a geographic scale (backyards) and it seems like the exact same problem : a case where the voting density (voting power) function does not match the impacts function (who pa
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by guylhem 14y ago
I found a good example on seniors healthcare, while reading overcomingbias today. It hasn't been discussed that much in the thread. Maybe that's because of the political link of the issue? Then it's not a bad thing. Yet healthcare is the to
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by guylhem 14y ago
It's not about being cold hearted - it's a fact of life. We die. And before we die we cost a lot of money - for unfixable problems. We also have health problems when we are young. All things being equal, we are also more likely to take adva
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by guylhem 14y ago
No- healthcare is an investment with a negative interest rate, ie you can only try to maintain your capital if you keep investing more and more - with a diminishing return since it ends in death anyway (with the current technology) In this
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by guylhem 14y ago
Wow that's luck - just when I was browsing around I found the perfect analysis on overcoming bias : senior voters and their healtcare - paid for by the majority, but since seniors vote more, they favour the candidate serving their interest
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by guylhem 14y ago
Excellent analysis of the situation - very interesting and could be with other consequences and applications, whenever the minority can be the one to both benefit on, propose, and vote on a change that the majority will have to bear and pay
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by guylhem 14y ago
[WARNING - sorry if this is considered trollish - this is my own analysis, where I try to consider the general issue without giving in to emotions] I am concerned that the positive outlook is given and shared ( and commented here on HN) by
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by guylhem 14y ago
They might as well have called the drug "snake oil". It would have made more sense :-)
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by guylhem 14y ago
A bit earlier today I read from here an article about Metformin (a drug lowering insulin) to reduce cancer onset by 20% - http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-09-25/five-cent-diabetes-... and discussion on http://news.ycombinator.com/item?
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by guylhem 14y ago
To those complaining about the price - the level of technicality, like for MAILTO=user@domain.com in a crontab may not explain the price alone. Price != costs. The right price is the price your target consumers are willing to pay. And if li
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by guylhem 14y ago
Like an aol.com email address?
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by guylhem 14y ago
Yes- that's the interesting point : when you get so much money, you can invest it in interests worthy to you, with an overhead equal to what you will tolerate and will normally be less that what a bureaucracy will tolerate - so it's more e
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by guylhem 14y ago
It's ok to question his background and credentials on science, however the formula he uses - basically substituting science by economical growth is consistent with what I know about Sollow growth model, which tends to no growth unless an ex
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by guylhem 14y ago
I don't agree on that one. Maybe it's in his interest or objectives, but such a writing sure won't make me invest a dime in web 2.0 companies or any companies based in a country engaged in a process of self destruction. Why can't you consid
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by guylhem 14y ago
I am quite sorry to say I agree with most of the article. The problem is not a lack of progress, but a very perceptible slowdown. If you prefer to take it that way, we are no longer accelerating. Trace our economic progress on a plot, and t
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by guylhem 14y ago
You are arguing for price control, which will likely cause a shortage.
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by guylhem 14y ago
Some minor training might be needed to stay relevant - that's true in any job. But if you find yourself in need of almost continuous training, like the guy described in the article, you have a problem Leaving aside the medical problems (mem
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by guylhem 14y ago
Which should be the #1 comment for this article that's based on the currently popular of guilt, and pride in feeling guilty. We build on own success - each one of us. Being successful is not making a debt to someone - and even more so to so
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by guylhem 14y ago
Not sure how alzheimer works, but some memories dont vanish - especially the early ones. I.E. when our generation is stuck by the disease (if no cure has been found) will we forget how to use cell phones or a web browser ?? So early technol
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by guylhem 14y ago
Sometimes I lament about the lack of creativity shown here (yet another twitter/facebook/ad based company, etc) and say to myself that we, the human race, can and should do much better. But this is great- a perfect union of technology an
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by guylhem 14y ago
Why do you think that being informed about "what is going on in the world" will translate into smart decision, which will themselves translate into changing the world? (also, should we want to change the world? it's it better on its own??)
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by guylhem 14y ago
Agreed - algorithms won't just plainly discard rare diagnosis the way many physicians do. (especially at 3 am :-) Of course, it should never be top of the list - unless it becomes a possibility given the accumulation of negative results of
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by guylhem 14y ago
If you do get involved in such projects, let me know where a double background as a clinician and a hacker might help (and that's open for anyone in the thread!) I see many topics where a proper mix of IT and medicine could make a real dif
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by guylhem 14y ago
Being in medicine, I don't agree. Over 80% of the job could be done by properly designed algorithms - and 80% would be a conservative guess. The "interesting" cases are very rare, and mostly consist in easy-to-do diagnosis of unfrequent ill
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by guylhem 14y ago
Your references please ? I was using a similar SA1100 on the Zaurus 5000d (developer release, purchased at the Linux Expo 2001 in NYC) then the 5500 and finally on the Simpad SL4 where it drove a 800x600 screen (Both the Sharp Zaurus and th
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by guylhem 14y ago
Really?? Am I then too cynical to doubt the money was from a law-abiding business??
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by guylhem 14y ago
Yes but SMS are handy. BTW Just got both of them with a 7 hours delay.
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by guylhem 14y ago
Tried adding something very close (RFC 2289) to busybox - discussion is still on http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.busybox/36136 Finally gave up, considering how weird the idea seemed for most people. Glad that dropbox saw how interes
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by guylhem 14y ago
Not working for Martinique (FWI), country code 596. Still waiting for a SMS to come. Asked twice 5 and 10 minutes ago. Maybe the country list should be edited to only list countries where SMS can be sent? (I have no problem with other 2-way
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by guylhem 14y ago
Why exactly is profit / commerce considered a bad thing - especially here? Is it an ideologic war waged by charities? I could believe such feelings to be popular in Europe, but in the US - some deep ideological changes (of the business-unfr

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