harvey9

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by harvey9 1y ago
But most open source projects are not the kernel beneath your bank app.
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by harvey9 1y ago
I can run quite useful models on my PC. Might not change the world but I got a usable transcript of an old foreign language TV show and then machine translated to English. It is not as good as professional subtitles but i wasn't willin
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by harvey9 1y ago
Before that, it said: "Others such as pop-rock songwriter Caroline Rose are experimenting too. Her album Year of the Slug came out only on vinyl and Bandcamp, inspired by Cindy Lee’s Diamond Jubilee, which was initially available only
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by harvey9 1y ago
To preface: I would be happy to see open source adoption in healthcare. This is presented as an open source software project but it should also make a pitch to managers and doctors - the decision-makers. I put "GNU Health" into Y
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by harvey9 1y ago
I can't. There are engineers advocating for open source in the NHS but management is mostly non technical and will go for a big corporate product every time.
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by harvey9 1y ago
Long queues are what most people will notice but some things are not approved by NICE or are limited to control cost, for example IVF. You're right about dentistry.
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by harvey9 1y ago
In Britain you generally get the exact same Consultants working in the public and private sectors. Private hospitals have shorter wait times so on that measure, paying gets a better service. Comparing outcomes is complicated since the priva
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by harvey9 1y ago
I read the post you replied to as simply meaning it's a non bad thing, not that it is better care than elsewhere.
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by harvey9 1y ago
In Britain the national health service is a single payer and there are some things it won't fund, but you are still free to take out health insurance or be a self pay customer and go to a private doctor or private hospital.
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by harvey9 1y ago
Adobe Reader on my work pc doesn't even do ctrl-f very well.
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by harvey9 1y ago
I think Reddit gives them some automation tools so it's not all hands on moderation.
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by harvey9 1y ago
I agree. Some people don't really think about licences, they buy a PC with Windows and only buy another when that one stops being usable. Even this forced upgrade to 11 is still the path of least resistance.
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by harvey9 1y ago
That sounds like I'm putting a lot of trust in an app. Also giving it control over my server, which I guess is not a big deal if the server is a disposable VPS
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by harvey9 1y ago
Not only is the case mix much broader than you imagine but even the three things you listed all have plenty of nuance at the individual case level.
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by harvey9 1y ago
Have an ironic upvote. HN's system of not explicitly showing post scores and using accumulated score to give access to downvote buttons etc is the least bad that I have encountered.
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by harvey9 1y ago
Do you mean you want to metaphorically beat up a website, or literally beat up people whose views you disagree with?
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by harvey9 1y ago
It was one of the many independent shops on that street. Curiously, the place is lately like a physical version of how Doctorow describes Amazon search results in the article: the same narrow selection of products, repeated at different pri
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by harvey9 1y ago
I was shopping for a specific jacket last week and a few different Amazon sellers had very different prices for an identical product. Still agree with your point though since I still got a base range of prices. I ended up going to the websi
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by harvey9 1y ago
I've had crappy service on UK high streets long before Amazon. A keyboard I got from Tottenham Court Road stopped working within a week so I took it back in person. The shop manager tried to tell me I had to send it to the manufacturer
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by harvey9 1y ago
Anyone who needs that job to pay their rent is going to follow the script the company gives them.
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by harvey9 1y ago
I would like to live in a world where "Breaking News!" came from science labs instead of red carpets though.
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by harvey9 1y ago
Is there a long term financial payoff, or does it mostly attract people who are choosing academia over commercial for some other reason?
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by harvey9 1y ago
The EU also used to have wine surpluses like this. I suppose you could make a witty argument that wine will be needed in a crisis.
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by harvey9 1y ago
The current UK PM campaigned to remain in the EU and I doubt he has ever done anything under his own steam. The lobbyists in this case are led by the Tony Blair Institute - Mr Blair tried to introduce id cards when he was PM.
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by harvey9 1y ago
Do any other countries have an equivalent to the UK's "super injunction"? This is where a court order says you're not allowed to talk about the court order itself nevermind the topic covered by the order.
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by harvey9 1y ago
If you think that's a lot of electricity, you're going to be amazed how much they can spend on bureaucracy before they even start building anything.
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by harvey9 1y ago
This is exactly the kind of filler article that AI can replace.
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by harvey9 1y ago
Tom Lehrer: Base 8 is just like base 10 really. If you're missing two fingers.
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by harvey9 1y ago
Not the op, but I sometimes find the official documents hard to parse. Not looking at rsync in this case. On the other hand I have the same experience with LLMs as the op. Big thanks to all the doc writers who include vignettes right in the
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by harvey9 1y ago
It really does read like they booked through a booking intermediary although the advert part is less clear. In either case, I prefer a personal recommendation if I can get one and we both gain by avoiding the intermediary fee.

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