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by isbwkisbakadqv 1y ago
That’s not accurate in the case of osteopenia. It’s defined by a T score. The quantile of the distribution of bone density measurements of young, healthy people that matched the bone density of this patient. Treatments for osteopenia are
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by isbwkisbakadqv 1y ago
I really want to learn eMacs but most of my work is in Jupiter notebooks in terra.bio - can eMacs interact with that?
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by isbwkisbakadqv 1y ago
Is one month really enough data to distinguish signal from noise?
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by isbwkisbakadqv 1y ago
2.8% doesn’t seem that crazy to me? Don’t we target like 2-2.5?
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by isbwkisbakadqv 1y ago
How do you think developing counties come up with their poverty lines? This new international number is just the median of those…
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by isbwkisbakadqv 1y ago
I think the goal is to understand someone else’s situation
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by isbwkisbakadqv 1y ago
Was the politician suggesting everyone should do those things or just observing one way to do things?
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by isbwkisbakadqv 3y ago
Right to someone else’s blood supply via placenta?
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by isbwkisbakadqv 3y ago
I guess I forgot to directly respond - point I was trying to make is that I don’t find this insane.
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by isbwkisbakadqv 3y ago
It’s a question of values. I’m happy to pay taxes because my vision for how the world should work includes people who are thriving (like me) helping those who aren’t. Same reason I’m happy to get vaccines even if they don’t help me much (th
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by isbwkisbakadqv 3y ago
What do you mean by the “$100k parking spaces” bit?
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by isbwkisbakadqv 3y ago
What fraction of the people who could benefit from LASIK get it? Would you be okay if cancer worker like that?
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by isbwkisbakadqv 3y ago
Interesting idea - where do you hear this?
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by isbwkisbakadqv 3y ago
I’m not sure I fully agree but I like it
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by isbwkisbakadqv 5y ago
this doesn't sound right...but I don't know enough about etymology to dispute it
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by isbwkisbakadqv 5y ago
Can you explain how this works in more detail - I’m intrigued!
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by isbwkisbakadqv 6y ago
Could potentially speed it up by 1. Preferentially exploring branches that are closer to the target. A reasonable distance metric would be min number of steps needed to get from “here” to goal. 2. Explore forwards and backwards.
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by isbwkisbakadqv 6y ago
Corollary - let’s say I start exercising more and lose weight. I used to eat 100kg now I weigh 90kg. Where did the 10kg go?
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by isbwkisbakadqv 6y ago
Statistical* genetics Whoops
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by isbwkisbakadqv 6y ago
How can I get in touch with you?
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by isbwkisbakadqv 6y ago
I’m a medical doctor (general internal medicine) in the United States. I have some technical background having done a lot of R and programming during my PhD in statistics genetics. I don’t have an active project but I’m interested in joini
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by isbwkisbakadqv 6y ago
This seems reasonable to me.
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by isbwkisbakadqv 6y ago
article doesn't provide any citation to the article it is summarizing...
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by isbwkisbakadqv 7y ago
My sense is that all soaps are the same from a chemistry/physics perspective. But of course they could be in different concentrations. Maybe Dawn has more amphipathic molecules per liter aka is more concentrated?
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by isbwkisbakadqv 7y ago
Banning private schools is an extreme position, but I see some sense in it. Here's how I think about it. It tends to be the wealthier, better connected, more influential people who send their kids to private schools. So, we have a situ
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by isbwkisbakadqv 7y ago
Fair point. I don't think you need to bring in the gun analogy. If you're definitely not going to have sex, you don't need any STD prevention.
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by isbwkisbakadqv 7y ago
Every episode of “Nathan for You” is amazing. The episode about this phenomenon is no exception. “The Diarrhea Times”...lol
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by isbwkisbakadqv 7y ago
I would replace mentee with telemachus. That’s who mentor taught!