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by kamens 2y ago
"nothing about carbs themselves that is bad for diabetics" is like saying "nothing about waves themselves that are bad for boats" kinda sorta true...but turns out sailing in calm waters is a hell of a lot safer than head
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by kamens 3y ago
There's a really fun toy example of genetic algorithms that uses this compact representation of tictactoe gamestate (encoding each game into a concatenated list of ternary states, of which there are 19,682 possible values if completely
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by kamens 3y ago
hi alex and ben! in before HN downvotes me
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by kamens 3y ago
want to test this out for a site I'm working on today, any chance for immediate waitlist access? kamens@gmail.com
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by kamens 4y ago
Heh -- Apple Watch + Loop ( https://github.com/LoopKit/Loop ) handles all my insulin dosing, so technically definitely a killer app that I can't live w/out. I've turned off all other features/notifica
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by kamens 4y ago
I'm not so confident on this bias claim. Biasing high would be an extremely risky decision for a glucose monitoring company, because it encourages insulin dosing which could be deadly. Biasing low would be the move if scared of risky d
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by kamens 4y ago
Important nuance here is the difference b/w the parent poster's "accurate enough to make insulin dosing decisions" criteria (extremely difficult+risky) vs "useful enough signal for general population / those at
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by kamens 5y ago
I don't think there was any dismissal of the awful seriousness of cancer. In my experience, those who 'know' T1D (via themselves or close family) tend to be _extremely_ empathetic to the impact of most other health conditions
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by kamens 8y ago
Spring Discovery | Senior data scientists and engineers | Full-Time | San Carlos | ONSITE Spring Discovery is using ML to accelerate the discovery of therapies for aging and its diseases. By understanding and targeting the biological damage
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by kamens 8y ago
Sometimes it feels like there's a secret competition to see who can author the next infamous "No wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame."-style comment.
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by kamens 9y ago
Spring Discovery | Data Scientist / Applied ML | Full-Time | Bay Area Spring Discovery is accelerating the discovery of therapies for aging (and its many related diseases) using machine learning. Aging is the single greatest risk facto
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by kamens 9y ago
Completely agree. A tight and respectful partnership b/w scientists and technologists is table stakes in any of these ventures.
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by kamens 9y ago
The more investment and talent going into taking control of our biology and reducing disease, the better. If using your tech skills to help battle disease in an ambitious way is interesting and you wanna learn about a new, quiet startup (to
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by kamens 10y ago
Would you be willing to connect me with your coworker or ask them if they're willing to share their project plan? I have T1 as well and am fascinated by how difficult it is to reliably obtain the physical objects I need to stay healthy
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by kamens 10y ago
Khan Academy | Mountain View, CA or REMOTE | full-time and internships We're bringing a free, world-class education to anyone, anywhere. Over the past 10 years we've gone from Sal's family project to a global institution reac
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by kamens 10y ago
We'll be re-opening internship applications in ~a month for this Fall and next Summer. Strongly suggest applying, it's a solid experience: https://www.khanacademy.org/careers/interns
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by kamens 10y ago
Khan Academy | Mountain View, CA or REMOTE | full-time and internships We're bringing a free, world-class education to anyone, anywhere. Over the past 10 years we've gone from Sal's family project to a global institution reac
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by kamens 11y ago
Khan Academy | Mountain View, CA or REMOTE | full-time and internships We're a small, non-profit tech startup bringing a free, world-class education to anyone, anywhere. Millions of people use our free educational platform to learn eve
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by kamens 11y ago
That's exactly what we did. We committed an entire week of company time to our hackathon. People can stay late if they so choose. Many did not and made amazing things thanks to the commitment by KA to use company time.
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by kamens 11y ago
Not really worth arguing online with somebody who'd make a statement about the demographics of a company they know nothing about -- but for sake of clarifying your demonstrably false claim: we have lots of parents and family folk at KA
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by kamens 11y ago
At Khan Academy we've been running ours as "Healthy Hackathons" — we kick people out at 11:45pm to get sleep, bring in healthy food, snacks, and activities, and always include our work week as part of the schedule (not just w
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by kamens 11y ago
Well said (and major props to https://twitter.com/jdan , a force at Khan Academy behind accessibility and the inspired tool you linked).
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by kamens 11y ago
Ditto your props to author.
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by kamens 11y ago
As a Type I diabetic for — what is it now — 21 years, stories like this make my heart race. I simultaneously admire the author's fortitude and am hit by powerful worry and frustration that facing the non-stop challenges of T1D for so m
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by kamens 11y ago
It means our process is backed up further than we're proud of — sorry for the slow response. Can you email Kayla (kayla@khanacademy.org) and me (ben@khanacademy.org) and we'll get back to you asap?
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by kamens 12y ago
Yes!
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by kamens 12y ago
(I'm one of many behind Khan Academy) One thing that can't be said enough — which we internalize deeply at KA but is often confused outside our office — is that KA intends to be a resource for education, not a complete solution. I
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by kamens 12y ago
They haven't been open to the public (yet), but at Khan Academy all ours have been "healthy hackathons." Have personally loved it. Eating and sleeping well required. We even bring in healthier snacks than normal and force peo
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by kamens 12y ago
If you use App Engine you can use https://github.com/kamens/gae_mini_profiler ==> modeled after the Stack Overflow folks' miniprofiler.
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by kamens 13y ago
Multiple hires for Khan Academy. One of our best recruiting networks.

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