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by o09rdk 7y ago
This another in a long string of failures in generic regulations that underscore broader problems pertaining to regulation in the US healthcare system. There's this theoretical land of regulation, what the consumers and citizens are en
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by o09rdk 7y ago
Most, if not all, primary care functions can be performed just as well by nurse practitioners, physician assistants, or other types of providers, especially if you allow for additional postgraduate training. There are three basic ways the A
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by o09rdk 7y ago
Yes, I'd think that there was a breach of the settlement contract by virtue of the fact that the family was lied to. They might have done something different if the facts were known then as they are known now. It's definitely new
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by o09rdk 7y ago
1. There's utility in information compression. Extraversion encompasses a lot more than "talking to people"; it encompasses things like positivity, social proactivity, energy level etc. If you say "someone is more extrav
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by o09rdk 7y ago
There is a huge disconnect between the state of criminal law regarding liability/culpability, and the state of neuroscience as a discipline, as well as between both of those things and reality. People in general have such trouble reaso
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by o09rdk 7y ago
Also hyperuniformity? https://www.quantamagazine.org/hyperuniformity-found-in-bird...
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by o09rdk 7y ago
I was going to say something similar, or at least related. Centralization processes can occur on a decentralized architecture, but I don't think that means the decentralized architecture has failed. I think people need to distinguish d
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by o09rdk 7y ago
The logical steps between this and Yanukovych and current scenarios in certain countries are very small, even if it seems like a big stretch.
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by o09rdk 7y ago
Some do, some don't. The ones I know in our family's congregation refer to it as a "church". I wouldn't be surprised if the pastor referred to it differently in formal public situations but people I know in the cong
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by o09rdk 7y ago
"Sexism" is a fuzzy concept. I came from a department with rampant problems with sexism (by personal observation as well as legal decisions), and I never heard anyone express anything about women being inferior. The way the sexism
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by o09rdk 7y ago
I agree that the root cause of a lot of it (although not all of it) is funding. I basically share your perspective about long-term funding. I personally would like to see indirect costs in the US eliminated, or much more heavily reduced, au
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by o09rdk 7y ago
This probably varies by field, but the "large project" thing can be gamed too. So, for example, in biomedicine you often have lots of people on a paper who might only read a draft, make some trivial suggestions, and then be added
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by o09rdk 7y ago
I agree about the dissociation between verbal awareness/insight/conscious perception about mood and other things, like quality of life or utility. However, what does quality of life matter if it is unrelated to emotional state? E.
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by o09rdk 7y ago
The evidence surrounding hedonic adaptation you're citing is misleading. The twin studies, for example, cite a 50% heritability, which, ignoring their problems, still suggests far from a preponderance of genetic influence. And those st
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by o09rdk 7y ago
Although the networking stuff is arguably the most circular of all of the criteria for hiring someone then. "Why should we let you join our group?" "Because I'm part of your group." ?? Also, frequently these issues
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by o09rdk 7y ago
I agree with the article's suggestion that education of consumers is probably part of the solution, but reform of the industry is probably also necessary. It may also be there's going to be an inevitable decline if people move awa
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by o09rdk 7y ago
I kinda wondered that looking at the paper. It's hard to know from eyeballing such low numbers relatively speaking, but it seems like there's not only a large peak in supercentenarians born shortly before the introduction of recor
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by o09rdk 7y ago
I'm an editor of a journal that has one of (the?) highest IFs in its field, among other things. Lots of experience with scientific publishing. I've had lengthy discussions about this with my colleagues, and I don't think the
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by o09rdk 7y ago
1. By "internally" I meant primarily for the purpose of Wikipedia itself, as opposed to closed. I admit the choice of term was poor or misleading. 2. I don't want more controversial topics, I just meant that I can see how Wik
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by o09rdk 7y ago
Others have expressed thoughts I had as well, but to add: I used to basically have your opinion, and then had two experiences that shifted my perspective. The first was a colleague who was known for being overly frank, to put it mildly; for
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by o09rdk 7y ago
I had a different reaction. I understand the reasons for having this sort of list internally, but some of what's included and left out is really odd to me, especially when it comes to biographical entries. I worry that these lists will
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by o09rdk 7y ago
Interesting. I swear for a long time this (the assertion that type annotations can improve performance) was in the Julia documentation, so much so I stopped reading it. But maybe something changed? There have been a lot of changes. Then aga
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by o09rdk 7y ago
I had a similar reaction. Polyester and nylon are underrated in my opinion; they're very durable and breathable, and the odor can be mitigated with a blend, or by careful washing and use of enzyme-based stain treatments. I get frustrat
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by o09rdk 7y ago
My understanding/experience is that Julia has optional typing. Meaning it's dynamically typed, but supports type annotation that often improves performance and can be used to enforce types (I think). A lot of Julia code looks stat