westcort

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   by westcort 5y ago

   Maybe I'm wrong and it is a very valuable tool I should be using. I just haven't seen it used in my industry over the past 2 decades. All I have heard about are major problems arising with use of this kind of software. Surely that
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   by westcort 5y ago

   Let’s say you are working on a paper with 6 coauthors for a major medical journal, hypothetically. Dr. So and so in Russia, another in Japan, a third in California, and a few others. Would you mind reviewing this draft? Oh, yeah, by the way
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   by westcort 5y ago

   Zipped folders of PDF files sent via e-mail.
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   by westcort 5y ago

   Fair enough, but not every client is going to want to use the same operating systems, processors, be allowed to install third party software, etc. This might work in a strictly academic setting with few stakeholders, but in professional pub
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   by westcort 5y ago

   Clients, editors, etc. Internal clients might be an editorial department within a holding company that works across agencies, for example. I know I am getting downvoted, but it’s a reality that these systems have caused issues for companies
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   by westcort 5y ago

   I write a lot of academic papers and never use this kind of software. EndNote creates uneditable references and slows down Word, Zotero had some limitations after which they charge a monthly fee, and none of the reference libraries are easy
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   by westcort 5y ago

   I worked in community pharmacy for several years, but transitioned into medical communications and later started a small company of my own after several years of experience in that industry.
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   by westcort 5y ago

   I am a pharmacist and in the past found this useful and quicker for accessing up-to-date product labels. I might update this to deduplicate the MD5 hashes and prioritize the brand labels over the repackagers.
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   by westcort 5y ago

   Also, it can do this: https://locserendipity.com/RxInfo.html?q=atorvastatin
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    by westcort 5y ago

    Admittedly, it is not much better given that the same data forms the basis for the search, but this site is arguably faster once loaded and links directly to the package insert without the expansion sections on DailyMed (I don't like t
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    Show HN: Fast (Once Loaded) Prescription Drug Label Search [~45MB Download](locserendipity.com)

    1 points by westcort 5y ago|7 comments
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    by westcort 5y ago

    Frequent exposures to infrequent events tend not to occur even once in 37% of populations. The ratio is the same as 1/e. I wonder if that is what is going on here?
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    by westcort 5y ago

    Not so. A human flu pandemic occurred in 1977 due to leak of H1N1 from a lab along the Russo-Chinese border: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.independent.co.uk/news/scie...
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    by westcort 5y ago

    Great suggestion! I added the following to the disclaimer "Please note that this bot is for entertainment purposes only and is not intended to treat, diagnose, or cure any disease. To run this program locally, simply right click and sa
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    by westcort 5y ago

    Thank you! A pretty good exchange! Only a few real non-sequiturs, so I'll chalk that up as a win. This works offline, so nothing is going to the server. Everything is done in JavaScript and HTML within the browser, locally. And yet, I
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    by westcort 5y ago

    I really would appreciate any feedback an suggestions for improvement.
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    A robotherapist that doesn’t track you and works offline(locserendipity.com)

    2 points by westcort 5y ago|5 comments
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    Show HN: A simulated Rogerian therapy bot based Rogers' sessions(locserendipity.com)

    1 points by westcort 5y ago|0 comments
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    by westcort 5y ago

    Not arguing for this approach, mind you, just that it is a low-cost approach, so I am surprised nobody has attempted it yet. I would be curious what you know about it or the researchers that leads you to be doubtful of the approach.
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    by westcort 5y ago

    Here is the research paper suggesting this unconventional approach: https://www.pnas.org/content/113/52/14910
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    by westcort 5y ago

    A firehouse flow worth of limestone slurry sprayed into the atmosphere from a plane could offset global warming, by some estimates. I wonder why this isn’t being done yet.
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    by westcort 5y ago

    37% is approximately equal to 1/e. It is also the chance you never win the lottery even after playing the lottery as many times as there are tickets when there is only one winning ticket. For example, .999^1000=37%.
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    by westcort 5y ago

    Microsoft has not added any functionality to their operating system or applications since 1998–only bloat to keep up with the need to create a need for faster processors. I can’t think of one thing I can do in the Microsoft Office suite I c
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    by westcort 5y ago

    Treat your medical problems first would be my advice for my younger self.
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    by westcort 5y ago

    See a psychiatrist.
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    by westcort 5y ago

    We live in uncertain times.
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    by westcort 5y ago

    Rowing machine
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    by westcort 5y ago

    Missed the opportunity to use the Trebuchet MS font: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trebuchet_MS
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    by westcort 5y ago

    Wow, Kate Douglas Wiggin wrote a lot of books! https://www.locserendipity.com/TitleSearch.html?q=Kate%20Dou... (fair warning, this search engine loads the entire index, so uses several MB before it loads—-no worse than a hi
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    by westcort 5y ago

    I guess once it was available on Project Gutenberg ( https://gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1375/pg1375-images.html ) they didn’t need the print copy anymore.