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Fwd: Life Scientists 2009 summary - http://nsaunders.wordpress.com/2009.... (via http://friendfeed.com/the-lif...)
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uses ruby with a couple libraries, imagemagick, R, and qplog/ggplot2
- Mike Chelen
There are 2^n kinds of people in the world, those who "get" joke n, and those who don't.
Roman Zolotarev, April Buchheit, Casey Muller and 11 other people liked this
I don't get it
- Jesse Stay
Well, there are those with guns, and those who dig, but that's pretty much it.
- j1m
There are O(log(n)) kinds of people in this world.
- Kevin Fox
You guys are starting to sound like Google employees ;-)
- Jesse Stay
Recovering Google employees. ;-)
- Kevin Fox
I suspect with Principal Component Analysis or Bloom filters you could find interesting subsets
- Kevin Marks
Good point. I bet you could make an awesome dating site that clustered people based on which jokes they find funny instead of some boring personality profile.
- Paul Buchheit
That would be an awesome Facebook app - hmmm...
- Jesse Stay
I'm not sure that I would like people with my sense of humor. Though I might like people who wouldn't like people with their own sense of humor.
- Kevin Fox
You could do some really interesting things on Facebook with this - have people take a quiz of jokes and select the ones they like, then show them the friends that like the same jokes. They then get to decide if they like, or dislike those types of friends. You then get smarter the next time - they use the app more because they want the app to get smarter.
- Jesse Stay
All of my humor harkens back to fuzzy set theory... mostly cuz I can never remember the punchline accurately.
- Mark "Mr Bolivious" J
There actually 2^|N| where N is the set of all jokes, considering there is 1 person understanding it and 1 not. Hmm, nevermind, it doesn't make sense.
- Fırat Can Başarır
"Oh, I get it! I get jokes!" - Homer Simpson
- Otto
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How many 'real' books did you read in the last six months? Remember, those hardcover and paperbacks?
RAPatton, Beau Liening, Jeff L and 5 other people liked this
I read 4 books :) with those hardcover and paperbacks
- Chirag Chamoli
3 and cont rereading another
- chaz2b
Great! I manage 6-8 books every 6 months at an average.
- Mahendra (SkepticGeek)
chaz - cool!
- Mahendra (SkepticGeek)
i read about 6. but the bulk of my media consumption is on-line !
- Harini Calamur
About 20 - 23. That's since Feb. right?
- Admiral Anika
Non-programming books: 1/2 of cryptonomicon (which is 1100+ pages, but that's no excuse).
- Brett Kelly
from iPhone
5 books, I think. But my job is reading so that counts, right? :)
- Ayşe E.
Anika: Yes, since Feb. 20-23 is awesome!
- Mahendra (SkepticGeek)
Brett: pretty cool.
- Mahendra (SkepticGeek)
Ayşe: That's cheating. :) Non-job related, if any?
- Mahendra (SkepticGeek)
Um, two? I think? My excuse is that I'm still recovering from reading two a week while in grad school for literature. :)
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
i'm a humanities professor. maybe twenty?
- Nathan Rein
geesh I'm and audible.com girl
- BEX
Jandy: since you're profile desc says 'recovering academic', you're excused! :)
- Mahendra (SkepticGeek)
Nathan, father of two, ADD, and twenty?! Holy cow. I am father of one and my reading collapsed. Hats off, sir!
- Mahendra (SkepticGeek)
BEX: I'm virtually addicted to audio books myself, but that doesn't count.
- Mahendra (SkepticGeek)
Thanks for all your responses. I was really curious how many FFers read real books. I must say I need to improve. You guys inspire me.
- Mahendra (SkepticGeek)
like 30, but i read everything in front of me
- sofarsoShawn
Whoops, Mahendra, my 5 books were *in addition to* my everyday job. I used to read so much more for pleasure. I miss it!
- Ayşe E.
Somewhere around 12-15 can't really tell with my reading habits, at one point I ended up with 12 in parallel in the past 3 or 4 months, from a normal 4-5 in parallel. That's only the ones I've completed.
- Jimminy Fuller
Installation manuals count?
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
sofarsoShawn: Wow!
- Mahendra (SkepticGeek)
Ayşe: :) 5 in addition? I'm getting a complex here.
- Mahendra (SkepticGeek)
Jimminy: I was a scattered reader with multiple books in parallel ending up with most of them unfinished. Disciplined myself and am liking it so far.
- Mahendra (SkepticGeek)
Mark: ;) If you read them like a book, page to page, till the end.
- Mahendra (SkepticGeek)
all i do is read, really ... whether on screen or off
- Nathan Rein
Nathan, mostly true in my case as well, except that I write as well. But then we also read what we write, so yes. :)
- Mahendra (SkepticGeek)
I'm always reading a book....it's finding the time....maybe 10 in the last 6 months.
- Bonnie Foster
I'm like Nathan. I have a book and a puzzle near me at all times. Except the shower. =)
- Admiral Anika
Bonnie, 10 may be my next target.
- Mahendra (SkepticGeek)
Anika, I'm either on my computer or my 2.5yr old daughter is with me, so it gets difficult! I'm still getting over your 20-23...wow.
- Mahendra (SkepticGeek)
I think it helps that I don't watch TV. =) Maybe if I watched something other than LOST, I'd read less.
- Admiral Anika
Yes, TV is a serial killer of reading!
- Mahendra (SkepticGeek)
Whats wrong with the 'unreal' books? I have started reading ebooks more and more and find 'real' books sort of passe!
- Sandeep Gautam
Reading great literature on a Kindle is like watching Dr. Zhivago on an iPhone.
- Mark "Mr Bolivious" J
Sandy, nothing wrong with it, but Mark expressed my feelings eloquently!
- Mahendra (SkepticGeek)
40-50.
- Steven Perez
Steven: Get the hell outta here! Don't believe you can do that AND hang around here so much. You gotta be kidding me. Seriously?
- Mahendra (SkepticGeek)
Well, some of those were re-reads, so the number is probably higher.
- Steven Perez
from IM
Besides, that's only two books a week.
- Steven Perez
from IM
Sincerely bowing down, Japanese style. I'm speechless.
- Mahendra (SkepticGeek)
Thanks for all the responses. Out of all the books I read in the past six months, To Kill A Mockingbird, and A Farewell To Arms stand out. Wasn't much of a fiction reader, so lots of catching up to do in that aspect.
- Mahendra (SkepticGeek)
interesting question! in the last six months, eh? hmmmm I can't keep track of all of them really. I read 4 in the last month. Before that I read the Harry Potter books again, and the first three Narnia books (which reminds me, I have to pick up where I left), let's say that I read four books per month which means I'd have read about 24 books in the last six months...
- Claudia Petrilli
Claudia: that's amazing! I get an inferiority complex after getting to know such voracious readers. Thanks for the feedback.
- Mahendra (SkepticGeek)
I used to average 10 a week. Maybe 3 a week now that I work full-time.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
Jain: I'm speechless!
- Mahendra (SkepticGeek)
I've pretty much gone to audio books, since I have a ~45-60 minute commute.
- Beau Liening
It's my one talent.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
Beau, that is a growing trend. But I still love the feel of a real book in my hands.
- Mahendra (SkepticGeek)
10 a week? really? is that what you do for a living? cause with work and relationships, I don't see how can anyone read ten books/week assuming we are talking about your regular 500-page-in-average book. Not even when I used to read in Spanish (my mother tongue) I read that fast.... There are books that can be read in a day - like the Narnia books, which will mean 7 books/week. I usually go through a book in four-five days, which gives me an average of four/five books/month
- Claudia Petrilli
I don't even bother counting. As soon as I'm done one book, I start on another.
- Chris, Taskerrific Guy
Chris, I guess you'll have to change that if you really want to market Taskerrific :)
- Mahendra (SkepticGeek)
I was not working then. I could read a novel in a couple of hours, then another, start a 3rd before bed, and so forth. I can read while cooking or watching TV. I'm older now and I can't hold a book that long anymore, but I tend to read series books one after another in marathon sessions, then quit for a week.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
Now that I think about it, I read a novel in two days a week ago.
- Beau Liening
6, i think. But i have read all of them in 6 weeks, and due to my job&university i coulnd read any "real" book since then.
- Ümit Orhan
@m9m: right! i just re-read your original post. Yes, some books are more of an easy read than others. The Twilight books are a very easy read, for example. I went through those pretty quickly. Others like the Cryptonomicon are a bit more difficult to read :P.
- Claudia Petrilli
How American Health Care Killed My Father - http://www.theatlantic.com/doc...
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"Would our health-care system be so outrageously expensive if each American family directly spent even half of that $1.77 million that it will contribute to health insurance and Medicare over a lifetime, instead of entrusting care to massive government and private intermediaries? Like its predecessors, the Obama administration treats additional government funding as a solution to unaffordable health care, rather than its cause. The current reform will likely expand our government’s already massive role in health-care decision-making—all just to continue the illusion that someone else is paying for our care. But let’s forget about money for a moment. Aren’t we also likely to get worse care in any system where providers are more accountable to insurance companies and government agencies than to us? Before we further remove ourselves as direct consumers of health care—with all of our beneficial influence on quality, service, and price—let me ask you to consider one more question. Imagine...
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- Paul Buchheit
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This is a very good article.
- Paul Buchheit
My paternal grandfather died pretty much the same way (hospital-borne infection), so this article hits home. But is the proposed solution workable in the current political environment?
- Dennis Jernberg
Yeah, unfortunately it may be impossible to actually fix the system due to all of the vested interests, though the author points out that perhaps after the current round of changes fails, perhaps greater change will be possible. Regardless, we should spend some time thinking about what the "right" system would look like instead of limiting ourselves to that which is perceived to be politically feasible.
- Paul Buchheit
Great read indeed, thank you Paul for sharing this article which is highly thought provoking and sad all at the same time. Why do we as a country only wake up after Epic Failures?!
- Susan Beebe
from BuddyFeed
Personally, I want more options for small businesses that want to innovate in healthcare. If we just get rid of the major powers and allow for competition again, I think we'll see serious change.
- Jesse Stay
I say this, having worked for UnitedHealth Group, one of the largest health care companies in the world. I learned there that these Health Care companies themselves are too big, and at the same time the government isn't any better.
- Jesse Stay
I've consulted to both Gov't and BCBS Heathcare Plan clientele across the U.S. My Govt customers had better operational maturity than BlueCross and way less red-tape and politics. healthcare is deep in the hole.
- Susan Beebe
from BuddyFeed
Susan, and Gov't Healthcare still has problems! That shows you how bad it actually is. Dealing with Healthcare EDI technologies at UHG the government entities we worked with were always the ones still sending data over dial up, breaking HIPAA rules, and were the hardest to deal with from a technology standpoint. There are huge problems and huge holes in both the big health care and government if you ask me.
- Jesse Stay
Maybe on really good health care plans nearly all expenses are covered, but on more basic plans only a minimum might be.
- Mike Chelen
You can't order health care a la carte. That's simply not the way medicine is practiced in this country. You also have to get the people who actually provide the health care to play along. Atul Gawande http://www.newyorker.com/reporti... covers a lot of the same ground that David Goldhill covers, but Gawande seems skeptical that a consumer-driven system would actually succeed in keeping costs down.
- Victor Ganata
Yeah, I think Goldhill's proposed solutions aren't workable. ( http://friendfeed.com/silas21... )
- Andrew C
The problem with the LASIK vs MRI scenario, is that a consumer knows enough to seek elective LASIK surgery on their own, but what consumer can determine whether they need an MRI, CT, contrast MRI, Ultrasound, etc? Self-referral has its own share of misallocation of resource issues. It's a traditional libertarian model that is simple and appealing, but I'm not sure it solves the problems...
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- Ray Cromwell
sorry people, but I think you are missing the real point: HEALTHCARE IS NOT A BUSINESS! and I would run away from any system that would see me primarily as a customer. Putting a price on something is NOT a way to make it work better for my health and that of my family is priceless to me. Now tell me which economic system will take that into account? The only reasonnable approach is to...
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- Yann Abraham
Ultimately, things do have a price, since we live in a world of scarcity and there will be limits, therefore, some people will encounter economic rationing or time delay, and hence die waiting. The arguments are over the best way to allocate these things, simply ignoring that things do effectively have prices won't solve the problem.
- Ray Cromwell
@Ray I am not ignoring the fact that someone has to pay for doctors, hospitals and drugs; I am questionning the fact that we accept some people will die because those things are expensive. The point is: are we, as a society, wealthy enough to afford it for everyone? Since I think the answer is yes, I think politicians hiding behind cost arguments are just dishonest
- Yann Abraham
Yann: the problem is that everybody will eventually die of something. Researchers can keep inventing more and more expensive ways of keeping us alive, but at some point you have to accept that it's not worth it and must cut people off. Right now the cut-off point is determined by what people can afford. How would you determine a cut-off point?
- Gabe
@Gabe is this a joke? Are you suggesting it is perfectly fine to let poor people die from a disease because they cannot afford a cure? And if you are asking me for a cut-off point, may I offer that one: http://tinyurl.com/nseyjq ?
- Yann Abraham
@Gabe Indeed, choices must be made. But having the cutoff point determined by what people can afford is heartless. Cost/benefit analyses can be made, even in emotionally fraught circumstances. (Witness the 9/11 Victims Fund) What I would argue is that the analysis should be made as a society, as a group, as a family, together-NOT to enrich Aetna's CEO.
- Michael
Yann: Who pays? Are you paying? Are you donating your funds to charities? Or do you just think that it's okay to have your say over other people's money instead? The problem with your arguments is that you're not talking about *your* money going to help others, you're talking about everybody else's money. And yes, at some point I would indeed stop paying to keep a person alive. The...
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- Otto
One more comment: Anybody who is for this health-care plan and who does not right now give at least 10% of their income to health care charities or toward health insurance is a hypocrite. The current plan requires everybody to get health insurance, and the estimated cost of that for the average family is around 13%. I agree with the article in that health insurance should be made much...
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- Otto
@Otto I live in a country that has a health care plan (Germany), which means that a percentage of my monthly salary goes to pay for my health insurance and that of my family: so much for the hypocrisy. And, your point goes back to what Michael and myself are saying: I want doctors to decide what to do and when to stop. Not you, me or anyone: doctors, and certainly not 'money'. To quote...
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- Yann Abraham
The point where you withdraw care is going to be different for everyone, but I do agree with the sentiment that when that decision is made, it should be made with the patient's best interests in mind, and not in the best interests of the CEO or the shareholders of an insurance company.
- Victor Ganata
And health insurance coverage for only catastrophes strikes me as foolish, because, unlike fires, floods, earthquakes, or tornados, a lot of medical catastrophes are actually preventable--or at least they can be mitigated--if you come in for timely care instead of waiting for the paramedics to wheel you in.
- Victor Ganata
@Yann: Well then I'm in full disagreement with you, because under absolutely no circumstances would I want *doctors* in charge of my medical decisions. I want to be in charge of my own medical care. I get to decide when to stop, and I get to take all the relevant factors into account. You just enjoy your medical system over there, and let the government decide when you are not worth saving any more. I'll enjoy my freedom over here instead.
- Otto
Well Otto, I don't want you in charge of my healthcare, so why does your opinion matter more than mine? Typical American sense of superiority thinking that this broke ass system is better than any other countries, it must be, BECAUSE LOOK HOW LOUD I AM SAYING IT! I wonder if these people (and Otto I am grouping you with them because they all sound alike) have experienced anyone close to...
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- Andrizzle Gizzle
Why should my life be more important than a schizophrenic person who will never be able to get health insurance because of his pre-existing condition, whose family would have to go broke to have him treated for life, because without treatment he will end up in jail or on the streets, but with treatment could lead a productive life? Who gets to make these decisions? Oh right, some guy...
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- Andrizzle Gizzle
In response to this quote from the article "Imagine my father’s hospital had to present the bill for his “care” not to a government bureaucracy, but to my grieving mother. Do you really believe that the hospital—forced to face the victim of its poor-quality service, forced to collect the bill from the real customer—wouldn’t have figured out how to make its doctors wash their hands?" My...
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- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
FFing Enigma: that is where the article seems incomplete, it lists a number of legitimate issues, then asserts somehow these would be addressed if patients were billed directly
- Mike Chelen
Hypothetical scenario: civilization becomes so rich, that food, water, shelter, transportation, power, and other basics are practically non-scarce. Everything else produced is surplus. In this scenario, why would it be bad if 80% of GDP was spent on HealthCare and Education? You've got to spend the money on something (foreign aid?). What I'm saying is, IMHO, improving health and life...
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- Ray Cromwell
Mike, it somehow implies that billing a crying family would make it all more 'real' and 'important' to the doctors giving the care than if they're billing an insurance company. Which is a load of crap: doctors already deal with the crying family, it's the hospital's business office that handles the billing and they don't see the crying family until they can't pay the bill and come in to try and make arrangements after the fact.
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Andrea G: Yes, in fact I have experienced that with a family member. Insurance paid for it just fine. Also, fuck you for thinking you know anything about me or my opinions. If you don't like what I say, then learn to disagree with civility instead of with personal attacks and generally being an obnoxious bitch.
- Otto
haha A++ response, thank you for proving your toolishness.
- Andrizzle Gizzle
Otto, you'll note that I commented on how many people use the I AM THE LOUDEST IN THE ROOM debate technique. You can't respond to me on point, so instead you start throwing out cusses and misogynistic name calling. This is exactly why there is so little reasonable discussion. Instead of saying, "FYI My father had cancer and he was covered 100% by BCBS with no out of pocket expense at all" you just start screaming. That is why I do not take you seriously.
- Andrizzle Gizzle
@Otto setting aside your argument with Andrea, could you please tell me what makes you so certain that your judgement is better than the one of doctors, and by the way, how good would you trust your judgement after a stroke that left you with no speech and hemiplegic? And, just to emphasize it once again, I want (and currently enjoy having) doctors deciding what's best for me: it's...
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- Yann Abraham
@Andrea G: When you start throwing personal attacks my way for absolutely no reason (note that I never used caps once, or "yelled", or anything else that you're accusing me of), then yes, I'm going to respond in kind. However, since I did ask you to be civil, and this is apparently not possible for you, then by all means, welcome to my block list. You are user number 2.
- Otto
I'd also like to point out that anyone who has had treatment for a serious disease has probably paid less money for their health insurance than the cost of the care they have received. That is really the whole point of insurance - to spread risk. Why is it that the same people who don't want the government option also don't want to get rid of Medicare?
- Robert Felty
@Yann: It's my body and my health. That makes everything that happens to it solely my decision. Not yours, not the doctors, not the governments. Mine and mine alone. I may listen to my doctors or I may not, but in the end I'm not trusting anybody else with my health except me. Are you seriously any different? Do you *really* want to give control of your health over to somebody else? That strikes me as frankly insane.
- Otto
@Otto: No. Health care decisions involve at least two parties. The patient and the physician. You have no right to compel your doctor to do something against their judgment, either.
- Victor Ganata
Which people are you referring to Rob? There are obviously many points of view on this topic (all of them wrong ;). This article does a good job of explaining many of the fundamental problems with all of the present systems. Unfortunately it's very hard to fix because there are so many vested interests and because it's such an emotional topic (as demonstrated by this thread).
- Paul Buchheit
@Robert: Your notion is wrong, because you're basically suggesting that insurance is some kind of magical money creation fairy. You cannot get out more than goes in, period. If everybody was to pay less for health insurance than they get out of it, then they'd be negative on funds.
- Otto
@Victor: There exists more than one doctor, and I will not give control over choice of my doctor to anybody else either.
- Otto
Otto: shouldn't that be a joint decision between the patient and doctor? installing piping in my house is at my discretion, but i'm certainly going to involve a plumber in the discussion
- Mike Chelen
from IM
Otto, the idea with normal insurance (such as car insurance) is that most people pay in more than they get out so that nobody risks bankruptcy by being unlucky. Health "insurance" is broken in part because it covers all costs, just as car insurance would be broken if it also covered gas.
- Paul Buchheit
@Mike: No, it absolutely should not be a "joint" anything. It's MY decision. End of discussion. I will hear input from the doctor and take it into due consideration, but in the end *I* make the call. Period.
- Otto
@Paul: Now yes, I agree with that 100%.
- Otto
@Otto: yes, you can choose your physician, and yes, you can refuse treatment, but you can't compel anyone to treat you in a certain manner just because you feel like it and are willing to pay. That's all I'm saying. Of course it's your call. Except when you no longer have decision making capability.
- Victor Ganata
@Robert, there are public option opponents who oppose Medicare as well. They're usually either fringe nutjobs or keep the latter opinion under wraps because they know it won't fly.
- Andrew C
@Victor: You're not making any sense. You don't need to "compel" anybody to do anything. If one doctor won't do it, you find one that will. Simple.
- Otto
@Paul, I think making people pay for checkups has as big a downside as upside. ... see Victor's comment from yesterday.
- Andrew C
I oppose Medicare, mainly because it's hemorrhaging cash and is highly inefficient, like any government run bureaucracy.
- Otto
How inefficient is it?
- Andrew C
@Otto: Trust me, there are lots of things people ask for that no doctor who had an interest in keeping their license and not going to jail would ever perform. Obviously, there are those who are willing to cross that line, like Conrad Murray.
- Victor Ganata
Medicare has been far more successful than private insurance at keeping costs down.
- Victor Ganata
@Victor: I assumed that *I* was the one making the decisions here. I am not a crazy person who would ask for stupid medical procedures.
- Otto
Medicare keeping costs down? Are you out of your bloody minds? You have the internet, people. Use it. Medicare regularly pays *twice* the cost of any other means of obtaining the same services.
- Otto
@Otto: Sorry, but I don't know anything about you. But all I'm saying is that, in the bigger picture, the idea that only the patient and no one else has any say in the treatment they receive is simply flawed.
- Victor Ganata
"You have the internet, people. Use it." ... Thing is, "I don't have my supporting evidence at hand, please google it for me" is never convincing.
- Andrew C
The reimbursements from private insurance and from Medicare are usually pretty close, since most private insurance companies peg their payments to Medicare RVUs. But most physicians will say that Medicare pays them less than private insurance does.
- Victor Ganata
So Medicare sucks because it pays double what private insurance pays AND because it pays less than private insurance. This is better than having tea and no tea at the same time.
- Andrew C
According to CMS, since 1970, the cost per Medicare beneficiary has gone up by 8.8% every year. In contrast private insurance premiums have gone up by 9.9% every year. http://www.cms.hhs.gov/Nationa...
- Victor Ganata
@Andrew C: "I'm too lazy to look it up myself, so I'll just argue complete nonsense and force you to continually disprove me" doesn't really work well either. Again, you have the internet. Use it before writing commentary. Learn the facts yourself, don't expect other people to continually set you straight.
- Otto
@Victor: No, it's not flawed, it's the only ethical way to operate. I mean, are you seriously suggesting doctors should perform procedures on a patient without their consent? The patient must sign off on everything, every step of the way. Anything less is simply abhorrent, and I find it hard to believe that anybody could possibly argue against this. The patient is the only person *allowed* to make medical decisions for themselves. Nobody else can override him. Nobody else can overrule him.
- Otto
@Otto You still have not answered this very basic question: how do YOU know what is good for you when anybody else is taking the opinion of someone who was trained for at least 5 to 6 years before even coming close to a patient with a simple cold?!? I mean you sound a little extreme when you claim that you know better, and again, what if you suffer from a stroke or other disabling disease that takes your judgement away?
- Yann Abraham
@Otto and last but not least, I disagree with you as much as you disagree with me, but in the end, my position does not deny you the right to die your way, while your position is denying me the right to be cured regardless of what I can pay for. Sorry to say but I would favor the position that gives most people the most options
- Yann Abraham
Paul, I can't cite anyone in particular who opposes a public option and supports medicare, but I haven't heard many people arguing that we should get rid of Medicare (mostly because people on Medicare would have a fit, and old people like to vote). Unless I am mistaken, I think that health insurance functions under the same principal as auto or home insurance. People who are healthy pay...
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- Robert Felty
If I had to decide how to cure my cancer, I think I would try bloodletting. I have heard that works pretty well.
- Robert Felty
@Yann: What in the hell are you talking about? I never said that every person had to know how to self-diagnose. I said that they have to make their own *decisions*. "Making your own decision" is not the same thing as "not taking your doctors' advice". I mean, get a grip dude, you act as if I'm saying that listening to doctors is a bad idea. I'm not saying that at all, I'm saying that...
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- Otto
On a more serious note - thanks to Victor for pointing out that Medicare actually does keep costs down more than private insurance. On a related note, Canada spends about half as much per capita on health insurance than the U.S., and has lower infant mortality rates and longer life expectancies. http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues...
- Robert Felty
@Yann: Furthermore, you seem to be saying that people should not have a choice. That they should be forced to do everything any doctor tells them, ever, and that all of society should be forced to pay for it. That's the only interpretation of your words that makes any sense. Otherwise I cannot possibly understand why you're opposed to the idea of making your own decisions.
- Otto
@Otto: I don't dispute the fact that patients are entitled to autonomy in their decision-making (unless, of course, they don't have the capacity to make decisions.) All I'm saying is that a patient can't just demand whatever the hell they want and expect to get it. That would be just as abusive to the doctor-patient relationship as the doctor trying to force the patient into undergoing some procedure or treatment.
- Victor Ganata
@Otto well if I go to doctor and he tells me I am going to die in a month, however much I disagree with him does not make a single difference and going to a different doctor will not change the diagnosis. What kind of decision am I supposed to make when I do not have a single clue about what is going on? And please, don't try to tell me that you would ask a doctor to cut your life support simply because it's getting too expensive...
- Yann Abraham
Otto: patients have a right to refuse treatment which supersedes the doctor's suggestion, still the medical opinion is crucial to the process
- Mike Chelen
Paul: probability is a relative measurement, on a reasonable timeline all events can be determined to occur at a statistical rate
- Mike Chelen
Health insurance no longer works in the presence of side information like family history, genetic predisposition, and pre-existing conditions. Even if the insurer isn't allowed to use some (or all) of these in determining rates, there is nothing keeping the consumer from using it. As a result, there will be an inevitable trend for those likely to need more medical converge to choose the...
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- Eric Borisch
@Victor: If the patient wants one thing and a doctor refuses to provide it, then the patient should seek out a new doctor. Duh. If you want your plumbing fixed a certain way, then you find a plumber who will do it your way. Doctors are no different. @Yann: Second opinions are critical to all fields. Doctors are not magical fairies that are incapable of error. Judgment is involved in...
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- Otto
@Eric: Players at the high roller tables *are* the ones most likely to win. "Streaks" are a real and statistically valid phenomenon. Thus, large winnings can only occur in the short term play, as the law of averages means that the house always wins in long term play. So, if you're betting more, then you're likely to win more in the short term. Success at gambling is all about knowing...
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- Otto
@Otto: *shrug* All I'm saying is that just because you pay good money for your health care doesn't mean you can order health care providers around like you own them. It's a partnership, and if you don't accept that fact, all your encounters with health care professionals are going to be adversarial, and you're probably not going to get very good care.
- Victor Ganata
@Victor: Speak for yourself. I do not pay anything for health care, as I have not been to a doctor in ~20 years, nor do I expect to see one for around another 15 or so. I do not have, and have no current need for, health insurance.
- Otto
@Otto: so basically you're talking a lot of trash about something you have no experience with even as a consumer. Excellent.
- Victor Ganata
@Victor: Not once did I talk any trash, of any sort. I think you're reading subtext into my words that is simply not there. I would request that you go back and read them again, only this time without your pre-existing bias. Thanks.
- Otto
@Otto: At this stage I think it's pretty disingenuous to be disavowing your stance on the health care debate. Of course, maybe I'm wrong, and you don't really think doctors (and other health care professionals) should always do as you say.
- Victor Ganata
Google Delivers New Java-like Language, Noop - http://www.eweek.com/c...
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So Firefox, Chrome and Internet Explorer walk into a bar... http://hiphopo.posterous.com/so-fire...
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Instead of F1, why not do this - http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog... - US govt 'app store' designed 2 push the federal bureaucracy in2 cloud computing
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The "Hype Cycle" of Computer-Interface Design (July 2009) - http://www.fastcompany.com/blog...
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Gartner updates its classic "hype cycle" chart, detailing the expectations surrounding modern interfaces. A lot of buzzwords presented here.
- Juras Vetrau
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25 Brainstorming Tips – TAXI : The Driver Speaks - http://www.designtaxi.com/article...
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Have troubles solving problems while designing UX? Feel at a deadlock? "Here is a list of 25 brainstorming techniques you can use to get out of the situation you are in! From this list, you can assess what’s the best method for the issue you are facing and apply it accordingly."
- Alexey Ivanov
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How can India Have 1000 Startups ? http://www.godinchief.com/entry... (via @vishalgondal)
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We need to start india's own YCombibnator with focus on non tech ventures also.
- Chirag Chamoli
Dont we already have quite a few of them. Perhaps they should start churning out SOME viable ventures before we go into non-tech. The challenges there are much bigger.
- Vijay Anand
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There's a few that i have heard off but i really haven't heard of something on that big a scale and i really think its a long overdue idea in the Indian market. For a market like India i believe that the non-tech ventures should have atleast as much focus as the tech one's. On a certain scale i also believe that there is more need for Venture Capitalism and mentoring for the non-tech areas and that might just provide more returns
- Bhowmik Shah
@Vijay I think the ones which are already there are not communicating enough or not taking risks enough. In-additional we few of them are closed and operate in their comfort zones. Something is missing from there approach. And this may sound a bit a bit out of place but we must look for innovations out side IIT and IIM. No doubt we have our best minds in those institutes however I think we must equally focus on out side the IIX's worlds.
- Chirag Chamoli
Just adding one more point the Business Plan "competition" in India seems more like a advertisement campaign for the sponsors.
- Chirag Chamoli
Right. I head an incubation centre which for example focuses purely on that (www.rtbi.in) But the low hanging fruit is to get the tech sector up and running since there is momentum there. There is a lot more work involved with the non-tech sector. V.
- Vijay Anand
from email
I agree that there is lot more work involved, someone's got to do it :) right?
- Chirag Chamoli
Good luck. Are you gonna do it? Or are we just randomly rambling and wasting time?
- Vijay Anand
from email
I am working on it.
- Chirag Chamoli
from email
Today's comic should generate some revenue for me http://www.brainstuck.com/2009...
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How to I use the bookmarklet with two different friendfeed accounts? It always posts to the last one I log in to...
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Currently, there is no way to do this within the same browser. However, if you don't mind having two browsers open, you can sign in as separate users.
- Ross Miller
I DO mind! Please fix! Also, how do I know when my comment HERE has been replied to? I searched for my comment to find your reply.
- Tim G.
you can never be logged into two accounts of anything on the internet in the same browser .. as for tracing comments, you can key "gm", or set it up so that you receive email or im notifications ...
- Petr Buben
I agree with that, but perhaps a button or to: field could be set up to allow a different account to be posted to.
- Tim G.
there's an authentication problem here Tim, in order to switch accounts you would have to re-login before posting.... two browsers is what you need, or a script that logs you in to ff quicly and easily... maybe modify the bookmarklet yourself so that it will log you in to one of your accounts before posting, then copy it and make another bookmarklet that logs you into your other...
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- Chris Heath
That would be ideal if I could modify the bookmarklet...anyone know how to?
- Tim G.
you'd need to know how to if you wanted to modify it ... no ?
- Petr Buben
True - if anyone knows how, please let me know! Otherwise, maybe this can be a feature request of somesort, have an account check box or equivalent somewhere in the form.
- Tim G.
Depending on the browser that you use, you could always use the "Incognito" mode to post to your other FriendFeed account, for what it's worth...
- Tyson Key
options for firefox include cookie manager addons such as cookiepie http://www.nektra.com/product... and cookieswap https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US... or running multiple browser instances with the -no-remote command line option
- Mike Chelen
Last time I checked, it was still possible to create Profiles in Firefox, and start it with a different one, although it's not exposed in the GUI, and I don't know if that feature's still available.
- Tyson Key
vmlemon: multiple firefox profiles can only run simultaneously with -no-remote (the option for profile manager is -ProfileManager)
- Mike Chelen
from IM
Aah, OK. I knew about the -ProfileManager argument, but not about the requirement of -no-remote. Thanks.
- Tyson Key
Tyson: the possible downside is that multiple profiles still have to be used, with totally separate bookmark, addons, and other user settings
- Mike Chelen
Tim: cookiepie is the most straightforward to use, however it is compatible only with FF 3. some other options for using multiple accounts are with standalone clients such as Twhirl, or through the IM notifications system. these have somewhat different capabilities from the bookmarklet however
- Mike Chelen
Now cookiepie 1.0.4 is compatible with FF 3.5.x, enjoy!
- Sebastian Wain
I use firefox and safari to manage multiple FF accounts
- Chirag Chamoli
Wondering how Chrome is doing after one year? I just collected all the latest market share data: http://www.mattcutts.com/blog...
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The blog post has more details, but three major vendors estimate Chrome's market share as 2.84%, 3.59%, and 4.004%. What do the browser stats look like for your site?
- Matt Cutts
Not bad.
- Paul Buchheit
Tech early adopters def. like Chrome. It is around 3% on my own blog. I'm starting to use it a lot more because it's so light.
- beersage
Chromium daily build on my Linux box rocks! They deserve more marketshare.
- Fernando Parra
I believe, share would increase once stable version is available on Mac and Linux.
- siva s
I love Chrome. Though it seems so HUGELY inspired by Opera. :)
- Space Cowboy
Quick check on my Google Analytics shows about 20% Chrome on both my "geeky startups", around 10% on all others - mostly corporate IT sites. PS: All sites except one are in russian language.
- Phil Smirnov
love chrome, firefox, opera
- testbeta
I would like to see those google analitics on a page like OMG! Yahoo!..
- sebastian☆rocket brother
55% Firefox, 9% Chrome, but it's a site for developers.
- Amit Patel
it is good i haven't got to worry about markets, i love google çhrome and firefox is my old companion and fast too so can't leave it ;)
- testbeta
Tech-no-media: Why Linux does not look like Windows - http://www.tech-no-media.com/2009...
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NanoCity sounds like a fascinating experiment in urban planning in India: http://nanocity.com (via @chrismessina) (via @amnigos)
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Max Payne, Mafia II Postponed. Feb to be the New Festive Month - http://gamebashing.com/2009...
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Call for September 'Innovation Perspectives' - http://www.business-strategy-i... - Braden Kelley - #innovation #articles #authors #orgs #cio
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Spyware Ad-On Targets Firefox Fans - http://www2.packetstormsecurity.org/cgi-bin...
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This kid doesn't seem all that upset. - http://dailycostume.com/archive...
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This is a pretty cute costume and Camilla loves 'Monsters, Inc.' I wonder if she would like to dress up as Sully for Halloween.
- April Buchheit
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I love that costume!
- joey
Oh, just wait 'til he (?) grows up. He will be... he will be.
- Brian Chang
polyester - yummi. there are alot of kids that react allergic to that. i hope the parents checked.
- Chris Hofmann
Fishing and Moon Phases - http://www.anglerguide.com/article...
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"Full Moon or Dark Moon? Major and minor solunar periods? Which is best? Does any of this moon mumbo jumbo make any real sense nor does it actually work? These are legitimate questions asked by thousands of anglers each year, and they deserve concrete answers backed up by some bonafide data. Yet as much as pro anglers endorse the effectiveness of moon charts and outdoor publications of every niche' continue to print them, rarely does either source validate these solunar claims with data."
- Morton Fox
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I was curious because I noticed that my GPS had fish indicators and those coincided roughly with the moon phases. This article is what came up when I did the Google search.
- Morton Fox
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