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Two examples of structural problems with our health care systems:

1. We lead the world in transitioning from inpatient to outpatient care; for instance, I read a source last night that said the majority of hernia repairs in the NHS were inpatient, and the overwhelming majority of them in the US were outpatient. That's good, but an unintended consequence of it is that it's easier to route a patient to a surgical procedure if it's done outpatient, and as a consequence US patients get a lot more of these procedures, some of them (cardiac stents being a recent well-publicized example) of dubious utility. Our relative overconsumption of services doesn't lead to better outcomes, and thus represents misallocation.

2. Our health provider systems are more decentralized, delivered in smaller clinics and hospitals. Our hospitals generally, nationwide, have poor utilization. Not only do we therefore overspend on plant and salary costs (which we do, relative to Europe) but coupled with our price transparency problems we end up with the situation Atul Gawande described a year or two back, when he noted the insane difference in prices for an MRI at different imaging centers in a small region of (iirc) Texas.

Our system right now isn't good and some of it (but by no means all of it) is related to how we regulate the way it's funded. But Medicare overspends on many of the same things. The structural problems will need to be corrected no matter how we design the rest of the system.

Ultimately I think the problem in the US is a sort of perfect storm of badnesses.

(Good sources: Kauffman's health cost explorer, the McKinsey report, the Health Care Cost Institute annual breakdowns).
>Anything telling me to install an app whose mobile experience is fine already is very fishy to me.

Facebook is my #1 example of this.

The app bloated up like it's primary purpose was to take up space on your phone. So I removed it and used the mobile website.

At first you had to refresh the page to get new messages. No big deal, but a bit annoying.

Then they updated and didn't even need to refresh the page to get an update to the thread you were in.

Then a few years back they decided you can't get messages in the mobile website, you must use their app. Later I learned about mbasic.facebook.com and have to switch to that when friends message me.
> Thinking about it, readiness based reading from disk only works if you tell the system up front where to read and how much [...], which is new API that you have to use. Reading must be done when the disk is ready and can't wait for you, so it needs another buffer and memcpy.

> So readiness-based disk I/O could work with reasonably user-friendly new API for reading and not much worse performance loss than readiness-based network I/O.

Off the cuff that new API sounds exactly like a completion-signaled read. You tell the system up from where to read and how much (the async read call), it reads when the disk is ready and buffers for you (your passed buffer and/or the cache if you're clever), and then it signals "readiness" which is the same as completion in this case.

Do you see this as distinct in any other way?
I don't often do this, but it's literally the first line of the article:

"Hundreds of Transportation Security Administration officers, who are required to work without paychecks through the partial government shutdown..."

Edit to add info, answer the followup question and less snark...

Yes, they're considered to be essential but they aren't getting paid because the 2019 TSA budget wasn't approved yet. Some other dept's were approved already and do have budget, etc. As usual with a big org like that, it depends. But the original article sure doesn't explain why.

"Excepted employees include employees who are performing emergency work involving the safety of human life or the protection of property or performing certain other types of excepted work."

https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/furlough...
Sounds very interesting. This being hacker news, are you able to elaborate a bit on the specifics, specifically the type of crypto and how it was broken?

I wonder what the "most embarrassing way" would mean in this context -- I'm thinking timing attack or padding oracles, but it sounds like it might have been even more trivial.
That is how it works on OS X and the BSDs as well--compatibility is maintained at the C level, not the SYSENTER level. (Although it should be noted that some of the BSDs don't guarantee forever-compatible syscall ABI in the first place).
>"The problem with saying "Half of this research is worthless" is that it's impossible to know which of the research will be worthless before you do the research."

Once you know the common problems, it is actually quite easy to spot design flaws or a history of hiding unwanted results. When you know what to look for you can filter out crappy research in a few seconds. It could probably be automated to a large extent.

For example, a common thing in biomed is to have a "headline claim" that x protein/drug/etc influences y behavior/health outcome/etc. But then there is never a scatterplot of x vs y.

Another is lack of "blinding" (hiding the experimental conditions from the researcher/subjects). There are more, but you get the picture. The presence of these baffling practices quickly demonstrates they don't know what they are doing, and the research should not be funded.
I recently built my mom a basic web app to automate building patient evaluations. She has been using paper forms with checkboxes for decades and they started requiring the info in digital format over the last few years. She had been copy and pasting from the digital version of the blank form into MS Word. It was time consuming, but still faster than typing it by hand. To be clear, a paragraph containing sentences is the format medical professionals are required to present this information in. Automating the boilerplate stuff actually gives my mom more time to type in the information that the paper forms don't anticipate and provide actual care to patients. The problem is not automation. The problem is unscrupulous executives who maximization profits at the expense of quality of service. The examples provided in this article are unethical and anyone who is caught dumping irrelevant data into important medical records should be held responsible.
It might be business customers are more willing to jump through hoops. My website is targeted at the general public in a small midwestern town, where technology is a four letter word.
I'm looking forward to reading Andrea Contato's upcoming book titled Through the Moongate – The Story of Richard Garriott, Origin Systems Inc. & Ultima:
http://www.theira.it/through-the-moongate, which was Kickstarted recently https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1108065491/through-the-...
I think crev is actually explicitly trying to establish trust for the code, not the programmer.

> It protects against compromised dev accounts, intentional malicious code, typesquating, compromised package registries, or just plain poor quality.
I don't do that on purpose, but I'm guilty on both counts.
And what's so wrong from wanting to support charities that pay for the things you want and care about vs. more money to the militarization of police, or the military industrial complex in general?
> In the long run, binocular cameras should be enough. We are an existence proof of that.

Americans kill 40,000 people a year driving with their insufficient binocular vision. It's obviously not enough.
Out of the 55 people on that plane how many actually need to save 50% of the flight time if they're already flying business or first?

Would this development not be better put towards smaller and faster planes rather than trying to transport ~55 people at a time? Make a small passenger jet that can do New York to London in 3 hours and it could possibly be profitable as a niche private jet not unlike Gulf/Lear/etc...

Growing up seeing the Concorde land and take off I would love to be on a supersonic flight at some point in my life.
Trying to resurrect a gas-guzzling technology in the face of irreversible climate change is not "integrity" by any definition I've ever used.

This is a technology that could only benefit people wealthy enough to afford it. There isn't even a nice story to tell about how it helps humans as a whole.
Because they will be paid, eventually, for this work, once the government is funded. But since Trump said today that he's willing to keep the shutdown going for years, maybe it's time for these people to search for a paying job.
> what is a good way to get into longevity research/research support

The Longevity Investor Network [1] might be of interest. (Disclaimer: I have donated, and actively consider investing, through them.)

[1] https://www.leafscience.org/longevity-investor-network/
I am confused. Is there a way to check on-line about whether passport was compromised?

Also, it doesn't make any sense to wait for an accident to happen -- it is better to replace the passport before there can be any fraud.
Most of the government employees I know feel it's an honor to serve their country and do so with loyalty and pride. In past shutdowns, they've all gotten paid retroactivly. It's not always about money.
This doesn't change your argument too much, but FYI jet fuel is currently around $1.60/gal.

https://www.iata.org/publications/economics/fuel-monitor/Pag...
Supposedly they will receive back pay if and when government funding is approved. Historically they have.
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They will be punished in European Union where they have business presence. They had EU passports there. Under GDPR negligence is punishable.

UK ICO hopefully will intervene in few months.

In USA remedy actiona are class action lawsuit driven and corporations do not have incentive to change their behaviour.
It was starting to happen (with research published), and then the general nationwide economy started booming. It's easy to hide local problems when the national economy is amazing. If we hit a recession, the low-skill Seattle workers are going to suffer greatly.

If you carefully pick the start and end points, you can "prove" a lot of things that just aren't so.
Another way of putting this is that leaders determine the best destination and managers determine the best route there.
My dad got switched to a Concorde once and his reaction relative to his usual 747 (probably) first class was cool to do once but meh. Less space and it got him into London at rush hour rather than having a nice dinner on the plane.

And first class in those days, modulo first class lounge that got turned into more business class seating at some point, was much less comfortable than modern business class much less first class where it exists.

It would be nice if transPacific were faster (though that has its own set of range problems) but I don't find flying business class from the US East Coast to Europe a particular hardship.
Not sure if I would rely on mapping data. There are so many new-ish roads and lights around my apartment. After living here for 6 months one of the roads still isn't known by Google Maps, Apple Maps, or my Tesla's nav software.
The scientific objectives and payloads of Chang’E4 mission [pdf]
There are commercial reasons for Boeing/Airbus to delay (3) even if the economics for supersonic flight were optimistic, though that didn't stop them rolling dice on the A380/787 as well as plenty of skunkworks projects.

Trouble for Boom is that promising (1) might make raising the capital for (2) more difficult. And also the big risk they deliver (2) which is known to be possible and don't sell enough aircraft to recover their costs.
There's some good evidence that protein is more filling on a per-calorie basis than other foods [1].

But there's also a lot of other foods that are primarily carbohydrates and more filling than meat. Boiled potatoes, oatmeal, apples, and oranges all beat beef, eggs, and lentils in the above study.

[1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7498104
and full text https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Peter_Petocz/publicatio...
Aerion is developing a supersonic (business) jet as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TC6utYmM4_o
> Leaving the workforce starts you over at zero.

My personal evidence where that did not occur: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drjasonharrison/
I know you're probably trolling/joking, but I've thought that we should have something like this for non-citizen workers combined with more open borders for migrant workers and H1B floors for pay.
It's not pocket money, it's pocket lint.
> This sounds like an argument for smaller nations?

It is sometimes used as one, thought it is also sometimes argued that the advantages of city-states are offset by problems (among others, international instability) unless the city-states are relatively rare and economically engaged with (and buffered from each other by) larger polities.
Maybe airports will go back to how they were before 9/11, and we'll realize that it (the TSA) is unnecessary and ineffective, and flying will go back to being a joy again?
Add a file input -> the users taps it -> ios asks if they want to use an existing photo or take a new one -> take a new photo. Result on android may differ.
They get back-paid eventually, whenever the shutdown ends. But many are probably living paycheck-to-paycheck and can't afford to wait. The article posits that at least some are calling out to work other jobs that can actually give them a timely paycheck.
The full FHIR standard can be a lot at first sight https://www.hl7.org/fhir/ but I'd recommend anyone having to store names, addresses or contact information to check how they do it. The last example for names is always fun: https://www.hl7.org/fhir/datatypes-examples.html#HumanName
I'm starting to like this shutdown. Having TSA choked sounds like a great win to me.
The AA 12-step program was so strange when I accompanied my friend to one

I had no idea it was so religious

I found this to be a bug, not a feature

It is interesting to see other methods being tried instead of masquarading the 12-step programs longevity as absolute validation
You have an incorrect view of what a lobbyist is and does. A lobbyist (or a lobbying organization or PAC) cannot give more to an official or campaign or party than any other private citizen; $5,000 per election. Lobbyists are primarily responsible for exactly what the GP said -- trying to bring expert information to non-expert elected officials.

PACs and other organizations that do lobbying can spend money on an independent campaign (Citizen's United), but they can't give it to the candidate.

Way more insidious than campaign contributions is the "revolving door" where former elected officials are hired as lobbyists or consultants as a deferred award for their support during their tenure.
> Tesla will speed up or slow down and change lanes automatically.

You are still required to engage the turn signal; Tesla will speed up / slow down to execute the merge, eventually, and will steer the merge for you but does not make the decision to do so autonomously (though it'll recommend a new lane to you with a blue lane line on your dash).
In other words, soft skills not explicitly taught as part of the technical education.
I have friends disqualified from legitimate jobs after taking Psych drugs from decades ago. Somehow I think there needs to be a line. Doctors have known the way around the system for quite a while.[0]

EDIT: left original link tried to clarify.

[0]: "I drive 300 miles to seek care and always pay in cash." http://www.idealmedicalcare.org/75-med-students-antidepressa...
Maybe something good will come from this gov shut down and we will be able to get rid of the security theatre for good.
I think you are giving way too much credit to your average TSA agent.
Yeah I read the same article as you but what requires them? People asking them? Or some sort of actual law? Or just they'll be fired if they don't? Can they quit or not?
I think it is often suggested as rule of thumb to eat 20 grams of proteins every 4 hours, with 3 gr out of these 20 gr being compounded of leucine.

But again, if interested in all of this the best is to go see a specialist.
Nice spin there.
This is so short sighted I can't believe you are serious and not trolling.
Every precaution has its limitations but why give the attackers a free meal?
Encrypted data protects from simple theft or loss of the device so a common thief won't leak the data.
It's the just price of "Security Theater".
au contraire

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_engine#Other_types_of_jet_...
> The mass call outs could inevitably mean air travel is less secure

This line is hilarious...
Maybe they don't surf the web all day at work.
My thought as well. 90$ won't make or break someone's startup.
As an aside — I would like to say that I really enjoy your website and the service! It has made shopping for a decent deal in my area a breeze.

I'm curious about what kind of statistics you gather? It would be neat to track price movements across regions, and to see how the market trends for specific body styles and other characteristics during different time periods.
There's good probability that within next 10 years some/most of that work "judging results" will be automated through machine learning.
>I was speaking of wind in absolutes -

Well... the original poster was referring to the potential problem where you don't get any electricity from wind for several days, so it might have been better if you dealt with that issue rather than speaking of wind in absolutes since utility grade windmills need at least roughly 13 MPH winds to generate power.

>...even then it produces 3% which while not adequate unless massively overbuilt is still something.

No, not really.
> Most of the government employees I know feel it's an honor to serve their country and do so with loyalty and pride.

It's not really up to them, though.

Folks deemed "essential" like security screeners, the Coast Guard, etc. are expected to still come to work. Non-essential employees are furloughed, and it's actually illegal for them to volunteer their time.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/09/23/gove...

> Natter noted that the Anti-Deficiency Act, the 129-year-old law that forces the government to shut down without an appropriation from Congress, also makes it illegal for furloughed workers to volunteer — even though many end up getting paid whether they work for not. "It really ought to be rewritten to be more relevant for the 21st century," he said.
Have some random thoughts about the most crucial element of a challenge/response system.
Warren Buffet likes to invest in boring companies.

Berkshire Hathaway owns 5% of Apple and it makes sense if Apple is becoming boring profit generator.
well I guess that would also be fraud wouldn't it. because the government will give them back pay because I guess they still get paid when sick. So then they have gotten paid on their second job and their sick days.
In the sense that, given the power to define how the law treats them in each of their relevant contexts (taxation and legal punishment), they would both have extremely strong motivations to favor their own wellbeing to the exclusion of society as a whole. But isn't that obviously the analogy being drawn? Your phrasing makes it sound like the parent comment was saying rich people should generally be treated like criminals, which just sounds like a purposeful misinterpretation (no offense if you were genuinely unsure what the parent comment was saying).
That doesn't say they subsidized it, just that they are working with some insurance companies.

I thought subsidize meant that they would be basically paying the difference.

If there's no money changing hands in this partnership, then either the insurance companies are really dumb and are just throwing money away, or there's some truth to the stats that tesla keeps bringing up (40% fewer crashes in cars with autopilot) (or there's something else i'm missing!)
As you may be right ( I honestly don't know), Tesla is clearly driving demand for this feature, proving there is a market for it, causing others companies to heavily invest in it.
I think we are looking at different ends of the market, I'm using a search of the retail price at airfields near me in the last 30 days. (My parameters don't get reflected in the URL, you will need to choose some to get results.)

I suspect at "airline" scale there is a large discount over the full service pump prices I'm seeing. This might change the percentages to 10% and 25%.

It's also possible I'm seeing the "putz price". That made up price that "no one really pays", unless you are that guy who doesn't know better and does.

https://www.airnav.com/fuel/local.html
> About half the devs on my old team were "gameplay programmers". Solid tech chops, but also with an eye towards gameplay you can bet they tweaked the shit out of our game system. We only had 3 'dedicated' designers so a non-trivial amount of work fell in the dev's hands.

I don't feel like you're disagreeing with me.

It just sounds like the roles on your team were more blurred but the point still stands. What's meaningful isn't your title but the type of work you do. The more influence you have over the design of the game, the bigger an impact you will have on how fun it is.
NSA to Release Their Reverse Engineering Framework GHIDRA to Public at RSA
dang, went to find Dark Sky on App Store and it appears to not be available in Canada? sadness :(
You get other sorts of gaming. Property taxes function like this, and there's a whole industry around avoiding re-assessment, getting assessors to low-ball property, etc. right up until it comes time to actually sell the property, when you do a bunch of renovations, get it re-assessed, and try to get the highest valuation you can.
> what is the pearl harbor of climate change?

I'd say Katrina, Sandy, Irene, Maria, Camp, Woolsey, and Mendocino, but if you're not convinced already you'll never be.
because of 'could inevitably' or just because the idea that TSA makes people more secure?
You're wrong on a bunch of points. They've been doing wind tunnel testing of scale models for a while, and they have a wealth of experience from hiring SpaceX, Boeing, Scaled Composites etc. veterans. This is a team with vastly more commercial aerospace engineering engineering than you devoting their time to this project. They're well aware of the regulatory environment, costs, and usual timelines.

Existing companies don't try anything radically new because of risk aversion, corporate inertia, whatever you want to call it. Why didn't NYC YellowCab invent Uber? They've been doing their thing for years and it's been working just fine. Sometimes you need an outsider to take a radical risk, that in all odds will likely fail, but every so often doesn't.
Wouldn't the better solution just be to get rid of the senate. The senate is there to represent the states and if they are not being represented then why keep it?
I wonder what would happen if you provided instructions for pinning a web app on popular platforms. Would users ignore this new information?

Many websites in the past have provided instructions for bookmarking.
And when they do have to travel in a way that would impact their performance, it's major news (in the baseball world) for days. I remember when the Detroit Tigers had 4 games within 48 hours in different timezones [1] and the MLB got some serious criticism for it. The Tigers had to pull some of their best (and highest paid) players due to lack of sleep.

[1] https://www.freep.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2017/05/26/det...
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