bookofjoe

112,714 karma · joined May 8, 2016

• Retired (38 years in practice) neurosurgical anesthesiologist

• References: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=5DdrMc8AAAAJ&hl=en

• Blog: https://bookofjoe2.blogspot.com/

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• Interview (2017): https://everything.typepad.com/blog/2017/07/interview-with-joe-from-the-bookofjoe-blog.html

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submissions comments

bookofjoe··on Prescription Creep

Interesting and instructive. Thanks!

bookofjoe··on Patients Are Flying to China for the Latest Cancer Treatment

https://www.wsj.com/health/healthcare/patients-are-flying-to...

bookofjoe··on Technique for Manipulating Satellite Photos Now Reveals Ancient Images (2025)

I loved reading this comment stream even though I understood nothing about the technical aspects involved: rather, it's the lack of hostility and aggressiveness as opposed to the enthusiastic and welcoming attitude of almost all commenters, so rare in these threads here nowadays.

bookofjoe··on Prescription Creep

It's not unusual, "strange" as it may appear to you. Malpractice? No. Bad practice? Yes. No lawyer would take such a case. Source: I served an an expert medical witness in over 100 cases, plaintiff and defense, between 1985 and 2015.

bookofjoe··on Silicon Valley is transforming the military-industrial complex? (2024)

"Childhood's End" (1953) https://archive.org/details/childhoodsend0000clar_f3g4

bookofjoe··on The End of the Captcha? Not So Fast

https://www.wsj.com/tech/personal-tech/captcha-ai-bots-websi...

bookofjoe··on The same nine streaming subscriptions cost $702/year more than in 2021

I don't understand

bookofjoe··on Growing proof that autonomous cars save lives

2002-2004 [most recent I could find] California Department of Insurance (CDI) study showed Los Angeles County’s uninsured driver rate at 24.0% (2002), 23.4% (2003), and 23.7% (2004).

https://www.insurance.ca.gov/

bookofjoe··on Silicon Valley is transforming the military-industrial complex? (2024)

>Andreessen- and Thiel-backed defense startup opens U.S. missile factory as it exits stealth

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/09/defense-tech-covenant-anthem...

bookofjoe··on Japan Is Launching a Probe to Collect the First-Ever Samples from a Martian Moon

https://archive.ph/9fLzs

bookofjoe··on The Absurd, Unending Quest to Floodproof the New York City Subway

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/magazine/new-york-city-su...

bookofjoe··on The same nine streaming subscriptions cost $702/year more than in 2021

Because it's a pain to mess around subscribing/cancelling over and over. Time is far more valuable than money and the older I get the more the disparity grows.

bookofjoe··on The same nine streaming subscriptions cost $702/year more than in 2021

Percent of HN users who've ripped CDs: Significant

Percent of non-HN users who've ever ripped a CD: Negligible

bookofjoe··on The same nine streaming subscriptions cost $702/year more than in 2021

"before times" a subtle nod to "Silo"? I hope so...

bookofjoe··on India's EV Market Shaped by E-Rickshaws Built in Makeshift Workshops

https://archive.ph/3Ngty

bookofjoe··on AI might unmask your anonymous accounts

https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-anonymous-accounts-6dfd6d2e?s...

bookofjoe··on DeepMind's new genome 'atlas' charts effects of all 9B human gene mutations

https://archive.ph/Kikhb

bookofjoe··on I advertise malicious software on Google Ads