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btseytlin··on Beeper acquired by Automattic
Probably on device encryption before anything is sent through their servers
btseytlin··on In 1969, the U.S. turned off Niagara Falls
Try another browser (firefox didnt work)
btseytlin··on Hundreds of thousands trafficked to work as online scammers in SE Asia, says UN
"take it all" - https://www.wired.com/story/what-is-pig-butchering-scam/
btseytlin··on Ask HN: Good Books on the History of Technology?
Really enjoyed this read!

https://www.amazon.com/How-Internet-Happened-Netscape-iPhone...

btseytlin··on Ask HN: I want to create a personal health dashboard, what should I use?
I'm not super familiar, but we have all sorts of things! It all comes down to what the US ONC (The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology) dictates is mandatory to be provided by the electronic health records companies.

Here's what is upcoming in that requirement: https://www.healthit.gov/isa/united-states-core-data-interop...

You might be interested in the Laboratory section?

But in our recent updates (in accordance with new data becoming available in FHIR R4), we have doctor's notes, care plans, goals (some of which are viewable in the original PDF form). Although some of that viewer technology is pretty advanced and wouldn't be supported by an app like ours, for example MRI viewers, personal health data is definitely moving in the right direction for patients!

btseytlin··on Ask HN: I want to create a personal health dashboard, what should I use?
Woo! Correction incoming that the Sample app and SDK are open source, but the app itself is not yet. We ARE a 501c3 non profit so rest assured incentives are aligned, but keeping it closed source allows us to iterate quickly. Long term plan is open source.

Would love to have you playing around with the SDK, and feedback/improvements can be made as we don't have any production apps using our sdk yet. I hope you find what you're looking for!

btseytlin··on Ask HN: I want to create a personal health dashboard, what should I use?
It's quite a large project, so kudos to anyone who can do this as a one man shop :) We're trying to offload the heavy lifting of logistically connecting to the gajillions of health providers (via OAuth/proper channels aka SMART on FHIR connections) so that engineers can build the functionality patients could benefit from!
btseytlin··on Ask HN: I want to create a personal health dashboard, what should I use?
As mentioned in the other comment, yes this is Android only as there is an Apple offering (via HealthKit https://developer.apple.com/documentation/healthkit)!
btseytlin··on Ask HN: I want to create a personal health dashboard, what should I use?
I'm not sure what you mean about a publishing API but on the Apple side, there's Apple HealthKit (https://developer.apple.com/documentation/healthkit) and we're the Android version of their offering!

In the spirit of being privacy-centric, individual mobile phones storing personal health data of that patient offline is key to this approach. So no web option (i.e. no databases storing mass data).

btseytlin··on Ask HN: I want to create a personal health dashboard, what should I use?
Disclaimer: Engineer for the app...

If you're an engineer and interested in building a little application then read on! CommonHealth is a (free, non profit) app that patients can use to download their health data from their health care providers. We're all about open interoperability with the ability to for developers to build on top of the app using the SDK to ingest the data of a patient and build any visualizations/analytics etc.

There's zero backend data aggregation, all data lives ONLY on your personal device once you download it from your health provider, and all data is thus deleted if you simply uninstall the app.

So that's to say, if you're in the US market and want to build your own functionality, you definitely have that opportunity, as we've done the work connecting to 1000s of providers (with 100k+ coming by end of year)

Reach out if you want to get started here

https://www.commonhealth.org/developers#dev-link-4

btseytlin··on California bill would require high schools to hand out free condoms
It's at least $1 per condom (if buying last minute, at a convenience store) and requires going out of the way to get them. As another comment noted, if having a condom wasn't a signal of intention then I think it would help with usage.
btseytlin··on VALL-E: Microsoft’s new zero-shot text-to-speech model
I would love to hear David Attenborough's voice training VALL-E so that we can forever narrate "planet earth" like tv shows with his voice.
btseytlin··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2022)
The Commons Project Foundation (TCP) is an impact-focused non-profit organization. Established in 2019, TCP’s mission is to create, finance, and operate digital services for the public good. We partner with government agencies, for-profit companies, academic institutions, and other stakeholders to create digital infrastructure in healthcare, education, finance, and community & civic engagement.

- Senior Software Engineer, Backend & Infrastructure https://app.trinethire.com/companies/28574-the-commons-proje...

- Senior Software Engineer, Healthcare https://app.trinethire.com/companies/28574-the-commons-proje...

Come work on an enormous mission (digital health records, verifiable vaccination credentials, and more) with a small team of engineers!

btseytlin··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2022)
The Commons Project | Multiple Roles (Android, Backend, Healthcare) | Full-Time | Remote | NY, NY

The Commons Project Foundation (TCP) is an impact-focused non-profit organization. Established in 2019, TCP’s mission is to create, finance, and operate digital services for the public good. We partner with government agencies, for-profit companies, academic institutions, and other stakeholders to create digital infrastructure in healthcare, education, finance, and community & civic engagement.

- Android / Kotlin Mobile Development Engineer https://app.trinethire.com/companies/28574-the-commons-proje...

- Senior Software Engineer, Backend & Infrastructure https://app.trinethire.com/companies/28574-the-commons-proje...

- Senior Software Engineer, Healthcare https://app.trinethire.com/companies/28574-the-commons-proje...

Come work on an enormous mission (digital health records, verifiable vaccination credentials, and more) with a small team of engineers!

btseytlin··on Over ear wireless headphone recommendations for many hours of coding?
I swear by Bose QC.

I still am using QC I years later so don't feel like you need the newest ones! I use them for all my flying trips and wear them all day long at work (after a few years i personally changed the pads on the ears in 15 minutes for $15, good as new!).

If you pair the noise cancellation with earplugs, with music, you'll be in a world of your own no matter the outside noise.

I like the wireless, but has the option to wire in.

btseytlin··on Elementary Audio: Write Native Audio Apps in JavaScript
Nice intro video. Programmer here but complete novice in the audio space. never even considered playing around with audio as I always thought I had to buy some expensive audio software and start DJing around.

This seems accessible. looks like i've found my next play around project! thanks

btseytlin··on Show HN: Text Better – Communicate Better – Relationship Better
Hi!! LoveTap creator Ben here.

LoveTap uses trend analysis on your texts to help you learn how you're doing in your relationship - all by analyzing your texts.

It's only for android, but I'd love for you to try it out.

Free. No ads. No tracking.

Check out the product hunt for more info! (or just go try it out) https://www.producthunt.com/posts/lovetap-text-analyzer-for-...

btseytlin··on Ask HN: What other online communities do you frequent?
ProductHunt has been a pretty interesting one. There are so many novel ideas floating around there that it's hard to not get inspired there!