neuro_imager

I'm not sure how well this translates to humans.

Really pleased to hear you're doing well. As someone who has faced a similar situation in the past I can attest as to how hard it can be to pull yourself out of that downward spiral.

I went through your previous thread and was really impressed by some of the advice/comments you were given.

I was wondering if anyone with some time on their hands on here could possibly prepare a repository of all the good advice in this thread (and the OP's previous thread, and one's like it) as a resource for people who face similar circumstances. (I have no doubt there are a lot of us out there).

I can't believe this waffle qualifies for a Harvard medical school publication. Clearly the wooly-haired management and soft science types have overrun Ivy League Medicine.

Where did you find out about Emoxypine? Do you have any reliable references about this?

South Africa didn't 'denuclearise' in the sense of giving up arms.

They had a change to a completely incompetent government who wouldn't know how to spell 'nuclear' let alone fathom the scientific research and economic and political strategy required to run such a program.

And given that nuclear scientists and competent political strategists tend to be smart, they don't hang around in swamps very long.

Privacy - All transactions on venmo are easily accessed by venmo and other third parties.

International transactions - Venmo is very limited in this regard.

The unbanked - As stated already, there are about two billion unbanked people worldwide.

Avoiding banking cartels. - We've fed these parasites enough, don't you think?

Ease of use - A payment over a social network would be relatively seamless, particularly if you believe that apps allowing for rapid transfer between cryptocurrencies will be feasible (they are to some degree already).

Yeah everyone is "clean" until they fail a drug test. Absence of proof isn't proof of absence. And drug tests pretty much suck.

Sports do not all benefit equally from PEDs. The requirement to demonstrate high level muscular endurance over such prolonged time periods makes the relative benefits to cyclists very high.

This is different to most sports where you are less likely to grossly manipulate the factors contributing to optimal performance with PEDs. Or at least not be able to manipulate them enough to be out of range of talented non-users.

The quote "judge talent at its best and character at its worst" seams appropriate here.

I'm guessing you're in the US where this type of behaviour is typical.

Fortunately that is not the case in many other parts of the world where incentives are not as perverse.

(physician here)

For the sake of completeness, I'll expand:

It's rarely up to the interventionalist if and when they will treat a stroke. There are clear guidelines on treating these patients (which mostly take place at comprehensive stroke centres), mostly defined by the neurology service, which functions somewhat independently. These guidelines have been expanding as newer evidence has shown a role in wider time windows but this point remains the same. There is very little opportunity for an individual interventionalist to increase his patient volume independently (at least for ischemic stroke).

I agree in principle with most of the points you make, although I think perverse incentives are largely a function of the US healthcare system in general rather than the domain of any particular specialty.

In specific relation to the original article, I'm extremely doubtful that combing two anti-thrombotic agents would be a miraculous therapeutic regime for treating stroke but I'd be happy to be proved wrong by a legitimate trial. However, I'd worry that we'd be sacrificing patients that could otherwise be treated if we assigned them to an arm of a trial that precludes established therapy.

Salary (unless you're moonlighting - which is less common, and overall less attractive).

Why do you presume that our intentions are nefarious when you have no idea what you're talking about?

Actually, its interventional cardiology for heart attacks and neurointerventional surgery/interventional neuroradiology(NIR) for strokes. (Not IR which cover non-neurological and non-cardiological interventional procedures).

I'm a NIR and most of us are not paid per surgery/intervention. Also these interventions tend to be loss leaders in terms of hospital reimbursements. Funding for stroke centres can be profitable but that's a very long discussion.

In addition, at least 7 randomized clinical trials have shown the benefit of thrombectomy in acute stroke (actually something of a modern medical technological miracle).

I would share this article but I've been living on a resident/fellow salary for way too long and need at least a few years to milk that cash cow first.

(Physician here) I am so pleased that competent technology companies (Google, Amazon and now Uber) are entering the healthcare space. I really heope this portends the demise of the overcharging, outdated garbage (such as EPIC) that passes for healthcare IT at most hospitals.

You do realize this is the same regime that detains political enemies under bogus charges, assassinates them and sells their organs on the black market?

I posted a link to a company making secure laptops and iphones on a previous, similar thread and got down-voted and accused of shilling/trolling. If you are interested look for : laptops and phones where you are in control and have complete visibility into the operating system, all bundled software, and the deeper levels of your computer.

(The phone has not been released yet.)

I posted a link to a company making secure laptops and iphones on a previous, similar thread and got down-voted and accused of shilling/trolling.

If you are interested look for : laptops and phones where you are in control and have complete visibility into the operating system, all bundled software, and the deeper levels of your computer.

(The phone has not been released yet.)

Is there a way for moderators on HN to limit the amount of emotional rhetoric on cryptocurrency discussions?

It would be great if comments here could be limited to substantiated technical and market analysis. Comments on ideology (again if substantiated) would be useful too but right now these discussions just degenerate into shouting matches with very low signal:noise.

You're describing a false dichotomy (and evidently an inaccurate description of how currency is stored).

There are good options to avoid leaving currency on exchanges.

Using a hardware wallet like Ledger or Trezor (which I assume is what you're referring to) is not like storing your currency on a USB.

The wallet facilitates access to your private key. If the wallet is damaged, access to your private key can be restored using a passphrase.

Enough of this already...

If Tether doesn't have the funds then its a lot like someone borrowed 2Billion to buy crypto and can't pay it back.

Bitfinex will die, tether will die (just like other scam currencies like Bitconnect) but the market will come back after a correction.

Has anyone here tried using Purism? They're claiming that they provide 'high-quality privacy, security, and freedom focused computers and software.' They have their own OS and software. I'm tempted to buy one of their laptops and put on an order for their upcoming mobile phone. Does anyone have any experience with this company and its products? Do you lose a lot when you move from the evil 5?

https://puri.sm/

That looks really interesting. Thanks for pointing it out. Are you involved with this project?

Multi-billionaire with wealth accumulated from institutional gambling and rent seeking feels that wage-slaves complain about "inequality" to much and should instead behave like people in countries with no human rights.

Sounds legit.

I think most cryptocurrencies are shitcoins. The only currency that provably IS NOT a shitcoin is Monero.

Monero is the only private, untraceable, trustless, secure and fungible cryptocurrency.

There is a growing number of online goods and services that you can now pay for with Monero. Globee is a service that allows online merchants to accept payments through credit cards and a host of cryptocurrencies, while being settled in Bitcoin, Monero or fiat currency. Project Coral Reef is a service which allows you to shop and pay for popular music band products and services using Monero.

Linux, Veracrypt, and a whole array of VPNs now accept Monero.

There is new Monero only marketplace called Annularis currently being developed which has not been created for those who value financial privacy and economic freedom, and there are rumours Open Bazaar is likely to support Monero once Multisig is implemented.

In addition, Monero is also supported by The Living Room of Satoshi so you can pay bills or credit cards directly using Monero.

The use-case and features of Monero are well explained in this post: https://np.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/7ra409/your_...

I'm not entirely clear on the scenarios in which this type of research would be beneficial (I'm a physician):

- AFAIK research on vaccines does not require altering an organism to make it more lethal. You would want to cover as broad a spectrum of serotypes/serovars of the existing organism as possible. I can see how someone might argue that you could pre-empt a more malignant variant but surely this is outweighed by the likelihood of creating systemic risk.

- What exactly would we learn form creating new, highly virulent organisms that can't be learned using the same technology on non-virulent organisms?

- It bothers me that this is a push to create more biological weapons from the military complex (especially terrifying considering the infantile intellects we currently have in congress).

What exactly are the requirements for building an exchange? - Large amounts of capital, for one. - If in the US, a banking license; Offshore, not a requirement. - I'm not clear on how exchanges like coinbase source their crypto. Probably a totally stupid question but what happens to the cash I give coinbase after they go off to exchange it for say Ethereum? Do they have a network of whales that are selling them crypto for fiat for some sort of premium? Do they just hold crypto and exchange at market rates (which presumably exposes them to large potential loses)? I know they're linked to GDAX but this still doesn't explain how they source their currency initially.

Your initial comment struck me as sarcasm.

> The military is not allowed to do it AFAIK.

Presumably the law would change under the martial law? (which is the hypothetical presented)

Sorry, I realize I was heavy handed in my reply and I've edited it slightly.

I feel I should rephrase - I personally believe the arguments as stated are largely tools of propaganda by pro-gun lobbies and it baffles me that this isn't obvious. (And again I'd be eager to see evidence that this is not the case and there is justification for conflating freedom with gun ownership).

I appreciate you taking the time to engage in this discussion.