26 September 2023

Longevity research continues apace.  The question will be, who will have access to it? Progressives will want everyone to have it. They'll declare it a human right.  Should be an interesting debate.

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I’m an ER doctor: Here’s what AI startups get wrong about “ChatGPT for telehealth.  I've always thought that telehealth should be a stopgap, not a paradigm shift. So much potential for errors. The world that a techie imagines is not the same as reality.

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Being a doctor is hard. Being a surgeon can be especially grueling. Doctors need to figure out how to deal with this before it's too late.  There needs to be more physicians willing to do the work, for one thing.  And doctors need to be back in control, instead of being at the mercy of hospitals or other employers.

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"Learn to code," they said. Now with the advent of A.I., that may not be enough. It should be learn to code machine learning models.

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Why aren’t more people being sacked? the Economist asks. Controlling inflation with decreased spending, increased interest rates and  a cooling of the labor market is supposed to lead to more unemployment.  But there are already staffing shortages, even though businesses are hurting and can't pay their workers enough.  That's why people aren't being sacked.  

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Another Portland lossTarget to close 3 stores in Portland.  Too much crime. Chalk up another one to Ted Wheeler's legacy.
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Up there with the big boys.  Oregon ranks 3rd in the population density of homeless critters.  Noice.
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