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Sad. I remember first meeting Om in NYC, just as he was getting ready to move to the Bay Area and before his blogging career took off. As a side gig, he was one of the originators of the South Asian social scene (desiparty.com). Spoke with him briefly and just remember him being nice and friendly. RIP Om!

Seems like a subset of enthusiasts - early stage VC types, people working in product, people who write lengthy healthcare posts on LinkedIn, have been trying to position it as another HLTH, but that’s not what it is. It’s an investor conference that you need to be invited to. Wouldn’t be surprising if JPM somehow had taken a stake or done a deal with your company, combined with some government insiders. The digital health community, however, has used it to start off the new year with a bang. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

Bring back Silicon Valley?

The best way to get tested may be in conjunction with a trial. This was can potentially enroll.

Sometimes free as well. Certain CROs offer free screening: https://cardiometabolicscreening.careaccess.com/en?_gl=1*1du...

1) but what else would they say if they did do it?

The NYTimes states that there was an advisory on the switches but that the FAA had not deemed them unsafe. It also states that on this plane the switches were changed in 2023.

Is there an option where if you don’t guess a word, it tells you what it was (at least after the timer is up?).

Sad to see a care organization like this shut down. But curious to understand what exactly they were disrupting? From the outset, looks like a pediatric clinic that accepts insurance (and has a cash pay option) - but this is how most pediatric clinics/urgent care that are not venture backed operate. There doesn’t seem to be a disruption in their revenue model (like a one medical style subscription service), and vbc doesn’t apply much to pediatric care. Not criticisms, just trying to understand what the goal was.

or perhaps because Blue Origin hopes to do business with the Government? Just a thought. A non issue for the NYTimes but for the owners of WaPo and LA Times…

Although not non existent, I’ve found this to be less of an issue with the Surface laptops and look forward to trying the Surface CoPilot PCs. Have never had that much of an issue with Windows 11. I think Recall could be a useful feature once implemented. On non surface laptops, I still don’t understand why PC manufacturers are so beholden to McAfee?

Really? The Recall feature is pretty interesting and potentially quite useful. I see their AI implementation as V 1.0 of bigger things to come.

If they're true to the demo, the new Surface devices look impressive, with the Surface Pro clearly pushing in the direction that most have wanted the iPad Pro to go for some time. Microsoft has clearly been baking AI into their laptops and the updated Windows 11. Will be interesting to see what Apple has up their sleeves next month.

This was from the NYTimes yesterday (5/14) “ Jan Leike, who ran the Super Alignment team alongside Dr. Sutskever, has also resigned from OpenAI. His role will be taken by John Schulman, another company co-founder.”

This is true. The ads are unnecessary. I don’t understand the stranglehold mcafee has on pc manufacturers. And constantly trying to shove me to edge is annoying, even though I don’t find edge to be too bad as a browser.

what is hostile about Windows 11? I'd agree its not the best on non MSFT devices (McAfee anyone?) but on the Surface devices i've found it to run fairly well. It's not as polished as MacOS, but given I mostly operate in the world of web browsers and Office 365, with a couple of Windows based desktop apps, it gets the job done rather well. Would expect major update of Windows 11 later this year, leading into Windows 12. I know it can be turned off, but personally I find myself to be able to focus and get more work done without having imessages on my laptop. I can see how some people might feel otherwise though.

Microsoft is updating it's Surface hardware with ARM chips in a couple of weeks. This would include the Surface Pro 10, which is otherwise excellent save for poor ergonomics if actually laying down and using it on your lap. If they could fix this, it would serve the population looking for a hybrid tablet/laptop device well. (it will also have an oled screen in this upcoming update). Yes, its Windows, but I much prefer the file manager in Windows to Mac, and definitely over ipadOS. They will also be announcing AI related updates in 2 weeks, and I get the feeling MSFT has leapfrogged apple by a year or two on this count.

Meh. There aren’t so many rats and now business are required to containerize trash which will reduce rats. Soon all residents will have to as well. There aren’t any more potholes than you’d find in any city that goes thru something called Winter Milk is not $16/gallon (and don’t post some random link at one spot where it is). I don’t buy organic, a regular gallon is about the same at Whole Foods as at an aldi in NJ. Organic probably double. Congestion pricing will fund the MTA to improve on its system. The 2nd avenue line is quite nice.

The author is walking around in Jersey city. Assuming he lives there, it’s a pretty nice place. I lived there for many years.

I raise a family in NYC and have watched some of the authors prior videos. He’s correct in pointing out the issues with the mental health crisis, which results in mentally ill people roaming the streets and subway. Taking our kids on the subway, it’s not something you’d engage with on a regular basis, but it’s there. On the other hand, we are happy with our kids schools and enjoy our social engagements in the city, dining out, etc. the preK bit sucks, they need to do a better job there (although I know many parents with kids in preK programs) and the migrant situation definitely needs to be better addressed. I guess it comes down to how much pain you are willing to withstand.

we’ve been here before though, circa ww1, the Great Depression, ww2 etc etc. the only difference is how much of what is going on is amplified today, compared to the past.

Shouldn’t we be discussing this by industry? Healthcare is 18% of the GDP and seems to be growing. Most, if not all, of healthcare services work is done in person at this time and for the foreseeable future.

Remote may work in tech and tech heavy businesses, but it doesn’t work everywhere.

Q: how do you make guacamole?

The potential causes of abdominal pain radiating to the right upper quadrant in a 25-year-old female with no other history could include gallbladder disease (such as cholecystitis or cholelithiasis), biliary tract disease (such as a Klatskin tumor), liver disease (such as hepatitis or liver abscess), or pancreatic disease (such as pancreatic adenocarcinoma or a pseudocyst). These

(The prior question was about a 25 yo female with abdominal pain).

I also threw medical questions at ChatGPT for comparison, which was pretty good. They could easily launch a health module in the future, on their own or in conjunction with MSFT or whomever, and it would be hard for a competitor that doesn't run their own LLM to compete.

What I like about this idea, as opposed to pure cash payment models, is that this allows the patient to remain in network, so that all payments are applied to their deductible (at least I think that’s what you are doing). Pure cash models make little sense - depending on the severity or complexity of your condition, which you can’t always tell in advance, there may be no end to the amount you ultimately owe.

What concerns me however is the guarantee part of it. It’s a bold move that is fraught with risk, especially as you get into higher ticket items, such as various surgical procedures. It’s not clear to me how you spread this risk out (you take the downside risk, but what’s the upside - just the referral fees?)

Expensive but with such an immersive experience can right off the bat replace a television and surround sound system. But potentially offers a lot more than this. Not bad for a 1st generation product.

As a student I was taught that some day stem cells would allow sci patients to recover. Instead, hard tech seems to be the more apparent and workable solution.

Wasn’t this bound to happen? The US population is aging rapidly, their need for healthcare services continues to grow, yet there are limited resources. I’ve had an elderly parent go thru COVID, fall and get badly bruised (but nothing broken), develop a gastroenteritis - and my goal was to manage them at home and avoid a hospitalization. Fortunately it worked out, but I know it won’t always. The only way to manage this onslaught to the system is to be able to better monitor and manage patients as outpatients - so that the heart attack, stroke etc can be avoided. The system is not quite there yet, but it is heading in that direction.

If you ever get a chance, try to grab a pie from Chrissy’s Pizza (no store, made in a home oven in BK, have to follow on insta for when pies can be ordered). For slices, NY Suprema good as well

And some of the best slices can be found across the river in NJ - just travel up Bloomfield Avenue into the Caldwells and there are great slice shops all over.

Homelessness (which often, but not always, goes hand in hand with mental illness) is an epidemic in NYC (as well as other cities) and should be treated as such. Instead of waiting to build homes, which are shot down by the NIMBY folk or find more psych beds, cities need to take more aggressive measures. During the height of the pandemic, the Javits Center was going to essentially be used as a hospital. That level of thinking is going to be required to address the situation cities face today. Ships. Shipping containers (a la Qatar). Everything should be on the table. Combine this with security, aides, some level of nursing care and telemedicine psychiatry, with medication delivery. It can be done. Requires the willpower to do it.

50 more psych beds won’t cut it.

If you find current valuations attractive , and plan on dollar cost averaging through the next 12 months, but realize that businesses, management, competitors may change the investment scenario - it makes far more sense to buy a fund consisting of many companies (maybe even the entire stock market) rather than to make bets on individual companies.