Hacker News: Irene

New comment by Irene in "Ask HN: Successful Startup founders. Do they have families?"

Irene — Wed, 23 Aug 2023 18:30:31 +0000

Jeff Bezos started Amazon with his wife MacKenzie. Anita Roddick and Gordon Roddick started The Body Shop.

New comment by Irene in "Ask HN: Could you share your personal blog here?"

Irene — Wed, 05 Jul 2023 19:53:46 +0000

https://www.aurametrix.com/blog.html

A suite of blogs on the latest advancements in technology that are shaping the future. From artificial intelligence and wearables to nano-sensors, cutting-edge diagnostics and less discussed medical cases.

Ask HN: Did Google's AI run amok?

Irene — Sat, 19 Dec 2020 00:20:01 +0000

4 years ago I uploaded an unlisted video on youtube - video of a medical procedure, esophagogastroduodenoscopy. It did not have any views, I was keeping it just in case I need to show it to a doctor. Today I got an e-mail labeling it with adult content and warning about my channel (my other videos were of a Christmas tree and such, all unlisted). I changed video settings from unlisted to private and made it age-restricted - I understand that medicine is not for kids. I appealed since I wanted to help their AI (Remember Facebook's AI labeling a photo of onions for 'sexually suggestive' content?). I've just got another e-mail where they said that I lost my appeal, my videos are not safe and Youtube deleted them all. They said they'll forever label my content as age-restricted. Are we already in an Orwellian Dystopia?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25473725

Points: 8

# Comments: 4

New comment by Irene in "Pfizer submits Covid vaccine to FDA for approval, to distribute in December"

Irene — Sat, 21 Nov 2020 01:27:09 +0000

Yes, there could be many different scenarios; when vaccine supply is limited, vaccinate those at risk of death. BioNTech claims their vaccine efficacy is consistent across age groups, but we won't know for sure until large clinical trials are completed. Also, older people are less willing to be vaccinated earlier. More variables to include in the model...

New comment by Irene in "Pfizer submits Covid vaccine to FDA for approval, to distribute in December"

Irene — Sat, 21 Nov 2020 00:03:54 +0000

I was referring to this paper: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/medrxiv/early/2020/09/27/202...

New comment by Irene in "Pfizer submits Covid vaccine to FDA for approval, to distribute in December"

Irene — Fri, 20 Nov 2020 12:30:29 +0000

Pfizer selected New Mexico, Rhode Island, Tennessee and Texas for their pilot delivery program "due to the states' immunization infrastructures, urban and rural variations, size and population diversity". First batches of vaccine will probably go to frontline medical workers first, followed by frail old people. a paper in Medrxiv favored "older first" model based on evolutionary game theory and mobility data, for largest decrease in mortality rates.

New comment by Irene in "Ask HN: What interesting problems are you working on?"

Irene — Tue, 28 Jan 2020 23:22:31 +0000

Community medicine; precision medicine - all self-funded.

New comment by Irene in "You Promised Me Mars Colonies but I Got Facebook"

Irene — Sat, 16 Nov 2019 19:42:04 +0000

Connectivity-driven innovation is cheaper. Science is becoming harder and is getting less bang for its buck. We saw great progress in AI over the past few years but even this has taken far more effort and money than building social networks. Perhaps connectivity-driven innovation could help to speed up applied science innovation if power of the crowd is more efficiently utilized?

New comment by Irene in "Cancer patients are being denied drugs, even with prescriptions and insurance"

Irene — Sun, 04 Aug 2019 15:15:59 +0000

Most (if not all) new medicines came out of basic research supported by the NIH. This research was tweaked and patented by companies who profit from selling the drugs. Is start-to-finish government drug pipeline a better solution? Perhaps, but current academic culture doesn't support it. It's not just about pouring more taxpayer money.

New comment by Irene in "Cancer patients are being denied drugs, even with prescriptions and insurance"

Irene — Sat, 03 Aug 2019 19:58:32 +0000

You are right, according to medical journal "The Lancet", 85% of (government-funded) research funding is “avoidably wasted across the entire biomedical research range (e.g., clinical, health services, and basic science)” Government-funded medical R&D (budget for the NIH: $34.4 billion for 2019) needs smarter spending.

New comment by Irene in "Cancer patients are being denied drugs, even with prescriptions and insurance"

Irene — Sat, 03 Aug 2019 18:26:08 +0000

My grandmother was denied drugs by government-run healthcare and died in severe pain.

New comment by Irene in "Ask HN: Favorite technology predictions in science fiction?"

Irene — Sun, 13 Jan 2019 21:59:00 +0000

Mind uploading predictions are fascinating (Edmond Hamilton, 1936; Isaac Asimov, 1956, 1957; Arthur C. Clarke, 1956; Bertil Mårtensson, 1968).

Also predictions about automating boring and mundane human tasks:

Waldemar Kaempffert, 1950: "When Jane Dobson cleans house she simply turns the hose on everything... After the water has run down a drain in the middle of the floor (later concealed by a rug of synthetic fiber) Jane turns on a blast of hot air and dries everything."

"With the advent of frozen foods in the shape of bricks, cooking as an art is only a memory in the minds of old-people. A few die-hards still broil a chicken or roast a leg of lamb, but Jane Dobson can serve a steak in less than three minutes, and an elaborate multi-course meal never takes more than half an hour to prepare.

"discarded linens and underwear are recycled and turned into candy."

Isaac Asimov, 1964: "Gadgetry will continue to relieve mankind of tedious jobs. Kitchen units will be devised that will prepare 'automeals,' heating water and converting it to coffee; toasting bread; frying, poaching or scrambling eggs, grilling bacon, and so on."

New comment by Irene in "Ask HN: How to help people that shut themselves in?"

Irene — Sat, 12 May 2018 14:32:18 +0000

It should be possible, but might take a lot of effort. Smell-detecting dogs are trained from birth to 18 months and it takes another 6 months to specialize them on specific scent like diabetes. Small rodents could be trained too. In Harry Potter, Ron carried one in his breast pocket.

New comment by Irene in "Ask HN: How to help people that shut themselves in?"

Irene — Sat, 12 May 2018 03:29:43 +0000

Thank you, these are great suggestions.

Ask HN: How to help people that shut themselves in?

Irene — Sat, 12 May 2018 02:07:03 +0000

We are about to start a study to identify what causes flares and remission in a chronic condition. The problem is that about half of people with this condition can't differentiate between good and bad days in terms of symptoms. A trusted buddy (in real world) could to do it for them, but they often shut themselves in, and all of their interactions are online not in the physical world.

The condition is idiopathic malodor - when body loses ability to "deodorize" digested food in the blood and malodor episodically emits from all the skin pores at seemingly unpredictable times.

My questionnaire asks questions like how many people interacted with them in the last 24 hrs, how many of these interactions were positive, if they felt well-rested, depressed, miserable, had any physical symptoms (based on quality of life questionnaires).

Any other suggestions on how to differentiate their flareups from remissions?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17052104

Points: 4

# Comments: 4

The quiet robot revolution

Irene — Mon, 12 Dec 2016 20:15:14 +0000

Article URL: https://techcrunch.com/2016/12/12/room-service-robots-and-thats-just-the-start/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13161499

Points: 1

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Top Algorithms Used by Data Scientists

Irene — Tue, 13 Sep 2016 00:25:11 +0000

Article URL: http://www.kdnuggets.com/2016/09/poll-algorithms-used-data-scientists.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12484828

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by Irene in "Medical errors now third leading cause of death in United States"

Irene — Wed, 04 May 2016 00:06:48 +0000

Original article: http://www.bmj.com/content/353/bmj.i2139

The authors suggest to introduce an extra field in death certificates indicating if it was a medical error, but the responsible parties may not acknowledge mistakes for fear of malpractice suits.

Silicon Valley might be losing its sex appeal

Irene — Mon, 04 Apr 2016 21:52:29 +0000

Article URL: http://mashable.com/2016/04/04/silicon-valley-salary-study

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11426016

Points: 12

# Comments: 2

New comment by Irene in "Others may be unconsciously judging your features in ways you don't realise"

Irene — Wed, 22 Jul 2015 15:35:14 +0000

I suppose applicants with faces judged as competent and dominant (and looking like Zuckerberg, etc) tend to come out on top after video pitches in startup incubator applications.