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New comment by eatyourpeas in "GitHub Actions down again today"

eatyourpeas — Tue, 26 May 2026 12:46:40 +0000

this has happened to me too. i am guessing then it is not a real reason?

New comment by eatyourpeas in "Teenage Pregnancy in England: Do Parents’ Educational Expectations Matter (2014)"

eatyourpeas — Thu, 14 Sep 2017 21:14:23 +0000

not to mention how happy these 'better children' are, the prevalence of anxiety and depression across all samples - strict environments without nurture do not end well

New comment by eatyourpeas in "[dead]"

eatyourpeas — Sat, 02 Sep 2017 16:13:11 +0000

Kabir +1. You are remarkable guy and inspiration to the rest of us oldies. Keep up the good work.

New comment by eatyourpeas in "Diabetes Patients Are Hacking Their Way Toward a Bionic Pancreas"

eatyourpeas — Thu, 25 Dec 2014 09:23:12 +0000

This is all well and good but there are significant safety issues here. Insulin will kill you if you get the dose wrong. Or more worryingly, won't kill you but will kill your child. As a children's diabetes doctor I know this more than most. This article suggests that the only people interested in fixing the closed loop are a bunch of amateur parents - there are large studies going on in several centres across the world looking at exactly this issue - the algorithms to match insulin to glucose are not straight forward: insulin absorbs slowly, with peak action at 2 hours, gone by 4 hours. In children absorption is less predictable - I have a baby on my ward now whose 'insulin-on-board' is 6 hours. The closed loop is the holy grail for T1 diabetes and there is a lot of time, intellect and money being thrown at it. While open source hacking from intelligent and able programmers is always welcome, experimenting on your own children is dangerous and ill-advised.