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Sparkyte··on Radioactive drugs strike cancer with precision
My brain thinking about comic-books and radioactive!

Medicine-man medicine-man, Does whatever drugs can, Gets you dope smells like Coke, Gets you high then you die, Look out, Here comes the medicine-man

Jokes aside what is the efficacy of consuming radioactive drugs? I mean we look at some of the historical medicines people took, gloomy-face. Or are we some how justifying shipments of radioactive objects bought off temu. I imagine if the radioactive stuff is consumed it can sometimes hard to target.

Sparkyte··on Engineer's solar panels are breaking efficiency records
I can tell you I am excited... but when can we realistically afford solar panels with high efficiency?

If a person came by my house and said, "Yo, I can do an installation!". Those panels are like running on a 10 year old or greater design and process.

Sparkyte··on Eden Abhez: The strangest hit songwriter
Didn't know him but listening to his biggest hit you grow an appreciation for how the lyrics string together which is not something you'd hear from not musical person like myself.
Sparkyte··on Seattle tumbles to No. 20 in global ranking of startup ecosystems
I used to be from East Coast, those pocket protectors are not just for pens but snack storage.
Sparkyte··on Seattle tumbles to No. 20 in global ranking of startup ecosystems
It is a phrase, very serious and hard to enter. If someone is a fresh grad or someone with tons of experience wants exposure to a fast pace burn you out startup culture there is absolutely nothing like West Coast startups.
Sparkyte··on Seattle tumbles to No. 20 in global ranking of startup ecosystems
It's also the available space for renting a property to establish a startup.
Sparkyte··on Seattle tumbles to No. 20 in global ranking of startup ecosystems
Boston is a suit & tie startup scene completely different from the West Coast. You won't find anyone wearing shorts and a Hawaiian shirt in office.
Sparkyte··on Microsoft to delay release of Recall AI feature on security concerns
AI needs more pot on the kettle to be useful. Everyone is trying to AI into some money making machine which it is to an extent. Just the same problem we experienced with the cryptocraze.
Sparkyte··on 85% of People Want Global Ban on Single-Use Plastics
Irony is depending on what country you're in coke bottles might have a better disposal process than even medical supplies.
Sparkyte··on Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders ID'd in WA plane crash
Legend he was.
Sparkyte··on Vulkan1.3 on the M1 in one month
Experience is everything.
Sparkyte··on 85% of People Want Global Ban on Single-Use Plastics
Lots of medical supplies are single use plastics.
Sparkyte··on AMD Unveils Ryzen 9000 CPUs for Desktop, Zen 5
Huge improvement over my 5k series processor.
Sparkyte··on Microsoft Reportedly Readies $16B Bid to Acquire Valve / Steam
I would say Valve pulls in 70 to 80 billion a year in sales and technology.
Sparkyte··on Microsoft Reportedly Readies $16B Bid to Acquire Valve / Steam
No not happening. It is a private company and Microsoft doesn't exactly know Valve's networth.
Sparkyte··on Most of Europe is glowing pink under the aurora
Can it be seen with the naked eye? I didn't see anything last night.
Sparkyte··on ByteDance’s web of apps could get tangled up in TikTok ban
Information abuse definitely needs laws, but it needs to skirt around free speech. And I always support free speech, but when I see videos marketing harm toward people it stops becoming something you say.
Sparkyte··on Collapse of self-trained language models
Right, it requires intimate past knowledge to be the foundation of the future knowledge and weighted biases. There isn't enough memory or disk today to accomplish this. It would be no more helpful than training a goldfish to react to a feeding time. It is why we instead substitute memory for an existing compendium of knowledge to query.
Sparkyte··on Predictive CPU isolation of containers at Netflix (2019)
It is indeed inefficient so this is more like a process lasso approach to the resource management?
Sparkyte··on Predictive CPU isolation of containers at Netflix (2019)
Kind of an old article. It is pretty straight forward thing to do. If you spend enough time accurately load testing your environments you can dial in the container resources and shave thousands of dollars. Lots of places are too scared of under allocating. Limit and request exist for a reason. Limit is for surge and request is what is always guaranteed. It is okay to exceed your request as long as you balance add a scaling policy to balance out the surge. And be cautious with request and limit on memory not all applications benefit from this.
Sparkyte··on DRAM mfgrs stop publishing contract DRAM prices after quake, price hike expected
This is kind of a problem when you manufacture memory in one place.
Sparkyte··on Spotify demonetizes all tracks under 1k streams
Or it would force small musicians to advertiwse more. Which is mutually beneficial to Spotify and the user.

1k is a relatively low number to hit at least they didn't set the demonizations level the same as other platforms.

Sparkyte··on Home insurers are dropping customers based on aerial images
The problem with aerial photos is that not always do these photos provide enough detail they can provide deceptive data. It is better if insurance companies send field workers to check the premises.
Sparkyte··on MTA board votes to approve new $15 toll to drive into Manhattan
I have a fairly complicated feeling about this.

I know it is essential but without properly planning traffic in/out/around the area it will quickly become an island. Not that it isn't already. I mean in the logistics of things. Lack of secondary routes and things will make it uncomfortable.

Sparkyte··on After Appalachian hospitals merged, their ERs became much slower
Illegal if you don't have an urgent care facility attached.
Sparkyte··on After Appalachian hospitals merged, their ERs became much slower
It isn't about turning a person away, it is about enqueuing them into another emergency type care, urgent care is still a high priority but it is urgent and not deathly required.

This would allow prioritization of people needing immediate care.

Sparkyte··on After Appalachian hospitals merged, their ERs became much slower
250/h thats solid.
Sparkyte··on After Appalachian hospitals merged, their ERs became much slower
If you add a level of mandatory screening you can filter out ER to Urgent Care. The problem is still the connotation that ER is for everyone. Just put up posters in the ER lobby that make people uncomfortable things that say ER is for like car accidents. No one wants a reminder, but no one wants to be that asshole cutting in front of the guy who got a broken clavicle from a seatbelt or other various injuries.
Sparkyte··on After Appalachian hospitals merged, their ERs became much slower
Probably trying to sell fast lanes. Not retiring in US with this bs.
Sparkyte··on Users say Glassdoor added real names to user profiles without their consent
Not really, most businesses pay above Glassdoor rates.
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