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Additional context:

From press release[1]:

"Blyncsy would like to get its technology into the hands of other companies and government agencies, so that we can fight this virus together. We have launched the website to streamline the process to make licensing easier."

And from local news article[2]:

"We would encourage anyone who’s doing contact tracing to license our technology as we believe we have a patent on the technology that covers the entire U.S." ... "the firm seeks the licensing not so much for financial reasons — it is offering to waive royalty fees in some circumstances — but more out of concern that contact tracing in other companies’ hands might lead to widespread surveillance and violate individual privacy."

1. https://www.newswire.com/news/blyncsy-announces-launch-of-co...

2. https://www.sltrib.com/news/2020/05/04/utah-company-claims/

That's where I ended up (though it was XPS 7590 - for the larger battery, larger screen, and people not looking up my nose on video calls).

I used a 2015 Macbook Pro to experiment with making the leap to Linux desktop (though Macbook was essentially just a Linux terminal already).

I think everything worked (this was a year ago) - what pushed me to an XPS was when I realized (pretty quickly) that I have 0 interest in figuring out which arcane key sequence on the Mac keyboard was equivalent to a certain special key on a "PC" keyboard.

I was a 10+-year MacOS power user, and I'd felt it would be impossible to be "happy" (more like "unannoyed") with anything else - I'd re-evaluate that question every year.

I've been happily using Linux Mint on an XPS 15 since Sept last year. Cannot believe what a non-issue the change has been. I have hardly thought about my Macbook - been on it maybe 2 or 3 times to test something Mac-specific. Had I known, I would have switched a few years earlier, rather than "powering through" the unpleasant last few years.

Summary:

- > 70 companies have signed up with FDA to sell COVID-19 antibody tests, and are listed on the FDA's website[1]

- FDA decided to waive initial review of the "simple" tests under COVID-19 emergency situation

- companies are supposed to state that their tests have not been FDA-approved and cannot rule out whether someone is currently infected

- some (unnamed) hospitals are incorrectly assuming the tests have been vetted

- public health officials warn that the unregulated tests are creating confusion

[1] Article doesn't provide a link, but I think this is the list. https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/emergency-situations-med...

YES, please correct the title!

Per an AP article[1] on the confusion surrounding this issue:

> Companies are supposed to state that their tests have not been FDA-approved and cannot rule out whether someone is currently infected.

I see no language like that in the article. But lots of quotes implying efficacy of the test:

> we no longer have to put health care professionals at risk for infection

> we can preserve precious personal protective equipment

> we can significantly increase the number of people tested each and every day

Sadly, I think we are about to see more of this, as companies jump at the chance to get some PR and stock price bump.

[1] https://www.sltrib.com/news/2020/04/12/fears-wild-west-covid...

Yes, we've had to tweak our on-boarding process for the trial period.

Most candidates have a local dev environment up and running in the first couple of days, and complete their first task (from our real backlog) in the first week. Within the 2-3 week trial period, most are able to finish several meaningful tasks.

We wouldn't want someone to violate any obligation. When we offer the trial period option, we always have a discussion about whether that's something they're able to do, and comfortable doing - work-wise, family-wise, etc.

We actually treat the trial period very similar to a new employee starting, with a few tweaks.

We do a subset of on-boarding, just enough to get them running a local dev environment and able to push commits and connect with the team.

We pick real tasks from the backlog that don't require a lot of ramp-up to complete.

We assign someone to work with them during the trial period, help get their environment going and orient them to the tasks, help them if they get stuck.

Someone with experience with the technologies (Java, C#, Javascript, Linux) used in our stack can usually get up and running and complete a simpler task in the 1st week. Over 2-3 weeks, most people accomplish several tasks of increasing difficulty.

We discuss with the candidate how things are going each week, how they're feeling about things and how we think things are going. Usually by the 2nd week it becomes pretty clear if it's a good fit.

Since we are remote-only, candidates have to be capable of figuring things out mostly on their own - technically and organizationally, so we look for more experienced people - who probably are more likely to be successful with this kind of interview process.

When we offer the trial option, this is the #1 reason most people are interested in it. They are just as concerned about evaluating us, as we are about evaluating them.

We don't require the trial period - it is offered as an option - we're not going to jeopardize a good candidate if they can't do a trial period.

Everyone we have offered the option has taken it, and they're usually pretty enthusiastic about it vs traditional interview process. We're working with them a lot during the trial period, and after if they get hired - lots of opportunity to find out how they're doing, and so far no negative feedback.

At the point where we move to the trial, we don't usually know age (because we haven't even seen the candidate) or family status. From what I've picked up, it's a mix of ages (usually a bit older - we've found some experience is necessary to be successful as remote-only), and mix of single, married, and families.

For those who have ended up hired - I think most are parents with younger families.

Other than the trial period, nobody usually works nights or weekends.

We (Ambra Health) a few years ago decided our "typical" multi-hour multi-week interview process was a lot of effort for pretty mixed outcomes. We realized an interview can't really answer the most important questions: how a candidate works, and what's it like to work together.

So we added an option to interview by way of a paid trial period (work part-time nights/weekends for a few weeks with the hiring team). Figured maybe some people might prefer that, but probably wouldn't be feasible for most.

Every candidate since has chosen that route, with very good outcomes - so far, everyone who did well in the trial period has been a good hire. Some of our best hires did not interview well (and would not have been hired under our old process), but were outstanding in the trial period. And, a couple candidates interviewed so well we almost skipped the trial period, but they struggled to complete even simple tasks during the trial.

We've now optimized interviews for that process, where the decision is primarily about whether it's worth moving to a trial period. That usually only takes a short screening call and a 1-hour call with the team (we're a remote team, even before quarantines).

BTW, if you'd like to experience this first-hand, we're hiring - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22753515

Telehealth - Ambra Health (https://ambrahealth.com) | REMOTE | Java / Scala / Linux Engineer, Medical Image Storage and Processing | Full time

At Ambra Health we are doing something meaningful about COVID-19. We make it possible for doctors and patients to collaborate remotely, at locations around the world - including many renowned health centers. This involves managing a lot of medical data, getting it to the right place quickly and reliably over the Internet - some very challenging and interesting engineering problems - especially since tele-radiology is just one of many ways customers use Ambra.

We are looking for a Java and Scala developer with Linux experience to work on our remote-only image storage engineering team. This team works on the storage and image-transforming services of our platform, which handle 8 billion (4PB) medical images in data centers and cloud environments around the world. The ideal candidate would be able to be independently with minimal supervision, seasoned to make good productivity/coding/architecture decisions.

Requirements:

- Java (Scala is a bonus)

- Basic Linux system administration skills

- Must live in USA

Big plus if you've got any of these skills:

- Building server software with multi-threading and concurrency, in a distributed network environment

- Experience with DICOM medical file format

- Experience generating, diagnosing or hacking image formats (such as PNG, JPEG, etc)

- Diagnosing application problems in a Linux environment

Our hiring process is pretty simple - short introduction call, 1-hour phone call with the team to get to know each other, then (if it works for you) a paid part-time trial period to see if we like working together.

Send me an email with your resume: pete+jobs@ambrahealth.com

Telehealth - Ambra Health (https://ambrahealth.com) | REMOTE | Java / Scala / Linux Engineer, Medical Image Storage and Processing | Full time

At Ambra Health we are doing something meaningful about COVID-19. We make it possible for doctors and patients to collaborate remotely, at locations around the world - including many renowned health centers. This involves managing a lot of medical data, getting it to the right place quickly and reliably over the Internet - some very challenging and interesting engineering problems.

We are looking for a Java and Scala developer with Linux experience to work on our remote-only image storage engineering team. This team works on the storage and image-transforming services of our platform, which handle 8 billion (4PB) medical images in data centers and cloud environments around the world. The ideal candidate would be able to be independently with minimal supervision, seasoned to make good productivity/coding/architecture decisions.

Requirements:

- Java (Scala is a bonus)

- Basic Linux system administration skills

- Must live in USA

Big plus if you've got any of these skills:

- Building server software with multi-threading and concurrency, in a distributed network environment

- Experience with DICOM medical file format

- Experience generating, diagnosing or hacking image formats (such as PNG, JPEG, etc)

- Diagnosing application problems in a Linux environment

Send me an email with your resume: pete+jobs@ambrahealth.com

What happened before fiat currency allowed governments to step in, in the way they do now?

Ambra Health (https://ambrahealth.com) | REMOTE | Java / Scala / Linux Engineer, Medical Image Storage and Processing | Full time

We are looking for a Java and Scala developer with Linux experience to work on our remote-only image storage engineering team. This team works on the storage and image-transforming services of Ambra Health’s medical image sharing platform, which handle 8 billion (4PB) medical images in data centers and cloud environments around the world. The ideal candidate would be able to work independently with minimal supervision, seasoned to make good design/architecture decisions.

Requirements:

- Java (Scala is a bonus)

- Basic Linux system administration skills

- Must live in USA

Big plus if you've got any of these skills:

- Building server software with multi-threading and concurrency, in a distributed network environment

- Experience with DICOM medical file format

- Experience generating, diagnosing or hacking image formats (such as PNG, JPEG, etc)

- Diagnosing application problems in a Linux environment

Send me an email with your resume: pete+jobs@ambrahealth.com

Ambra Health (https://ambrahealth.com) | REMOTE | $100K+ | Java / Scala / Linux Engineer, Medical Image Storage and Processing | Full time

We are looking for a Java and Scala developer with Linux experience to work on our remote-only image storage engineering team. This team works on the storage and image-transforming services of Ambra Health’s medical image sharing platform, which handle 8 billion (4PB) medical images in data centers and cloud environments around the world. The ideal candidate would be able to work independently with minimal supervision, seasoned to make good design/architecture decisions.

Requirements:

- Java (Scala is a bonus)

- Basic Linux system administration skills

- Must live in USA

Big plus if you've got any of these skills:

- Building server software with multi-threading and concurrency, in a distributed network environment

- Experience with DICOM medical file format

- Experience generating, diagnosing or hacking image formats (such as PNG, JPEG, etc)

- Diagnosing application problems in a Linux environment

Send me an email with your resume: pete+jobs@ambrahealth.com

Ambra Health (https://ambrahealth.com) | REMOTE | C# / Mono / Linux Engineer, DICOM Gateway | Full time

We are looking for a C# developer with Linux experience to work on our remote-only DICOM gateway engineering team. The gateway is part of Ambra Health’s medical image sharing platform, and collects over 3 billion medical images annually at more than 1300 locations around the world. The ideal candidate would be able to work independently with minimal supervision, seasoned to make good design/architecture decisions.

Requirements:

- C# with .Net or Mono

- Basic Linux system administration skills

- Must live in USA

Big plus if you've got any of these skills:

- Building server software with multi-threading and concurrency, in a distributed network environment

- Developing C# applications with Xamarin or Mono on Linux

- Experience with DICOM - file format or DIMSE network protocol

- Automating C# build processes

- Diagnosing application problems in a Linux environment

Send me an email with your resume: pete+jobs@ambrahealth.com

Since the OP is about studying outcomes ... I'm curious -- are there any reputable studies about the likely outcomes of nationalizing healthcare?

First comment under the article:

> Good Luck!

> Karl Auerbach – Dec 31, 2019 2:07 PM PST

> I hope they have an easier time then I had when I, as a sitting Director on ICANN's board, tried to exercise my legal right to take a look at ICANN's financial records:

> Auerbach v ICANN https://www.eff.org/cases/auerbach-v-icann

Ambra Health (https://ambrahealth.com) | REMOTE | C# / Mono / Linux Engineer, DICOM Gateway | Full time

We are looking for a C# developer with Linux experience to work on our remote-only DICOM gateway engineering team. The gateway is part of Ambra Health’s medical image sharing platform, and collects over 3 billion medical images annually at more than 1300 locations around the world. The ideal candidate would be able to work independently with minimal supervision, seasoned to make good design/architecture decisions.

Requirements:

- C# with .Net or Mono

- Basic Linux system administration skills

- Must live in USA

Big plus if you've got any of these skills:

- Building server software with multi-threading and concurrency, in a distributed network environment

- Developing C# applications with Xamarin or Mono on Linux

- Experience with DICOM - file format or DIMSE network protocol

- Automating C# build processes

- Diagnosing application problems in a Linux environment

Send me an email with your resume: pete+jobs@ambrahealth.com

Are you referring to this ZoL issue https://github.com/zfsonlinux/zfs/issues/8259 https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=ZFS-On-L... ?

After many years of peak wasabi use (i.e. highest saturation possible) at Japanese restaurants in the US, I had a chance to eat sushi while on a trip to Shanghai.

I don't know if Chinese wasabi is more real or not, but quickly learned it had at least 10x more sinus-cleaning power than US wasabi.

That was also the first place where I had 'not possible to be any fresher' sushi - orders were placed at the fish tanks on the first floor, restaurant was upstairs.

I have a family trip booked next month on Southwest, who has many 737 Max 8. I'm relieved that they won't be able to use it now. I'm still expecting my flight to happen, Southwest and Boeing will have to figure out how to get the plane.

I'm curious how Ballerina avoids (or does it?) this problem mentioned in another comment:

>once a "program" gets complex it can get tangled fast. A node with 3000 edges starts to look messy.

I've been considering that leap for years, fear of the effort to get to a non-annoying Linux laptop always drives me back to Mac.

I finally took the dive on a PixelBook to try out, figured that at least the basics (battery, wireless, sound, video, command-line) should be less-likely to be an annoyance. However, at $1649 (16GB, i7 quad-core 1.3G, 512 SSD), it's not much of a savings over a reasonably-similar Mac config ($1799-1899).

The Flipped Classroom[1] is one alternative that has gained some momentum. Basically, watch the lecture on your own before class, so classroom time can be interactive.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flipped_classroom

I've negotiated direct-pay prices several times with auto-body shops, but I haven't tried with doctors.

Are most doctors set up to provide cash quotes and accept cash payment, or would I need to find specific doctors if I want to pay cash?

I've started to think Apple is more competitive on laptops than it looks from the price.

Every time I've priced out a laptop with similar configuration to my MBP (including a good-quality display, NvME SSD, good battery life), it always ends up costing about the same as an MBP. And then Apple's customer service definitely tips in their favor (I've been spoiled by fast, convenient, competent repair service at the Apple store).

So either everyone is making big margins on well-configured laptops, or the perception of over-priced MBP's is misplaced.

> Living wage is very dependent on geography. I don't think the federal government has the tools to enforce a living wage throughout America

That makes sense, but seems like most of the political pressure to raise minimum wage is focused at the federal level.

Does the issue of raising minimum wage get traction in state- or local-level politics, and just not get widely reported (aside from Seattle and a few other cities)?