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cowkingdeluxe··on FDA says 561 deaths tied to recalled Philips sleep apnea machines
Similar story here, same equipment. 41 now, got it a few months ago. Life changing. I've done alright for myself business wise but I wonder what I could've accomplished had I went to the doctor earlier. I thought multiple naps a day, falling asleep on the desk were normal.
cowkingdeluxe··on DoD Awards $1B Contract to Peraton to Counter Misinformation
I'd recommend the following for reading on RT and how the Russian government owned outlet utilizes propaganda in a "soft" way: https://academic.oup.com/joc/article/70/5/623/5912109 . I'd also recommend reading https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1464884920941967 for an analysis on how RT handled the 2018 Skripal poisonings. Even more disturbing is their MH17 coverage.
cowkingdeluxe··on In-car touchscreens are dangerous
They added a fake hard shift on outbacks newer than that. I've had a 2010 (first CVT), 2011, 2013 and 2018.
cowkingdeluxe··on Gmail having issues
Any email sent to my gmail is getting permanently bounced. Says my email does not exist at gmail.
cowkingdeluxe··on Twilio Super SIM
One of my clients has been waiting for over 3 months for a reply for access to that API. Right now they are stuck manually processing hundreds of orders per day.
cowkingdeluxe··on T-Mobile-Sprint Deal Runs into Resistance from DOJ Antitrust Staff
ATT had to pay $3b in cash to T-Mobile due to the failed merger as a penalty for it failing (part of the contract). That probably helped.
cowkingdeluxe··on Burger King is introducing a vegetarian patty from the start-up Impossible Foods
They are also typically really high calorie (not that it's much different from a regular beef patty).
cowkingdeluxe··on Home of Strategic Command and Some of the USAF's Most Prized Aircraft Flooded
Related to this base, if you want to see the F22 fly up close, go the day before an airshow there to the east end of the runway and you will only be hundreds of feet away. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Offutt+AFB,+NE/@41.1108278...
cowkingdeluxe··on Measuring the “Filter Bubble”: How Google is influencing what you click
Does Google constantly run AB tests on links to see which has higher CTR in given positions?
cowkingdeluxe··on Long-Awaited Study Results on Vitamin D and Fish Oil Supplements
Long-term health risks associated with low D include cancer and heart disease. I tested very low a few years ago and get tested every 6 months now. 10k for me as well. Who figured 12-14 hours a day at a computer would be unhealthy.
cowkingdeluxe··on Ask HN: Has anyone undergone stem cell treatment for auto-immune disease?
With 60% specialty copay its something around 3,000 I month I think. If you become part of their ambassador program they may offer to cover up to ~$16k of those costs per year. Doing that also requires some assistance from the health insurance program to cover it all in a certain way before Humira will cover anything. Took a lot of calls.

Other things I'd recommend: Dedicated medical fridge with internal temp monitors, remote infrared temp gauge to measure package on arrival.

Figures may be a tiny bit off here, going from memory.

cowkingdeluxe··on The U.S. Needs to Crack Down on White-Collar Crime
There are many ways to negatively affect election integrity, both illegal and legal.

For example, in Georgia, US, one of the candidates himself blocked 53,000 voter registrations just 3 weeks before the election. The demographics of the 53,000 is 70% black.

https://www.npr.org/2018/10/13/657109536/georgia-puts-53-000...

Gerrymandering, strict voter id laws (e.g. requiring drivers license but removing all but one DMV in the entire county in opponent's strongholds) and similar are also various ways to negatively affect election integrity.

cowkingdeluxe··on The Super-Rich Are Stockpiling Wealth in Black-Box Charities
Not limited to art. It's easy to get a trusted appraiser for the wealthy. It is very difficult for the IRS to challenge.

Examples other than art: Company shares, real estate, time in certain contexts.

Edit: I'd like to point out GFischer's excellent summary on this https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18130720

cowkingdeluxe··on The Super-Rich Are Stockpiling Wealth in Black-Box Charities
This is not true for assets that change in value and illiquid/non-marketable assets.

Example:

Rich person buys asset for $10m. 3 years later gets it appraised for $75m, knowing full well that no one would actually buy it for that.

Rich person then donates the '$75m' asset to charity. Rich person made more money via charity rather than trying to sell the asset for $75m.

This is a very common strategy.

cowkingdeluxe··on Can Mark Zuckerberg Fix Facebook Before It Breaks Democracy?
It is not about changing minds, it is about angering and motivating a certain segment of the population to vote.
cowkingdeluxe··on Designing Solo, a new U2F/FIDO2 Token
I'd really like to use FIDO for entire organization. For windows logins, .NET apps etc. But there is no easy solution.

On the other hand TOTP is simple to add for .NET apps.

cowkingdeluxe··on Some Bacteria Are Becoming 'More Tolerant' of Hand Sanitizers, Study Finds
What about people with compromised immune systems from disease treatments or other? Do you think it should be banned for them?

A better solution would probably be to mandate 70% alcohol concentration in all sanitize containers.

cowkingdeluxe··on Health Insurers Are Vacuuming Up Details About Customers
I am curious if they will be able to use this data to raise rates if the pre-existing coverage is removed ( https://www.npr.org/2018/06/08/618263772/trump-administratio... )?

I presume that it would be smart now for people to use certifications of creditable coverage?

cowkingdeluxe··on Amazon Prime Day deals 'not what they seem'
I also recommend this tool for anyone looking to buy expensive items. I saved ~$900 on an OLED TV from a very brief price drop in late May due to camel. It had been on my list for months however.
cowkingdeluxe··on Hijack of Amazon’s domain service used to reroute web traffic for two hours
How similar was this to the BGP attack by Russia in late 2017?

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/12/suspi...

cowkingdeluxe··on An Update on Last Week’s Accident
I think at least 50% of the blame should be placed on the maintainer of the road.

The crash attenuator was 'used up' from a previous accident and might have prevented death if it was in working condition.

I see this all the time where I live. Crashed attenuators or disfigured guard rails go months and months without repair.

cowkingdeluxe··on Facebook denies it collects call and SMS data from phones without permission
Do you think it will be possible for US citizens to take advantage of GDPR by just saying they live or are a citizen of the EU?

Will Facebook even check or will they just play it safe and accept most requests?

cowkingdeluxe··on PhantomJS: Archiving the project, suspending development
Running it as a pooled web server via generic-pool makes it run a bit more efficiently. Using the pooling method, it can do 512x512 images every 400 ms, add in Optimize, WebP & S3 for a total 1000 ms.

I based the pool off of https://github.com/latesh/puppeteer-pool/blob/master/src/ind... .

cowkingdeluxe··on Memo: Foxconn cost to Wisconsin nearing $4.5B
The Foxconn plant will only start with 3,000 jobs with the 'maximum potential' of 13,000 jobs.

Note the qualifiers 'could' and 'maximum potential' before any quote of 13,000 jobs in any news article. It is in Foxconn's best interest to inflate the 'max potential' number as high as it can. 3,000 instead of 13,000 jobs makes a lot less sense for the state.

http://money.cnn.com/2017/07/27/technology/business/foxconn-...

cowkingdeluxe··on Losing a dog can be harder than losing a relative or friend
Similar here. Raised a German Shepherd from 8 weeks to 9 years old. Worked from home and rarely spent time away from him over the entire 9 years, was truly my best friend. Didn't even go on vacations without him.

Buried him only 12 days after his first symptoms, aggressive lung cancer. I'm still not over it and 5 months later still have emotional events that last anywhere from 15 minutes to an hour.

cowkingdeluxe··on Weapon physicist declassifies rescued nuclear test films
Only five minutes would elapse from order to launch, even if a significant number of people throughout the chain to refuse the order.

Ultimately if the President orders the launch, it will happen. And it's the President's decision alone.

https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/graphics/2016-nuclear-wea...

cowkingdeluxe··on Chevrolet to offer unlimited data plan with cars
Unrelated to OnStar but similar issue here. I have a common name @ gmail from 2004 and get all sorts of information.

A MetLife VP keeps sending me confidential financial stuff. Several other people around the world too, bank stuff, car stuff you name it.

I've stopped trying to "fix" the situations and just mark them as spam and move on.

cowkingdeluxe··on Ask HN: Is S3 down?
Where do you see four nines for S3 SLA?

https://aws.amazon.com/s3/sla/ shows 99.9%

cowkingdeluxe··on U.S. motor vehicle deaths see biggest two year jump in over 50 years, per NSC
It appears the NSC are recommending speed cameras and red light cameras. The NSC non-profit has quite the history of recommending both.
cowkingdeluxe··on U.S. motor vehicle deaths see biggest two year jump in over 50 years, per NSC
Link to actual press release from NSC: http://www.nsc.org/NewsDocuments/2017/12-month-estimates.pdf

Shows the per population and per mileage driven death rates have increased as well.

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