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markus92··on A detailed look at the router provided by my ISP
It's been more common for DSL too, but I haven't heard of anyone using their own DOCSIS modem for Ziggo though. Have you?
markus92··on Singapore Airlines is using aeroponics to upgrade in-flight meals
This is very much a cultural thing. I only know one person who doesn't cook, and that's an American. All of my European friends/family/acquaintances can't imagine not cooking. Even I had ask a few times if what my American friend was saying, was for real.
markus92··on FDA clears ‘world’s first’ portable, low-cost MRI
15 months is exceptionally long. With a decent support contract, it can all be sorted out in a few weeks.
markus92··on Airbus unveils 'blended wing body' plane design after secret flight tests
Airbus has been fully fly-by-wire for a long time now. It's one of the main differences with Boeing.
markus92··on Hey Dropbox, why can't I compare file versions like this?
They already got the functionality to diff between two documents in Word. I use it all the time to see if legal made any changes while "forgetting" track changes.
markus92··on State Farm uses payment signature for HIPAA disclosure authorization
That would actually be illegal in a lot of places. Not sure how it would be in the USA but in most countries in Europe that wouldn't fly.

They would be allowed to ask questions about your medical history, but medical records themselves are an absolute no go.

markus92··on Genetically engineered moth is released into an open field
The LHC and thermonuclear bombs don't usually reproduce themselves though, keeping the risk relatively contained.
markus92··on Copying data is wasteful, mutating data is dangerous
Do you have any links to some examples or help on how to do this exactly?

Reason being that in our group we have a ton of normalization code that looks exactly like the 'bad' example from this post. As we use relatively large datasets (4D MRI images), memory is a bit scarce...

markus92··on The Unstoppable Rise of Sci-Hub (2019)
At my university, reviewing is explicitly mentioned to be on your own time: we cannot write any hours for it.
markus92··on U.S. cancer death rate drops by largest annual margin ever, report says
I wonder if this drop can be attributed to the approval of pembroluzimab? Our oncologists speak highly of it and it got to market around the mentioned time period
markus92··on Blackout Bug: Boeing 737 cockpit screens go blank if lands on specific runways
This bug affects the Boeing 737 NG, the '97 model that everyone and their model still uses. The article is not about the grounded 737 MAX model.
markus92··on How scientists across three continents produced an Ebola vaccine
There efficacy is debated though. Every other year you hear that the vaccine is not for the right strain of it.
markus92··on Loudness war
You can say a lot about Noisia, but their mixes always sound perfectly clean (if you can even say that about neurofunk). Not like Metallica's Death Magnetic album for example, for which the compression artifacts really hamper the listening experience.
markus92··on Oslo had 0 pedestrian, 0 cyclist, 0 children and 1 driver trafic deaths in 2019
Mine does (2017 Renault).
markus92··on Why Canada's cannabis bubble burst
Cannabis just requires seeds and some ground outside. Sure it won’t be the best, but it won’t need any equipment or attention this way. Brewing beer requires at least some active effort.
markus92··on Building a new Windows 3.1 app in 2019: A Slack Client
Microcontroller unit.
markus92··on New Floating Cycle Roundabout (2012)
Bikes also have some vertical movement there, but it's hard to see in the perspective.
markus92··on What Is the Cost of Building a Subway? [pdf]
The argument given was that it was an unrealistic bid as it was too cheap to be able to be completed. It all depends on how you set up the tender.
markus92··on What Is the Cost of Building a Subway? [pdf]
I got no source for this, but I've heard about this happening before on European construction projects (lowest 2 bidders being excluded for being too low).
markus92··on Clear backpacks, monitored emails: U.S. students under constant surveillance
That's still blocking, not actively monitoring. Probably because it runs all network traffic through their VPN.
markus92··on MRIs can better detect cancer in women with dense breasts, study finds
PET isn’t really suited for a screening population due to relatively low availability and high cost (esp. compared to a mammography). Resolution is also bad and it tends to also light up inflammations. So it probably wouldn’t help too much for reducing false positives.
markus92··on Raspberry Pi 4 WiFi stops working at 2560 x 1440 screen resolution
Absolutely, and this was before the Pi had built-in Wifi. The norms you have to comply for are immediately a lot stricter as your device falls into a different category (telecommunications devices).
markus92··on Raspberry Pi 4 WiFi stops working at 2560 x 1440 screen resolution
See also https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/tag/ce-compliance/
markus92··on Raspberry Pi 4 WiFi stops working at 2560 x 1440 screen resolution
It's so common that it's not an unlikely starting point. EMC is a major issue in high frequency electronics design and the raspberry pi had a history of having to redesign certain parts because of not having enough shielding.
markus92··on Phoebus Cartel
The reason they are loved is the major social impact Philips had on the Eindhoven region, mostly positive. You could walk up to Mr Frits during carnival, ask for a job for your husband and he could start the next week, ask any older Eindhovenaar about it. They were considered to be a great company to work for: they took care of houses (one of the Eindhoven suburbs is called Philips town as it was literally built by them for their employees), and the bylaws made maximum employment a top priority (heck, it’s still mentioned in the latest CAO). The local football club was founded by Philips for their employees, the first player in the field was a 4-year-old Mr. Frits.

From the perspective of Eindhoven, they sure were a net gain. For the rest of the world, they sure are in a lot of cartels. But the tens of thousands of people working for Philips-related companies won’t care (ASML, NXP, Signify, Etos, FEI, TP Vision, are just some examples of the Philips legacy that is still felt all across the Eindhoven region)l

markus92··on Nine-year-old child to graduate university
As someone who actually got the same degree at the same University as thd kid, I can confirm this is true. The amount of coursework he skipped is relatively high (every group project, some mandatory non-engineering subjects, at least totalling to 45 ECTS on top of my head) and the freedom he got when doing courses is unprecedented: no mandatory attendance and only oral examinations.

A 14 year old girl started the same program around 2006, she did do the full, regular coursework.

markus92··on The U.S. could slash health-care costs with two fundamental changes
This could sort-of work.

In The Netherlands, healthcare is billed according to a"diagnosis-threatment combination" (DBC, diagnose-behandel combinatie in Dutch), which is a government-mandated set of billing codes. Each code covers the whole diagnosis/threatment pipeline, for example "uncomplicated total knee replacement" which covers imaging, surgery, and a few days of revalidation until you leave the hospital. As these codes are standardized, it is relatively easy to know in advance what it's going to cost the insurance company.

The codes are sort of overlapping, for example a breast MRI has it's own code (usually 270eu, but with outliers both ways), but there's also a code for the combination of a mammography, breast MRI + lumpectomy.

Hospitals are nowadays obliged to publish these pricelists, even though insurance is mandatory etc., after some court cases involving uninsured people not knowing costs in advanced. Just having these lists could work wonders in terms of transparency.

markus92··on A Simple Dutch Cure for Stress
36 is fulltime in more and more sectors now (healthcare for example).
markus92··on Google Buys Fitbit for $2.1B
Ex googler
markus92··on Snapchat is a cautionary tale against leaving unicorns for dead
From what I can see in my social circle, after they fixed that horrendous interface update, usage has gone up. This is compounded by people becoming more aware of their social media presence on Instagram. Stories is only part alternative.

It's also very popular for group chats, for which Instagram has no alternative and WhatsApp doesn't have the perceived privacy that Snapchat has.

Unfortunately I don't have any numbers to back this, just my perception.

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