AI increasing healthcare costs Dan Lyke / comment 0
AI's healthcare side hustle: inflating your bill
TL;DR: You might have expected AI to cut healthcare costs, whether it’s by reducing paperwork, automating the doctor’s notes, or thinning out hospital staff. But a new 60-page PwC report suggests the reverse: So far, one of its most widespread uses is making medical bills bigger. It’s an example of how AI isn’t only good at making tasks more efficient—it’s also very good at finding more granular ways to boost a sector’s bottom line.
Building for the future Dan Lyke / comment 0
How to make good open source project:
- plaster pride flags everywhere (keeps bigots away)
- swear constantly (keeps ai away)
- sex (keeps corporations away)
bring back the noise Dan Lyke / comment 0
Good read: Banning noise will be a disaster for statistical data products, on a new order from the US Office of Privacy and Open Government: Disclosure Avoidance for Statistical Products which says (in section 5, policy):
The article points out two things: first, that this is likely a disaster for privacy of individuals whose data are aggregated in those sets, of course, but also that this makes analysis across this boundary difficult.
show more restraints Dan Lyke / comment 0
Edith @edithcharles.bsky.social
You won’t want to hear this but when it comes to kink at Pride I’m afraid we, as a community, in a public place, need to show more restraints.
SB 79 Dan Lyke / comment 0
Patrick Siegman @siegman.biz
SB 79, which allows apartments up to 9 stories tall near major transit stops, goes into effect on 7/1.
If you or someone you know is struggling to cope, help is here! Cognitive behavioral therapy can help you process strong emotions in a healthier way:
State law will put more housing near transit stops. This SoCal map finally shows where
Kaiser Permanenty: Self-guided CBT techniques to improve your mental health.
nothing ever needed to be good Dan Lyke / comment 0
Jackon Rickun writing on Substack was just laid off from Grindr:
All of this has shown me that nothing ever needed to be good. It needed to be done, and done used to require a person who knew how. Good was just this…. cool little side effect. Now to get something done you don’t need the person. Done is free, good is extra, and nobody pays extra. Congratulations to done! Flawless victory!
Via.
Finished watching Motel Drive last Dan Lyke / comment 0
Finished watching Motel Drive last night. That's a powerful (short, 1 hr) movie with no good answers, but a lot of questions we should be having conversations around.
Housing policy, drug policy, urban design, education... and it ends maybe kinda hopeful?