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STAT+: They carry a gene for ALS but aren’t sick. What does medical research owe them?

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Nine months after her mom died of ALS, Jean Swidler walked into a doctor’s office at Columbia University and asked to learn her own fate. A genetic counselor swabbed her cheek or took a blood sample — Swidler can’t remember which — and called the next month.   Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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Ask HN: Can the black border atop the HN mourning header link to who died?

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Groundbreaking AI Accurately Predicts People's Time Of Death

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Researchers analyzed the data on people aged 35-65, half of whom died between 2016 and 2020 and asked the system to predict who lived & died. Researchers analyzed the data on people aged 35-65, half of whom died between 2016 and 2020 and asked the system to predict who lived & died.

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Ray Bandar's Bone Palace

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My personal favourites were the walruses, the box full of beaver skulls and an amazing Narwhal tusk, which had been given to Ray by a friend who had asked him if there was anything he hadn't been able to collect himself. He would spend the next sixty years adding to his collection. Ray's great nephew Jacob gave us the tour.

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5 Early Indicators Your Embedded Analytics Will Fail

Many application teams leave embedded analytics to languish until something—an unhappy customer, plummeting revenue, a spike in customer churn—demands change. But by then, it may be too late. In this White Paper, Logi Analytics has identified 5 tell-tale signs your project is moving from “nice to have” to “needed yesterday.".

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How I backup

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Some people have asked, so here is how I do my backups. It takes me about ten seconds per day and five minutes per month to maintain. It works well for me, but I’m always open to suggestions. Just email me with any ideas or questions. Whenever I turn on one computer, I sync it from the other. Three different external 4TB 2.5"

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How to use experiments to find your way to success

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“To consult the statistician after an experiment is finished is often merely to ask him to conduct a post mortem examination. He can perhaps say what the experiment died of.”

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New Study: 2018 State of Embedded Analytics Report

Why do some embedded analytics projects succeed while others fail? We surveyed 500+ application teams embedding analytics to find out which analytics features actually move the needle. Read the 6th annual State of Embedded Analytics Report to discover new best practices. Brought to you by Logi Analytics.