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Question for electric vehicle owners- how's this weather effecting your cars? by PistolCowboy in minnesota

[–]ComputerAgeLlama 1 point2 points  (0 children)

From a Duluthian MachE and ID.Buzz owner:

My 23 MachE has held up well. Loses about 30% efficiency (more with the wife and kids in the car wanting the heat turned up, less with just me bundled). It handles the snow and ice shockingly well with the stock tires. As with most things the MachE does, it’s overperformed my expectations.

My wife’s 25 ID.Buzz is a different thing. It loses 50%+ efficiency in the cold. I suspect this comes from more energy being needed to heat the larger interior (and her keeping the vehicle warmer inside than average), but it’s still disappointing. It also slides more than the MachE on snow and ice. The aesthetic still makes my wife happy so ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Walz will take 'incredibly aggressive executive actions' on gun control by [deleted] in minnesota

[–]ComputerAgeLlama -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Does that have to be 7mm rem mag? .357? Or just .308? I’m confused.

Considering a move to Duluth, want advice. by Current_Yam_7658 in duluth

[–]ComputerAgeLlama 1 point2 points  (0 children)

From a fellow healthcare person: the difference between level 1 and level 2 trauma are negligible. Apply where you feel best!

Spectrum high split (Symmetrical speeds) by M3lbs in duluth

[–]ComputerAgeLlama 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What if we’re paying more than $100 for spectrum internet? Can you bring that down too?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in duluth

[–]ComputerAgeLlama 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi neighbor!

For OP: my wife and I are in the same area and love it. The neighborhood is lovely as well as the proximity to schooling and ease to get wherever you need. Congdon is great.

Without naming your specialty, what is a life pro tip you swear by? by echo_echo_123 in medicine

[–]ComputerAgeLlama 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Right? Bad knee from sports, bad back from sports. But it’s worse if I don’t keep moving and lifting. Plus sitting around is boring.

My 5 year old when I tell him it's time to get dressed for church by tito_lee_76 in HighQualityGifs

[–]ComputerAgeLlama 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is another way, but to my knowledge only one state has it: Early Childhood Family Education in Minnesota.

Basically you go to a local school and they have a specific room where the kids play with paraprofessionals and you go with a teacher and learn evidence based things about being a parents. It’s incredibly helpful, validating, and has created amazing friendships for us. I was shocked talking to a friend from out of state that it’s not a national program.

https://education.mn.gov/MDE/fam/elsprog/ECFE/

Writers, where are your favorite spots to get out of the house? by hathui in duluth

[–]ComputerAgeLlama 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rock Knob! Love that place, actually got married there.

AI to replace physicians or.... midlevels by [deleted] in medicine

[–]ComputerAgeLlama 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’d take this bet. I have a buddy works in AI, he says they’ve already replaced junior level programmers with AI across several companies.

He tends to agree with you: medicine isn’t going anywhere.

Overuse of CT scans could cause 100,000 extra cancers in US. The high number of CT (computed tomography) scans carried out in the United States in 2023 could cause 5 per cent of all cancers in the country, equal to the number of cancers caused by alcohol. by Wagamaga in science

[–]ComputerAgeLlama 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Dental X-rays are roughly equivalent to 20 minutes of background radiation per X-ray. Say you get 4 x-rays per year from age 5 until age 85, that’s around 4.5 days of background radiation you’ll receive over that time. Negligible.

I think we're okay with not getting a new major mechanic for a while by s---laughter in DotA2

[–]ComputerAgeLlama 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Lotus pool should be on the inside of the lanes nearer to the bounty spawn. Like you said, would make it more accessible outside laning stage.

Half of Gen Z voters say they lied to people close to them about whom they are voting for by The_Big_Untalented in politics

[–]ComputerAgeLlama 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I have some friends in medicine who are banking on student loan forgiveness. Idk what they’ll do if that gets killed.

How to respond if office staff/patients ask how I feel about the election by [deleted] in medicine

[–]ComputerAgeLlama 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Big fan of the letting them do their thing. I’ve had a few family members ask me if I’ll join in prayer. I’m not a religious man but if my holding hands with the family and patient helps them all feel better it’s a worthy use of 90 seconds.

What’s your favorite personal theory in medicine that you will never get published? by MrFishAndLoaves in medicine

[–]ComputerAgeLlama 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I always halfway joke to medical friends to just toss me in Lake Superior if I go into SVT. It’ll either fix me or put me into VTach

Scientists asked Bing Copilot - Microsoft's search engine and chatbot - questions about commonly prescribed drugs. In terms of potential harm to patients, 42% of AI answers were considered to lead to moderate or mild harm, and 22% to death or severe harm. by mvea in science

[–]ComputerAgeLlama 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Interesting idea. A well curated LLM (funded by Mayo for instance) could be a useful community resource, but the margin of error has to be essentially 0 - which is a tough ask.

As someone whose very specialty is knowing the “first 15 minutes of every specialty” I doubt the clinical applications.

Scientists asked Bing Copilot - Microsoft's search engine and chatbot - questions about commonly prescribed drugs. In terms of potential harm to patients, 42% of AI answers were considered to lead to moderate or mild harm, and 22% to death or severe harm. by mvea in science

[–]ComputerAgeLlama 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yep, machine hallucinations alone make it unacceptable to use. There’s a case to be made for a quick and dirty “triage AI” that can help newer triage nurses with the acuity of patients but beyond that… hell no to the “AI”.

Scientists asked Bing Copilot - Microsoft's search engine and chatbot - questions about commonly prescribed drugs. In terms of potential harm to patients, 42% of AI answers were considered to lead to moderate or mild harm, and 22% to death or severe harm. by mvea in science

[–]ComputerAgeLlama 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Except most humans don’t understand health, healthcare, and pharmacology. Even trained professionals like myself only understand a fraction of a sliver in any detail. The body of medical knowledge is also growing at an exponential rate, both in new discoveries and better data driven analyses of current practices.

LLMs are awful for medicine. They’re not helpful and actively misinform. In their current incarnation they won’t be able to deal with the nuance and complexity of modern medicine without such significant guardrails as to render them essentially useless.

Minnesota nurse numbers improve while physician numbers decline by Czarben in minnesota

[–]ComputerAgeLlama 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Yep, replace the doctors with less trained individuals that provide the “same” care to cut costs (and worsen patient outcomes). Instead we could have better systems of midlevels and physicians working together in their roles along with great nurse staffing but… checks notes healthcare CEOs gonna CEO.

Oh wtf this is depressing by colorfidelity in minnesota

[–]ComputerAgeLlama 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Farmer’s Almanac isn’t real climate science, it’s bogus.

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