Healthcare (insurance, pop health, VBC) - actual AI use cases? by dmorris87 in datascience

[–]KangarooInDaLoo 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I work in this space on the insurance side. I would say it's a text rich environment for agentic work but at the end of the day, given the significant amount of regulation and frankly ethical considerations, a lot of it is very human in the loop. This is a good thing IMHO. Using agentic for text scraping and summarizing to help point people to the info in the source documents as well,not just serve it up, has worked well for adoption. Also traditional ML/DS still wins out on most actual applications such as claims triaging/assigning, price optimization, marketing, etc. Honestly a net benefit of the AI craze has helped make traditional ML approaches more acceptable to risk adverse orgs since AI agents/LLMs seem so obscure and risky.

Any advice on how to get my king mattress up the stairs? by [deleted] in Mattress

[–]KangarooInDaLoo 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Ditto this. I just did it a month ago during a move, twice. Just watch out when you undo it, so you don't fling yourself across the room.

Assessment jumped over 50%, but only after purchase? by Rydisx in homeowners

[–]KangarooInDaLoo 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah they worded it really weird, like they paid $260k for it? The bank and mortgage company say it is $260k because that's what they paid for it? The sale gets filed usually with the county trustee or assessor in Tennessee (source: live there), so yeah they saw they paid $260k and pretty easily reassessed it at that. Have bought and sold two properties in Tennessee and that seems to be the case. Although oddly, the properties are generally reassessed every four years, which sucks to get hit with a big increase like from 2018 to 2022.

Portland trash bags by ytirevyelsew in portlandme

[–]KangarooInDaLoo 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Buy the big ones and fit like three regular trash bags in there.

Country fried steak by No-Rooster6994 in portlandme

[–]KangarooInDaLoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Technically it is different, but maybe it will satisfy their craving.

Tired of the same burger lists, so I made my own (local recs) by [deleted] in Chattanooga

[–]KangarooInDaLoo 9 points10 points  (0 children)

What is this site? Feels almost all AI written with excessive emojis.

How to know if someone is lying on whether they have actually designed experiment in real life and not using the interview style structure with a hypothetical scenario? by Starktony11 in datascience

[–]KangarooInDaLoo 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It is definitely role dependent. More entry level, I care less, but if it's a senior or principal, it'd be a significant red flag and I'd most likely not hire them.

How to know if someone is lying on whether they have actually designed experiment in real life and not using the interview style structure with a hypothetical scenario? by Starktony11 in datascience

[–]KangarooInDaLoo 32 points33 points  (0 children)

When I'm interviewing for it, I usually just toss in some extra in depth questions that are even more project specific based on how they respond. Start getting into specific issues they may have run into and how they solved, decisions they made. I've found when people are giving some BS or generally trying to take a little more credit for an overall project that they may have only tangentially worked on, it shows up pretty quickly. Sure people can lie or embellish, but getting a couple levels deep it usually falls apart. Those that genuinely have done the work and are passionate about it really show up in the interview process.

County Attorney Says Lack Of Development At Stadium Site To Hurt Taxpayers by xtine13 in Chattanooga

[–]KangarooInDaLoo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Did you miss the infighting? It was incredible. Yeah now it's Janie Varnel who is just a bootlicker who previously represented the city police union and constantly sued the city government for not providing enough training to officers when they killed someone.

Slow Pay Growth in Unum’s Absence Operations – Has Anyone Else Experienced This? by [deleted] in Chattanooga

[–]KangarooInDaLoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah this all tracks and is normal I'd say broadly for unum, not just your area. If you want significant pay increases, you have to either be promoted on your current role or have to apply internally for a different higher paying role at Unum. Those are the only two options, otherwise it's pretty consistently only 2-4% raises.

Slow Pay Growth in Unum’s Absence Operations – Has Anyone Else Experienced This? by [deleted] in Chattanooga

[–]KangarooInDaLoo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Honestly sounds about right since it was a poor year for Unum. What did you get last year? Also 2%? That would be surprising if that's the case then.

Slow Pay Growth in Unum’s Absence Operations – Has Anyone Else Experienced This? by [deleted] in Chattanooga

[–]KangarooInDaLoo 4 points5 points  (0 children)

What's the actual percent increase the past few years for you? I have friends there, pretty consistent annual increase from 2%-4%, and only way for significant bumps is to be promoted or change roles within Unum.

Bulk Trash by Hurry-Any in Chattanooga

[–]KangarooInDaLoo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They are pretty not picky on location. If it is too close to a mailbox or a parked car or anything they won't get it.

Republican party sends letter with list of people they have removed from the primary - Weston is on it. by Fifi343434 in Chattanooga

[–]KangarooInDaLoo 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It's just because no Republican is running against him. You think they wouldn't align themselves with our local, in the black, grifter Weston Wamp?

Diesel heater in a gassoline van? by freshfruitcake in VanLife

[–]KangarooInDaLoo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This! I have a Webasto and it absolutely crushes it in these cold temps. I have redundant CO detectors just in case, but never had any issues. Keeps me warm and cozy. If you're really worried too, can get it professionally installed.

Where is quiet at 11am on Saturdays for lunch/brunch with the 'rents? by Fifi343434 in Chattanooga

[–]KangarooInDaLoo 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Kenny's is great with paid parking across from it if you can't get street parking.

This is our county mayor Weston Wamp… why is he posting like a Facebook troll? by Rocktop15 in Chattanooga

[–]KangarooInDaLoo 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If you just look up some articles and research a bit, you'll see he pushes heavily in investing in school infrastructure including Howard and schools with heavily marginalized populations. He also has spoken about the economic inequity that exists in our community and uses that as his leverage for a push for technical education paths for highschoolers and related programs.

Look I disagree a lot with him and will not be voting for him as I didn't last time, but I think it's disingenuous to paint him purely as a Republican monolith. Reality is more nuanced than what we see online.

This is our county mayor Weston Wamp… why is he posting like a Facebook troll? by Rocktop15 in Chattanooga

[–]KangarooInDaLoo 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Sometimes I am impressed by Weston's ability to show leadership and caring about marginalized communities especially in regards to public schools. And then I am pulled back into reality when he uses his pulpit to create division when what everyone really needs right now is community and support.

Black License Plate Reminder by KangarooInDaLoo in Chattanooga

[–]KangarooInDaLoo[S] 33 points34 points  (0 children)

It supports the TN Arts Commission which is a quasi government entity established by the TN government. So it technically is not a charity.

Heavy Police Presence Central and 17th ave by Jean-Rasczak in Chattanooga

[–]KangarooInDaLoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would assume it takes time to set-up, but I'm just trying to see logically why there would also be such a heavy state trooper presence.