The Frame is a VR headset. How is that comparable to the Steam Link that is meant for display on a screen?

“I’m condemned to use the tools of my enemy to defeat them. I burn my decency for someone else’s future.”

• Luthen Raels

I was called once for a case where the defendant allegedly shot the victim (who survived). During selection process we all had to stand up briefly before the court and answer several questions. One of the questions was “What was your highest level of education?” which was particularly salient to me because I had finished medical school the previous year and was in the middle of my internship. So I paid attention to who had college/graduate degrees and what their majors were.

Fast forward to time to break for lunch, after the attorneys had met with the judge briefly, and the judge announces that he is going to call out a list of names and wants those who are called to stand. I immediately notice that everyone being called is someone who didn’t go to college or anything beyond high school. At the end of the list the judge says “If you haven’t been called, you are dismissed from service.” So the lawyers had basically nixed everyone with any kind of education. I found the experience informative and disheartening.

It’s an ironic label. American technocrats would likely call anyone celebrating this development as sickos. OP is jokingly self-applying the label.

I find the 12-hour practical for daily life. But I put my phone on 24 hour time when I’m traveling and find that to be helpful.

McCarthy is an incredible writer but the tone and subject of The Road are very bleak. I enjoyed the language and author’s skill but don’t think I could reread it.

I am obliged to recommend Blood Meridian by the same author if you haven’t read it. It is one of the best books I’ve ever read. Seriously, read it if you haven’t.

Yes there’s always a team in the room. I was only stating that in this case it seemed like from the court summary, the other team members knew there was a problem with bleeding but were unaware he was resecting the liver until he pulled it out of the patient. It sounded like because of the excessive blood they simply couldn’t see well.

I’m not sure if you mean this generally before the case happened, or if you meant, did nobody try to stop him during the case?

I think before the case, there were a lot of people who were uneasy with him because of the types of mistakes he was making, although these were generally smaller, less serious mistakes. I think there had been some scrutiny of his practice, but I don’t recall the details.

During the case, it sounded like there was a complication with bleeding which partially obscured visibility in the operative field. The people in the room knew that the case was not going well because of the bleeding, but it wasn’t until he actually pulled the liver out of the patient that anyone realized how wrong things had gone.

There was a post about this case a month or two ago on Lemmy. I can’t find the link right now, I’m sorry. But in there, someone had posted a link to the case files for the court. You could see summaries of testimony from multiple nurses and scrub techs. The short version was that many of them had strong reservations about the surgeon prior to this case due to other errors. When this case happened, they were all pretty certain it was not the spleen immediately.

Oddly specific.

Ok but for real Andor is only a Star Wars show because of setting. The story, dialogue, etc are all a cut above anything else. Most of the things you think of with Star Wars (light sabers, the Force, etc) are really not part of the story. I hope you’ll give it a chance because I’m not a huge fan of Star Wars (OT is good but that’s about it for me) but Andor is fantastic.

You left out the bonus panel!

Thanks for sharing that was an engrossing read. Like most of these situations it looks like there was significant system failure leading up to the event. You’re absolutely right he should have been removed long before this.

Selection bias.

Well in radiology we are searching images for specific findings so the generative slop problem isn’t the issue for us, it will be being overwhelmed with false positives or false negatives with a time pressure to go faster. I’ve been trying to follow the impacts of these models on the coding professions and I do not envy you at all. It really does seem like a rock and a hard place right now.

Or healthcare… 😭

I see what you’re going for but of all the insane things the USA wastes money on, this at least has scientific value and human interest.

The cost of this mission is $4.1 billion. The USA defense budget is $997 billion.

The next highest defense budget is China at $314 billion.

The Artemis mission could be a rounding error compared with how much we spend on our war machine. I personally think there is a lot more room for criticism of the US military adventurism and all of its costs than something like Artemis but that’s just me.

I work in radiology and I’ve been saying this for years. AI tools probably won’t replace us because of liability. We will have all of the liability while AI tools push us to work faster and faster for less money. I suspect this will happen with a lot of jobs.

He demands to know how she could possibly justify such an obscene display: “I would like to hear how you would explain to my children what you’re supposed to be.”

In the photo she is clearly dressed as a cop - how could he not recognize this?