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Comment Is this the start of a redlining attempt? (Score 3, Insightful) 40

Undoubtedly MRED and Compass are trying to double dip on commissions. But having a private, preferred network of 43,000 subscribers could easily be the beginning of redlining by offering some listings only to clients in "preferred" areas, and the other listings not in these areas to the general public.

Comment Re: Consequence culture? (Score 1) 207

We're off to the Netherlands on Thursday.

You are not the only one. I have seen an uptick of Canadians lately in NL, Amsterdam. Or actually: I have _heard_ an uptick in Canadians lately.

Every time I hear someone in Amsterdam speak English with a North-American accent, but with civilised manners, they always turn out to come from Canada. They do not shout, they do not interrupt you and are generally calm and seem genuinely friendly.

And they all smile I ask them if they are from Canada, in light of the above. As if they are happy to not be mistaken for US-ians.

Comment Re:Fucking morons (Score 1) 94

True. I think the false notion of 'LLM's know facts like humans' stems from the observation that there are lots of humans that are less coherent in their communication than LLM's.

There are loads of humans who cannot handle facts properly. LLM's also cannot handle facts, but they are in lots of cases outperforming lots of humans.

So humans know facts and LMM's don't know facts, but what lots of humans produce with those facts can be worse than what LLM's produce without knowing facts.

Comment Re:More testing Better Medicine (Score 1) 75

I can state unequivocally that cancer screening has added at least 20 years to my life. In 2005 I had a routine colonoscopy that revealed a stage 3 adenocarcinoma tumor in the ascending colon. My oncologist estimated I had maybe a year without prompt treatment, depending on when the tumor caused the colon be blocked or burst. For most people the tumor has usually metastasized by that point.

But thanks to a prompt hemicolectomy, six months of chemo and some luck I'm still here and able to live a normal life. For me, the money spent on routine screening worked out very well indeed.

Comment My tale (Score 2) 75

As you might tell from my ID, I'm old. My wife and I both paid for torso scans from Prenuvo a year ago. Mine was essentially clear with nothing that requires immediate action. My wife had a 6.5 mm pulmonary nodule - a 6 mm or greater nodule is a possible cancer. Our doctor recommended having an another MRI (paid by insurance) a year later.

So my wife had the second MRI a month ago and the nodule has grown to 9 mm. A follow-up PET scan showed a "hot" image. Surgical removal is in two weeks.

My wife has no symptoms. We would never have known about this problem but for that first scan. It may save her life, or the nodule might be benign and all the anxiety, the follow-up tests and the pain of the surgery might be for nothing. We will know soon.

Comment Re:His Little empire is collapsing (Score 1) 111

Without the government subsidies Trump took away Tesla is not profitable.

I very much doubt that. In the past I have spent quite some time going over the financials of Tesla. My memory is bad, but I recall that the subsidies were way, way less than the actual net profit.

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