Comment Re:shi..fting (Score 1) 315
There's also the security aspect. Low chance of it getting stolen as modern hoodlum's simply won't know how to drive it.
Comment Re:Golden era for scam artists (Score 1) 170
If cryptographic algorithms break because of quantum computing, Bitcoin will be the least of our problems.
Comment Re:What is it? (Score 1) 56
I went looking for it but my autocorrect gave me Greensky Bluegrass instead and I'm in a way happier place than if I had actually found the Bluesky bubble.
Submission + - AI Tool Cuts Unexpected Deaths In Hospital By 26%, Canadian Study Finds (www.cbc.ca)
An anonymous reader writes: Inside a bustling unit at St. Michael's Hospital in downtown Toronto, one of Shirley Bell's patients was suffering from a cat bite and a fever, but otherwise appeared fine — until an alert from an AI-based early warning system showed he was sicker than he seemed. While the nursing team usually checked blood work around noon, the technology flagged incoming results several hours beforehand. That warning showed the patient's white blood cell count was "really, really high," recalled Bell, the clinical nurse educator for the hospital's general medicine program. The cause turned out to be cellulitis, a bacterial skin infection. Without prompt treatment, it can lead to extensive tissue damage, amputations and even death. Bell said the patient was given antibiotics quickly to avoid those worst-case scenarios, in large part thanks to the team's in-house AI technology, dubbed Chartwatch. "There's lots and lots of other scenarios where patients' conditions are flagged earlier, and the nurse is alerted earlier, and interventions are put in earlier," she said. "It's not replacing the nurse at the bedside; it's actually enhancing your nursing care."
A year-and-a-half-long study on Chartwatch, published Monday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, found that use of the AI system led to a striking 26 percent drop in the number of unexpected deaths among hospitalized patients. The research team looked at more than 13,000 admissions to St. Michael's general internal medicine ward — an 84-bed unit caring for some of the hospital's most complex patients — to compare the impact of the tool among that patient population to thousands of admissions into other subspecialty units. "At the same time period in the other units in our hospital that were not using Chartwatch, we did not see a change in these unexpected deaths," said lead author Dr. Amol Verma, a clinician-scientist at St. Michael's, one of three Unity Health Toronto hospital network sites, and Temerty professor of AI research and education in medicine at University of Toronto. "That was a promising sign."
The Unity Health AI team started developing Chartwatch back in 2017, based on suggestions from staff that predicting deaths or serious illness could be key areas where machine learning could make a positive difference. The technology underwent several years of rigorous development and testing before it was deployed in October 2020, Verma said. Dr. Amol Verma, a clinician-scientist at St. Michael’s Hospital who helped lead the creation and testing of CHARTwatch, stands at a computer. "Chartwatch measures about 100 inputs from [a patient's] medical record that are currently routinely gathered in the process of delivering care," he explained. "So a patient's vital signs, their heart rate, their blood pressure ... all of the lab test results that are done every day." Working in the background alongside clinical teams, the tool monitors any changes in someone's medical record "and makes a dynamic prediction every hour about whether that patient is likely to deteriorate in the future," Verma told CBC News.
A year-and-a-half-long study on Chartwatch, published Monday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, found that use of the AI system led to a striking 26 percent drop in the number of unexpected deaths among hospitalized patients. The research team looked at more than 13,000 admissions to St. Michael's general internal medicine ward — an 84-bed unit caring for some of the hospital's most complex patients — to compare the impact of the tool among that patient population to thousands of admissions into other subspecialty units. "At the same time period in the other units in our hospital that were not using Chartwatch, we did not see a change in these unexpected deaths," said lead author Dr. Amol Verma, a clinician-scientist at St. Michael's, one of three Unity Health Toronto hospital network sites, and Temerty professor of AI research and education in medicine at University of Toronto. "That was a promising sign."
The Unity Health AI team started developing Chartwatch back in 2017, based on suggestions from staff that predicting deaths or serious illness could be key areas where machine learning could make a positive difference. The technology underwent several years of rigorous development and testing before it was deployed in October 2020, Verma said. Dr. Amol Verma, a clinician-scientist at St. Michael’s Hospital who helped lead the creation and testing of CHARTwatch, stands at a computer. "Chartwatch measures about 100 inputs from [a patient's] medical record that are currently routinely gathered in the process of delivering care," he explained. "So a patient's vital signs, their heart rate, their blood pressure
Submission + - Pagers explode injuring thousands (reuters.com)
Smonster writes: More than 1,000 people, including Hezbollah fighters and medics, were wounded on Tuesday when the pagers they use to communicate exploded across Lebanon, security sources told Reuters.
The wave of explosions lasted around an hour after the initial detonations, which took place about 3:45 p.m. local time (1345 GMT). It was not immediately clear how the devices were detonated.
Large numbers of “wireless devices” simultaneously exploded across Lebanon in an apparently coordinated attack that caused hundreds of injuries, Lebanese health officials said on Tuesday, a day after Israeli leaders warned that they were considering stepping up their military campaign against Hezbollah.
In other footage, an explosion appeared to knock out someone standing at a fruit stand at a market area. Lebanon’s crisis operations center, which is run by the health ministry, asked all medical workers to head to their respective hospitals to help cope with the massive numbers of wounded coming in for urgent care. It said health care workers should not use pagers.
The Lebanese Red Cross said more than 50 ambulances and 300 emergency medical staff were dispatched to help in the evacuation of victims.
The Lebanese Red Cross said in a statement that 80 ambulances were responding to “multiple bombings” in southern and eastern Lebanon, as well as in Beirut, the capital, and Lebanon’s Internal Security Forces Directorate asked people to clear the roads so people could be rushed to hospitals.
The blasts appeared to be the latest salvo in an 11-month conflict between Israel and Hezbollah that began last October, after Hezbollah began firing into Israeli territory in solidarity with its ally, Hamas. The conflict has largely remained contained to exchanges of missiles and rockets, but for months, leaders on either side have warned that it could expand into a war involving ground forces.
The wave of explosions lasted around an hour after the initial detonations, which took place about 3:45 p.m. local time (1345 GMT). It was not immediately clear how the devices were detonated.
Large numbers of “wireless devices” simultaneously exploded across Lebanon in an apparently coordinated attack that caused hundreds of injuries, Lebanese health officials said on Tuesday, a day after Israeli leaders warned that they were considering stepping up their military campaign against Hezbollah.
In other footage, an explosion appeared to knock out someone standing at a fruit stand at a market area. Lebanon’s crisis operations center, which is run by the health ministry, asked all medical workers to head to their respective hospitals to help cope with the massive numbers of wounded coming in for urgent care. It said health care workers should not use pagers.
The Lebanese Red Cross said more than 50 ambulances and 300 emergency medical staff were dispatched to help in the evacuation of victims.
The Lebanese Red Cross said in a statement that 80 ambulances were responding to “multiple bombings” in southern and eastern Lebanon, as well as in Beirut, the capital, and Lebanon’s Internal Security Forces Directorate asked people to clear the roads so people could be rushed to hospitals.
The blasts appeared to be the latest salvo in an 11-month conflict between Israel and Hezbollah that began last October, after Hezbollah began firing into Israeli territory in solidarity with its ally, Hamas. The conflict has largely remained contained to exchanges of missiles and rockets, but for months, leaders on either side have warned that it could expand into a war involving ground forces.
Submission + - Linux 6.12 Adds QR Code for Kernel Panics (phoronix.com)
meisdug writes: A new feature has been submitted for inclusion in Linux 6.12, allowing the display of a QR code when a kernel panic occurs using the DRM Panic handler. This QR code can capture detailed error information that is often missed in traditional text-based panic messages, making it more user-friendly. The feature, written in Rust, is optional and can be enabled via a specific build switch. This implementation follows similar ideas from other operating systems and earlier discussions in the Linux community.
Submission + - Is it time to update the Open Hardware Definition for AI or make a parallel one?
ptorrone writes: In a recent blog post, Adafruit explores whether it's time to update the Open Hardware Definition (OHD) to include considerations for AI, or if a parallel definition should be created specifically for AI hardware. The current OHD was established to promote open, accessible hardware designs and ensure that hardware creators can share their work freely. However, as AI becomes increasingly embedded in hardware projects, the definition may need to evolve to address the complexities AI introduces, such as data ethics, software dependencies, and hardware performance transparency.
The article raises key questions about how AI-integrated hardware could impact the open hardware community. Should the OHD be expanded to cover AI-specific concerns, or would a separate definition be more appropriate to address the nuances of AI hardware? The discussion invites input from the community on how best to maintain the spirit of open hardware while accommodating the rapidly advancing field of AI.
Read the full post on Adafruit’s blog: Is it time to update the Open Hardware Definition for AI, or make a parallel one for AI?
The article raises key questions about how AI-integrated hardware could impact the open hardware community. Should the OHD be expanded to cover AI-specific concerns, or would a separate definition be more appropriate to address the nuances of AI hardware? The discussion invites input from the community on how best to maintain the spirit of open hardware while accommodating the rapidly advancing field of AI.
Read the full post on Adafruit’s blog: Is it time to update the Open Hardware Definition for AI, or make a parallel one for AI?
Comment a disturbing data point (Score 2) 112
That's quite a conclusion from a single data point
Comment Re:Illegal (Score 0) 167
what does crypto provide that the current banking system doesn't?
You have access to a bank? Lucky you. I'm guessing you live in a first world country? You probably have access to credit/debit cards too. You've probably never experienced triple digit inflation in a single year either, right?
Yeah, Bitcoin is not for you.
For the rest of the world, Bitcoin is a game changer!!
Comment Re:The guy has class (Score 1) 687
conservative voters who couldn't care less which (R) figurehead gets into the White House
Well, they did get to vote for the (R) on the ballot. Are the (D)'s going to? Or are they going to be assigned their candidate by the masters?
Comment Re:Legit? (Score 1) 66
Bitcoin on the other hand produces nothing of value
I'm guessing you live in a first world country, have access to banks/credit cards, and have never experienced triple digit inflation? Yeah, bitcoin isn't for you. For everyone else, it's a game changer!
For a while people claimed that it could be used as currency. I think this one can be put to rest. Despite many attempts to use it as currency, it never caught on. Transaction fees are a killer.
It's working fabulous as a currency. The lightning network has made bitcoin faster and cheaper than any credit card on the market. The number of people actually using bitcoin as a currency are growing every day. You may not use it but that doesn't mean others aren't.
Comment Re:bitcoin shitcoin (Score 1) 66
can i spend it on gas & groceries at the local brick & mortar stores? what if i get a flat tire will the tire shop take bitcoin? i seriously doubt any of those stores in the small town i am near would even consider it, cash is king otherwise bitcoin vendors would not be peddling bitcoin for cash
Yes and yes!
There are a number of places that offer bitcoin debit cards. You can swipe these anywhere cards are accepted. Your bitcoin is automatically exchanged to dollars and your debt paid. The tire shop doesn't even need to know that you just spent bitcoin.
Comment Re:Legit? (Score 1) 66
2018 called and they want their arguments back. If you're purchasing something with bitcoin it would be silly to do it on the main chain, that's what the lightning network is for. Using lightning, Bitcoin transaction are faster, cheaper and can handle far more transactions per second that all major credit card companies combined. Bitcoin is still only a teenager but oh is it maturing.
Comment Re:Pump and Dump (Score 1) 66
Then sell it. The market just absorbed billions of dollars of Bitcoin that Germany sold. There's enough liquidity for even a moderate sized whale to dump it all without seriously affecting price.
Comment Brave browser (Score 2) 205
Still plays YouTube ad free, no extensions needed
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