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Yes. UK Biobank is a voluntary programme.

(I work in Genomic)


In the UK, Newborn hearing screening (https://www.nhs.uk/baby/newborn-screening/hearing-test/) is a mandatory test that happens in the first weeks of life.

Genomics-driven diagnosis of several (treatable) conditions is not science fiction anymore, but requires support from governments and national health systems. The technology is there, and can be scaled up.

With studies like this: https://www.genomicsengland.co.uk/initiatives/newborns

and initiatives like this: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1ljg7v0vmpo#:~:text=Eve...


Or commonly referred to as “bum guns” in the UK. We have three toilets in our house and have one in each. They’re so good I can’t even explain. I find it so inconvenient whenever I travel that these don’t come with every toilet.


There’s tons of extra work in double blind (for the author mostly, but also for peer reviewers and editors/chairs). Speaking from direct experience as author, reviewer, and chair at conferences. And generally the benefit is totally lost as you can easily circumvent it especially if you have already published in the field by just citing your previous work.


I don't see the extra work for author - how exactly?


Not my experience in London. In any zone that is not Zone 1-2, or other Deliveroo hot spots, my experience has always been not great with times that do reach also the 45 minutes to 1h for food delivery. We still do it occasionally _because we are lazy_.

However, we did draw some lines as some foods are not enjoyable in case one of those long wait times happens (e.g. pizza, burger, cooked meat dishes, etc).


Zone 2-3 here; Deliveroo is the only service that failed to even turn up, delivered to the wrong address then tried to blame me for "putting a pin in the wrong place" which I did not. Worse service ever.


I had to try to believe and I'm baffled.


Having used it over the years I'm not. It feels like Siri uses AI/ML for speech recognition and then some pattern matching for the actual actions.

Meanwhile LLM's came along and shifted peoples expectations.


Mine told me the entire date instead of just the month.


Mine told me "It was Saturday, March 1st 2025" today.


Impressive. Mine goes 'sorry, I don't understand', after multiple attempts at 'what month is it'. Google assistant understands.


close enough


Agree that Ms Rachel has same effect but with the difference that it teaches kids something.


Our son has profound hearing loss and he wears Cochlear implants, and I remember very fondly the time we were hooked on Ms Rachel.

She is great and lots of her videos are a blessing for parents with children with hearing impairment as she uses lots of techniques that our Speech and Language therapist used to teach us.


And signing! I've noticed she signs along with most of what she says. I think it's an inclusivity thing, but it also meant that our daughter could communicate simple ideas long before she could talk.


I thought this how she got started. She started making the videos for her own son who was having delayed development.

It's pretty wild to be how young babies can start signing compared to speech development.


This is the reason why is called like that. Is pronounced Ma-y-orana

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ettore_Majorana


>likely dying in or after 1959

That is how I would like my obit to read as well.


truly quantum way to go


My pebble (my wife’s pebble that she never wore) has lost some of its plastic cover a while ago (wear and tear) and won’t turn on anymore. Truly looking forward to this project succeeding in its intent!


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