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Comment · 3 years ago
Comment · 3 years ago
100%. The tech my father tried to use in the last year of his MND was so poor (effort to train it, reality of what it delivered- jilted voice).

The impact on his quality of life - imagine not being able to communicate at all - would have been massive were it better.

Comment · 4 years ago
The "Dicks Sporting Goods" email is insane - probably hourly at the moment, from what would appear obviously bogus email senders. What is the non-obvious answer as to why these get through?
Comment · 5 years ago
Great article. Bosch seems to be the go to for most electric bikes sold in london. My experience so far is OK; school run replacement has been brilliant. The range estimation is ridiculously bad! I find the battery bars are better estimator.

I this spurs on more entrants or drives more features. Recharging feels too frequent. There's no feedback on 'driving' style and impact on range. I'd love regenerative breaking. Silly things like a clock on the control pane would be hugely useful options.

Comment · 5 years ago
I don't doubt many legit uses, but similar subjective observation in London. Frequently vandalised, message board for sex workers, or defacto public urinals. It was surprisingly easy to get one removed from a nearby street given minimal usage and general abuse.
Comment · 5 years ago
Reeder + Feedly.
Comment · 6 years ago
I spent a lovely afternoon there in '16 doing just that and concur about the odd vibe / fascinating but stagnated promise.
Comment · 7 years ago
Same - hugely frustrating.
Comment · 7 years ago
Do they not still allow quite a lot of whale hunting?
Comment · 7 years ago
Dumb question - how automated is an automated solution that 'refactors COBOL to java' in 18 months? Impressed with the solution / outcome.
Comment · 7 years ago
Out of interest, did you guys give up, plod on or pick someone else?! If so, who?
Comment · 7 years ago
Last time I checked a lot of that Saudi wealth sits in dollar denominated assets. Good luck with the devaution!
Comment · 7 years ago
Via payment processors ... prevent people buying this currency / trading at exchanges that enable it?
Comment · 8 years ago
66% of 115 specialists polled did not refuse a difficult operation.

33% thought about how it would impact their statistics, or put more generously, thought hard about the probability of the patient surviving presumably quite serious surgery.

Yes mortality is a blunt statistic for a surgeon, but perhaps giving people pause for thought about the odds of success is no bad thing.

Contra point: would you rather not know how many cases your surgeon has done that year, and the issues they have had?

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