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semenko

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About semenko

nick.semenkovich.com / semenko@alum.mit.edu / @semenko

Physician Scientist (MD/PhD) & Infosec Enthusiast

Via MIT (Course 6/7) / WashU / Brigham and Women's

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    Comment #48024822

    GitHub's COO shared this under-reported X post last month [1] on their exponential growth. I'd love to see more proactive messaging on their growth rate / vision for agentic intera…

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    Comment #47265262

    I have "Advanced Protection" turned on, so I just can't use this at all, because my newly created Google Cloud GCP app isn't trusted (even though I own it and I'm requesting read-o…

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    Comment #46359239

    I found the most interesting part of the NIST outage post [1] is NIST's special Time Over Fiber (TOF) program [2] that "provides high-precision time transfer by other service arran…

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    Comment #41998477

    I was optimistically hoping some of the MV3 changes would result in Chrome webstore policy enforcement being standardized, but that hasn't happened. Sensor Tower ( https://sensorto…

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    Comment #39827180

    This is incorrect. The abstract clearly describes both cell line and in vivo experiments after modeling.

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    Comment #36185698

    Agreed! This specifically is for adjuvant osimertinib for EGFR+ Stage IB–IIIA completely resected NSCLC. The headline here is really strong -- and the actual abstract is much more …

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    Comment #35840284

    This title has little to do with the article (and keeps changing). This piece compares non -surgeon MDs with non -MDs (medical assistants) performing minor surgeries in resource-li…

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    Comment #32678739

    >they wouldn't be able to afford it. Oberlin has an endowment valued at approximately $1 billion — this is ~3% of that. (Understanding all those funds may not be liquid, they certa…

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    Comment #32611372

    I just stumbled upon NumWorks and was excited to see some competition for TI's calculator monopoly [1]. It looks like NumWorks is open source (including the hardware) [2] and suppo…

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    Comment #32019321

    Carbon costs per-vehicle can be calculated based on your local grid power source, duration of ownership, and more: https://www.carboncounter.com/ -- be sure to click the "Customize…

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    Comment #31449706

    Physician scientist here: this study is a bit dated. Many of these issues have been "solved" (depending on your threat model) within the last ~7 years. Most healthcare systems have…

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    Comment #31381368

    The lack of a stockpile is due to limited shelf stability and long-term bacterial growth. It's unfortunate Reason doesn't expand on the other side of this issue: the formula indust…

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    Comment #30377425

    Hey Graham -- great post! The Medtronic / Guardian sensor combo is generally disliked by patients, though (in the US) the Medtronic 770G is FDA approved for ages 2+. Most prefer th…

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    Comment #29650684

    I don't quite grasp the panic about this: my impression is Google currently restricts ToS violations from sharing (your own access is retained). The only change here is end-users w…

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    Comment #29129887

    Apparently this is real — fascinating! ( The relevant text of the bill is here: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3684... ) This builds on an NHTSA-funded pil…

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    Comment #29069008

    The mechanisms of parthonenogensis aren't fully characterized, but at a high level, it occurs in a secondary oocyte during meiosis II -- the oocyte only starts out with a Z or W ch…