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Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite internet rabbit hole?

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I'm very interested in health and fitness and often lose hours at Mark's Daily Apple (primal lifestyle and health blog): http://www.marksdailyapple.com/tag/dear-mark/

The Getting Stronger blog is another wonderful health and fitness blog which focuses on training the mind to thrive in difficult conditions, though it has really amazing insights on diet and training as well: http://gettingstronger.org/about-this-blog/

Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite internet rabbit hole?

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Browsing medical diagnosis codes... https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Coding/ICD10/2016-ICD-10-CM-and... Some of the most mildly interesting: V9543XD Spacecraft collision injuring occupant, subsequent encounter W5602XD Struck by dolphin, subsequent encounter X35XXXD Volcanic eruption, subsequent encounter X52XXXD Prolonged stay in weightless environment, subsequent encounter Y0881XD Assault by crashing of aircraft, subseq…

My parents are MDs, and they hate this stuff. Mostly because the onus is on doctors to perfectly use the correct code or not get reimbursed. (Or more realistically, waste time arguing with insurance companies/Medicare to get reimbursed.)

Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite internet rabbit hole?

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post #117

Browsing medical diagnosis codes... https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Coding/ICD10/2016-ICD-10-CM-and... Some of the most mildly interesting: V9543XD Spacecraft collision injuring occupant, subsequent encounter W5602XD Struck by dolphin, subsequent encounter X35XXXD Volcanic eruption, subsequent encounter X52XXXD Prolonged stay in weightless environment, subsequent encounter Y0881XD Assault by crashing of aircraft, subseq…

If you like these you might also enjoy ICD-10 illustrated. [0] http://www.icd10illustrated.com/ They found a lot of great codes. One of my favorites from the book: V91.07xD Burn due to water-skis on fire, subsequent encounter.

Thanks for helping me along my Christmas shopping! This is great for those who work in healthcare...

Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite internet rabbit hole?

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I discovered ribbonfarm after being pointed to Rao's outstanding series about office politics, through the lens of the Office which is here: http://www.ribbonfarm.com/the-gervais-principle/ Then I decided to read much more material from the blog, but for the most part I have been disappointed. I feel like the authors there love intellectualism to the point that they create fancy constructs even when there isn't much…

It's good in general to be careful of the "this is what I think people are like" genre of blogging. Especially when it's presented with such certainty. See also: slate star codex, TLP. At least those two are working psychiatrists. Venkat Rao is just a guy with some opinions that he has retrospectively derived from his own career progress, as far as I can tell. It smacks of rationalisation.

Yes, true. But I also think Rao is incredibly self-aware of this. Interact with him. Very strong opinions, gingerly held.

Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite internet rabbit hole?

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https://www.are.na/chris-sherron/feeling-futuristic

https://www.are.na/damon-zucconi/worldmaking

https://www.are.na/john-michael-boling/fictional-fashion

https://www.are.na/nick-demarco/yuppie-dystopia

https://www.are.na/sam-hart/knot-theory

https://www.are.na/lukas-wp/arrangement-collage

https://www.are.na/dena-yago/language

https://www.are.na/david-hilmer-rex/hybrid-organizations

https://www.are.na/zach-rose/stoic-electronics

https://www.are.na/morgan-sutherland/diagrams--2

(disclaimer: I work on Are.na...it still contains my favorite internet rabbit holes, though.)

Related, for maintaining a path during rabbit hole seshs: https://pilgrim.are.na/

Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite internet rabbit hole?

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post #117

Browsing medical diagnosis codes... https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Coding/ICD10/2016-ICD-10-CM-and... Some of the most mildly interesting: V9543XD Spacecraft collision injuring occupant, subsequent encounter W5602XD Struck by dolphin, subsequent encounter X35XXXD Volcanic eruption, subsequent encounter X52XXXD Prolonged stay in weightless environment, subsequent encounter Y0881XD Assault by crashing of aircraft, subseq…

I don't even... why in the world would it be important for a doctor to differentiate being struck by a dolphin or struck by orca (side note: orcas are dolphins!).

Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite internet rabbit hole?

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Sam's Laser FAQ by far: http://www.repairfaq.org/sam/lasersam.htm

I could read that thing all day. It's been around forever, and it reminds me of what the Internet used to be...lots of useful content, simple layout, "hypertext". LINKS!

He's been maintaining it for years and my go-to source for anything laser related.

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