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

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post #211

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So initial vs subsequent encounter are completely different codes? Wouldn't this approach double the number of codes? Why wouldn't this be some other field of data associated with the form instead of mixing it up in the diagnostic 'topic'. I know nothing about medical diagnosis codes.

Pretty sure its just a suffix That indicates a second encounter with the patient

Looking at the examples, they end with A for initial and D for subsequent visits.

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

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Reading about any mathematical topic on Wikipedia. For example,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limit_superior_and_limit_infer... --> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partially_ordered_set --> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_relation --> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_number --> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cauchy_sequence ...

Even if I think I know what's being discussed in the article, there's always some interesting extra detail or alternative way of explaining things that's worth reading.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II easily.

I grew up when the History Channel was nicknamed the "Hitler channel". I've read Manchester's the Last Lion, Shirer's The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, and will soon be ordering Ullrich's Hitler - Ascent. Saving Private Ryan is in my top 5 favorite movies of all time.

This is currently my wallpaper: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/59/US_Army...

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

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post #167

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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!).

This was puzzling me (as a UK citizen). A clue in another comment hinted that it is about insurance. Still not sure why a dolphin would be covered in a policy but not an orca...

Orca is a "killer" whale -- you were duly warned. ;)

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

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Mythology on wikipedia. Pick a category and you can get lost for days:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuatha_D%C3%A9_Danann

I also love watching philosophy videos on youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpkRh3qVh_Y

I also highly recommend BBCs "In Our Time" series. Quality broadcasting covering innumerable subjects about history and philosophy.

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

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post #225

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At least you learn something from reading these sorts of sites. Heroin doesn't do that...then again I may just be justifying an addiction.

Some neuroscientists would argue that addiction is a form of "learning".

That's an interesting way of thinking about it, in some cases there is overlap. Both do transmit dopamine and reinforce neural connections. However this is just one of many types of "addiction", so I think the relationship goes both ways with learning having the potential to be one of many types of addiction.
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