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Post by epilys »

BetterGeiger wrote: post #247

The first version of my radiation detector is being sent to people all over the world and I've gotten very good feedback. Now I need to make a second version with Bluetooth and gamma spectroscopy. And a longer battery life. And higher max range. And higher sensitivity. And a bigger screen, probably. https://www.bettergeiger.com

Looks great and I see it has a lot of positive reviews. Out of curiosity, since this is a a high-stakes equipment since it's used for safety, did you have to get a certification of any kind to sell it commercially? I also see you ship test material. Have you compared readings with other industrial counters and gathered data on your detectors accuracy, scale and error margins?

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Post by sogen »

pwpw wrote: post #485
modernerd wrote: post #484

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, I just embraced GDScript. So far it's been great. I haven't experienced any performance issues in my small projects yet (GDScript often calls APIs written in C++ anyway without much overhead), there are far more learning resources for it, and it's more conducive to quick prototyping than C#/C++ in my view. (Performance is also set to improve in Godot 4, apparently: https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/70838…

I first became interested in Godot and game dev in 2020 when I was bored during lockdown. As I got more hands on, I realized I didn’t know enough about software development to write sufficient code. Naturally, I started taking online software engineering courses to improve. This then led to a realization that I loved developing a lot more than the work I was doing at the time (accounting), and if I had to learn how t…

Congratulations!

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Post by gomizari »

AndrewKemendo wrote: post #214

I'm starting a 100% Worker Owned For-Profit residential Trash and Recycling Co-operative All profits go into the neighborhoods we serve and our bylaws are based on the US Constitution. No investors or different class shares. Management term limits, workers vote for CEO and a cooperative ombudsman (termed) for representation during yearly plan/budget proposal. The CEO proposes a yearly plan/budget to the collective of…

I am curious what software do you use. Is it open-source? Is it open to collaboration? Is it possible to reuse it in other co-operatives?

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Post by rahuldan »

rahuldan wrote: post #396

I am working on an open-source natural language search for codebases. I thought it might be interesting to be able to search for relevant classes, functions etc. when the codebases are very large. Then further I am planning on extending it to searching for git commits, PRs, issues etc.

I recently created a first version and uploaded on github. https://github.com/rahuldan/codesearch

Would love to hear your feedback

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Post by swiftsalary »

I'm continuing to work on a finance-related platform discovery tool: https://www.swiftsalary.com/platforms

With the tool, anyone can easily sort through a variety of money-making and money-management platforms to find work, investment opportunities, budgeting tools, and more.

When you find a platform you're interested in, you can easily learn more about it, read user reviews, and evaluate it on your own.

I'm hoping this tool will make it easier for people around the world to improve their financial situation.

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Post by ahstilde »

dinkleberg wrote: post #456
ahstilde wrote: post #130

I'm planning on transforming allergy care. There's no reason for you to be allergic to things. The way we treat allergies today, with antihistamines and nasal spray doesn't solve the underlying problem; it just tries to cover it up. Accessible allergy immunotherapy is the future. And in the future, taking antihistamines for allergies is going to seem like taking a painkiller for an ear infection. Why would you treat…

Wow this is very interesting. I suffer every spring due to pollen and I grew allergic to cats in adulthood which has been a shame. I've been contemplating the allergy shots for years, but it seemed like an annoying process for something with seemingly mixed results. I'll have to take a serious look at this, it could be actually life changing.

send me an email and i'll get you set up with my cofounder + Chief Medical Director for a personal consult.

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Post by ahstilde »

modeless wrote: post #147
ahstilde wrote: post #130

I'm planning on transforming allergy care. There's no reason for you to be allergic to things. The way we treat allergies today, with antihistamines and nasal spray doesn't solve the underlying problem; it just tries to cover it up. Accessible allergy immunotherapy is the future. And in the future, taking antihistamines for allergies is going to seem like taking a painkiller for an ear infection. Why would you treat…

Wow, very cool! We're doing SLIT for my toddler's food allergies right now, and I agree a lot more people should be doing it. It's a huge pain dealing with the doctor for updosing and getting bottles, super inefficient and frustrating like everything else in medicine these days, so if you can fix that you're a hero to me. I've concluded from recent research that SLIT is clearly far more effective and safer when start…

We don't treat food allergies because there's no consensus on how to effectively treat food allergies through remote medicine.

I defer to my cofounder, Dr. Manan Shah, on our medical practices. My understanding is we follow the clinical guidelines to follow the standard of care established by state medical boards and the professional academies.

Also, medicine is slow to adapt to new standards, usually. The risk of a hastily adopted new standard can be life or death, literally. The industry, and us too, veer toward caution.

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Post by ahstilde »

wheybags wrote: post #144
ahstilde wrote: post #130

I'm planning on transforming allergy care. There's no reason for you to be allergic to things. The way we treat allergies today, with antihistamines and nasal spray doesn't solve the underlying problem; it just tries to cover it up. Accessible allergy immunotherapy is the future. And in the future, taking antihistamines for allergies is going to seem like taking a painkiller for an ear infection. Why would you treat…

Feedback on your website: you could make it more clear that you are not targeting food allergies. The info is there, but it's hard to find. Related: if you can ever figure out a way to eliminate food allergies, I, and many others, would send you a nontrivial percentage of my monthly income for life.

Thank you for this feedback!

As soon as there are established guidelines for telehealth and food allergy immunotherapy and oral challenges, I'll make sure you know!

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Post by madscphoto »

t0bia_s wrote: post #488
madscphoto wrote: post #480

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I am actually in the process of creating a website on Squarespace, but the price per month is the only thing holding me back at the moment with no income while traveling :-(

If you pay for Adobe products, you can use their portfolio site. https://portfolio.adobe.com/ Or use WordPress.

At the moment I don't pay for anything from Adobe. WordPress you have to pay for as well, right? At least for the hosting.

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Post by CoaCoaBin »

lowlander wrote: post #241

I'm working on changing careers. After 10 years of struggling to find the right role/company/environment in software dev or product management, I realized that I just don't like making software. Period. Made some good friends, enjoyed some of the work, learned a lot, got pretty decent at the whole SaaS thing, but I just don't like it. That realization over the last couple weeks has been a huge relief. I'd like to exp…

I feel the same, but how do you change the golden handcuffs? If I leave the industry I’ll never afford a home. If I look at jobs online I’ve seen commissioned officers in the army get paid less than me. I feel trapped, the more I progressed in the industry the more I’ve grown to hate technology.
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