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We're working on a project in that direction [0].The basic idea of the app is that cyclist record their bike rides through the city and accelerometer data is used to report dangerous situations (e.g. ...
show context + On: OpenStreetMap proven to be a highly accurate map in top US c
show context + On: OpenStreetMap proven to be a highly accurate map in top US c
Volvo cars will notify other Volvos about slippery roads and other road hazards, and there's work to share this data with other car manufacturers as well. https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/volvo-euro...
show context + On: OpenStreetMap proven to be a highly accurate map in top US c
show context + On: OpenStreetMap proven to be a highly accurate map in top US c
According to Wikipedia [0], about 500,000 Horseshoe crabs are bled each year, with a mortality rate of 5-30%, depending on the source. In contrast, about 1,000,000 Horseshoe crabs are used as fishing ...
show context + On: Horseshoe crab blood to remain big pharma's standard as grou
show context + On: Horseshoe crab blood to remain big pharma's standard as grou
Use synthetic data instead? https://tonic.ai/...
show context + On: Amnesia - High-Accuracy Data Anonymization
show context + On: Amnesia - High-Accuracy Data Anonymization
saved you a search: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/15/statista-how-far-behind-us-i... . includes this depressing factoid, "American workers took an average of just over 17 days of vacation in 2017...
show context + On: Why is life expectancy in the US lower than in other rich co
show context + On: Why is life expectancy in the US lower than in other rich co
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Is this true? It seems like Canadians drive less than Americans do, which I'm guessing is because Canadians live and drive in higher-density environments where they can make shorter trips and kill few...
show context + On: Why is life expectancy in the US lower than in other rich co
show context + On: Why is life expectancy in the US lower than in other rich co
>The US system doesn't even benefit the wealthy.That's a ridiculous statement, it benefits the wealthy massively. We can argue over whether or not these benefits would be even more massive without ov...
show context + On: Why is life expectancy in the US lower than in other rich co
show context + On: Why is life expectancy in the US lower than in other rich co
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Sorry, car accidents won't cut it. Here are the life tables: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr61/nvsr61_03.pdf which link to this spreadsheet: https://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_Statistics/NCHS/Publ...
show context + On: Why is life expectancy in the US lower than in other rich co
show context + On: Why is life expectancy in the US lower than in other rich co
Yet the median disposable income per person, after adjustments for government provided healthcare and education is enormously higher than any other nation, according to the OECD.https://data.oecd.org/...
show context + On: Why is life expectancy in the US lower than in other rich co
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West Virginia is 92% non-Hispanic white (2018) and has the lowest life expectancy of any US state (74.8). Which clearly disproves that common hypothesis. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._s...
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show context + On: Why is life expectancy in the US lower than in other rich co
Similar gaps between the US and comparable countries are apparent at age 40 too: https://www.healthsystemtracker.org/chart-collection/u-s-lif......
show context + On: Why is life expectancy in the US lower than in other rich co
show context + On: Why is life expectancy in the US lower than in other rich co
The maternal mortality rate in the US is about 50% higher than in the UK for white mothers (8 versus 12), and the same for Black mothers (about 40): https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-47115305.Asians...
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Re: universal healthcare. Latinos in the US have the highest rates of lacking health insurance (20% versus 5% for non-Hispanic whites). But they have the second highest life expectancy (81.8 years—lon...
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show context + On: Why is life expectancy in the US lower than in other rich co
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There are places where they don't use insurance, it's cash only. The Surgery Center of Oklahoma does cash only and will tell you the cost before you even contact a surgeon or specialist. It's on their...
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The costs of malpractice insurance vary a lot based on specialty and location:https://www.leveragerx.com/blog/medical-malpractice-insuranc...A few years back I was reading articles on how doctors were...
show context + On: Why is life expectancy in the US lower than in other rich co
show context + On: Why is life expectancy in the US lower than in other rich co
Average tenancy length is two years (https://www.residentrated.com/blog/2019/6/10/average-us-rent...). So you'll have more money on your hands if you drop your rents by one third rather than leave it...
show context + On: Rent control is keeping rents high in San Francisco
show context + On: Rent control is keeping rents high in San Francisco
I don't know where you work or where you live or how much you make. I can't possibly fashion a response specifically for you.Rent control, minimum wage are duct tape solutions that don't work in the l...
show context + On: Rent control is keeping rents high in San Francisco
show context + On: Rent control is keeping rents high in San Francisco
Food is not only insanely subsidized ..in the United States, it is cheap due to imports from developing countries and exploited farm labour.Also: farmers get 7.8c of every food dollar.https://www.wash...
show context + On: Rent control is keeping rents high in San Francisco
show context + On: Rent control is keeping rents high in San Francisco
Yeah, it's really unfortunate the situation has become almost cult like. I have no explanation for these incoherent belief systems. No one said staying ahead of the ignorant and malicious was going to...
show context + On: 1 in 4 Americans are jobless or earning poverty-level wages,
show context + On: 1 in 4 Americans are jobless or earning poverty-level wages,
https://www.census.gov/library/publications/2020/demo/p60-27...6.8% increase in median household income from 2018-2019. Look at the stats, most of that growth went into the lower quintiles.And no, ev...
show context + On: 1 in 4 Americans are jobless or earning poverty-level wages,
show context + On: 1 in 4 Americans are jobless or earning poverty-level wages,
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