Sahba Ferdowsi DO (conciergedoc)
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https://t.co/y21qq8nWwq / a founding physician @healthtap / cofounder @medicast acquired by @provinnovation / @techstars alum / @montgomerybell alum
Glocal // SoFL
Joined January 2012
Do everything with a clean heart and expect nothing in return. Rumi
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Waymo’s fully autonomous driving technology offers greater independence for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
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A few thoughts: (1) How would you implement this? It’s easy if the devices are pre-configured to talk to each other, like a multiple monitor setup. Then it’s just a gesture recognition via cameras, on top of a copy/paste and an Airdrop. (2) Moroever, the devices would have to
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Modern passports use embedded chips to prevent forgery and unauthorized access. But with 5-10 year lifespans, insecure legacy protocols persist that put passport holders at risk. https://t.co/gpjOD6mv2C
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After cryptocurrency comes cryptoidentity. So, we'll need to understand government passports as well as we understand government paper. A key concept here is that modern passports are actually embedded devices. So you can scan them, and compute on them. https://t.co/gofYVZc1WT
blog.trailofbits.com
This blog post describes how electronic passports work, the threats within their threat model, and how they protect against those threats using cryptography. It also discusses the implications of...
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Fintech, crypto, gold, and stablecoin legislation had already sharply reduced the importance of traditional financial centers. Add in wokeness and keynesianism…and there’s now less desire to live in NYC, London, or Tokyo. Instead: Miami, Dubai, and Singapore.
London pushed 250,000+ Brits to Dubai. China drove thousands of Chinese expats to Singapore. Now New York may push countless financiers to Miami. Accelerating the pre-existing trend of leaving NY for FL.
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NYC → Miami London → Dubai Tokyo → Singapore The new capitals of capital.
As we start a very consequential week for Miami, this video highlights the difference between Cuba and Miami between communism and capitalism. Very powerful. It’s in Spanish. Democracy requires participation to thrive. Please vote this week. Study the candidates carefully and
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“Generosity was everywhere”: Amid devastation, communities found strength during the Los Angeles fires - Bahá’í World News Service https://t.co/wSt2XrJhd0 LOS ANGELES — When hurricane‑force winds swept across the Greater Los Angeles area in early January, two massive wildfire👇🏼
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As wildfires ravaged the Los Angeles area, bonds forged through service became lifelines, revealing the quiet strength of a purposeful community in a time of crisis.
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Mathematics. The Hopf fibration (named after topologist Heinz Hopf) is a fundamental concept in mathematics that describes a deep and surprising connection between spheres of different dimensions.
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#Mathematics disproves #Matrixtheory, says reality isn’t simulation
interestingengineering.com
UBC researchers claim the universe can’t be a simulation, citing math that proves reality goes beyond computation and algorithmic logic.
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This is what the bureaucrats want. Cardiologists attacking spine surgeons . That way we don’t notice who is really fleecing healthcare .
Now do back surgery.
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The Relationship between the AMA and CMS I was asked what the relationship is between AMA and the Government. No, the AMA does not receive government funding. But it is very reliant on CMS policy for its survival. See the AMA's financials here: https://t.co/EZRAUM7PwX 60% of
projects.propublica.org
Since 2013, the IRS has released data culled from over 1.8 million nonprofit tax filings. Use this database to find organizations and see details like their executive compensation, revenue and...
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@ehlJAMA Dr Livingston, Years ago, the AMA apparently worked out a deal with the ACGME to be able to forward information about every doctor who entered an ACGME-accredited training program. The AMA would store that information in its Physician Masterfile, using Medical Education numbers
practicingphysician.org
When a physician or non-physician provider treats a patient, the patient’s conditions and treatments are then communicated to insurers using the language of the Current Procedural Technology (CPT) …
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Nice article about the AMA and its masterfile.
@ehlJAMA Dr Livingston, Years ago, the AMA apparently worked out a deal with the ACGME to be able to forward information about every doctor who entered an ACGME-accredited training program. The AMA would store that information in its Physician Masterfile, using Medical Education numbers
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Yes. They make money on the masterfile. They also get information about medical school graduates. The ACGME data ensure they the master file is accurate for specialty. However much of the other information is wrong. Consequently, organizations like Medscape collect similar
Nice article about the AMA and its masterfile.
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Okay here's the first thing I did with THRML by @extropic It's just a basic sudoku solver. Thermodynamic computing is a bit overkill for this task but I think since humans can actually do sudoku, it's a good intuition for what's going on under the hood. With sudoku, there are
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Three months of confusion. One revelation: God was listening the whole time. Get the rest of the story on my page.
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Magnetic showing quantum levitation and then doused in ferrofluid with suspended. About 9k views…
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As promised, I have moved my Roth (and my other retirement accounts, holding $1M worth of TSLA) out of @CharlesSchwab and into @RobinhoodApp. If Schwab does not vote in line with the Tesla Board on their ETFs, I will proceed with moving my taxable portfolio. Robinhood is
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Yum Brands is evaluating strategic options for its Pizza Hut business, including a possible sale of all or parts of the struggling brand
wsj.com
The pizza chain has nearly 20,000 locations worldwide and reported declining same-store sales for several quarters.
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As a former Pizza Hut cook, I have the opportunity to do the funniest thing ever...
Yum Brands is evaluating strategic options for its Pizza Hut business, including a possible sale of all or parts of the struggling brand
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