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This sounds perfect - if you can dig up the link, that would be great!

Could be that his mom had some money saved up or had some pension $ that could be put towards it. Not sure if insurance would help cover housing costs?

Was a bit surprised to see this piece from VentureBeat (guess that's why they called it OffBeat). My family has been taking care of my grandmother who has Alzheimers and Parkinsons and it's taken a tremendous toll on everyone, especially my father who is the main caretaker.

As someone in tech, it's stories and experiences like this that make me wonder if we're working towards something that will help those in need or if we're investing our time/money/energy in the right places. After all, everyone is going to die so I'm wondering what we can do to alleviate some of the pressure + pain from this part of life.

In this vein, if you know of opportunities to help the elderly in NYC, please let me know. I'm open and willing to spend my evenings and full weekends helping out however I can. Have reached out to a few senior centers, but most have not responded, unfortunately...

I'm truly grateful for podcasts as a medium where I can learn something and not have to stare at a screen anymore

Really informative + thorough guide to reinforcement learning, specifically its mathematical basis. Written by Luca Palmieri, data scientist at Headstart AI, who comes from a math background.

This post is just one of the series