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Curious what issues you ran into?

Even more significant when you take this into account:

> The tool was rolled out to the agents gradually, mostly between November 2020 and February 2021.

So the 14% gain came from vastly less capable systems than what we now have today.

The example here only covers short text fields like titles — does anyone know if it performant for full body search of long documents?

Editor here, we are very aware of Betteridge’s law

Developer here, thanks for the heads up and will look into it! Probably a font bug

The universe is so big it seems highly likely

Generally I think you're right. But also I think there are a ton of edge cases we could discover based on complex interactions of genetics, environmental factors, disease history, etc.

Also there's a lot more urgency when an algorithm detects an anomaly and asks you to schedule a blood test!

Totally, but in order to benefit from this system you'd probably also need a connected mattress, watch, maybe a continuous glucose monitor, some sort of workout device, etc.

It adds up. This is a country where half the population earns $40k or less a year.

I think you're right about all of this! And to add another point, I worry the only people who will have access to this are those who can afford a bunch of health gadgets and a premium primary care provider.

But, at the same time, it's impossible to imagine our government creating such a thing :(

Well Apple Health is an open API that anyone can integrate with. So I'd assume Whoop either A) doesn't want to be modularized, or B) has a data format that doesn't fit with Apple's specification for some good reason.

Why doesn't Whoop integrate with Apple Health?

Totally agree! It's going to take a whole new sub-specialty of ML to make any sense of it. But I think there's a positive feedback loop where more data → better algorithms → more data, because more people opt into the system in order to get access to the algorithms.

Hey! I wrote this article. There is literally a description of the basic mechanics of the app starting at word 48 of the piece. I have no clue how you missed this!

> "After we exchanged pleasantries, Paul explained how the app works. There’s one global “room,” and when you join you start off on mute, but anyone can unmute themselves. When you open the app, it sends push notifications to everyone on the app, so they can join you and chat if they’re free."

I'm curious why this didn't work for you and what you would have wanted instead?

For people wondering what this is (not a super descriptive title, my apologies!) it's about the new audio social app called "Clubhouse"

I love that too. It’s interesting that more notes apps don’t do this. Defaulting to the creation screen makes so much sense!

Author here! I didn’t mean to write a comprehensive overview of Roam, I was just curious about the marketing decisions of products that attain cult status. I get that this is not nearly the most important aspect of Roam. Just a little thing I was personally interested in!

Author here! The Roam part is free. This is an edition of a newsletter that has three short things - the Roam part is first and here in full.

Author here! The entire piece contains the logic that supports the conclusion at the end. You're right that the recession will hurt them, but on balance, I think in the long run the premium short-form video format will be here to stay.