uselessphd

Re:Ask HN: Is abuse from supervisors as common in industry as in acade... on Saturday March 06, 2021 @10:13AM (#26367886)

If you have a PhD, in industry you'll have the chance to be abused by someone much less educated than you, who might see you as a threat to her/his career and will do anything to clip your wings.

Re:Ask HN: Should I Leave Tech? on Saturday April 18, 2020 @04:18PM (#22910757)

code less, do more water-cooler time, if you can I could not and left tech

Swiss hospitals rely on fax to transmit Covid-19 data

Posted by uselessphd on Saturday April 18, 2020 @04:15PM
from the self-post dept.

Hospitals in Switzerland, allegedly one of the most innovative countries worldwide, heavily rely on fax to transmit Covid-related data to the federal government.Article in German: https://www.nzz.ch/schweiz/coronavirus-das-bag-kommt-bei-erfassung-der-faelle-kaum-hinterher-ld.1547359I've been told by a reliable source that someone came up with the idea to use deep-learning to extract the...

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