Matt Might
Person on 4 sites
Computer scientist and professor; author of The Illustrated Guide to a Ph.D. and of a long-running blog on programming languages, research and academia.
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6 facts on wiqqi (opens wiqqi.app)
Who people, organisations and podcasts are, and how they connect, with sources.
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4 channels on ppll (opens ppll.app)
Where public figures publish, and what they are on record saying.
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4 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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A large national research cohort must transition from a pull model to a push model of medical research to achieve desired scale and cost. (opens korrents.com)
“To operate at the desired scale and at the desired cost per participant, the large national cohort must switch from a "pull" model of medical research to a "push" model of medical research, and it must reimagine…”
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A federated model of distributed, heterogeneous electronic health records is the only feasible model for a large research cohort in the near term. (opens korrents.com)
“I now accept that a federated model of distributed, heterogeneous EHRs is the only feasible model for the cohort in the near term.”
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The inclusion of children in a national research cohort is necessary to capture the most valuable genotype-phenotype pairings. (opens korrents.com)
“However, I think this aspect of the project will have limited success unless children are included in the cohort. The grim actuarial reality of rare disease is that many who suffer are children.”
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A large national research cohort must transition from a pull model to a push model of medical research to achieve desired scale and cost. (opens korrents.com)
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19 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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Western Digital Elements (opens rcmnd.app)
“Every computer has a large dedicated external hard drive for backups. Currently, I'm partial to the Western Digital Elements series.”
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Linksys E2500 (opens rcmnd.app)
“I use a Linksys E2500 Dual-Band router, with SSH and VNC port-forwarded to allow remote access to the home network.”
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Kensington remote (opens rcmnd.app)
“You can pry my Kensington remote from my cold, dead, ergonomic grip.”
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Western Digital Elements (opens rcmnd.app)