Monday, March 18, 2024

State Medicaid offices target dead people’s homes to recoup their health care costs

State%20Medicaid%20offices%20target%20dead%20people%u2019s%20homes%20to%20recoup%20costs%20%7C%20AP%20News: a routine process the federal government requires of every state: to recover money from the assets of dead people who, in their final years, relied on Medicaid, the taxpayer-funded health insurance for the poorest Americans.

Friday, March 15, 2024

Crochet Ravelry

Health Co. Says Future Harm Risk Falls Short In Breach Suit - Law360

Health Co. Says Future Harm Risk Falls Short In Breach Suit - Law360

By George Woolston

"New Jersey healthcare provider Capital Health System urged a Garden State federal judge on Wednesday to toss a proposed class action seeking damages as a result of a 2023 data breach, arguing that the plaintiffs failed to allege their personal identifying information was actually misused."

Monday, March 11, 2024

I’m an Old Fart and AI Makes Me Sad

I%Medium: Previous major advancements in Computer Science and its applications always felt empowering to me, AI feels different.

Trump super fans are impossible to argue with because they don’t actually believe in logic

Trump logic: "The far-right worldview is incomprehensible until you realize that devotees believe truth flows from authority rather than reality"

Sunday, February 25, 2024

Monday, January 22, 2024

What happens when a charity is insolvent? - Begbies Traynor Group

What happens when a charity is insolvent? - Begbies Traynor Group: "But in the same way that, under certain circumstances, a limited company’s directors may be held responsible for some or all of the company’s debts on liquidation, directors of these charitable structures can also become liable if they have failed to maximise creditor interests due to negligence or wrongful behaviour, including:

Transactions at an undervalue
Wrongful trading
Breach of trust
Fraud

How to rebuild trust in institutions: results, results, results | World Economic Forum

How to rebuild trust in institutions: results, results, results | World Economic Forum: "In the United States, trust in major national institutions is at or is close to an all-time low. Similar patterns have been observed in the EU and are true across the world."

Monday, January 15, 2024

Philadelphia Attorney Tells Lawmakers How He Nearly Fell Victim to AI Scam | C-SPAN.org

Philadelphia Attorney Tells Lawmakers How He Nearly Fell Victim to AI Scam | C-SPAN.org: Philadelphia attorney Gary Schildhorn tells a Senate panel about his story of an attempted scam against him where his son's voice was spoofed by artificial intelligence.

Monday, January 8, 2024

Tech ethics books, 2022

The%205%20Freshest%20Books%20on%20Ethics%20that%20Technologists%20Must%20Read%20%uD83D%uDCDA%20%7C%20by%20James%20Lynden%20%7C%20Medium:
  1. Future Ethics, Cennyd Bowels
  2. Radical Technologies: The Design of Everyday Life, Adam Greenfield
  3. Technology and the Virtues, Shannon Valor
  4. The Ethics of Invention, Sheila Jasanoff
  5. Moralizing Technology, Peter-Paul Verbeek
  6. Also this book

Sunday, December 31, 2023

(3) Facebook Truck Train video

(3) Facebook: Crazy truck driver carrying locomotive across river

Online is the new frontline in fight against organised crime– NCA

says NCA on publication of annual threat assessment: Criminals are exploiting advances in technology to drive serious and organised crime, the NCA says in the 2021 National Strategic Assessment – with increased online usage leading to a rise in offending.

'It blows my mind that this condition isn't better known' - SundayWorld.com

'It blows my mind that this condition isn't better known' - SundayWorld.com: Caring Cathy Brooks has been giving blood every three months for the past five years - but the simple act of kindness hasn't just potentially saved other lives, it's transformed her own, too.

Medscape Registration

Medscape Registration: Men with iron overload due to hereditary hemochromatosis are at increased risk of developing dementia, an analysis of UK Biobank data indicates.