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I got hit by a van one time while I was riding my bike. I ended up going to urgent care and getting an x-ray of my foot, which was obviously hurt. The doctor currently at the urgent care took at look at the x-ray and was like: hard to say but looks fine to me. The clinic called back the next day, as another doctor took a look at the x-ray, and was like: actually your foot is broken.

That was nice of them to call back. I definitely want doctors that know what they are doing in the world, let’s keep training doctors.

But also x-rays seem like perfect fodder for AI. Shouldn’t we have like 20 million x-rays of feet along with diagnosis sitting around somewhere? I want my foot x-ray in there. Feels like there should be medical imaging “models” that are pretty damn accurate. Shouldn’t there be 20 million cat scans? 20 million ultrasound videos?

We don’t have to, nor should we, put 100% of our trust in the machines, but it seems like it would be an awfully useful tool in medicine.

And likewise, anything with lots of similar video that you can attach to measured outcomes. 20 million videos of swim meets. 20 million security videos of blackjack tables. 20 million birdfeeders. Tell us about the patterns. Tell us about the anomolies. Tell us things that computers can see that we can’t.

For ages, in publishing: Are we gonna do ads or are we going to do memberships? You can kinda mix and match and sell t-shirts and stuff, but all that decision making is on the publisher side.

Interesting to flip the tables and let the readers decide.

And if we really got the Web Monetization API, and clicking those payment buttons was quick and chill because the browser <> wallet connection was a normal, known, easy thing, that would be great.

i’ve been using codepen since the beginning. i just found this “in progress” live horse birth in css that was last saved 11 years ago. i would say this is my biggest recommendation for educators and students who are working with static projects. i’m pretty sure you don’t need a credit card to sign up, but they have a pro subscription tailored for power users and teachers.

anyone who doesn’t think codepen is the blueprint for developer communities is out of their mind and/or element. they curate, create content, run challenges, etc. the people who run it are great.

check out codepen here and perhaps follow me for updates on that horse birth.

my official list of post-glitch.com hosting options

💜. Thanks Jenn.

Glitch could spin up a Node server for you, which CodePen doesn’t do, so check out Jenn’s post for plenty of other options.

But I thought about it, and my brain told me I’d spend a grand on it and absolutely no more. So I wrote them back and said exactly that. Then they emailed back a lower offer, and I said “no”. Then they wrote back with another lower offer, and I said “no”. Then they emailed back and said fine a grand, and I said “ok”.

Part of the reason I did it is that they sent a URL on godaddy.com where the transaction actually happens. I use GoDaddy anyway — I like them for reasons.

All it does is redirect to this site for now. But it opens the idea of using it for family members who might want a site off it. ruby.coyier.com is kinda neat.

Any ideas?