brandonb 8,139 karma 15y 1m on HN HN profile →
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Co-Founder at Empirical Health (https://empirical.health). Don't die of heart disease.

Before: Co-Founder @ Cardiogram (ML for heart health)

  CTO at Sift Science (YC S11, machine learning to fight fraud)

  Data Science @ UCSF Cardiology

  HealthCare.gov rescue team

  Google (Android speech recognition, search ads ML)
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We've seen 17 of ~1,077 submissions
Full eval: 2 Lite-only: 0 Unevaluated: 15
Deep Read section-level analysis · 2 full evaluations
HRCB +0.31 range 0.25 · +100% / 0% / 0%−
E-full / S +0.42 / +0.08 SETL +0.43
Signals EQ 0.77 SO 0.43 TD 0.25
UDHR Fingerprint Preamble: +0.28 Article 1: +0.20 Article 2: +0.29 Article 3: +0.41 Article 4: ND Article 5: ND Article 6: ND Article 7: +0.30 Article 8: +0.30 Article 9: ND Article 10: ND Article 11: ND Article 12: -0.08 Article 13: ND Article 14: ND Article 15: ND Article 16: ND Article 17: ND Article 18: ND Article 19: +0.37 Article 20: +0.40 Article 21: ND Article 22: +0.40 Article 23: ND Article 24: ND Article 25: +0.51 Article 26: +0.27 Article 27: +0.31 Article 28: +0.21 Article 29: ND Article 30: +0.40
SETL History structural-editorial tension over time · 2 days
Editorial Structural SETL
17 stories
1. WatchGuardian: Enabling User-Defined Just-in-Time Intervention on Smartwatch (dl.acm.org)
1 points by brandonb 23 hours ago | 0 comments | skipped
2. Why reinforcement learning breaks at scale, and how a new method fixes it (techxplore.com)
1 points by brandonb 1 days ago | 0 comments | skipped
3. Data-Driven Nutrition (www.empirical.health)
2 points by brandonb 1 days ago | 0 comments | skipped
4. What high blood pressure does to your body (www.washingtonpost.com)
5 points by brandonb 1 days ago | 0 comments | skipped
5. OpenAI Reaches A.I. Agreement with Defense Dept. After Anthropic Clash (www.nytimes.com)
1 points by brandonb 1 days ago | 0 comments | skipped
6. Why rich people live longer (www.empirical.health)
2 points by brandonb 1 days ago | 0 comments | skipped
7. Only 3 saturated fats raise cholesterol (www.empirical.health)
2 points by brandonb 2 days ago | 4 comments | skipped
8. Heritability of longevity is 55%, in new study (www.statnews.com)
2 points by brandonb 2 days ago | 0 comments | skipped
9. Former gov tech leaders are prepping day-one plans for a future administration (www.nextgov.com)
2 points by brandonb 2 days ago | 1 comments | skipped
10.
HRCB +0.43
E +0.49
S +0.23
Federal panel behind cancer screening recommendations hasn't met in one year (www.nbcnews.com)
12 points by brandonb 2 days ago | 0 comments | hrcb v3.7 Expert Autonomy & Health Access
11. Heart attack deaths are rising in young adults. Here's why (www.empirical.health)
4 points by brandonb 2 days ago | 1 comments | skipped
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HRCB +0.18
E +0.20
S +0.10
Heart attack deaths rose between 2011 and 2022 among adults younger than age 55 (newsroom.heart.org)
7 points by brandonb 2 days ago | 0 comments | hrcb v3.7 Health & Welfare
13. Apple built hypertension notifications for Apple Watch (www.computerworld.com)
1 points by brandonb 2 days ago | 0 comments | skipped
14. 2-3 Cups of Coffee a Day May Reduce Dementia Risk (www.nytimes.com)
1 points by brandonb 3 days ago | 1 comments | skipped
15. Fibermaxxing Is a Diet Trend Even Nutritionists Can Love (www.bloomberg.com)
2 points by brandonb 3 days ago | 0 comments | skipped
16. Model bill for AI doctors [pdf] (ciceroinstitute.org)
1 points by brandonb 3 days ago | 0 comments | skipped
17. Blood Feud: Oura's Health Panels versus Whoop's Advanced Labs (www.wired.com)
1 points by brandonb 4 days ago | 0 comments | skipped