Special Interest Group on CRAP

The impending demise of geocities.com reminded me of an event from 2004. In that year a former colleague named Larry Stockmeyer died from pancreatic cancer. I remember thinking at the time that those of us who knew him would always have our memories to appreciate his humanity and his intelligence. Other computer [...]

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A few years ago, my daughter became suddenly ill with abdominal pain and I had to take her to a doctor. I have relatively good health insurance through my employer (since I’m American that is my only viable option). The rules of the plan were:

Go to primary care physician
If primary care physician refers [...]

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