#Computer Support Company

[hychlorions]

i've been using my sibling's old laptop to play fields of mistria and it's making me want to never move on from my macbook... apple lets me update when i want and never does anything without my permission. doesn't give me ads on my homescreen. doesn't force me to log into a microsoft account to experience "family safety features". i thought apple was supposed to be the stupid pathetic OS but running windows genuinely feels like i'm fighting off a virus called microsoft login assistant 24/7

[floweyplushie]

Remembered Ai art exists im pissed off now

[mfcl3780cdw]

i would like to apologize to every grumpy old person that i (internally) accused of being afraid of change because they didn't want to blindly jump onto the next half-baked tech trend

i get it now

[draculas-tits]

"windows just works" you bought a whole new plug n play pc instead of upgrading from a legacy mb to one that supports uefi, converting your system disk from mbr to gpt via cmd, enabling tpm, then booting the install media didnt you

[skeletalheartattack]

My computer is like 8 years old and runs lethal company fine. I think it might hate hosting but the graphics are well optimized and low in the first place

that's what i was thinking, though i had someone send a few messages my way that they weren't certain my computer could run it. granted they don't really know anything about my setup (nor do i really, beyond some basic stuff).

[selamat-linting]

born to be a silly guy doing cutting-edge technological advancement, forced to meticulously explain the difference between gmail and protonmail at 3 am to a guy who is supposed to have five years experience of working in an office job.

[subjectsix]

I don't know I'm not done talking about it. It's insane that I can't just uninstall Edge or Copilot. That websites require my phone number to sign up. That people share their contacts to find their friends on social media.

I wouldn't use an adblocker if ads were just banners on the side funding a website I enjoy using and want to support. Ads pop up invasively and fill my whole screen, I misclick and get warped away to another page just for trying to read an article or get a recipe.

Every app shouldn't be like every other app. Instagram didn't need reels and a shop. TikTok doesn't need a store. Instagram doesn't need to be connected to Facebook. I don't want my apps to do everything, I want a hub for a specific thing, and I'll go to that place accordingly.

I love discord, but so much information gets lost to it. I don't want to join to view things. I want to lurk on forums. I want to be a user who can log in and join a conversation by replying to a thread, even if that conversation was two days ago. I know discord has threads, it's not the same. I don't want to have to verify my account with a phone number. I understand safety and digital concerns, but I'm concerned about information like that with leaks everywhere, even with password managers.

I shouldn't have to pay subscriptions to use services and get locked out of old versions. My old disk copy of photoshop should work. I should want to upgrade eventually because I like photoshop and supporting the business. Adobe is a whole other can of worms here.

Streaming is so splintered across everything. Shows release so fast. Things don't get physical releases. I can't stream a movie I own digitally to friends because the share-screen blocks it, even though I own two digital copies, even though I own a physical copy.

I have an iPod, and I had to install a third party OS to easily put my music on it without having to tangle with iTunes. Spotify bricked hardware I purchased because they were unwillingly to upkeep it. They don't pay their artists. iTunes isn't even iTunes anymore and Apple struggles to upkeep it.

My TV shows me ads on the home screen. My dad lost access to eBook he purchased because they were digital and got revoked by the company distributing them. Hitman 1-3 only runs online most of the time. Flash died and is staying alive because people love it and made efforts to keep it up.

I have to click "not now" and can't click "no". I don't just get emails, they want to text me to purchase things online too. My windows start search bar searches online, not just my computer. Everything is blindly called an app now. Everything wants me to upload to the cloud. These are good tools! But why am I forced to use them! Why am I not allowed to own or control them?

No more!!!!! I love my iPod with so much storage and FLAC files. I love having all my fics on my harddrive. I love having USBs and backups. I love running scripts to gut suck stuff out of my Windows computer I don't want that spies on me. I love having forums. I love sending letters. I love neocities and webpages and webrings. I will not be scanning QR codes. Please hand me a physical menu. If I didn't need a smartphone for work I'd get a "dumb" phone so fast. I want things to have buttons. I want to use a mouse. I want replaceable batteries. I want the right to repair. I grew up online and I won't forget how it was!

[smithlee1221]

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[tovarishch-dyke]

Seems like crypto really didn’t work out too well so tech companies are just like “WELL IF YOU DONT LIKE THAT SHIT WE’LL JUST BRUTE FORCE AI ON YOU” and it’s fucking working

[chhaploos]

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[porcupine-girl]

Things we already know about the UHC shooter, mostly from his social media:

- He has a bachelor’s and Master’s in computer science from an Ivy League school.

- He has read several books on chronic back pain.

- His profile banner includes a photo of an x-ray for back surgery. (Spinal fusion I believe.)

- Based on messages from his family, he dropped off the map a few months ago and they’ve been worried about him.

- His political beliefs are a bit all over the map; without doing a deep-dive my take is a pretty average centrist tech bro who’s read too much evopsych.

I’m a bit worried that, as the left is so fond of doing, people will turn on him immediately for that last part. Let’s not do that! Can we agree not to do that? Because here’s the important thing:

He’s a victim of the system, just like we all are. The system pushed him past his limits, and he lashed out at it. The details of his political leanings don’t actually matter - what matters is that you don’t have to be a radical leftist to lash out at a health insurance company. That’s shows how bad things are broken, that a guy who seems fairly privileged in most respects, with no strong political motive, could be beaten down and broken to the point of doing this. He has two Ivy League computer science degrees and yet had nothing left to lose.

This is a class war that doesn’t differentiate between the working class, middle class, even upper middle class. We’re all dog food for the 1% to chew up and spit out. Even if he turned out to be hardcore right wing, in this one single issue we’re united with him.

Everyone’s been talking about how this guy has seen insane levels of support across the political spectrum - which means nobody should be shocked that he could have come from any spot on that spectrum. I’m hoping the fact that he doesn’t seem super far left or right politically will make it easier to keep that unity, but the left just looooves our purity tests. Let’s maybe not this time.

[jcmarchi]

Unlocking New Possibilities in Healthcare with AI

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Unlocking New Possibilities in Healthcare with AI

Healthcare in the United States is in the early stages of a significant potential disruption due to the use of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence. This shift has been underway for over a decade, but with recent advances, seems poised for more rapid changes. Much work remains to be done to understand the safest and most effective applications of AI in healthcare, to build trust among clinicians in the use of AI, and to adjust our clinical education system to drive better use of AI-based systems.

Applications of AI in Healthcare

AI has been in evolution for decades in healthcare, both in patient-facing and back-office functions. Some of the earliest and most extensive work has occurred in the use of deep learning and computer vision models.

First, some terminology. Traditional statistical approaches in research–e.g. observational studies and clinical trials–have used population-focused modeling approaches that rely on regression models, in which independent variables are used to predict outcomes. In these approaches, while more data is better, there is a plateau effect in which above a certain data set size, no better inferences can be obtained from the data.

Artificial intelligence brings a newer approach to prediction. A structure called a perceptron processes data that is passed forward a row at a time, and is created as a network of layers of differential equations to modify the input data, to produce an output. During training, each row of data as it passes through the network–called a neural network–modifies the equations at each layer of the network so that the predicted output matches the actual output. As the data in a training set is processed, the neural network learns how to predict the outcome.

Several types of networks exist. Convolutional neural networks, or CNNs, were among the first models to find success in healthcare applications. CNNs are very good at learning from images in a process called computer vision and have found applications where image data is prominent: radiology, retinal exams, and skin images.

A newer neural network type called the transformer architecture has become a dominant approach due to its incredible success for text, and combinations of text and images (also called multimodal data). Transformer neural networks are exceptional when given a set of text, at predicting subsequent text. One application of the transformer architecture is the Large Language Model or LLM. Multiple commercial examples of LLMs include Chat GPT, Anthropics Claude, and Metas Llama 3.

What has been observed with neural networks, in general, is that a plateau for improvement in learning has been hard to find. In other words, given more and more data, neural networks continue to learn and improve. The main limits on their capability are larger and larger data sets and the computing power to train the models. In healthcare, the creation of privacy-protecting data sets that faithfully represent true clinical care is a key priority to advance model development.

LLMs may represent a paradigm shift in the application of AI for healthcare. Because of their facility with language and text, they are a good match to electronic records in which almost all data are text. They also do not require highly annotated data for training but can use existing data sets. The two main flaws with these models are that 1) they do not have a world model or an understanding of the data that is being analyzed (they have been called fancy autocomplete), and 2) they can hallucinate or confabulate, making up text or images that appear accurate but create information presented as fact.

Use cases being explored for AI include automation and augmentation for reading of radiology images, retinal images, and other image data; reducing the effort and improving the accuracy of clinical documentation, a major source of clinician burnout; better, more empathic, patient communication; and improving the efficiency of back-office functions like revenue cycle, operations, and billing.

Real-world Examples

AI has been incrementally introduced into clinical care overall. Typically, successful use of AI has followed peer-reviewed trials of performance that have demonstrated success and, in some cases, FDA approval for use.

Among the earliest use cases in which AI performs well have been AI detecting disease in retinal exam images and radiology. For retinal exams, published literature on the performance of these models has been followed by the deployment of automated fundoscopy to detect retinal disease in ambulatory settings. Studies of image segmentation, with many published successes, have resulted in multiple software solutions that provide decision support for radiologists, reducing errors and detecting abnormalities to make radiologist workflows more efficient.

Newer large language models are being explored for assistance with clinical workflows. Ambient voice is being used to enhance the usage of Electronic Health Records (EHRs). Currently, AI scribes are being implemented to aid in medical documentation. This allows physicians to focus on patients while AI takes care of the documentation process, improving efficiency and accuracy.

In addition, hospitals and health systems can use AI’s predictive modeling capabilities to risk-stratify patients, identifying patients who are at high or increasing risk and determining the best course of action. In fact, AI’s cluster detection capabilities are being increasingly used in research and clinical care to identify patients with similar characteristics and determine the typical course of clinical action for them. This can also enable virtual or simulated clinical trials to determine the most effective treatment courses and measure their efficacy.

A future use case may be the use of AI-powered language models in doctor-patient communication. These models have been found to have valid responses for patients that simulate empathetic conversations, making it easier to manage difficult interactions. This application of AI can greatly improve patient care by providing quicker and more efficient triage of patient messages based on the severity of their condition and message.

Challenges and Ethical Considerations

One challenge with AI implementation in healthcare is ensuring regulatory compliance, patient safety, and clinical efficacy when using AI tools. While clinical trials are the standard for new treatments, there is a debate on whether AI tools should follow the same approach. Another concern is the risk of data breaches and compromised patient privacy. Large language models trained on protected data can potentially leak source data, which poses a significant threat to patient privacy. Healthcare organizations must find ways to protect patient data and prevent breaches to maintain trust and confidentiality. Bias in training data is also a critical challenge that needs to be addressed. To avoid biased models, better methods to avoid bias in training data must be introduced. It is crucial to develop training and academic approaches that enable better model training and incorporate equity in all aspects of healthcare to avoid bias.

The use of AI has opened a number of new concerns and frontiers for innovation. Further study of where true clinical benefit may be found in AI use is needed. To address these challenges and ethical concerns, healthcare provider organizations and software companies must focus on developing data sets that accurately model healthcare data while ensuring anonymity and protecting privacy. Additionally, partnerships between healthcare providers, systems, and technology/software companies must be established to bring AI tools into practice in a safe and thoughtful manner. By addressing these challenges, healthcare organizations can harness the potential of AI while upholding patient safety, privacy, and fairness.

[growing-business-blogs]

Enhancing Customer Experience with Cloud Solutions

In today’s competitive business landscape, enhancing customer experience is paramount. Cloud solutions have emerged as a pivotal technology in this arena, offering numerous benefits that help businesses improve customer satisfaction, streamline operations, and drive growth. This blog explores how leveraging cloud solutions can transform customer experience, making it more personalized, efficient, and responsive.

Personalized Customer Interactions

Cloud solutions enable businesses to gather and analyze vast amounts of customer data, providing insights that can be used to personalize interactions. By leveraging cloud-based CRM (Customer Relationship Management) systems, companies can track customer preferences, purchase history, and behavior patterns. This data-driven approach allows for tailored recommendations and personalized communication, enhancing the overall customer experience.

Example : E-commerce platforms use cloud-based analytics to suggest products based on a customer’s browsing and purchase history, creating a personalized shopping experience.

Improved Accessibility and Convenience

Cloud solutions offer enhanced accessibility, allowing customers to interact with businesses anytime, anywhere. Whether through cloud-based mobile apps or responsive web platforms, customers can access services and support at their convenience. This round-the-clock availability significantly improves customer satisfaction and loyalty.

Faster Response Times and Better Support

With cloud solutions, businesses can improve their response times and offer better support to their customers. Cloud-based customer service platforms enable support teams to access customer information quickly, collaborate in real-time, and resolve issues efficiently. Additionally, the use of AI-powered chatbots and virtual assistants, hosted on the cloud, ensures that customers receive instant responses to their queries.

Example: Telecommunications companies use cloud-based customer service platforms to manage support tickets and provide quick resolutions, reducing wait times and enhancing customer satisfaction.

Enhanced Collaboration and Communication

Cloud solutions facilitate better collaboration and communication both within the business and with customers. By using cloud-based collaboration tools, teams can work together seamlessly, share information, and coordinate efforts to improve customer service. This collaborative approach ensures that customer issues are addressed promptly and effectively.

Example: Healthcare providers use cloud-based platforms to share patient information across departments, ensuring coordinated care and better patient outcomes.

Scalability and Flexibility

Cloud solutions offer scalability and flexibility, allowing businesses to adapt to changing customer demands quickly. Whether it’s scaling up resources during peak times or deploying new features and services, the cloud provides the infrastructure needed to meet customer expectations without significant delays.

Example: Retailers use cloud solutions to handle increased traffic during holiday seasons, ensuring that their e-commerce platforms remain responsive and efficient.

Data Security and Privacy

Ensuring data security and privacy is crucial for maintaining customer trust. Cloud service providers offer advanced security measures, including encryption, regular security updates, and compliance with industry standards, to protect sensitive customer information. This enhances customer confidence and fosters long-term relationships.

Example: Financial institutions rely on cloud providers that comply with stringent regulatory standards to protect customer data and ensure privacy.

Leveraging cloud solutions is a strategic move for businesses aiming to enhance their customer experience. From personalized interactions and improved accessibility to faster support and robust security, the benefits of cloud technology are manifold. By integrating cloud solutions into their operations, businesses can not only meet but exceed customer expectations, driving satisfaction, loyalty, and growth.Their Private Cloud solutions offer a combination of the security and control of single-tenancy cloud environment that you need for mission-critical systems while also delivering the economic viability and resiliency of public cloud. Their Private Cloud solutions are designed to meet the needs of different enterprise workloads, such as core banking, ERP, AI/ML, and Big Data, to name a few. For more insights on how cloud solutions can transform your business, Please visit here www.zeacloud.com.

[smithlee1221]

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Comprehensive IT Support and Computer Repair Services in Lancashire

In today’s digital age, reliable computer systems and IT support are essential for both individuals and businesses. Whether you’re experiencing technical difficulties with your personal laptop or managing the IT infrastructure of a company, finding trustworthy computer repair services and IT support specialists is crucial. For residents and businesses in Lancashire, there are excellent options available that cater to a wide range of needs. This article explores the benefits of utilizing professional computer repair in Lancashire, the importance of quality IT support, and how to choose the best service provider for your needs.

The Importance of Professional Computer Repair in Lancashire

Computers have become integral to our daily lives, and any malfunction can lead to significant disruptions. Here’s why professional computer repair services in Lancashire are invaluable: