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by DeBraid 9y ago
People go with what they know. Makes sense to skew towards industry where one has acquired lots of information.
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by DeBraid 9y ago
The solution? Get Real https://github.com/DeBraid/tech-notes/blob/master/basecamp-g... 37signals wrote a book on this a decade ago before they changed their name to Basecamp. It is loaded with practical
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by DeBraid 9y ago
Analogy I've stolen from a Uni. of Toronto brain doctor: fill a mason jar (skull) with water (cerebrospinal fluid), and throw in a golf ball (brain). Shake the jar, the golf ball will hit the side of the jar. You could bubble wrap the
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by DeBraid 9y ago
> In the NFL 18.8% of injuries occur at or above the shoulders, the area where athletes wear the most protective equipment. In the AFL 11.5% of AFL injuries occur in this area, where they wear virtually no protection. Source: https:&#x2
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by DeBraid 9y ago
EDIT: refers more to cost, and not directly time. Musk claimed[1] existing tunnels are far too big/wide as they're over-engineered for safety + regulatory FUD. Boring plans to reduce tunnel diameter by half (from 28ft to 14), and
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by DeBraid 9y ago
Likely that Musk created this tweet to aggregate public enthusiasm for a real HyperLoop. He will reference it when the lawmakers try to back out, delay, or, otherwise impede the progress of Boring Company.
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by DeBraid 9y ago
> a bunch of hard lessons That is the gamble. If your 19 year old kid burns $100,000 over 1 year trying to start a business, or, pays another form of "tuition" at a traditional university? Probably good cases to be made either
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by DeBraid 9y ago
Tesla is the new Amazon. Analysts doubt its profitability, but sales & stock price march higher.
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by DeBraid 9y ago
> ... between 1999 and 2010, states that permitted medical marijuana had an average of almost 25 percent fewer opioid overdose deaths each year than states where cannabis remained illegal. Source: https://www.scientificamerica
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by DeBraid 9y ago
Eat more plants, especially green ones. Drink a ton of water. Don't eat anything that comes in a box. Some less conventional tips: * no calories from liquid! Water and tea (or black coffee) only. No milk, juice, alcoholic beverages
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by DeBraid 9y ago
EBITDA Margin looks pretty thin. Any time made up earnings are barely higher than sales it's a bad sign.
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by DeBraid 9y ago
> entire lake is not teeming w/ ... Just the parts where the most people live and want to swim. Sad state of affairs when the land we value most [both fundamentally (water is life) and culturally (waterfront land most expensive)]
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by DeBraid 9y ago
Twitter was designed to be text-based and was beloved during this phase of its existence. Around ~2013/2014 Twitter Cards were introduced. Cards are text (the tweet) + a large image (2-4 tweets in size). This was marketed to users as a
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by DeBraid 9y ago
Does anyone prefer the large (contextless) images that consume majority of screen real estate to text-based HN UI? IMO this approach has harmed the UX of twitter.com tremendously and is done mostly to facilitate ad integration. Dark patter
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by DeBraid 10y ago
Or, Russia is not a model for capitalism.
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by DeBraid 10y ago
Excellent piece. Esp. this: > There are a few simple patterns we can apply that make conditionals less intertwined. They include: ‘return early’,‘use ternaries’, ‘replace switch-statements with objects.’ These are not silver bullets, bu
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by DeBraid 10y ago
Pertaining to bitcoin: > Electronic cash for online payments is possible without financial institutions. Above is taken from a post where I summarize and/or paraphrase the original bitcoin white paper. Goal was to answer question p
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by DeBraid 10y ago
IMO, be aggressive to a fault. Most service providers (esp. w/ repeating customers/ recurring revenue) will under price. Key assumption: competition is thin/weak/lazy/etc. Aggressive pricing is part of doing busines
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by DeBraid 10y ago
Appreciate the critical evaluation of ANDI, as no 1 metric is perfect. I find it a useful guide for plants since it ranks leafy greens and vegetables above fruits (most people who go plant-based are prone to over-eat fruits, under-eat veges
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by DeBraid 10y ago
Organ meats are under-appreciated in terms of their nutrient value. When wild animals kill prey they eat the organs first, then move on to the less nutritious muscle meat.
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by DeBraid 10y ago
Here is a list of foods ranked by Aggregate Nutrient Density Index (ANDI, aka nutrients per calorie). https://github.com/DeBraid/medicine/blob/master/nutrient-cal...
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by DeBraid 10y ago
Plant-based food list I've compiled: https://github.com/DeBraid/medicine/blob/master/plant-based-... Nutrient density per calorie is the magic formula. High nutrient density, high ANDI scores. A goo
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by DeBraid 10y ago
> For reasons of economics, they need to be able to share parts with other models so they can't deviate too much in terms of design. Thanks for this concise answer. If this were Stack Overflow, you'd get checkmark!
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by DeBraid 10y ago
One of the best 'Talks at Google' via Michael Mauboussin "The Success Equation: Untangling Skill and Luck" Thesis: where absolute talent/skill is high, variance in relative talent is low, thus luck > skill. http
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by DeBraid 10y ago
Can you elaborate on why you "would not want to be a full time public school teacher again."? Thanks!
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by DeBraid 10y ago
This is correct in absolute terms. OP refers to relative rates of obesity based on variable cultural/jurisdictional attitudes towards cycling vs. cars.
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by DeBraid 10y ago
> a good friend said to me Why is a gut feeling relevant? The anecdote you were compelled to add is journalistic flare and is immaterial to the conclusion drawn from actual studies, which I quoted originally. > People ignore the resul
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by DeBraid 10y ago
tldr; a virus, Ad-36, may or may not cause obesity in humans. > Though Dhurandhar and Atkinson have conducted several strong studies showing the contribution of Ad-36 to fatness, skepticism remains. Atkinson says, “I remember giving a ta
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by DeBraid 10y ago
Short-selling companies that make very popular and effective developer tools is low expected value play.
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by DeBraid 10y ago
See Tim Ferriss and his various podcasts/books. This is basically what he's spent 10-15 years studying, does a good job distilling information into the most impactful and substantive bits. A good starting point: this podcast with

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