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by Kevin_S 7y ago
I think aiming for YC long term is smart, but YC doesn't really take ideas anymore as far as I know. To increase your odds of getting in you still need to do all the things that you would do anyway: build a prototype, get some users (p
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by Kevin_S 7y ago
Google Calendar and Tasks - the integrated one. The trick to making google calendar work is putting literally everything on there, from work to personal tasks, to events, to little notes for later. Tasks works especially well with recurring
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by Kevin_S 7y ago
I dunno, that kinda makes sense to me if you think about the structure of a business. An elite CEO makes the most critical decisions that can be easily worth billions either positive or negative. An elite engineer makes a stellar project su
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by Kevin_S 7y ago
You have a 14 person family? Good lord my man.
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by Kevin_S 7y ago
I'm an academic researcher that studies nonprofits and trust me, you are not alone in thinking this. But the problem with charities constraining themselves to their original narrow mandate is that this leads to tiny nonprofits trying t
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by Kevin_S 7y ago
Do any of these tablets sync with Endnote? I am an academic and organize research using Endnote, and I would need the tablet to pull and sync with my endnote.
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by Kevin_S 7y ago
Ok but the last 6 years the market has generally only gone up. If you are doing technical analysis, you would expect to actually be profitable in an expansionary period. The problem is if you trade the same way in a deflationary period you
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by Kevin_S 7y ago
All it means is that they can use the funds as they see fit. There should be a breakdown somewhere on their site of what % of funds go toward development verse admin/fundraising as they are a 501c3.
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by Kevin_S 7y ago
is anyone doing this on windows? this looks really cool and useful.
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by Kevin_S 7y ago
Dems problem with requiring ID is that it just so happens that those proposals are always alongside attempts to make it more difficult for poor people to get IDs in the first place. Dems would have no issue requiring ID if republicans wou
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by Kevin_S 7y ago
I knew someone that used the vidangel service, but I don't really get it. If you remove the cursing/sex/violence from much of the works that use them, does it not remove context that is necessary? You mention ASoIaF, which is
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by Kevin_S 7y ago
I dunno, I have an intense fandom for certain artists and when they release new music I like to listen with my higher quality headphones, at home in peace and quiet to really take it in as fully as possible. Though this is only for maybe 3
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by Kevin_S 8y ago
I had an extremely easy gov contractor job that paid really well, used my skills, and I worked with great people. I still was living for being off work. Decided to pursue a PhD, which requires about 20x effort but I like coming to the offic
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by Kevin_S 8y ago
As I understand it, the recordings are just being shown as crickets. They are not disputing that the medical issues were not real, just that this piece of evidence was crickets. That doesn't mean they are saying that the attack was cr
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by Kevin_S 8y ago
I learned I'm more capable than I imagined. I was a mediocre student through HS and undergrad, and managed to talk my way into a really good PhD program I started this fall. All the other students were stellar students and just seemed
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by Kevin_S 8y ago
Typically non profits will advertise this type of thing, essentially a program ratio of 100%. This is positively correlated with total donations. Usually the way to work around this is to have a large benefactor that agrees to use their fun
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by Kevin_S 8y ago
Come on.... this argument that athletes should make less is ridiculous.
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by Kevin_S 8y ago
Unfortunately I can't recommend any particular book to learn economics alone. I don't learn best this way and I feel I got basically all of my knowledge through my coursework. I'd honestly recommend a course. Even an online o
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by Kevin_S 8y ago
I could've written this exact comment after I read this book, but I actually wouldn't recommend this. I read it right before I did my economics degree, and it really warped my view of the "right way" to think about econ.
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by Kevin_S 8y ago
They should both be important is his point. And measurements for IQ (and EQ frankly) aren't very reliable. His point seems to be that "smart" is not really measurable as we don't include EQ and our measurements of IQ are
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by Kevin_S 8y ago
I've subscribed via RSS.
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by Kevin_S 8y ago
I am required, but I am not technical. Financial consultant for a government client. If you have to, I suggest getting the best pants you can afford. I wear dress pants that are slim fit but have some stretch to them, making them infinitely
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by Kevin_S 9y ago
I played Runescape for over 10 years. For the first 7~ or so I was a bad player that progressed slowly. Maxed my combat, and eventually became a force in the duel arena. Made bils, got bored, left the game. Nothing hit my beliefs in the fac
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by Kevin_S 9y ago
I like Feedly, been using for like a year. Only thing I really want at this point is to be able to filter out for certain keywords, but it's a pro feature. Does a different app offer this for free?
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by Kevin_S 9y ago
I've spent 2 years doing 8-5 and it just doesn't work for me. I'm going back to school and becoming an academic. The requirement to be here is what hurts the most, I'll happily work more hours as long as they are flexibl
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by Kevin_S 9y ago
I'd advise against this space. There've been hundreds of startups trying to do exactly that. Not many successes as far as I can tell.
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by Kevin_S 9y ago
Do you live in California? Cause that would explain things.
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by Kevin_S 9y ago
Very little, 3.1 GPA and I'm in accounting, where GPA actually is important for internships and first jobs. Got a job with Deloitte in consulting. Now an incoming PhD student. GPA means nothing if you have an ounce of personal skills.
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by Kevin_S 9y ago
Being overweight is bad for your individual health. We know certain things in society have an impact on how overweight people get. Identifying and fixing those things is worthwhile. No one is insinuating that we should force people to becom
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by Kevin_S 9y ago
As I understand it, the idea that people are "naturally" overweight and cannot change that is a complete myth with no scientific backing. In some cases, certain diseases/medications can cause a very small weight gain but not

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