broahmed

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by broahmed 5y ago
There’s something about llamas! Related from 2018 which I also submitted: “A key ingredient for a universal flu vaccine may come from llamas” https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18376376
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Covid: Immune therapy from llamas shows promise(bbc.com)
1 points by broahmed 5y ago|0 comments
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by broahmed 5y ago
Love IJ. They do some great work. One of my favorite cases: https://youtu.be/HujPlUyTXRY
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by broahmed 5y ago
Paul Stamets has done some fascinating research around this. Turkey tail mushrooms seem especially potent against cancer. Here's the 2.5 minute story from his TED medical talk of his own mother's brush with late-stage breast cance
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Oral Arguments in the Supreme Court for Google vs. Oracle [audio] (2020)(apps.oyez.org)
1 points by broahmed 5y ago|0 comments
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by broahmed 5y ago
Don't know if you noticed, but it's mentioned in the first paragraph of the article :)
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by broahmed 6y ago
I tested that out. A memo of "Syria" causes the payment to go into review and doesn't block it outright. "Niger" in the memo results in the "Please try another payment note" error message shown in the scre
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by broahmed 6y ago
I have my doubts. The article you linked mentions payments being blocked, but in this case I'm getting an error message saying to use a different memo. The exact same "Please try another payment note" appears when using &quot
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by broahmed 6y ago
That's what I was thinking: it's an overly aggressive attempt at blocking the n-word. Tried a payment with the word "Nigeria" in it and that went through successfully.
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by broahmed 6y ago
That's a good idea. DMed @VenmoSupport on Twitter. Thank you.
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by broahmed 6y ago
Payment was to a US citizen who was doing some charitable work in Niger, and the individual isn't working on behalf of a charity. I appreciate the information though.
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Tell HN: the word "Niger" (the country) seems blocked in Venmo memos
39 points by broahmed 6y ago|18 comments
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by broahmed 6y ago
I admire them. They're braver than me. Whether you agree with their stance or not, I think it's admirable that they stand up for others who are presumably lower on the employment pole, at the risk of their own jobs, especially giv
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by broahmed 6y ago
"I wish more websites would design with the disabled in mind. Sometimes 'features' actually are impediments to those with low vision, e.g. blocking screen readers, the ability to zoom in closely, etc." Same points and le
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by broahmed 7y ago
You can grow a surprising amount on even 0.1 acres. Here's a video where a family grows 6000 pounds on about 4000 square feet. https://youtu.be/NCmTJkZy0rM Granted, they have the whole family pitching in with the labor
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by broahmed 7y ago
Hey, this is the same guy who did that camper van conversion a couple of years ago! http://thevanual.com/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15757206
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by broahmed 7y ago
I don't think it's being abused at all. If you have the time, finances, and willingness to learn how to do it, you can DIY. I think the same goes for most DIY projects. The guy who put together this yurt is also the same guy who c
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by broahmed 7y ago
Good. The FAA should have realized their insistence that the 737 Max was safe to fly despite evidence otherwise was likely to shake both confidence and respect for them as a regulatory body. It shouldn't have taken the intervention of
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by broahmed 7y ago
It's implied in a couple of places: "Their lifestyles tend to be sedentary because of their built environments, and their food tends to be served in large portions." "Employers can help, too, by providing mental and phys
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by broahmed 7y ago
I've been looking for ways to cut down my phone use. FocusMe[0][1] is one of my favorites on Android for blocking apps and URLs, Cold Turkey[2] for the same on computers. As for your launcher LessPhone, I downloaded it and immediately
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by broahmed 7y ago
Check out FocusMe: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.focusme.an... It supports what you're looking for: you can block both specific applications and URLs in all applications. It's worked
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by broahmed 7y ago
To be clear, I'm pretty sure that means 22k car thefts in general, not 22k thefts from Car2Go.
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by broahmed 7y ago
Those 22k car thefts are all car thefts in Chicago, not just Car2Go thefts.
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by broahmed 7y ago
For others wondering: TBTF = too big to fail
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by broahmed 7y ago
Here's a great article about the discovery of this color, and the pigment industry in general, which hit the front page of HN a year ago: The Quest for the Next Billion-Dollar Color https://www.bloomberg.com/features&#x
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United States government budget visualization [2016](us.wikibudgets.org)
2 points by broahmed 7y ago|0 comments
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by broahmed 7y ago
Great way to visualize the size of the military budget in comparison to other programs: https://us.wikibudgets.org/w/united-states-budget-2016 Looks like the latest year they have for 2016, but still useful.
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by broahmed 7y ago
Sublime Text uses JSON for settings. As a user, I've never been unhappy with that. Their JSON parser handles comments fine because each setting is accompanied by one. // When enabled, hovering over a word will show a po
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by broahmed 8y ago
Let's not forget what Signal and the Signal Protocol (used by WhatsApp) have achieved: making end-to-end encrypted chat EASY and accessible for the masses, for many of whom "security" is password123. It's important in ou
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by broahmed 8y ago
Just want to point out that these are two different things: 1. detrimental effects of too much CO2 2. detrimental effects of too little O2 The short and long-term effects of both may be very different. The human body can adapt to the low O2

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