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   by chime 11y ago

   Problem with staying ahead of the curve is that you cannot see how huge the curve is.
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   by chime 11y ago

   I liked the overall thesis but disagree with the example: > Getting Leonium is a great benefit for mankind, period. I don't think it is good for humans to live longer. Sure, I'd love it if 80yr olds were as healthy as 50-60yr o
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   by chime 11y ago

   > Somehow a group will find another group and marginalize them. Precisely as demonstrated by this study: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Realistic_conflict_theory#Robb... More links: http://www.damninterest
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   by chime 11y ago

   I am in the middle of writing directed pick/put module for a warehouse. I just had a meeting last week on the exact same topic. My software gives the user the most optimal pick list and the warehouse manager wanted me to change it so h
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   by chime 11y ago

   How about this - Picture an elephant sideways. Don't let the elephant move. Is the trunk on the left or on the right side? If they can't answer, then it's possible they have Aphantasia.
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   by chime 11y ago

   There was a movie called Gamer (2009) with a similar concept: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1034032/ (trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2g94xQmtHw )
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   by chime 11y ago

   > This March, a state legislator in Arkansas proposed a bill that would pay unwed, low-income mothers on Medicaid $2,500 to get an IUD. That echoes a not-so-distant controversy over the Norplant hormonal implant. After it hit the market
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   by chime 11y ago

   > Location sharing in realtime is one feature my wife and I still use to keep track of each other... iOS users can use the "Find My Friends" app for the same purpose. It is a huge time saver (and safety tool) for my wife and I
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   by chime 11y ago

   Would it be possible to apply the same filter to a sample video to make the colors pop for a color blind person? Maybe apply this filter http://i.imgur.com/EILB2lW.png via a VLC plugin? If so, that would be a fantastic way
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    by chime 11y ago

    Works without the ending slash, nothing to do with incognito mode.
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    by chime 11y ago

    I was surprised to find Keepass on it today.
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    by chime 11y ago

    Of course it isn't. I've been consulting from home for past 5 years myself and there is good and bad in any option you pick. I keep bringing up part-time because of the self-actualization reasons. I am just saying look into non-fu
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    by chime 11y ago

    We can't afford that at the moment for numerous reasons. Also I love what I do, she isn't married to her specific job, and she misses the baby a lot all day. My point wasn't that I'm forcing her to make a major life deci
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    by chime 11y ago

    I might be the odd one here but I don't think this article was about the practicality of working part-time but rather a motivator. Here is the key point: > When we were done, they took me to chai, and asked me about my life in the m
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    by chime 11y ago

    > I hate seeing talented development hours going to waste that could have been used to make an already existing project better. They didn't go to waste. They made Deku and learned a lot along the way. Just because something exists,
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    by chime 11y ago

    And through all of this, the Lenovo name will continue to be tarnished. That's where the real damage is.
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    by chime 11y ago

    I should have clarified that I'm going to a lawyer once I gather all of my data. There's no way I can use the above template because it's customized for the State of Washington and I'm in Florida. Starting with a free te
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    by chime 11y ago

    My thought are with Dave's family. It's a morbid coincidence that I was sitting here, filling out my will using http://getyourshittogether.org/ when I came across this HN post. I had been avoiding filling it out f
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    by chime 11y ago

    This line of reasoning gets tricky very quickly and takes us into ethical dilemmas. Take for instance babies with http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anencephaly e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_K
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    by chime 12y ago

    > The hardest part will be understanding the world of contractors This point cannot be emphasized enough. I've dealt with Medicaid bids and the amount of regulation one must adhere to is unfathomable. This unfortunately makes his ne
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    by chime 12y ago

    It's not limited to Chase. It's called clearXchange and was started by the 3 big banks (Chase, BoA, Wells Fargo) and is now extending to more: https://www.clearxchange.com/payments/member-banks clearXchange a
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    by chime 12y ago

    > Taken from the surveillance camera of the gas station where you bought a lottery ticket like a chump. Of all the things, this is the least I'm worried about in the long term. Storing video is expensive and rarely makes sense for
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    by chime 12y ago

    I wish I had heard about this site just a month ago. I used eHealthInsurance and a bunch of similar sites extensively to find my self-insured plan. Using the worst-case sort on healthsherpa, I just found a better plan than the one I'm
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    by chime 12y ago

    I was just about to chime in here regarding Twitter too. I recall it blew up in 2007 not 2006. Also, the winning factor of Twitter back then was indirect group texting. Once you signed up for Twitter with your phone, you could send a text t
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    by chime 12y ago

    Correct. There is a 2-3 day delay.
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    by chime 12y ago

    1. Wiping out major diseases - brings tears to my eyes knowing that GF, Carter and other foundations will permanently get rid of so many horrible diseases. 2. African crop yield - If US can grow 159 bushels of corn per acre, and African cou
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    by chime 12y ago

    Here's the piece of the picture that everyone's missing from this particular example - an $11b acquisition [1]. Gilead bought Pharmasset for $11b. It no longer matters what it cost Pharmasset to research/test/approve&#x2
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    by chime 12y ago

    Their customers are not King.com or most techie startups. Their customers are insurance companies, banks, and other financial behemoths. My bank recently alerted me because I swiped my credit card at one gas station away from home but did n
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    by chime 12y ago

    > if you have significant equity (which, as employee #2, you really should) That's the big unknown here. If he does have significant equity (even 2.5% or more is good), then what's the problem. He gets to share the long-term be
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    by chime 12y ago

    And they've started to lock it down: http://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/2r88cu/netflix_c...