justinboogaard

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The California Dream is Dying – CA is closing the door on economic opportunity(theatlantic.com)
1 points by justinboogaard 5y ago|0 comments
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by justinboogaard 5y ago
Glad they draw attention to the difference between “healthy years” and “just more years”. From our work at GoGo (GoGoGrandparent.com) our clients specifically value more time in the community they grew old in. As you age the trip to church
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Crushing heat wave in Pacific Northwest cooked shellfish alive by the millions(washingtonpost.com)
56 points by justinboogaard 5y ago|11 comments
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by justinboogaard 5y ago
I don’t think the quote is saying objects have to obey laws because they are extreme (and therefore easy to notice) I think it’s saying all objects have to follow the established rules of physics, regardless of how unusual they are. It’s an
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by justinboogaard 5y ago
You (me, all of us) are (indirectly) paying for Google ads in the same way that we are (indirectly) paying for merchant credit card processing fees. If you paid for search, some businesses might be able to lower the cost of their products b
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by justinboogaard 5y ago
I’m not really buying this, so I thought of a way to disprove it. This statistical outcome only holds for recessive genes on the X chromosome, but it doesn’t make men with the recessive gene “more extreme” than woman with the recessive gene
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by justinboogaard 5y ago
+1 for tactile buttons! Through our work at GoGoGrandparent.com (a service that helps older adults and people living with disabilities use Uber/Lyft, grocery services, meal services and pharmacy services reliably without smartphones) w
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by justinboogaard 5y ago
Wow, Handprint.com is incredible. I needed to spend some time clicking around to figure out what was where, but then just spent half an hour learning about which hue is actually the warmest (there is no universally accepted answer, but a co
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by justinboogaard 6y ago
I think there are some jobs where the role of the job is to - for lack of time to come up with a better phrase: "help humans struggle with human things". Yes, a nurse's role is to heal, but also to offer comfort to a patient,
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by justinboogaard 6y ago
I think status has as much value as what someone is willing to give you for it. If the YC “Badge” is a currency that opens doors based on its perceived status, that feels like a helpful bonus to founders. I agree that if someone is in YC fo
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by justinboogaard 6y ago
This is a shame, we had the opportunity to meet with Bryce. He comes across as someone who has thought deeply about the space and was in it for the right reasons. I’m struggling to imagine why LPs wouldn’t want Indie.VC investing in profita
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by justinboogaard 6y ago
This is a great insight, I’m reading this from my iPhone now!
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by justinboogaard 6y ago
Hi Dang, I hope you're well and always appreciate the context you bring to articles like this. Is there a way to turn this into a feature where similar submissions are linked?
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by justinboogaard 6y ago
TLDR; conditions like depression may stem from a poor distribution of cholesterol in the neurotransmitter signaling process in the brain.
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by justinboogaard 6y ago
Haha awesome, if you ever have any feedback please feel free to send me an email: justin@gogograndparent.com. I'd love to hear how we could improve the service and/or what we could do to make it easier to adopt.
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by justinboogaard 6y ago
Thanks for the heads up! Had it not been for your comment this would likely have continued for a long time.
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by justinboogaard 6y ago
Have them try GoGoGrandparent.com! A way to use Uber and Lyft with a phone call. Call and press 1 to get picked up from home, call and press 2 to get picked up at your last location. We screen their drivers, make sure the cars aren’t too bi
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by justinboogaard 6y ago
I don’t think I would visit HN if the voting system worked like this. I like hearing the popular opinion, but I also like hearing the popular contrary opinion and very often - like with your comment - the popular contrary sits right below t
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by justinboogaard 6y ago
I like to think that "ethical" bad decisions are also "short term thinking" bad business decisions. Two small examples that come to mind: (1) Investing in clean energy is both ethical and cheaper in the long term. This o
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by justinboogaard 6y ago
I always get shaken up when I remember that at every moment, I'm just experiencing a single snapshot of time. Makes me appreciate things I otherwise take for granted. Thanks for the read!
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by justinboogaard 6y ago
Bezos is not a billionaire because he pays people less money than what he is able to capture from their work. He is a billionaire because he owns a lot of shares in Amazon, and Amazon is a trillion dollar company. There are examples where a
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Ask HN: How do you manage non urgent new problems?
2 points by justinboogaard 6y ago|1 comments
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Launch HN: GoGoGrandparent helps seniors use Lyft and Uber without smartphones
3 points by justinboogaard 8y ago|0 comments
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by justinboogaard 9y ago
It could also be worth looking into GoGoGrandparent.com! 24/7 operators and they automatically monitor and file disputes if drivers go on joy rides. (Full disclosure: I work there.)
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Mission driven GoGoGrandparent is hiring their first engineer to help people age
1 points by justinboogaard 9y ago
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GoGoGrandparent is hiring our first engineer to help us take care of seniors(docs.google.com)
1 points by justinboogaard 10y ago
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by justinboogaard 10y ago
Hi folks! GoGoGrandparent is an automated hotline that lets older adults use services that will help them stay independent. Using the service is super simple: they call (855) 464-6872, and hear: "Please press 1 for a car to pick you u