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   by kumarski 8y ago

   This study is done on mice.
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   by kumarski 8y ago

   It is harder and harder to be a blue to gray collar worker in the USA than ever before. 66 jobs have bigger licensure requirements than EMT's. Cosmetologists spend ~400 days training, EMT's - 33. https://www.adamtownsen
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   by kumarski 8y ago

   I've brokered terabytes of data over the last 10 years. It's worth paying attention to companies like https://alternativedata.org
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   by kumarski 8y ago

   This is Kumar from YCS2012. I really really wish YC would bring on a polymer, nuclear, petroleum, or materials engineer to help wrangle on these thesis-es on all things related to energy. [I'm more on the textiles side of polymers, but
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   by kumarski 8y ago

   Some of my notes on why carbon sequestration is a no-go for civilization to achieve lithospheric homeostasis.....: 5 Billion Cubic Meters of Oil are produced Annually by humanity. 30Bn Tons of CO2 generated. 60% is un-sequesterable because
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   Origins of the Sicilian Mafia: The Market for Lemons [pdf](nottingham.ac.uk)

   1 points by kumarski 8y ago|0 comments
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   by kumarski 8y ago

   I find shodan.io terrifying. It allows people to see the IP addresses of printers, routers, etc.... at scale. So if a hacker finds a vulnerability, they can really quantify the amount of devices they can attack.
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   by kumarski 9y ago

   1.2 Billion kilograms of lithium are estimated in reserves on planet earth - estimated by the USGS. 10 Kilograms of lithium are needed for each Tesla battery ~122M Tesla batteries can be made. 0.5M teslas produced per a year by 2020 is thei
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   by kumarski 9y ago

   Low efficacy ed-tech solutions like this don't work. Context is king in languages. I think true solutions have to account for the following in language learning: Video / Audio Dual Subtitles Transliterated Subtitles Tongue Positio
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    by kumarski 9y ago

    We launched zenledger.io There's going to be many players in this space across geographies and more. Godspeed to them all.
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    by kumarski 9y ago

    Tesla is 15 years old. Tesla has produced 300K cars. Tesla just recalled 123K cars.
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    Fairy circle(en.wikipedia.org)

    1 points by kumarski 9y ago|0 comments
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    by kumarski 9y ago

    Built an app to solve this issue: http://zenledger.io Companies like blockseer.com are being used by regulatory folks to find people skirting the rules.
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    by kumarski 9y ago

    "Uber is now the target of at least three potential class action lawsuits, at least five state attorney general investigations, and an inquiry by the FTC because of Sullivan’s decision to pay off hackers and the cover ups." via tw
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    by kumarski 9y ago

    i love stuff like this: * Goodui.org * enterpriseready.io * ixdchecklist.com
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    FDA's Gottlieb on step to reduce cigarette nicotine to non-addictive levels(fda.gov)

    3 points by kumarski 9y ago|0 comments
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    by kumarski 9y ago

    I think this will work for certain modalities of products. Deciding which products to replicate first is key.
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    Genetic study of Quebec residents finds air pollution trumps ancestry(theglobeandmail.com)

    1 points by kumarski 9y ago|0 comments
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    China's Air Pollution and Scrapped Vehicles(edukalife.blogspot.com)

    4 points by kumarski 9y ago|0 comments
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    by kumarski 9y ago

    This is dope. I studied polymer-textile-fiber engineering til my engineering school shut down the program, it's still incredibly relevant, but it has kind of gone away in the USA for obvious reasons as a practice. Wish there was a site
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    My Controversial Silicon Valley Viewpoint: Solar Won’t Save Humanity(medium.com)

    1 points by kumarski 9y ago|2 comments
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    by kumarski 9y ago

    http://efabless.com does 180nm open source in the browser window and you get a chip in the package at 5K USD or less. Xfab is on the backend.
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    by kumarski 9y ago

    Part of their motivation to maximize costs is to minimize tax exposure. Since 2008 Walmart has paid $64B in corporate income tax, while Amazon has paid $1.4B. (Source: http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=97664&p=
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    by kumarski 9y ago

    Yes, our plan is to support those exchanges. All US exchanges.
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    by kumarski 9y ago

    FDA approvals are increasing. FDA has policy dynamicism which creates a moat. Many foreign countries co-opt the FDA process as their own. That's how performant our FDA happens to be, despite criticisms from a lot of people in web tech.
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    by kumarski 9y ago

    This is no small deal. Thank you for your work in this space. It is exceedingly hard to find people w/ a decade's worth of biotech experience looking to move into viable software for the space. Rooting you on from the sidelines ma
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    The British Once Built a 1,100-Mile Hedge Through the Middle of India(atlasobscura.com)

    219 points by kumarski 9y ago|97 comments
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    by kumarski 9y ago

    Same question: Are they using XRP? Answer: No. Brad Garlinghouse reminds me so much of Dick Costolo. He'll keep allowing Ripple Deals(bots) to increase the valuation of the company unwarranted. The banks and no-one I've talked to
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    by kumarski 9y ago

    I don't have a nomadlist memberhsip. I do all sorts of travel points hacking, I assume there's a bunch of other people on HN who do too.
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    by kumarski 9y ago

    NomadList users are active on HN?