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I am sure you noticed Grahams's The Intelligent Investor on the list. Warren Buffet often cites it as his favorite book on investing stating, "picking up that book was one of the luckiest moments of my life”. I recall he decided
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Curious, but how does a researcher acquire cloned mice ? The JAX Mice, which are the most-published mouse models in the world[1] does not offer clones for sale on their website. Anyone know the source and cost ? [1] https://www.ja
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The only thing anyone outside of tech will remember about this speech that an openly gay tech leader from a liberal city is supporting Trump. To paraphrase a past PT quote "It's easy to be easy to be contrarian, it's much har
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Or perhaps it is a means to give back to society ? Bill Gates often mentions than the affect of the BMG Foundation is dwarfed by the resources of a government. Given BG's comment, wouldn't it make sense to use political influence
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At least you have mobility in the U.S. as a means to reduce your tax liability. By simply moving 250 miles east, your rate would drop to ~35%. Many people leave California for this reason while others feel the extra 9-13% is worth it.
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Thanks. I just corrected that.
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RadioLab's 9-Volt Nirvana episode discussed how DARPA uses tCDS to enhance sharp-shooting ability. At the end of the episode, the reporter conveyed a sense of loss when the tCDS system was no longer available to her. She sounded like a
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You can take the larger view that your co-workers' children will one day pay your Social Security. That seems like a huge net plus for you. But seriously, the remarkable part of your comment is your HR department. If someone in HR hea
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"While it's honestly the best thing, having kids , if you take away one thing from this lecture, remember this: There are a lot of things that are easier to do before you have kids than after, many of which will make you a better
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Have you asked your current suppliers if they could perform the assembly or find someone who can ? That's what my company does and it has worked well.
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At the moment blood isn't cheap or easy to preserve. Then there is a matter of supply. Current research involving parabiosis in mice required a significant age difference and a continuous supply. Meaning you spend 15 - 25 trying to pro
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The OP mentions OpenBiome which is the worlds first independent stool bank and supplies feces for transplants. They have a 3% acceptance rate for donors and select only the healthiest individuals. It would interesting to see how their scre
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I'm skeptical that learning new things in the same domain will achieve meaningful cognitive growth. It feels like the Sudoku analogy in the OP except your are continuously tweaking the rules and symbols of the game. It's challeng
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Agreed. If we are going to tax corporations then why not a flat tax on the gross revenues. In the U.S a 3% tax rate on gross is the approximate revenue the IRS currently collects. Pass the expense to your customer if you are in a low margin
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Exactly. Why implicitly suggest it is recurring, but then deliberately exclude it from the recurring fees section.
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InCorp is referenced in the non-free tools section but not in the recurring fees section. Is this an oversight ? Isn't there a DE requirement that you have an agent (?) operating within the state if your HQ is in CA ? Incorp currentl
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On September 22, 2015, VW stock had the trading highest volume / price decline. The stock closed $106 per share that day. There is a trading strategy that assumes markets over estimate liability of lawsuits. While I am probably cherry
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Engineering is applied math and science. Hard science mind you.
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I recall a lecture that proposed the home/fire insurance companies own the fire departments and your policy includes fire department services. In theory it should ensure incentives are aligned but then there is the issue of logistics a
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While I am not an artist, I always had a distaste for the phrase "scam artist". It didn't seem appropriate to elevate someone who commits fraud to the level of "artist". But my hope was the phrase would shift out of
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It wasn't "gainful" employment because of schedule variabilities. Beside, the PP is arguing against the employment value of "cog" type jobs that are easily automated.
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"Let's let humans do more human (and humane) oriented tasks." The definition of "humane" keeps shifting over time and will always be a matter of perspective. To share a personal story, my father was unemployed while
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Well, I have a practice of never raising the rent on a tenant in good standing. By why would anyone give a landlord the benefit of the doubt. A cynical mixed-context response is so much easier than contemplating solutions to a complex probl
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"I'm not mistaken, anyone could get the serial number off your cameras and link them to their online account, to watch and record your every move without your permission." There's a name for a hacking strategy where you
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Since these rent hikes usually occur when a property changes ownership, we should encourage landlords to offer their tenants a first right of refusal to purchase. At least it would prime every tenant's mind that the rental terms might
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"Simple Contracts are Better Contracts" has always been the mantra of the Ethereum and DAO team. Most times when a security question was raised, "simple contracts" was their defacto answer [1]. This exploit suggests that
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VC's make bets on future. A bet that cannabis will be decriminalized and all the objections you raise will simply go away, seems like a sound assumption.
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When a company's brand matures and color consistency matters, their commercial printer or graphic artist will recommend the Pantone Matching System (PMS). Any graphic artist that doesn't invest in a Pantone color fan/swatch-b
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An early Iridium presentation included an artistic rendition of a solar powered Iridium-based phone booth in the middle of a jungle -- a dark jungle with a halo of light above the phone booth. Peasants were walking by on a trail near the ph
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I have been at both extremes. For as long as I can remember I have had insomnia. It is a miserable disorder. At night I would endlessly ruminate about personal relationships, how I could help others, and the occasional work problems. Rece

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