mikekij

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by mikekij 10y ago
You need some connectivity, so some crypto, but your point stands.
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by mikekij 10y ago
Yes. Email me.
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by mikekij 10y ago
My company (W17 hopeful) is working to help med device vendors ensure basic crypto and security practices. I agree with @teuobk below; these problems are not unique to St. Jude. BTW we're hiring. If you're reading this comment thr
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by mikekij 10y ago
I had this same exact thought. I suspect the First Draft was written by Gavin Belson.
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by mikekij 10y ago
Medical Physicist here. The position isn't "non-ionizing radiation can't cause cancer". It's "There is no known mechanism by which non-ionizing radiation can cause cancer." Maybe we'll discover a mech
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by mikekij 10y ago
Holy crap. This is the best $0.89 I've ever spent. I'd like to nominate GoatAttack.com as an IPO candidate. Are you listening, Goldman?
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by mikekij 10y ago
I see this a bit differently. Imagine getting to build $119M in value for yourself without needing to worry about profitability, by leveraging other people's money. Expressed that way, it sounds like a pretty good opportunity.
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by mikekij 10y ago
I'm not quite understanding why the "Lower Class" trends seem to be so flat, while the middle income trends are down. Where are the middle income families going if not the lower income bracket?
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by mikekij 10y ago
I agree with most of this. However, teachers' unions have done their best to prevent schools from paying teachers with less common skill sets (like STEM) more than teachers with more common skill sets (like PE). It's this aspect o
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by mikekij 10y ago
This is definitely fair. The teachers at the top of the pay scale made $97k, and got a pension equal to about 90% of their last year's salary. But banks don't accept a great pension and summers off as downpayment on a house.
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by mikekij 10y ago
My day job is pretty all consuming. My plan is to make enough money in the first half of my career that I could afford to teach (either high school or adjunct in college) while still living the lifestyle I'm happy with. I've been
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by mikekij 10y ago
I was a physics teacher immediately after undergrad. I think I was a good teacher,as my students seemed to enjoy class, and excelled in physics later, in college. When I left after year 3 I was making $42k a year. While that is a good salar
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by mikekij 10y ago
This. I'm in the same situation.
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Dream comes true for 17 year old Tesla investor(teslamotors.com)
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I was very disappointed to see no mention of the fact that the US is one of the only developed nations that taxes companies' offshore profits. The trillions in profits held offshore by American companies is an unintended consequence of
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by mikekij 11y ago
Well, since the federal government appears to be making a sizable profit off of their student loan business, I'd say that this $7.7B will just come off their "balance sheet". http://www.politifact.com/wisconsi
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by mikekij 11y ago
Thanks! The current state in the industry is pretty poor. Really looking forward to helping fix that.
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by mikekij 11y ago
MedCrypt, San Diego, Remote/On-site, CTO We're building a cryptography / security library for medical device manufacturers. If successful, our software will facilitate encrypted data transfer between networked medical devices
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by mikekij 11y ago
This isn't surprising to me at all. Investors that previously valued the stock at $19 per share likely have a 1X liquidation preference. The employees' shares sold on the secondary market won't have this liquidation preferenc
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by mikekij 11y ago
As naive as it may be, I had never considered this. I think Fred is a trustworthy enough guy that he may not consciously be thinking about profiteering, but I can't figure out any other reason a tech investor would support back doors.
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by mikekij 11y ago
It seems as though the tech community (myself included) uniformly agrees that the FBI's requests are unreasonable. Is there someone with a sound technological understanding of encryption that thinks we should have some back door &#x2
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by mikekij 11y ago
@beachstartup Me too. In North SD. Want to work on med device security and take company retreats in the woods?
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by mikekij 11y ago
San Diego is awesome. The cost of living is probably 30% less than the bay area (I rent a 4 bedroom single family house for $2495), I live 3 miles from the beach, and there are a fair number of tech companies in the area, focusing primarily
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by mikekij 11y ago
This article highlights the need for two changes in the startup world: 1) We need a different term for the "post-money valuation" that VCs place on a company after fundraising. It is not a valuation in the same way that a public c
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by mikekij 11y ago
I've really felt the need for an API into my bank transactions lately. There are a bunch of visualizations I want to do that Mint etc. don't support. BTW @jamesallison The interface looks great. Good work!
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Trough of Bitcoin Disillusionment(medium.com)
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by mikekij 11y ago
Keep!
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by mikekij 11y ago
Most states are "right to work" states, which means that it is difficult (or impossible) for an employer to enforce a non-compete if they lay you off. Unless he signs something to the contrary while taking severance. It'd be
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by mikekij 12y ago
I'm a die-hard iPhone guy. I love when I meet someone, get their phone number, text them, and the message bubble is blue. I feel like we're in the same club. (Albeit a very large club.) However, I keep my phone in my pocket. Weari
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by mikekij 12y ago
The Western Hemisphere's largest water desalination plant is opening in Carlsbad this year. It cost $1B, and project planning started almost 10 years ago. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlsbad_desalination_plant

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