narrowrail

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by narrowrail 9y ago
Not the latest trend. My grandfather went to Univeristy of Toronto School of Dentistry in the 1920's and his opinion was always remove the wisdom teeth. People in their 20s saying they're glad they kept them will probably regret i
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by narrowrail 9y ago
Well, the insurance companies have a seat on the National Uniform Billing Committee, so they have a say.
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by narrowrail 9y ago
The idea that it has never worked before so it will never work at all has been debunked WRT internet services too many times to count. Mastodon is part of the decentralized social web that doesn't need to profit, nor grow large to prov
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by narrowrail 9y ago
>the rest of the developed world has universal coverage and healthcare Why should every country have the same solution to healthcare? The US was formed as a democracy when 'the rest of the world' was run by monarchs. Healthcare
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by narrowrail 9y ago
>The solution is to make the consumer participate in driving costs down. The insurance companies and hospitals do not want this, and they seem to prefer to have large administrative bureaucracies and collude on pricing. I'm glad the
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by narrowrail 9y ago
This entire discussion is an exercise in premature optimization. It will probably take 20 years from the time we have level 5 autonomous cars before most of this is even relevant. Manufacturers of traffic signals still get sued to this day
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by narrowrail 9y ago
I caught about 20, ~8lbs. lake trout on Lake Michigan last summer. The lake is not literally dead.
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by narrowrail 9y ago
While it's a good warning to WMF, it's not currently a problem. With longevity, they are in for some large endowments. I think those giving a certain amount (?) should have a vote on various directions of the org, like shareholder
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by narrowrail 9y ago
How many people that give to charities look at their balance sheets before hand?
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by narrowrail 9y ago
>Both were very impressive, but they were marketing. Determining product-market-fit, and go-to-market strategy are also 'marketing.' Most of the time (and, definitely in this case), when people use the term 'marketing&#x27
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by narrowrail 9y ago
Wrong. Buffet (Berkshire) has to disclose its positions. Berkshire still has more than 50M shares. You can't just make shit up, and this crap being on HN is getting tiring.
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by narrowrail 9y ago
I think zyxzevn is being unfaily treated for this one statement: You would experience it as a some kind of problem. Everything else seems like a plausible characterization of facts.
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by narrowrail 9y ago
I don't care what race you are (I'm about 3, near as I can tell), but if you think you can control what the women in your life dress like, whether they drive, or if they can live with a man before having some religious ceremony, I
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by narrowrail 9y ago
>I think it's somewhat likely that google has removed the links to this in the interest of national security. This sounds highly unlikely considering Google is one of the main contributors to solutions to mitigate this problem. Also
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by narrowrail 9y ago
Such a bizarre comparison. Google is not all data, and Saudi Aramco is not all oil. Saudi Aramco also has refining and shipping operations. Finally, Saudi Aramco is privately held by Saudi Arabia, not publicly trade and valued my the market
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by narrowrail 9y ago
Sorry for the tangent, but could you link the burial plot startup? I have 6 plots in Chicago, and when I looked at marketplaces for them ~5 years ago it was a bunch of crappy sites from the 90's.
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by narrowrail 9y ago
FB relies on advertising, so I would say the strategy would be to use that to your advantage. As mentioned elsewhere, Slack is competing very well and relies on freemium without any advertising.
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by narrowrail 9y ago
>In case FB were to do this, it would attract the US Government's attention for monopolistic practices. I think this is a bit naive. Private companies are allowed to compete in the marketplace no matter how big they are. Have you no
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by narrowrail 9y ago
In the US, we have a gift tax which places a $14K/year maximum on parents giving to their children. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gift_tax_in_the_United_States
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by narrowrail 9y ago
I'm not sure I care for this topic on HN, but I believe one of the biggest problems in healthcare is the 'collaboration' among the hospitals and insurance companies on billing through the National Uniform Billing Committee[0]
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by narrowrail 9y ago
I come from significant privilege, so I won't be hurt by people dividing (and fighting among) themselves by ambiguous lines drawn in the sand. But, I don't understand how so many people that don't come from such a background
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by narrowrail 9y ago
Typing in raw IPs in the URL bar is not something many laypeople are comfortable with exactly. Private LAN addresses seem odd if you navigate the web with a search engine.
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by narrowrail 9y ago
I had not heard this idea of crushing fiber with a blender, but it's reasonable. I wonder if just using a spatula to mix without ripping the fruit would be better? I guess you couldn't drink it.
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by narrowrail 9y ago
From wikipedia, "glycaemic index (GI) is a number associated with a particular type of food that indicates the food's effect on a person's blood glucose." Because glucose is a sugar, you seem to be confusing it with fruc
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by narrowrail 9y ago
I realize this is an argument from authority, but it still holds sway with me: My cell bio professor (M.D./Ph.D from Harvard) used to emphasize often the fact that 90% of vitamins end up in your toilet. Not a crowd-pleasing thought, ap
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by narrowrail 9y ago
And I thought my dislike of FB as the scourge of the web was bad...This entire submission is filled with vitriolic comments for a person most of us have not met. I understand having significant concerns, but can we turn down the ad hominem
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by narrowrail 9y ago
You and your facts, proof, and blood-samply hocus-pocus. Yelp is obviously a witch, and these very sophisticated small business owners uncover their racket every month. Burn them!
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by narrowrail 9y ago
I'm curious if you've looked at some of your predecessors(?): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/App.net https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Path_(social_network) Edit: Aslo, why not just piggy bac
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by narrowrail 9y ago
According to the wikipedia entry on cord cutting: A TDG study showed nearly 101 million U.S. households subscribed to television at the industry's peak in 2011, but the number would fall below 95 million in 2017.
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by narrowrail 9y ago
I'm not sure if I understand. If they are operating through proxies, shouldn't the network admin be unable to MiTM them without a client-side cert? So, banning a list of websites should not work. What am I missing?

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