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by paxtonab 11y ago
"This was a collective decision taken by all impacted companies" I think they were put under pressure by other companies using the same IPS, not their customers.
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by paxtonab 11y ago
It's not just the lack of API's that makes it hard for digital health startups, a big hurdle is the perceived lack of security of a cloud based solution in regards to health care data. A friend of mine works for a digital health s
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by paxtonab 11y ago
I think you're lucky you feel like that. Nowadays I see social media as inescapable if you're younger. I think there is an immense pressure to have a presence, so you don't "miss out" on something. Of course once yo
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by paxtonab 11y ago
I'm really surprised that Venmo started as an SMS service, not a mobile app. It blows me away that the product has been around for that long and evolved to the point that it's at now. Funnily enough this is also how Shazam started
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Kansas City Startup Raises $40m Series D Round from Temasek(blogs.wsj.com)
2 points by paxtonab 11y ago|0 comments
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by paxtonab 11y ago
I think that if someone is a legacy at an Ivy league school (in the sense that you are implying) then that person probably isn't trying to lead the lifestyle that comes along with launching a startup.
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by paxtonab 11y ago
I think the the things they highlight are all attributes that define hungry/ambitious people, and/or they correlate to things that would hold people accountable and keep them on track. For example: Ivy League School and working at
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by paxtonab 11y ago
I disagree. These are some great examples of interfaces that make gathering user input more intuitive. You couldn't possibly delegate this information automatically, i.e. travel dates. Also there is no mention of gradients... The artic
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by paxtonab 11y ago
The whole point is that everything's changed. These people are griping about lack of free food in the office, bad pay and lousy benefits. They also complain that Google is "constrained to thinking in the browser." Too bad the
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by paxtonab 11y ago
This chalk actually has a special coating that prevents that from happening. This post from a while ago explains why "Mathematicians Are Hoarding a Type of Japanese Chalk" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=97232
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San Francisco’s median rent hits a ridiculous $4,225(blog.sfgate.com)
4 points by paxtonab 11y ago|0 comments
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by paxtonab 11y ago
can you add functionality to search by job title other than as a filter? great tool though!
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by paxtonab 11y ago
Wow, you aren't kidding when you say Netflix pays well!
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by paxtonab 11y ago
It's nice to see a curriculum that hand picks courses from a few different MOOCs and other relevant resources - that has definitely been a weak point of MOOCs as most of them don't have enough depth/breadth on their own for y
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by paxtonab 11y ago
A business is the perfect use case for the 1-click buy button Amazon introduced a few weeks ago, Amazon Dash.
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by paxtonab 12y ago
According to caniuse.com it is fully supported on all major browsers now too.
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Sony Reveals North Korea as source of the hack attack(ibtimes.co.uk)
3 points by paxtonab 12y ago|0 comments
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The Comet the Rosetta Landed on Sings(boingboing.net)
2 points by paxtonab 12y ago|0 comments
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by paxtonab 12y ago
Reminder: Plasma is the fourth state of matter, an electrically conductive gas that can carry magnetic fields and electrical currents.
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Malware Traffic Spikes Preceded Russian and Israeli Conflicts(technologyreview.com)
13 points by paxtonab 12y ago|4 comments
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Game theory suggests Bitcoin rules may need updates if the currency is to endure(technologyreview.com)
1 points by paxtonab 12y ago|0 comments
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Hospitals Are Mining Patients' Credit Card Data to Predict Who Will Get Sick(businessweek.com)
133 points by paxtonab 12y ago|110 comments
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by paxtonab 12y ago
I think focusing on children is the right way to tackle this issue. Per the author's point she works in an environment with an equal mix of male/female. Teaching kids from an early age that their gender doesn't limit the care
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by paxtonab 12y ago
If only I hadn't squandered my life savings on beanie-babies I could've invested in Yo before it went public!
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by paxtonab 12y ago
If you are waiting for someone (at a physical location, for a call, for an email, etc.) a well timed "yo" would be a good reminder.
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by paxtonab 12y ago
Last time I was in Tokyo the subway stopped running very early (either midnight or 1 AM) compared to NYC where it never stops. That has obvious benefits such as helping maintain cleanliness, but I still wouldn't eat a meal without wash
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by paxtonab 12y ago
It is interesting to note that one of the cults he shut down used a juice bar to recruit candidates. This fits well with his point that as the times change so do the "cults", as the leaders are just con-men praying on people'
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Zappos' social network does away with traditional job applications(jobs.zappos.com)
1 points by paxtonab 12y ago|0 comments
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by paxtonab 12y ago
I think the Kinks sum this up nicely: "Eyes down round and round let's all sit and watch the moneygoround"
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Zugzwang: When every move will make you worse off(en.wikipedia.org)
5 points by paxtonab 12y ago|2 comments

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