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by robhunter 5y ago
Not for children, who are the subject of the article About 800 drowning deaths / year ( https://www.safekids.org/press-release/almost-800-kids-drown... .) Roughly 850 deaths from/with Covid in two years - the b
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by robhunter 5y ago
That 0.4% chance is not random though - it's heavily weighted toward 18-29 year olds with severe existing co-morbidities, extremely high BMI's, etc. For an otherwise healthy 18-29 year old, it appears that the risks from taking th
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by robhunter 5y ago
Here's a thread from September summarizing some of the available data at the time: https://twitter.com/KoenSwinkels/status/1443335179012038656 It includes a screenshot from this report, which is now updated t
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by robhunter 5y ago
Ontario was reporting age/sex-delineated data to this effect as early as the summer - all while the media and public health officials were advising Ontarians (including < 40 yr old males) to "take the first vaccine you're
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by robhunter 5y ago
The risk of serious COVID-19 symptoms are already at quite low levels in the < 40 male group.
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by robhunter 5y ago
So... you totally avoided the question. I wasn't asking about mask mandates, or who their leader has surrounded (or not surrounded) himself with. I was asking about anti-vaccine components of their platform. Can you point me toward an
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by robhunter 5y ago
Can you point me to the specific sections of the PPC platform that are anti-vaxx? Are you sure you're not conflating anti-vaccine-passport with anti-vaccine?
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by robhunter 5y ago
Who is downvoting this? Why?
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by robhunter 5y ago
> While we never had a lockdown that ordered us into our homes in most of the country This is not accurate? Ontario was very explicitly under a stay-at-home order for many months in the winter & spring; you could (technically) be ch
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by robhunter 5y ago
Who in the world is downvoting a statement like this?
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by robhunter 6y ago
Part of it are; parts of it definitely are not.
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by robhunter 6y ago
Only thing you forgot is Dr. Tam's Oct 2 Tweet: "Our goal for #COVID19 response remains to minimise severe illness and deaths. But this kick at the curve is a bit different. With schools and businesses open, everyone’s efforts are
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by robhunter 6y ago
This reads as the equivalent of an ad hominem argument - why not address your concerns with the merits of what was said, rather than just dismiss it as propaganda?
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by robhunter 6y ago
This is just an idea, but I suspect taking the tax benefit of writing the investment off in Year 1, compared to blocking the sale and getting a 1x return (maybe) in 2-3 years (or more), actually has a negligible effect on the fund's IR
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by robhunter 6y ago
Why would there be outrage? There is $130b+ in PPP remaining for small businesses and it's incredibly easy to apply now.
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by robhunter 6y ago
I think it's helpful to follow the money. If it goes to salaries, those salaries are taxed (both payroll taxes for the employer and income taxes for the employee). Those salaries, for the most part, get spent - on things with sales tax
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by robhunter 6y ago
There's a comparable program in Canada where the government covers up to $750/week in wages - essentially $40k/year - from March to August depending on your revenues. Feels a little better than the $100k cap (although probab
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by robhunter 6y ago
Moved back two years ago and can echo this sentiment. We raised our most recently round exclusively in the US. Will be interesting to see how COVID-19 impacts all of this given how much more remote work will be available.
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by robhunter 6y ago
Presumably there are fewer accidents when there is gridlock. There is no / minimal gridlock right now.
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by robhunter 6y ago
Do you have a link to this?
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by robhunter 6y ago
I have two companies. Both have existing checking + lending relationship with BoA. Company #1 is 5 years old, Company #2 is 6 months old. 4/3: Both companies applied 4/6: Both companies submitted all required docs 4/8: Receiv
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by robhunter 6y ago
OK - for months, we had an available offer of $25k - disappeared in mid March despite minimal/normal churn at the time. Felt to us like the plug got pulled.
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by robhunter 6y ago
Stopping new Stripe Capital offers during the COVID-19 pandemic is completely understandable, but feels like it wasn't really well communicated to long-term clients. Will you continue to originate new Strike Capital offers? When?
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by robhunter 7y ago
My understanding is that the new CARE program does not carry a personal guarantee.
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by robhunter 7y ago
Just a suggestion, but some general thoughts on what activities correspond to what levels of mitigation - eg. are schools closing at 80%, restaurants at 70%? What activities result in which %'s?
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by robhunter 7y ago
Capital is not unlimited. Many investors, particularly angels, only make x investments each demo day. If they reach x before you've even talked to them, that's bad. Also - the first thing many investors asked us at demo day was
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by robhunter 7y ago
"MVP" and "need 100+ people" seem like mutually exclusive things. In this case, I think the headcount was a bug rather than a feature.
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by robhunter 7y ago
One lesson that I think is getting buried here - hiring 100+ people when you're not yet at product-market-fit makes it really hard to try and get to product-market-fit. It's a lot easier to experiment, learn, and iterate when the
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Launch HN: Reset Button – helping consumers include student loans in bankruptcy
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by robhunter 7y ago
Customers need invoices, A/R tracking, recurring payments, line items on an invoice, billing for multiple entities, adhoc products/add-ons - a billing system and a way to process payments are separate things. I believe Stripe does

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