skyhatch1

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by skyhatch1 11y ago
We took similar actions at my recently failed startup, which headed on a slow, downward path. I identified an apparent pain in our target market based on past conversations with friends working in that space. My team and I felt we validate
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Startup funding is drying up and fintech is no exception(qz.com)
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by skyhatch1 11y ago
Semi-related story: Slack lost us a partnership deal Last year, I met with the EVP of a division at a Fortune 500 company in New York, to discuss a partnership opportunity for our software company. His direct reports had talked us up to him
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by skyhatch1 11y ago
Unfortunately, you cannot cite clinical trials as the sole means to determine individual patient relapse potential. Many doctors, especially psychiatrists, use clinically-proven if-then-else type criteria tools created by professional psych
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by skyhatch1 11y ago
In the early days, most drug discovery (while amazing for its time) covered comparatively simpler diseases with arguably less complex physiological and pharmacological models i.e. low hanging fruit. Many of these diseases (e.g. Type 2 Diabe
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Postmates has hired Silicon Valley bank that gets companies sold(recode.net)
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by skyhatch1 11y ago
We were taught both sides of the story in our "drug diversion impact on public health" classes. Decriminalisation opens opportunities up to reduce harm to the public through reduced drug-related crimes, safer injecting (of the har
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by skyhatch1 11y ago
"My coworkers, for example, bonded at lunch over their dating lives and the quest to find the perfect yoga pants. They couldn’t really relate to worrying about the cost of daycare. I didn’t think the fact that we had little in common i
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What's so bad about mandatory workplace socializing?(qz.com)
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by skyhatch1 11y ago
A fair enough statement: "The broader availability of [over-the-counter] insulin allows patients with diabetes to obtain it "quickly in urgent situations, without delays," the FDA says, and is intended to increase patient saf
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Type I diabetes is a complex condition where restricting carbohydrates may not necessarily reduce hyperglycemia (high blood glucose) events. There is a dangerous downside counterbalancing the negligible benefits. The dieter significantly in
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I'll concede to the fact that this has stirred a debate the public cares for. Also, I am genuinely sympathetic to the plight of workers being exploited by their employers. However, the post risks polarizing readers, most of whom could
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by skyhatch1 11y ago
The author has failed the open letter litmus test, where the positive result is reserved for thoughtful discourses of potential public interest or concern. This Medium post read more like something you tell your friends after a few drinks -
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by skyhatch1 11y ago
Imagine someone comes along and convinces you that you need insurance. Years later, you finally need to make a claim. You call the insurance company only to learn your situation was underinsured or not insured correctly at all. In that situ
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by skyhatch1 11y ago
Cannot say that I've seen family act in ways I didn't expect on Facebook, but certainly have seen it with looser social relationships. I've unfollowed a lot of people because they shared their very strong, retrogressive views
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by skyhatch1 11y ago
I couldn't easily jump off Facebook, mainly because of a large contingent of overseas family. Also, a lot of private social events are purely shared on Facebook. Easiest thing to do was unsubscribe to literally everybody except said ov
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by skyhatch1 11y ago
My first memory of real cinema. We learnt at school about how 18th century aristocrats lived, but to see it in vision via Barry Lyndon made the whole franchise seem as exuberant as our history teacher had said. Strangely, one of the slowest
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Collaborative overload hurts work productivity(hbr.org)
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Hopefully they don't draw polarize the two personas by bringing up paid DOTA2 gamers playing 15 hours/day vs the soccer mom who loves her 15 minute daily dose of Angry Birds
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by skyhatch1 11y ago
Totally clicked thinking this was going to be some of weird but interesting Taylor Swift shrine, but yeah, this is cool too. Useful for my buddies who work with iOS devices.
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[Map] Watch as the US grows over time(washingtonpost.com)
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by skyhatch1 11y ago
Certainly great customer service, but also a very good business decision by the airline. With an average cost of $100k per diversion, 54 diversions cost Lufthansa ~$5.4m annually. With a conservative 40% of urgent cases being treatable unde
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by skyhatch1 11y ago
Sidenote: Eichler homes look very modern. Definitely better looking than your standard SV brick-and-wood-paneling matchboxes.
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by skyhatch1 11y ago
I remember a popular unicorn founder (can we just call it that) once referred to himself as "opportunistically lazy". That certainly fits with the technical persona since something within makes us averse to repetitive work. But no
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Reminds me of when I used to live in SF. moved into a building that was built in 2005; thought they'd factor in the 120+ dB measured on streets. I was wrong. Didn't really sleep for the first 2 months. Choppers grunting past, hob
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Pricing comparison charts for 8 drugs in 14 countries: http://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2015-drug-prices/ US tops the list every time - even with discounts negotiated by insurers. The flipside to these exorbitant