theforceawakens

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   Crohn’s disease: Explain like I’m five(medium.com)

   3 points by theforceawakens 8y ago|0 comments
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   “You have an incurable disease” – A memoir of a chronically ill patient(medium.com)

   8 points by theforceawakens 8y ago|0 comments
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   Ask HN: What to expect in a Google Sales Engineer interview?

   1 points by theforceawakens 10y ago|0 comments
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   by theforceawakens 10y ago

   Thanks! How do you manage your documents in OneDrive? (Folder Structure et al.)
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   Ask HN: What tools and services do you use to go paperless?

   2 points by theforceawakens 10y ago|3 comments
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   by theforceawakens 10y ago

   Thanks. Appreciate the info. I guess the possibilities are endless. Want to get started understanding the basics/foundational elements and any dev kits out there. How do people build the AR/VR experiences? (which are akin to games
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   Ask HN: How to get started in the field of VR/AR?

   6 points by theforceawakens 10y ago|4 comments
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   Ask HN: How much to put into a personal emergency savings fund?

   1 points by theforceawakens 10y ago|4 comments
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   by theforceawakens 10y ago

   Where to look for - Problems from your own life that you couldn't solve or suffered solving with existing solutions. Books - Would suggest reading biographies.
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    by theforceawakens 10y ago

    Oh man, that sucks to hear. I'm not sure if it's even legal for the employer to collect personal medical info (if you have a family covered under the insurance, potentially exposing theirs as well)...insurance companies might want
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    by theforceawakens 10y ago

    Actually, that's the point of discussion - Is the ratio of (money spent on incentives):(money saved in insurance costs), high or low?
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    by theforceawakens 10y ago

    Thanks. Makes sense.
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    by theforceawakens 10y ago

    Aren't auto insurance (your choice of provider) and employer provided health insurance (no choice) tangential things?
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    by theforceawakens 10y ago

    Agreed. In your case, it looks the ratio of info/value is really high. Honestly, this is the first time I have heard such an exploitation of personal health related data from an employer. Was this a large org? (Would understand if a sm
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    by theforceawakens 10y ago

    > There aren't enough primary care doctors and the work is being farmed out to nurse practitioners and physician's assistants Thanks for the insight, but is there any empirical evidence here?
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    by theforceawakens 10y ago

    Thanks for the insight. I think you bring a very good perspective to this. Although I am not very sure, what you really mean by saying "a lot of lifestyle changes needed to promote genuine health aren't really incorporated"..
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    by theforceawakens 10y ago

    Thanks. From your info, I was able to surface that there could be tax implications (if the incentives are offered as non-fringe/taxable benefits), from an employee standpoint.
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    by theforceawakens 10y ago

    Orthogonal issue but here is what I think -- While I agree that privacy is of great concern, I do think the way to approach this would be with more frequent health checkups. Our body is the best marker at the end of the day to measure our
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    by theforceawakens 10y ago

    (Hope this helps someone like me.) Here is a link I was able to find that throws some light on Tax Benefits/Implications: https://www.shrm.org/legalissues/federalresources/pages/fede... Still looking for
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    by theforceawakens 10y ago

    Thanks. Do you have any specific advice in terms of how this "better incentives-better rates" thing works?
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    by theforceawakens 10y ago

    Thanks so much. Is there any documentation online that you know of which has more information?
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    Ask HN: Do wellness incentives help employers save money on taxes and insurance?

    26 points by theforceawakens 10y ago|49 comments
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    by theforceawakens 10y ago

    Good to know! Thanks. I may have observed this from a non-SF angle, but based on my own experience health, public and manufacturing verticals have the slowest rate of tech adoption. Partly due to aging staff and bucket loads of regulations.
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    by theforceawakens 10y ago

    Thanks for the feedback. That's a great idea! Our goal is to make it super simple, and eliminate any manual labor. Sorry no picture yet. We are hoping to release s video of the mock with the tech specs before the 04/27 deadline.
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    by theforceawakens 10y ago

    This is awesome! Thanks for sharing your personal story!
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    by theforceawakens 10y ago

    Great insight (especially regarding the "no need for a medallion" pitch to drivers, but I feel that would have come later during growth stages)! Thanks. One question - When Uber first launched (think in early 2009), smart phones w
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    by theforceawakens 10y ago

    Great link. Thanks so much. But it doesn't really talk about Travis' tactics to convince the initial limo companies to join his venture. Looking for a deeper insight. It is so hard to convince someone / incumbents, to join a
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    Ask HN: How did Uber acquire its first customers?

    4 points by theforceawakens 10y ago|11 comments
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    by theforceawakens 10y ago

    Thanks for your feedback thus far. Just wanted to add some more info on the tech we are looking into for this project: (Still in very crude R&D stages. May or may not work. But using a single source of energy is something that we are in
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    by theforceawakens 10y ago

    Great points there! Will definitely consider these during our R&D process. Thanks so much.