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by throwaway_tech 7y ago
Yeah nothing like a VC stating the only way he would/could trust and use a product is if they were an investor in the product.
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by throwaway_tech 7y ago
Suppose it depends if you are pre IPO investor that is in on the scam or a sucker retail investor post IPO who will be stuck with the bag.
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by throwaway_tech 7y ago
>or even ask them to put some money down, before proceeding. Yep. Just look at mature markets like housing. You don't see anyone wasting time without a deposit, which will be kept if the buyer doesn't go through with the clos
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by throwaway_tech 7y ago
Nope, I just didn't realize linking to the post wasn't enough to find my comment. Figured once there it would be pretty trivial to search for my name. anyway linked above you, so know you have something else to lol about
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by throwaway_tech 7y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/reply?id=21945829&goto=threads%... >My big prediction is in physics: Thanks to Einstein we live in a 4D reality, 3 spatial dimensions and the dimension of time. In the next 10 years I pre
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by throwaway_tech 7y ago
Now I see the problem and confusion on your end...you don't think humans emit visible light. Like I said, most people don't know and are fascinated, that is why I shared it...I don't find many who dispute it, but here are som
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by throwaway_tech 7y ago
You may be confusing living will with a last will and testament. It may be helpful to think of a living will as "health care directives". So that now, while you don't have dementia, you can spell out your wishes and who has
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by throwaway_tech 7y ago
Indoctrination has always been fairly solid in the US through the public schools systems, its only natural the budgets continue to increase and they get better and better at it. As a elementary school kid in the late 80's early 90&#x27
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by throwaway_tech 7y ago
>In this context, it means visible light. When did "I pretend otherwise"? My comment(s) have nothing to do with the meaning of light. I'm not sure what you get out of pretending otherwise. Either way in the dark when you
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by throwaway_tech 7y ago
>No, it is not classism, it is finiteness of resources. Education is not a finite resource (I think you know that and hence you changed the goal post from math to experiments). Nevertheless, when those that have the resources look down o
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by throwaway_tech 7y ago
>Fair use doesn't even come into it. Naked facts are non-copyrightable. They have no protections whatsoever. Facts are public domain. A map isn't "naked facts", maps can certainly be copyright protected.
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by throwaway_tech 7y ago
If I had to guess...I think he is suggesting the added hormones in food (dairy/milk specifically) have a link to early onset of puberty. It is my understanding both the hormones and antibiotics given to livestock do it fact have impact
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by throwaway_tech 7y ago
Post: Ask HN: A New Decade. Any Predictions? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21941278
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by throwaway_tech 7y ago
Although alcohol carries a reputation for keeping people warm when its cold, it actually has the opposite effect and lowers body temp. But you know...if your gonna be cold, better to be a little colder and drunk than cold and sober.
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by throwaway_tech 7y ago
Girls are hitting puberty earlier and earlier, the average is no 10 years old, whereas it was 15 last century, and significant percents (differs by race though) are hitting it at 7. Its true with boys to some extent as well according to stu
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by throwaway_tech 7y ago
I agree the artist wins the case, but on fair use not prior art. The following quotes in an email essentially kill any possible MTA case: >“Yes, there are minor differences between your map and the MTA map,” Freundlich wrote in his emai
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by throwaway_tech 7y ago
Wow this is actually fairly close to my prediction for the HN Next Decade Prediction post. Edit: I should say it is a big step in the direction of my prediction.
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by throwaway_tech 7y ago
> It didn't say there was no way to channel the information about the surroundings into any photosensitive device. No it specifically said >"This is why you can’t see things in dark; no light means...". Not sure how to
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by throwaway_tech 7y ago
>This is why you can’t see things in dark; no light means that there is no way that you can channel the information about the surroundings into the person’s eye. This is not exactly accurate to my understanding. As carl Sagan once said
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by throwaway_tech 7y ago
>We have billions of people who have ideas about how the world works and a much smaller number of people who can work to disprove those ideas. Like I said you aren't wrong...its just important to note, that some of the best minds in
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by throwaway_tech 7y ago
>You underestimate the number of cranks who have "great ideas" and "just need someone else to work out the math." You're not wrong, but, it is important to note there also isn't a shortage of great physicist
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by throwaway_tech 7y ago
Managed as in performed/executed in accordance with the votes of the owners. Take a future where there are self-driving cars. You and a few friends/family want to invest in one that will be dedicated to ride for hire services. T
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by throwaway_tech 7y ago
Somewhat related, I formed Delaware LLC that was to be AI-managed. Delaware would not process filings e-signed by AI and required the filings be signed by a natural person. This was easily solved by AI contracting with an attorney to act
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by throwaway_tech 7y ago
>He is not - he is speaking to the HN crowd about what he'd say to himself. Big difference. Clearly there was nothing in his comment pushing his religion on others or telling people what religion they should practice. At the end of
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by throwaway_tech 7y ago
>Next time, if you replace that sentence with “I concentrated on my faith rituals”, you will likely not get any bad reaction. Why should he have to deny or mask his own faith when speaking with himself? After all it is a list he created
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by throwaway_tech 7y ago
Maybe in a small independent pharmacy you have this issue, but biggest pharmacies in the World (CVS, Walgreens, Walmart) the pharmacists will not know the margins of over the counter drugs and have nothing to do with purchasing them. >Ma
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by throwaway_tech 7y ago
>Insurance companies have very little/not at all influence over prescribing patterns of physicians. Walk into any physician office and ask them how many faxes they get everyday from pharmacists requests the Dr. change their prescrip
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by throwaway_tech 7y ago
Its kind of sad picturing the customer with a headache needing a app to tell him what medicine to buy at CVS...while there is a pharmacist right there. I do like the quip at the end about lacing up all birds and jumping on the bird scooter.
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by throwaway_tech 7y ago
My big prediction is in physics: Thanks to Einstein we live in a 4D reality, 3 spatial dimensions and the dimension of time. In the next 10 years I predict our understanding of physics will evolve (with a confirmation through observation) f
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by throwaway_tech 7y ago
> but I haven't seen any definitive proof of it being a problem in our bodies. Plastic can be toxic...see BPA a building block for certain plastics. BPA is a known endocrine disruptor, and numerous studies have found that laboratory

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