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by throwawaycities 2y ago
>A decrease in total HFCS consumption would lead to a decrease in new diabetes cases if it was the actual root cause There is no decrease in HFCS it is up 3-4x since 1970.
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by throwawaycities 2y ago
>that statement is factually false Per the study you linked: >The term non-alcoholic fatty liver disease entered the hepatology lexicon in 1986, introduced by Fenton Schaffner (American physician and pathologist). As you acknowledge t
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by throwawaycities 2y ago
>HFCS consumption is still higher than it was in 1970, but it has declined since 2000, and its decline has driven the overall decline in sugar consumption, yet obesity and diabetes incidence have only increased. Because metabolic disease
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by throwawaycities 2y ago
> US sugar consumption declined from 2000-2020 to 1970s levels, while its T2D prevalence only increased Seems like you are cherry picking data and ignoring other data from the chart - sure the total sugars from 2000-2020 are down slightl
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by throwawaycities 2y ago
I love everything about this from the band, album, unique distributions of the songs, to the website. The raffle style business model stood out, so I read the terms. The terms weren't any more clear, they sort of lump sweepstakes&#x2F
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by throwawaycities 2y ago
At worst Disney & its lawyers get hit with a 57.105 motion under Florida Law, if the plaintiff’s counsel files the safe harbor notice first. No one is being disbarred for filing a motion to dismiss, even if the motion is found to be fri
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by throwawaycities 2y ago
> My apologies for previously taking your question at face value and bothering to answer. That’s a weird response on account I didn’t ask a question, you apparently replied to my comment answering a question that never existed. > I di
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by throwawaycities 2y ago
I’m very familiar with IP/asset holding companies, but I am referring to an actual practice within the “domain industry” of leasing domains which is common and not just with high value domains (6-7 figures) but even with 5 figure domai
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by throwawaycities 2y ago
Thanks for the comment, (I think) it’s really interesting. I have a bunch of questions about that experience, but limiting to just one: >At that time, it was already listed for a much smaller value than what a VC would like. I understan
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by throwawaycities 2y ago
Going to email you
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by throwawaycities 2y ago
I’m strongly against Harberger Taxes - I see them as an attack vector by market incumbents - but you just made them sound as non-objectionable as I’ve ever seen. On the domain side I’d like to see a small extension of ICANN UDRP to cover tr
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by throwawaycities 2y ago
Effectively it’s no different than any other acquisition. There is nothing inherently nefarious about buying business assets for the brand and not the actual business itself. As an example when RadioShack was in bankruptcy a PE group acqui
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by throwawaycities 2y ago
Very interesting data point, I’d have thought bankruptcy would be the exception not the rule, only applicable when there is startup debt. Maybe this is actually far more common than I’d thought due to SAFEs and convertible notes.
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by throwawaycities 2y ago
Back in the day I read that a lot of the desirable domains used by startups are leased , it would be interesting learn more how that part of the industry actually works.
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by throwawaycities 2y ago
The domains are an interesting asset because the annual renewal fee. If business A owns the domain and becomes insolvent, then dissolves, the registrant of the domain no longer exists and there is no longer a business bank account to pay th
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Ask HN: Do dead YC companies sell their brands/IP?
68 points by throwawaycities 2y ago|59 comments
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by throwawaycities 2y ago
For anyone starting to take Niacin get the “anti flush.” I’m sure the flush varies by individual but for me the burning/itching sensation is pretty intense for 30-45 minutes.
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by throwawaycities 2y ago
Each platform has their own rules for names, off the top of my head I don’t think X will allow registration of 4 (maybe 3) characters or less any longer, even if it’s available. So without prying I couldn’t give you my opinion about your ma
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by throwawaycities 2y ago
In my case I would file 2 claims: 1) trademark infringement, and 2) trademark dilution. However, I’ll take a look at these cases and see what claims they filed and maybe supplement if anything applies. Trademark infringement typically requ
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by throwawaycities 2y ago
At the scale of these tech companies and the number of customer service issues the courts would be overrun and this hurts the other cases. Courts can’t scale, even at $100 per small claims case filing fee they are losing money, Courts aren
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by throwawaycities 2y ago
I recently wrote an Ask HN post[1] about obtaining my trademarked X & YouTube handles (neither is registered by a user/both are being “protected” from being registered by the respective platforms). Since 2022 I’ve worked with legal
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by throwawaycities 2y ago
> I don’t have to go to France to see the Mona Lisa, there are pictures of it online. True but the Mona Lisa was painted around 1500, so it was about 500 years before the work was digitized and widely available online. There were prints
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by throwawaycities 2y ago
Interesting, I’m trying to apply this to domains and it seems a decent fit or at least a lot of overlap. Domains are sort of the digital land for the internet, and the websites hosted on them are the value add. Domains are practically infin
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by throwawaycities 2y ago
Part of the wild history is that following Shkreli's conviction for securities fraud the album was seized and the DOJ had it for 3 years until they auctioned it for $4M (2x Shkreli paid at the original auction).
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by throwawaycities 2y ago
I posted because the entire thing is so fascinating from distribution, legal rights, to the unimaginable chain of custody/ownership (which included the Department of Justice who auctioned it to the current owner). In addition to what y
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by throwawaycities 2y ago
Thanks, I emailed Dang to update the url to the “lore” subpage. The linked website is the official site of the Album owner. The homepage simply shows a countdown clock to the release date of the album originally scheduled for 2103, but the
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Pay $1 to Hear Wu-Tang Clan’s Secret Album (Eventually)(nytimes.com)
77 points by throwawaycities 2y ago|48 comments
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by throwawaycities 2y ago
Back in my law school days I was part of our school’s Immigration and Human Rights Clinic that won a $22M judgment under the Alien Tort Statute Act on behalf of Liberian torture victims against “Chuckie” Taylor, son of Liberian President Ch
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by throwawaycities 2y ago
Interesting. South, central, north Florida or the coasts? Any chance you’re looking at coral rock?
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by throwawaycities 2y ago
In case anyone else was wondering, giant beavers didn’t construct dams.

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