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by xevb3k 8y ago
The paper says: “When overweight individuals with >14 h eating duration ate for only 10–11 h daily...they reduced body weight, reported being energetic, and improved sleep.” The 10 hour period was self selected. So could have been mornin
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by xevb3k 8y ago
This is not at all surprising. Dropbox put Condoleezza Rice on their board, who supports warrentless wiretaps [1]. I deleted my account when they did that. Not so much because it would have any direct effect, but because it’s clear that we
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by xevb3k 8y ago
Android is funded as a vehicle for those services. Last time I checked, the license fees Google receives did not fully cover the development of Android.
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by xevb3k 8y ago
I think I’d rather have a closed source operating system that is sold for profit than an open source one funded by advertising. I don’t think either situation is ideal however, but the iOS motivation seems better aligned with my interests.
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by xevb3k 8y ago
Not sure what you mean by “real job” but I’d guess it works out. The average software developer salary in China seems to be about 15,000USD a year (Glassdoor). I don’t think this is a years work. But I’m curious as to how the work is funded
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by xevb3k 8y ago
I don’t find this useful. I really just want for my kids to watch one episode and then we can decide if we want to do something else. I also find it infuriating that when we watch a kids film, your immediately shown a preview for another fi
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by xevb3k 8y ago
> detect and repair damage to DNA finds the damage by looking for places along the DNA where there are unexpected changes in electrical conductivity such as due to broken bonds. Could you link to the research because this makes very litt
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by xevb3k 8y ago
It’s not just an issue with fake news. People believe things, both true and false without applying critical thinking. I recently saw someone objecting to climate change being characterized as a “belief” [1] as it’s a scientific fact. Unfort
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by xevb3k 8y ago
The article limits itself to discussing “empirical paper”s not theoretical papers. In a theoretical paper, it’s possible to make statements that stand on their own merits. In empirical science, a single paper is never really enough to suppo
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by xevb3k 8y ago
If you know it for a fact, could you supply some data that would help back this up? I’m not saying they don’t, but legally Japanese workers have more paid time off than Americans [1]. Japan also has a larger number of public holidays, which
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by xevb3k 8y ago
That’s an impressive price, do you know anyone who’s done it? I’d be interested in knowing what the experience was like. Illumina appear to be targeting 100USD right now. I think their markup on reagents is probably at least x10... But even
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by xevb3k 8y ago
From memory the base spacing on double stranded DNA is ~0.4nm. So it’s significantly dense. They’re taking about using 30 bases to encode a single symbol, so density is worse than that. However the basic density isn’t really the factor of i
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by xevb3k 8y ago
The bridgwater team was based around the acquisition of a consultancy company 4 years ago: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/mar/28/facebook-... I can’t find the exact story, but wasn’t there s
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by xevb3k 8y ago
I’ve downloaded this and am trying it out. Seems pretty good so far, thanks!
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by xevb3k 8y ago
Downloaded the app, immediately deleted it because it asked me to create an account. Are there any similar apps which store the data locally?
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by xevb3k 8y ago
> BrainStorm CEO Chaim Lebovits told Bloomberg he’s considering charging $300,000 for each NurOwn treatment The problem isn’t that they get to try an unproven treatment to see if it works. The problem is that they get to charge desperate
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by xevb3k 8y ago
Currently Anatham. Couldn’t tell why exactly but there’s something about the society described in the novel that I find very comforting.
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by xevb3k 8y ago
Theranos had a bunch of larger investors [1] many of them as sophisticated as any tech investor. I’m not saying SV investors are particularly dysfunctional, just that it’s pretty normal for tech DD to not get done, or get done badly. I use
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by xevb3k 8y ago
>But, contrary to popular belief investors aren’t total idiots who neglect basic questions Investors, particularly tech investors often do neglect basic (tech DD) questions. Sometimes it’s because they’re investing in the “team” and negl
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by xevb3k 8y ago
There’s no shame in being an English teacher. I’ll be honest, you’re probably providing more valuing teaching English than half the software engineers at most startups.
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by xevb3k 8y ago
Depending on your VISA type you can also operate as a sole proprietor (kojin jigyo) as I understand it. I think that’s cheaper and easier? I’d still just be tempted to set something up in another country and operate via that until things st
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by xevb3k 8y ago
I wouldn’t worry about your actions reflecting badly on other foreigners. I don’t think that’s really your responsibility. As far as future advice goes, I think you likely invested too much money up front. It sounds like you may be short on
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by xevb3k 8y ago
Unless I’m mistaken, your list contains both semiconductor companies with and without fabs. I think for this discussion semiconductor companies with fabrication facilities are more interesting. How much fab is still done in the US?
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by xevb3k 8y ago
And it appears that permanent residency for tax purposes and the VISA, are unrelated. So if you’re in Japan for more than 5 years you maybe taxed on your world wide income? https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2016&#x
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by xevb3k 8y ago
Hotels suck for families is what the comment is trying to say I think. With young kids, you often what your own cooking/food preparation facilities. Sleep arrangements are often easier in a house too. Ironically, it seems like hotels w
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by xevb3k 8y ago
I can’t quite parse this comment. But I don’t believe it was quite clear that the consumer testing was a fraud until just before the last round of “investment”. I put “investment” in quotes because the last 100MUSD was kind of a loan, based
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by xevb3k 8y ago
I mean lying to investors is certainly illegal. But usually the investors can’t do anything about it, or perhaps more accurately don’t want to after the fact. It’s not like suing the company gives them a desirable outcome. In fact it probab
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by xevb3k 8y ago
I think that’s possible. But if it wasn’t consumer testing, then I don’t think it would have been news, and the fallout wouldn’t have been as big. So, we possibly agree. The fact that they started doing consumer testing with a device that d
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by xevb3k 8y ago
It’s not that uncommon in my experience. I’ve met several people similar to those in Theranos management. It’s partly “fake it until you make it”, “double think” and a certain lack of understanding of the basic technology. And investors rew
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by xevb3k 8y ago
Cepth’s comment looks more in-depth. But I dug out the following quote, I think this was the first kind of consumer facing testing: “AFTER ALL THE DELAYS, the partnership seemed to finally be getting off the ground in the early months of 20

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