JacobDotVI

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by JacobDotVI 3y ago
Are there any startups working on disrupting US Shipbuilding?
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by JacobDotVI 3y ago
Activity-hours aren't fungible and have constraints. If I need to eat by 6pm and get home from work at 5:30 pm, I generally can't just choose to swap a 9 - 10 pm hour of streaming with an hour of preparing food. While some people
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AGI Trades(dcgross.com)
1 points by JacobDotVI 3y ago|0 comments
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by JacobDotVI 3y ago
Some screenings have gone direct to consumer in the US. Fairly easy to purchase online, make an appointment, then show up for a quick collection. https://www.ondemand.labcorp.com/ https://www.questhealth.com&#x2F
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by JacobDotVI 3y ago
What is old is new again. The Chicago Tribune writing in 1992 about restaurants naming themselves to get a better listing in the phonebook: "`A ALPHABETICAL ADVANTAGE` HELPS BUSINESSES" https://www.chicagotribune.com&#x
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by JacobDotVI 3y ago
Now do it for the food and candy companies
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by JacobDotVI 3y ago
Some additional information: https://www.pressherald.com/2023/10/16/maines-pfas-law-draws...
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by JacobDotVI 3y ago
Guzey updated changed his mind on this topic: https://guzey.com/2022-lessons/#get-minimum-possible-sustain... It's unfortunate that he hasn't added a disclaimer to the original post since it is shared so wide
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by JacobDotVI 3y ago
A formula 1 race car is _much_ faster than a freight truck. However a freight truck can deliver a lot more goods across the country than an F1 car. Which is your big organization optimizing for?
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Bryan Johnson's anti aging blood transfusion involves dad and son(bloomberg.com)
2 points by JacobDotVI 3y ago|2 comments
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by JacobDotVI 3y ago
My hunch is that this is exactly what he was expecting. There is a lot of hype around ChatGPT passing the medical exam and this exercise is a counter point to that.
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by JacobDotVI 4y ago
Not an FDIC auction, but if you’re interested in what this sort of bidding looks like the book Barbarians at the Gate details the LBO auction of RJR Nabisco. That auction was a lot of bankers squired away in conference rooms on separate flo
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by JacobDotVI 4y ago
He wrote a book called Blitzscaling regarding how to execute: https://www.amazon.com/Blitzscaling-Lightning-Fast-Building-... The book Netflixed (mentioned in the article) is likely also a good source: https://ww
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by JacobDotVI 4y ago
First Round had a good podcast episode with her about the book: https://overcast.fm/+k1HEhCB1U
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by JacobDotVI 4y ago
Try a roost stand (or equivalent) and external keyboard and track pad (I use the smallish apple ones). This has saved my posture when working from outside my office. It’s not the equivalent of the home base setup but it’s good enough that m
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by JacobDotVI 4y ago
This seems like a great alternative to passing around postman collections separate from documentation
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by JacobDotVI 5y ago
> Has anyone ever put a picture of a stroad up as art/instagram etc like you see with downtown NYC, Paris, small european villages, shanghai, rural mountain towns, old downtowns in America etc? Yes, but in a different way than I bel
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by JacobDotVI 5y ago
Some shoe brands still do this, such as Allen Edmonds: https://www.allenedmonds.com/discover/our-story/recrafting.h...
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by JacobDotVI 5y ago
Using s3 to host a static page? https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/Hostin...
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U-shaped relationship between LDL cholesterol level and all-cause mortality(nature.com)
4 points by JacobDotVI 5y ago|0 comments
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by JacobDotVI 5y ago
My understanding is that fusion power theoretically has net positive output, but practically no one has achieved this yet. If they are able to achieve such it would be a scientific and commercial breakthrough.
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by JacobDotVI 5y ago
Many patients need these injections regularly (every 4-6 weeks on some treatment protocols). My understanding is that it’s not safe to give some general anesthesia that often for as long as patients need these treatments (years).
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by JacobDotVI 5y ago
I think this is part of that distinction. Likely a gravel pit would _not_ be considered "mineral mining" and so would be permitted at a size greater than 3 acres.
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by JacobDotVI 5y ago
I find this more relevant: "But [the lithium] reserves also would not present the same type of potential environmental issues as ... other base metal sulfide deposits in Maine, such as Bald Mountain. That’s because the Plumbago North d
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by JacobDotVI 5y ago
I keep hoping that one of these shipping container farms will support tomatoes due to this issue. Unfortunately, I have yet to find any (although some claim version N will be tomatoes). My hunch is that they can't grow tomatoes dense
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by JacobDotVI 5y ago
I wonder if they can charge more for the non-cold-chain tomatoes due to better flavor: >Cold storage is widely used to extend shelf-life of agriculture products. For tomato, this handling results in reduced flavor quality. Our work provi
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How Much Technology Does Your Startup Need Now?(blog.jacob.vi)
2 points by JacobDotVI 5y ago|0 comments
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by JacobDotVI 5y ago
>Deutsche Bank Will Sell Off 200 Modern Works From Its Corporate Collection to Pivot Its Focus to Contemporary Art >The bank, which says it wants to buy more "up-and-coming talents," bought several works at Frieze London. h
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by JacobDotVI 5y ago
Research in general is the same, but shouldn’t _published_ research have already gone through a filter such that it represents the 10% that hasn’t failed?
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by JacobDotVI 5y ago
>Hello Sunshine was founded by Witherspoon in 2016 to create content focused on female voices. ... "Kevin and Tom and our partners at Blackstone see what we see – women’s stories matter, and we have economic power as consumers, crea

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