PerfectElement

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by PerfectElement 7y ago
I don't think lacking life has ever been an argument vegetarians use. Once consciousness emerges, there is an innate desire to remain alive and to be free from suffering. Even if we could give animals a wonderful life in our current ca
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by PerfectElement 7y ago
I've been vegan for 15 years, and I've tried all sorts of veggie burgers and mock meats available. Some of them are good, but pretty easy to tell they are not meat. When I first had the Beyond Burger last year (just plain with 2 t
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by PerfectElement 7y ago
I'm using their search with autocomplete as a convenience feature in our app. My bill will go from $0 to $3,000 per month. I'd be happy to pay them a reasonable price, but this costs more than our whole infrastructure, so we are m
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by PerfectElement 7y ago
Previous discussion with good advice here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17654487
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by PerfectElement 7y ago
That can be prevented with simple validation on sign up.
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by PerfectElement 7y ago
> you have to compete equally with Mailchimp Why would they need to compete equally with Mailchimp?
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by PerfectElement 7y ago
So heart disease is the #1 killer because people don't eat enough meat? This is nothing but a conspiracy theory that somehow became popular in HN. Mainstream science continues to support that a diet high in whole plants is the best way
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by PerfectElement 7y ago
I have several Google Home minis and use them several times per day to check the weather, play music and podcasts, set timers while cooking, add things to my grocery list (my favorite feature), turn off the lights, ask for directions when d
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by PerfectElement 7y ago
I'm a solo-founder too and I agree that cognitive load is the biggest problem, even working less than 40 hours/week. I've been on this for 4 years and I feel like my personality has changed due to the fact that my brain can&#
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by PerfectElement 8y ago
I invite you to watch Earthlings[1] and then answer that question on your own. 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrlBSuuy50Y
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by PerfectElement 8y ago
> I feel that being 100% vegan isn't healthy The American Dietetic Association disagrees: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19562864
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by PerfectElement 8y ago
Came here to say the same thing. I used the KeyOne and now the Key2 and I can't imagine going back to software keyboards.
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by PerfectElement 8y ago
In 20 years, today's teenagers will be talking about "the good days when Twitter and Instagram were all the rage". I think that part of what you miss is the feeling of being young, with an open road ahead of you, fewer respon
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by PerfectElement 8y ago
The only required supplement for vegans is B12, and that's not because of lack of meat. B12 is produced by bacteria and most of us live in sanitized environments, so there is no reliable sources of B12 any longer. It's possible th
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by PerfectElement 8y ago
> low in protein and fat is a bad sign. By that standard, human breast milk should be considered unhealthy (0.8%-0.9% protein, 3%-5% fat).
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by PerfectElement 8y ago
I use Rider for a pre dotnet core large project and it's much faster than VS. It's like having VS with Resharper, but without the performance hit that Resharper brings.
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by PerfectElement 8y ago
I think it's only underrated in the HN/startup world.
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by PerfectElement 8y ago
With Stripe, it's $15 for each dispute.
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by PerfectElement 8y ago
Do you do this from home?
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by PerfectElement 8y ago
> That same cow produces 3-4 gallons of milk a day. Does that only include the periods when the cow is lactating or is it an average that takes the cow's entire lifespan into account? > On top of that, most of that water is excre
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by PerfectElement 8y ago
The book Why We Sleep mentions some experiments comparing the difference between 8 and 7 hours per night. I haven't looked into the actual studies, but the book suggests that 8 hours of sleep opportunity is the ideal for most people.
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by PerfectElement 8y ago
Couldn't they do this by using Atlas and choosing AWS as the host?
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by PerfectElement 8y ago
> There is simply no evidence suggesting full vegan diet is healthy. It looks like you've been living in the low-carb bubble, like many others here on HN. I find it weird when people who identify with being rational drink the kool-a
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by PerfectElement 8y ago
Or certain types of plant-based diets[1][2][3]. 1. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5466941/ 2. https://www.omicsonline.org/open-access/diabetes-reversal-by... 3. https:&#x2
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by PerfectElement 8y ago
In 10 years it's likely that clean meat will also be widely available. I just listened to an interesting podcast episode about it: https://youtu.be/rE93wKm0Ok8
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by PerfectElement 8y ago
Earthlings ( http://www.nationearth.com/earthlings/ )
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by PerfectElement 8y ago
Not the parent, but do we have to start every sentence with "IMHO"? To me it was clear that they were stating their opinion, not trying to establish a standard for what one should care about.
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by PerfectElement 8y ago
I learned 20+ years ago and I feel like back then it was a lot easier to learn. You would get a VB or C++ book and immerse yourself in it. The book would be self-contained --it had all the information you needed to become decent at that top
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by PerfectElement 8y ago
At the individual level, decreasing or eliminating your consumption of animal products seems like the most efficient way to help. You can also support or work for companies that are changing things at a larger scale: https://www.
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by PerfectElement 8y ago
Use the stack you are most proficient in, unless you are building a SaaS in order to teach yourself a new language/framework.

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