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by aarontait 4y ago
You're right. Y Combinator doesn't deserve a shred of the respect they garner. I don't know why I thought I could trust one of their portfolio companies. I assumed they did due diligence and had customers/users in mind w
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by aarontait 4y ago
I feel bad for the users that were left holding the bag. I put a good amount of money in the YC backed StableGains (Terra) just to watch it evaporate overnight. The investors and founders should feel deeply ashamed for selling these platfor
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by aarontait 4y ago
Same. Had to take a sip of coffee and do a double take.
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by aarontait 4y ago
Aside from appointing governors, what power does the president have over the federal reserve board? The president can direct/order the FCC to pursue a course of action, but as far as I'm aware, the president doesn't have exec
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by aarontait 4y ago
The Federal Reserve, which is almost completely independent from the federal government, is the biggest player in regards to controlling inflation. In reality, POTUS doesn't have effective levers for controlling general inflation. Howe
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by aarontait 5y ago
Yea, I agree. I wish there was some kind of organization that would seek FDA approval for racemic ketamine treatment of depression. It's cheap, and widely available. Unfortunately, without the incentive for a patentable product, it&#x2
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by aarontait 5y ago
FYI: Johnson & Johnson patented the S(+) enantiomer of ketamine and sells it as a nasal spray called Spavato. It's been FDA approved for depression since 2019. Although Spravato costs more on paper than regular ketamine, it's
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by aarontait 5y ago
Interesting. Were they operating commercial passenger flights? The FAA's statement only mentions a groundstop.
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by aarontait 5y ago
The title is somewhat misleading. A groundstop is far less dramatic than "grounding" all flights (including ones already en-route). Grounding all flights would be akin to what the FAA ordered during the 9/11 attacks.
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by aarontait 9y ago
Anybody know if you're able to transfer your cryptocurrency on Coinbase to Robinhood? In theory, I could avoid Coinbase's fees for selling.
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by aarontait 15y ago
I think it's worth pointing out that, like all autism spectrum disorders, there are varying levels of severity for aspergers syndrome. It's entirely possible for a highly functional adult to have a minor form of aspergers and never be forma
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It Gets Better: Apple Employees(youtube.com)
3 points by aarontait 15y ago|0 comments
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Social Media and Simulation(amuse-bouche.tumblr.com)
2 points by aarontait 15y ago|0 comments
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by aarontait 16y ago
Okay, I checked out your site and you guys have me at "CouchDB provides a RESTful JSON API than can be accessed from any environment that allows HTTP requests." To put it mildly, this sounds fucking awesome. I have no idea why I haven't che
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by aarontait 16y ago
I'm an iOS developer that has no idea what CouchDB is other than another database system. I'm a little confused as to what CouchDB Mobile is. Is it at another database engine I can use to locally persist my data on the device (like an impro
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by aarontait 16y ago
True, with the difference being humans (and our predecessors) had to wait hundreds of thousands of years for the fossil fuels to form under the immense pressure (and additional energy input) of the earth.
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by aarontait 16y ago
Hydrogen is a storage medium. Fossil fuels are used as the energy source to make the rocket propellant. I can also guarantee you that fossil fuels were used in the production and distribution of the rocket boosters and that the airplane the
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by aarontait 16y ago
Or that fossil fuels are incredible...
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by aarontait 16y ago
Unfortunately the graph doesn't take the geopolitics of the situation into account. American oil reserves are long past their peak (about 40 years ago) and we are largely dependent on foreign oil. If demand begins to outstrip supply, what's
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by aarontait 17y ago
I get this all the time. It can be rather freaky.
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How Civilizations Fall: A Theory of Catabolic Collapse(xs4all.nl)
28 points by aarontait 17y ago|23 comments
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by aarontait 18y ago
Get QuickTime Pro (totally worth the money). Go to File->Export. For the format, select QuickTime Movie. Open the options window. Under video, click settings... and choose H.264 as the compression type. Adjust the quality settings for y
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by aarontait 19y ago
Paul Buchheit also gives an amazing interview in Founders at Work. I'm sure everyone here knows that book by heart.
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by aarontait 19y ago
I agree with his point. The development of software is not an engineering discipline because there is a literal and metaphorical art to it. Software creators need to take quantitative aspects of engineering, and incorporate qualitative aspe
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by aarontait 19y ago
I believe the good book Allen states that your GTD system can be mobile. I think I even remember David saying he uses a mobile version with folders in his suitcase.
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by aarontait 19y ago
I personally think that founders have a more sentimental value. These are the people that strongly believe in the vision of the company. They will be their working with you when the cash has dried up (or even before you have funding). If th
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by aarontait 19y ago
Grab your laptop and head to the nearest Starbucks or coffee shop. I find I need to constantly change locations at least every four hours to keep productive and prevent my mind from going "stale". Thank god I work at a university where I ca
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by aarontait 19y ago
I stand corrected. Thank you. Although I'm not too sure on the financial status on whether or not Flickr actually makes a profit. There appears to be a lot of speculation surrounding Yahooo and Flickr's profitability.
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by aarontait 19y ago
UOIT has a great CS and Software Engineering program. They are also the only school in Canada to offer a masters in information technology security. UOIT is also Ontario's newest, and most wired university. http://uoit.ca
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by aarontait 19y ago
CS or Software Engineering at Ontario's newest and most high tech university is, in my opinion, beyond what Waterloo can deliver. Check out UOIT http://uoit.ca/

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