mountainair

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by mountainair 12y ago
The other issue is the absolutely bonkers number of attorney-hours racked up in reading all of those documents once they've been systematized. That's where I see potential in this market. Ediscovery is a pain-point for law firm cl
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by mountainair 12y ago
It's a problem I face almost every day. The role of a regulatory attorney is to explain to the regulatory agency why they should do something (think: PPM in power plant emissions, high-frequency trading controls, restrictions on flight
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by mountainair 12y ago
They've been virtually entirely replaced by digital systems. I graduated from law school a few years ago and we were not taught to use a book-based system to do research. Some much older attorneys use books, but they hardly ever do re
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by mountainair 12y ago
Please, oh please, make this a reality: "By classifying regulations using the same system that science librarians use to organize papers in agriculture, we can determine which scientific papers may form the rationale for particular reg
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by mountainair 12y ago
Lawyers don't necessarily need to code to improve their own lives - but they MUST learn to code to improve their relationships with their clients. If there is any aspect of programming involved in any contract or lawsuit (which is beco
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by mountainair 12y ago
Sorry, my question is: How does one use symptoms-based perfectly? My understanding is that a perfect use case happens only a few days each month. So on those few days, you might have very low "failure" rates, but on the other 25
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by mountainair 12y ago
What is the perfect use case for symptoms-based?
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by mountainair 12y ago
You're not alone! In fact, it's so tricky to sort through the Show/Ask HN archives that I don't often use HN when I want to browse new projects, I use producthunt.com
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by mountainair 13y ago
As others have said, it would be a good idea to speak to a lawyer. I know that the taxes and fees associated with becoming an LLC or corporation can seem steep, but if you plan to hire employees, it is an absolutely vital step. You said
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by mountainair 13y ago
I work in an industry in which it's extremely important to justify business expenses to regulators months or years after the transaction takes place. The ability to build a complete, real-time narrative around expenses, instead of jot
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by mountainair 13y ago
You're right. Klout as a standalone service was unviable from the beginning. Especially in light of the up-and-coming services like Quora, Thoughtly, Medium, etc., that actually attempt to measure and curate according to the quality
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by mountainair 13y ago
How do you envision your users will use their Thoughtly signatures? Can the signature feature be used anywhere?
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by mountainair 13y ago
If you are located in a major city and are looking for low-cost legal services, seek out intellectual property or entrepreneurship clinics at local law schools. In Chicago: http://www.law.northwestern.edu/legalclinic&#x2F
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by mountainair 13y ago
I do a lot of very informal writing online, mostly in Subreddits related to my field, but also in comments on news articles at places like Wired and Ars. I find that you learn almost as much from the (non-insane) comments as you do from th
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The Secret Digital Ocean: The Data We Aren't Addressing(thoughtly.co)
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