rjett

7 ms·

1.
by rjett 8y ago
Collective bargaining can be used to leverage other assets, besides money.
2.
by rjett 8y ago
Why is this being downvoted? Perhaps on its face it seems to be anti-technology and regressive, but there's plenty of data to suggest that the industrial efficiencies of modern farms have massive negative externalities in terms of depl
3.
by rjett 8y ago
This is slightly off topic since the focus of this article is racial demographics and economic standing in a culture, but it's interesting that Brazil, a country which has whole heartedly adopted chemical agriculture and monocropping p
4.
by rjett 9y ago
I realize the article is discussing a form of immunotherapy, but I think immunotherapy is also in its infancy, and given the nature of cancer cells and the heterogeneity of its own genetic makeup, immunotherapy still seems like a very blunt
5.
by rjett 9y ago
I'm not a cellular biologist or a doctor of any kind, but I consider myself a reasonably smart person. Reading the book Tripping Over the Truth by Travis Christofferson and tracking the work of Thomas Seyfried and others, it makes me t
6.
by rjett 9y ago
My favorite "tea" to make is just chopping up a little ginger, a little turmeric, and some sort of citrus zest, steep in boiling water for 10 mins. You can re-steep it several times also. I drink it every day because it's del
7.
Gut Microbiome and Cancer [video](youtube.com)
1 points by rjett 9y ago|0 comments
8.
by rjett 9y ago
Question from a non-Silicon Valley professional: Where does all that money go? Obviously, some [likely big] portion of it is still on the balance sheet, but does an app like Shazam really cost that much in engineering talent to update it an
9.
by rjett 9y ago
I see that happening only under an employee owned company. Most companies start small though, with 1 to n founders and/or equity owners. I think it takes a special owner and a very special set of employees for an owner to later abdicat
10.
by rjett 9y ago
Owner of a business here... I'm 6 years into owning my own business and things have grown year over year for the company and we are doing quite well. In theory, the democratization of the workplace is a nice idea, and I initially tried
11.
by rjett 9y ago
Depends on the person. Angus Barbieri completed a 382 day medically supervised fast in 1966. Depending on body composition and physiology, one might reap a lot of benefit from simple intermittent fasting while another person might continue
12.
by rjett 9y ago
Cost of production from variety to variety at this farm is going to be fairly consistent. The reason coffee has traditionally been relegated to developing countries is because of labor costs. To get a good harvest with quality in mind, farm
13.
by rjett 9y ago
One of the most recent Planet Money episodes, #773: Slot Flaws Scofflaws, explores slot machine design, to some extent. It's a fun listen. http://www.npr.org/podcasts/510289/planet-money
14.
by rjett 9y ago
I would guess any restaurant funded out of the gates with this amount of VC would fail. Call it a food-tech startup if you want, but Sprig and its competitors are restaurants. The reality of restaurants is that their growth is linear, even
15.
by rjett 10y ago
As coffee ages, especially in the first 2 weeks, it degasses CO2, thus the one way valves on most coffee bags. Since CO2 has a lot to do with crema, it's usually lacking in coffees that go past that 2 week mark. It really depends on th
16.
by rjett 10y ago
Perhaps that's true in the ring and on the screen, but the incidence rate of domestic violence involving MMA fighters outside of the ring is several orders of magnitude higher than in other sports. Between the performance enhancing dru
17.
by rjett 10y ago
With many people having the ability now to work remotely, I've seen a big influx into small to mid-sized cities in the last decade. Anecdotally, I moved to Charleston, SC five years ago and since I've been here, I've seen a h
18.
by rjett 10y ago
Coffee shop and roastery owner here... Interesting fact: cold brew acidity as measured by PH, is in the same bandwidth as other coffee drinks: espresso, filter, japanese iced, etc etc... Average usually falls around 4.8. It is true that bre
19.
by rjett 10y ago
That's because they're all starting start ups. Day trading is so early 2000s.
20.
by rjett 10y ago
See Hollywood Accounting: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/HollywoodA...
21.
by rjett 10y ago
As a free member of the western world, happily able to pursue "the dream," and unexposed to the direct effects of war and humanitarian crimes, what am I to do? If you think about it, the domestic conditions in the US, relative to
22.
by rjett 10y ago
"So the trick, it seems, is to design a world that excites but doesn’t overly assault our faculties with a constant barrage of information" I just got back from my first trip to Chicago. I've been to quite a few cities, but t
23.
by rjett 10y ago
I was in Chicago all last week and I asked this question of my drivers as well. Every driver prefers to drive Lyft because they make more money per ride, but they end up driving Uber most of the time because there's virtually no downti
24.
by rjett 11y ago
Rethinking food delivery? Perhaps there's something novel with their real-time routing algorithms, but that's a razor thin edge in food. The food game is an old game. To put that much money to use in a food business, your best hop
25.
by rjett 11y ago
I suspect the reason business owners don't opt for a service charge in lieu of gratuity for front of house employees is due to payroll taxes. "Adjusting prices accordingly" vs adding a service charge would, in most cases, scr
26.
by rjett 11y ago
Interesting. By getting rid of front of house, that eliminates on average 80% of the square footage needed to be a full service restaurant, and they can vie for non-premium properties, so rent will be much cheaper. That said, all else is pr
27.
by rjett 11y ago
"That's how democratic access to money policy works; we vote, power realigns in accordance with our votes, and a few years down the road, we do it again." And therein lies a problem. Under a system like this, policy is geared
28.
by rjett 12y ago
Disclaimer: I have no clue if what I'm proposing is realistic or not, but: Perhaps the federal government should step in and gradually step down the level of subsidies given to farmers in California and gradually increase subsidies giv
29.
by rjett 12y ago
Gastrograph looks very interesting. I run a coffee shop/roastery and the industry has been in need of a tool like this for awhile. I'll be checking you guys out at some point. Glad I saw this!
30.
by rjett 12y ago
bovada... not nearly as many players as there used to be when it operated as bodog, but it'll still scratch your itch.

More ›