torontos

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by torontos 15y ago
I just did a quick google search and everything that I found suggested that the Inuit people are LESS healthy because they only eat meat. They have a lifespan 12 years lower than the rest of Canada.
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by torontos 15y ago
One thing that's interesting is that it actually doesn't tell you if more people are moving in or out, despite the title. The size of SF doesn't change when I click inbound/outbound.
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by torontos 15y ago
They raised ~$8million from Benchmark and Omidyar. It's pretty interesting that Benchmark Capital invested in a corporation that "is dedicated to creating public benefit." Not at all surprising to get it from Omidyar, of course. http://tec
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by torontos 15y ago
Seems like maybe you should make this to solve the need rather than consider getting a palm treo!
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by torontos 15y ago
not at all... medicare is cheaper than private insurance because hospitals that receive public funds are required to accept it. In that case, private industry (and you and I) are subsidizing medicare. That doesn't equate to well run
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by torontos 15y ago
We looked at Recurly too... You are wrong that you can just zero out the gateway numbers in the calculators. Recurly charges 1.25% + 10 cents ( http://recurly.com/pricing ). 1.25% is a CRAPLOAD. Using a merchant account from FeeFighters wou
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by torontos 15y ago
Why not include Samurai ( http://samurai.feefighters.com )? Seems like it would be cheaper than the other ones and the api docs look breezy like stripes. It's only 2.3% + 30cents. Also look at Spreedly for recurring.
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by torontos 15y ago
http://pistadex.com
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by torontos 15y ago
HN Discussion of the incident a few days ago: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3456819
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by torontos 15y ago
That is a very good point re: medicare. I was a management consultant in the healthcare industry in a previous life. One interesting study I did found a direct correlation between percent of patients on medicare/medicaid and hospital profit
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by torontos 15y ago
looks fine on ios safari to me
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by torontos 15y ago
It seems quite clear in multiple locations that Dwolla does in fact have a credit union as an investor, what is your source that it doesn't? http://www.chubbybrain.com/companies/dwolla/investors-fundin... https://www.veridiancu.org/ ht
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by torontos 15y ago
http://www.collegehumor.com/ http://www.thedailyshow.com/full-episodes/ http://www.colbertnation.com/video
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by torontos 15y ago
A couple of relevant articles (old but good): Why it's so hard to pay attention: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124018463826033223.html?mod=... Is LSD the geek's wonder drug? http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2006/01/70015
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by torontos 15y ago
how do you calculate wait times?
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by torontos 15y ago
http://investors.dressrush.com/ http://squareup.com http://feefighters.com (go through the funnel to see what I mean) and their other page http://samurai.feefighters.com http://andyet.com
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Steve Case: Crazy You Have To Be Accredited Investor, But not Accredited Gambler(techcrunch.com)
2 points by torontos 15y ago|0 comments
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Getting an intro to a VC or Angel fund(damurillo.tumblr.com)
1 points by torontos 15y ago|0 comments
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by torontos 15y ago
In my reading of this, it's for dealers only - pawnshops and such... in which case it wouldn't really prevent the thing it's attempting to prevent.
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Solar charging system for iphone/ipad/android/kindle(techcrunch.com)
2 points by torontos 15y ago|0 comments
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by torontos 15y ago
Reminds me of this amazing story of the undocumented journalist: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/26/magazine/my-life-as-an-und...
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CMU Touchscreen Technology Distinguishes Taps by Different Parts of Finger(cmu.edu)
1 points by torontos 15y ago|0 comments
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by torontos 15y ago
http://samurai.feefighters.com Doesn't have recurring billing built in (we didnt need it) but I think they might connect to chargify. We ended up choosing Samurai for the lower fees.
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by torontos 15y ago
Why haven't you texted? It's very convenient.
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by torontos 15y ago
Part of the reason why I think the new entrants Stripe and Samurai will kill it. http://samurai.feefighters.com , http://stripe.com
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Why you should try attention getting publicity stunts(openforum.com)
3 points by torontos 15y ago|1 comments
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How did Braintree build a PCI compliant gateway so quickly?(quora.com)
5 points by torontos 15y ago|0 comments
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by torontos 15y ago
The gender gap argument never held much weight for me... there are a number of studies saying that if you adjust for a certain number of factors, the gap is pretty narrow (IE women who didn't take time off to have kids, etc) While women now
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by torontos 15y ago
We use grasshopper but have scaled to the point where this (and many other things about grasshopper) aren't acceptable. What are some other good options? Thoughts on ringcentral?
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by torontos 15y ago
In my experience, the education / intelligence level on OKC is MUCH higher than PoF. Much more overlap with HN crowd than PoF.

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