tvanzyl

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Amazon Care(amazon.care)
26 points by tvanzyl 7y ago|17 comments
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U.S. suspends nuclear arms treaty with Russia(theglobeandmail.com)
11 points by tvanzyl 8y ago|1 comments
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Comcast asks FCC to prohibit states from ennforcing net neutrality(arstechnica.com)
4 points by tvanzyl 9y ago|0 comments
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Study finds healthy obese people still higher risk for heart disease(ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
3 points by tvanzyl 9y ago|0 comments
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The Toll of Tasers(reuters.com)
2 points by tvanzyl 9y ago|0 comments
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Coca-Cola, PespiCo and others agree to cap sugar in drinks in Singapore(reuters.com)
1 points by tvanzyl 9y ago|0 comments
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Amazon Launchpad – Showcasing Startup Products on Amazon(amazon.com)
1 points by tvanzyl 10y ago|0 comments
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The Rise of Female Mafia Bosses(theglobeandmail.com)
2 points by tvanzyl 10y ago|0 comments
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Chart of Government Data Requests to Facebook(economist.com)
1 points by tvanzyl 11y ago|0 comments
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Does a real anti-aging pill already exist?(bloomberg.com)
60 points by tvanzyl 12y ago|26 comments
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California lawmakers seek to end 'personal belief' vaccine exemptions(reuters.com)
4 points by tvanzyl 12y ago|0 comments
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Woolly mammoth cloning attempt revives ethical debate(cbc.ca)
16 points by tvanzyl 12y ago|8 comments
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US Threatened Fines to Get Yahoo User Data(reuters.com)
2 points by tvanzyl 12y ago|0 comments
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Flatbook, Airbnb for summer sublets(flatbook.co)
2 points by tvanzyl 12y ago|0 comments
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by tvanzyl 12y ago
The problem I see with this at large events such as rock concerts is the speed messages come in with. In just small group chats of 5 or 6 friends sometimes everyone sends so many messages that I can't keep up. What happens at a rock co
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by tvanzyl 12y ago
Here's the link to an Engadget article that explains a bit more about it: http://www.engadget.com/2014/04/16/googolplex-siri/ Thought it was a cool idea, but if it always routes you through Safari I
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GoogolPlex – Improved Siri for iOS(betterthansiri.com)
2 points by tvanzyl 12y ago|1 comments
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by tvanzyl 12y ago
Off the top of my head Enron in 2001, WorldCom in 2002, Lehman Brothers and AIG in 2008, and GM and Chrysler in 2009 all seem to be better fit than Blackberry for the 'century's biggest corporate disasters'.
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by tvanzyl 13y ago
> The only material things worth a damn are (a) 80/20 good health practices like regular moderate exercise and calorie restriction There is a study showing that caloric restriction increases life span in monkeys [1], but apparentl
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by tvanzyl 13y ago
It's not about running a caloric deficit, but a caloric restriction. Usually the goal is reducing your caloric intake by 20-40% compared to your regular diet. You don't need to run a deficit and burn more than you take in or you w