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by xayide 15y ago
These events are a great place to find the interesting new people and ideas http://www.health2con.com/
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by xayide 16y ago
This one is deceptively important. I spent several years self-learning actuarial science. I had a solid statistics and math background, but incorrectly marginalized the business aspects as being simple. I'm also introverted and stubbornl
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by xayide 17y ago
I appreciate all of the data they include (even if most of it is processed using their proprietary metrics), but their articles aren't so great. They seem to take the attitude that articles are just filler - they rerun articles pretty regu
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by xayide 17y ago
Except under very strict circumstances, not charging everyone (including insurance companies) exactly the same amount for everything according to a practice fee schedule is illegal under the US healthcare system. Just because the insurance
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by xayide 17y ago
My guess is your third option. If AmEx can continue charging 2.5% while reducing their operating costs to a point that would make 0.5% profitable, that's lots of moolah for them. I'm sorry that I'm just now hearing of the Revolution card.
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by xayide 17y ago
I defined this distinction to an older relative about a year ago (right after I apologized for "geeking" all over her shiny new coffee maker, which I had taken apart and put back together). To illustrate, I used music. A music nerd knows
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by xayide 17y ago
It's more that I don't feel it's the government's place to tell people that they must wear a seat belt. It's their place to hold car manufacturers to safety standards that make sure their seat belts are effective and safe. It's their plac
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by xayide 17y ago
Seat belt laws. For years, my inner Libertarian would cringe at the idea that the government could force someone to do something they didn't want to when it was their own life at risk. But then my inner Republican realized that if I were
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by xayide 17y ago
I guess these are more science/engineering than hacker, but I think the following cooking sites match the title pretty well: http://www.cookingforengineers.com/ When I want to make something new and complicated, I go here first. Great la
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by xayide 17y ago
Yeah, I stopped reading when I realized that his Minimalism criteria (nothing he didn't want) was so completely confounded by his Completeness criteria (everything he did want). Although it was nice to see a list of web based task managers
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by xayide 17y ago
I’ve never had good results using a french press with a blade grinder. You need such a coarse grind for the press, and fine grit is just inevitable with a cheap blade. I got a burr grinder several years ago, and my french press coffee has
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by xayide 17y ago
Thank you! Their site gives a better idea about what's actually going on in the world about proteomics, and is a great start about finding affiliate companies.
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by xayide 17y ago
Could anyone please tell me the names of some companies/non-profits researching proteomic sequencing? Preferably ones trying to work out the kinks that the article references? I live in the Boston area and used to analyze genomic data for
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by xayide 18y ago
I spent four relatively enjoyable years sequencing DNA in the lab and on the computer. I met James Watson one time. The Double Helix is one of the most boring books that I’ve ever read. I’ll add this one to the list of popular, mediocre
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by xayide 18y ago
Although the Board's list does include Six Easy Pieces by Richard P. Feynman.
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Ask HN: How do I protect my start-up from law suits? (USA)
1 points by xayide 18y ago|2 comments
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by xayide 18y ago
Midnight Cowboy received Best Picture in 1970 according to imdb. This movie can hardly be considered pornography by today's standards, but it was about a male prostitute and rated X.
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by xayide 18y ago
Or the part where Dagney cooked and kept house for John Galt as repayment for her staying with him.
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by xayide 18y ago
Gold worries me these days. It's gone up so much lately that I think it's overvalued. Of course, I discouraged my husband from buying up gold when it was much cheaper a year ago for this same reason and he still hasn't forgiven me. For a