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rsgallowayon Letter to Pixar President Ed Catmull [pdf] (2004)

wow, sorry this happened to you Ben. sounds like you took away a good lesson from it though, if nothing else. and I had no idea you created Deadline, that's awesome!

rsgallowayon I’m taking some time away from Comma

“we are bytes in God’s computer”

from his Lex Fridman interview.

rsgallowayon Coronavirus and Credibility

Here's an article from Mar 26 in the NEJM where Fauci writes that C19 may be no worse than a severe flu season:

"If one assumes that the number of asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic cases is several times as high as the number of reported cases, the case fatality rate may be considerably less than 1%. This suggests that the overall clinical consequences of Covid-19 may ultimately be more akin to those of a severe seasonal influenza (which has a case fatality rate of approximately 0.1%)"

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMe2002387

Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., H. Clifford Lane, M.D., and Robert R. Redfield, M.D.

rsgallowayon States reject Trump talk of restarting U.S. economy early

Yes, and the assets passed down to the next generation would also be spent, thus further improving the economy.

rsgallowayon Airbnb racks up hundreds of millions of dollars in losses -- WSJ

Airbnb is simply a listing service. If you have a problem, blame the host, not the platform. My advice: book with superhosts or listings with at least 4.5 stars. Maybe you just don't like the idea of vacation rentals in general? If that's the case, go to a hotel instead, but don't advocate taking away this option for everyone else.

rsgallowayon S.F. ballot measure would severely limit short-term rentals

Another reason to never own property in SF or NY.

rsgallowayon Comedian Furious After Airbnb Rents His Apartment To "XXX Freak Fest" Orgy

AirBnB is liable because AirBnB will absolutely NOT let owners communicate with potential renters outside of their walled garden, or to independently verify a renter's credit or criminal history. That absolutely puts all of the liability onto AirBnB. (why does this keep getting deleted?)

rsgallowayon Self-hosted Git Server

heh, what at the odds: two libs that give you object-oriented access to git repos both coincidentally named the exact same thing:

python: github.com/rsgalloway/grit ruby: github.com/mojombo/grit

rsgallowayon Despite excellent credit, it's still possible to be turned down for a mortgage

Exactly, it was the automatic Desktop Underwriting process that rejected this, not a human.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThTwl1HrFi4

rsgallowayon The ends of your chromosomes are sensitive to a variety of environmental factors

FTA: "and alcohol (and acetic acid) lengthen [telomeres]."

funny, these findings seem to contradict this study:

"Shortened telomeres in individuals with abuse in alcohol consumption" http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21351086

rsgallowayon Dulwich, pure Python Git implementation

Shameless plug for my dulwich-backed project, grit:

https://github.com/rsgalloway/grit

- Python WSGI "Smart HTTP" server - Limited remote object proxying - Stream blob data from remote repositories - Hierarchical repos with top-down inheritance - Check out individual blobs - Python and HTTP+JSON read/write API - Supports a centralized workflow - Command line, Python and web UIs - Git not required

rsgallowayon Git Legit

Shameless plug for my own Python git wrapper, grit:

http://rsgalloway.github.com/grit/

rsgallowayon Interview with SmartThings: How a Faulty Pipe Unlocked The Internet of Things

Check out micasaverde.com and mios.com. Offers the same type of home automation products with no service fee, and there's an API if you want to hack it.

rsgallowayon Review my startup: Speechable.com

done.

rsgallowayon Review my startup: Speechable.com

Thanks for the feedback, I think those are some good suggestions. I admit ad placement is not something I'm good at. I'll continue to work on the layout a bit.