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tdburn··on Monopoly Technology Platforms Are Colonizing Education
Privatize schools
tdburn··on Netflix raises monthly charges for U.S. subscribers
Cuties led to a lot of cancellations
tdburn··on What happened to those GM spider goats with the silky milk? (2019)
My friend was actually one of the grad students working on this project. I’ve wondered what progress had been done, glad for the follow up
tdburn··on Engineered healthier sugar that tastes good
You could lessen the sugar even further by combining this with stevia to cover the bitterness that can happen with Stevia. More choices for the win
tdburn··on Disney CEO Bob Iger immediately steps down from CEO position
He ruined Star Wars
tdburn··on Effect of Weight Loss on Obstructive Sleep Apnea: The Importance of Tongue Fat
Have you looked into the portable CPAPs they are much smaller, Resmed has one. Still a pain but nice for travel. I’ve also seen online cpap companies that send you a at home test that qualifies for coverage.
tdburn··on Nearly 1 in 5 Millennial Renters Expect to Rent Forever in Some Metros
But your house. If you want to freedom to move around then find a good management company and rent it out.
tdburn··on It’s a Disservice to Urge Young People to Become Entrepreneurs?
Agree or disagree on his take, the data deserves some consideration. Having started my own business young with success, I’ve been of the mindset that staring a risky venture is wiser in your youth. I’ve always told my friends to try something out while they’re young before they have all the monthly expenses of a family etc. But start small and validate the demand, and don’t quit your job because it’s funding your business. Otherwise debt can kill your runway and discourage taking further chances.
tdburn··on In Defense of Daylight Saving Time
Make the switch to DST permanent. Much better having longer days in the summer, which also helps not having to fight against light telling your body to not go to bed. This switch messes people up so bad for days or weeks
tdburn··on AirPods Pro
These have a transparency setting to let through ambient sounds
tdburn··on Traffic lights worldwide set to change after a Swedish engineer saw red
I’ve been thinking for a long time that a blinking yellow would be revolutionary and simple. They should make the yellow begin to blink when it’s x number is seconds from going red. Because as is you have little reference to how soon it will shift.
tdburn··on Dr Sarah E. Hill: ‘A blind spot about how the pill influences women’s brains’
How far along in the approval process is your gel? Is it similar to Evogel?
tdburn··on Costco gained a cult following by breaking every rule of retail
For our honeymoon we booked through Costco travel to Cancun and it was a great value, and one of the benefits was knowing they had our back if there were any flight cancellation/delays. My wife had used them a year previous to Hawaii which had a flight cancellation. The airline wouldn’t make her whole on the hotels/excursions. But Costco went to bat and got all of her money back and some.
tdburn··on Kickstarter’s Year of Turmoil
I'm guessing that in some states it might be legally questionable while not federally across the board
tdburn··on The Boring Company will develop an underground “people mover” for Las Vegas
Exactly! They didn't mention cost in the correct way in the article, only saying that it costs less because it's a small tunnel. Instead of addressing the possible cost savings from advances in tunnel digger technology that Musk hopes to achieve. the first tunnels won't make as much financial sense as subsequent tunnels but they're have to start somewhere
tdburn··on Scientists are transplanting faeces into obese people with type 2 diabetes
FMT transplants have a very high success rate for treating C Diff infections that don't respond to antibiotics. Something like 70-80% success.
tdburn··on Fasting can improve overall health
Now that the 16:8 fasting method is becoming more popular, more research is being done specifically for that regimine.
tdburn··on Fasting can improve overall health
A little more info on Dr Berg: he's a chiropractor doctor not a medically trained doctor. He has a lot of good information, but it's also wise to verify any of his info from other sources.
tdburn··on Anthony Levandowski: Pronto AI
If I remember correctly his new 'Religion' is merely a tax shelter for the big payout he got from Uber purchasing Otto
tdburn··on Ask HN: How did you decide where to live?
Get a partner ;)
tdburn··on UBiome received $83M in Series C financing
I've done multiple 'free' tests that they try to bill through insurance and haven't had any issues. Whether the tests are yet accurate and useful I love the ease and hope they can develop a more in depth service.
tdburn··on Amazon is said to be building home robots
Did you mean 2001?
tdburn··on Why Do Fantasy Novels Have So Much Food?
Ha ha seriously though after a few books in I started reading only the first line of each paragraph!! Way too much description of everything
tdburn··on Donald Glover Can't Save You
“If I was white, I wouldn’t be sleeping on no couch” For a guy who has 2 or 3 'homes' his choice of sleeping on the couch at the office appears more to be a personal preference, that he feels keeps him in the game at his highest level. I've read countless stories of white guys sleeping on couches for their startup, Elon musk for example crashing on Sean Parkers couch instead of going to his house.
tdburn··on Show HN: Remote Desktop from any browser
Chrome remote desktop is very fast, speedwise how does this compare?
tdburn··on Massgate – The central server for the game World in Conflict
World In Conflict was a near perfect game! Multiplayer made for fast casual games, that you could leave anytime and another player would replace you. So it didn't interfere with real life. Always wish a sequel had come out.
tdburn··on Inside the Home of Instant Pot
Does anyone else think the instant pot puts out weird smelling food sometimes?

Like almost sour

tdburn··on Type Erasure in Swift
Saw Erasure and was expecting this instead

https://youtu.be/CC_Y4zOUdcI

tdburn··on E-Bikes Offer Entry-Level Electric Transportation
I decided to buy an ebike last month. Turns out there was a lot of information to take in. Hub motors are great and cheap for cruising on flat roads. Crank drive motors/mid drive are great for power and torque for hills and mountain biking. Lunacycle.com is the best value I've found, I had sticker shock at first until I learned what's what.
tdburn··on Vitamin D and cancer prevention
My opinion, the two most important vitamin levels to check are vitamin D and B12. Many people are easily deficient of both.

Some say 60-80 blood serum level is the optimal (80+ is possibly toxic) while others point to 40-50 as healthy

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