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Re:Ask HN: Startup not paying wages yet on Monday October 19, 2015 @06:53AM (#10412129)
Sounds like sheer incompetence. Dust off your CV and start applying elsewhere.

When startups fail, the commonest cause is fcked founders. And your founder sounds fcked in spades.

Re:Theranos Trouble: A First Person Account on Monday October 19, 2015 @05:37AM (#10411941)
In polycythaemia vera, it translated to strokes and heart attacks.

Just like it does for the Tour De France. Rob Goris was a recent example http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/07/news/goris-30-dies-of...

Re:Theranos Dials Back Lab Tests at FDA’s Behest on Friday October 16, 2015 @03:56AM (#10398019)
He is an epidemiologist. I would have expected haematologists, chemical pathologists, cytopathologists, clinical biochemists, histopathologists and other relevant specialists on the board.

At the moment, there is just a trophy, retired epidemiologist.

Re:A Brief History of the End of the Comments on Friday October 09, 2015 @04:06AM (#10358723)
At the Financial Times site, much of the value is comments by the readers, many of whom are active in the industry.
Re:New human-like species discovered on Thursday September 10, 2015 @07:37AM (#10197412)
A number of paleoanthropologists are skeptical of the claims. They say that the bones look like H.erectus and that some of the more bizarre claims sound "tailored for the media"
You almost always want to sell the portfolio firm after three to five years. It is therefore in the PE firm's interests to have the firm healthy and thriving. The idea is very definitely not to cripple or harm the portfolio firm.

For an excellent example of best practice look at what Blackstone have done with the Hilton Group, Wolfskin, Merlin Entertainments ( owner of Legoland, Madame Tussaud's, London Eye ), the Bujagali Hydropower Project in Uganda or the Moser Baer Projects in India.

Re:Chanakya: India's Machiavelli on Thursday September 03, 2015 @02:46AM (#10163624)
He was far more effective and far more successful than Machiavelli.

He selected Chandragupta to destroy the Nanda dynasty and used him to create the Maurya empire. The Mauryas ruled the largest empire ever in the Indian subcontinent. Ashoka, the third to rule the empire was responsible for the global transmission of Buddhism.

He was also far more vindictive than Machiavelli.

"It is also told that once, the thorns of a bush hurt Chankya's feet while he was passing through a forest. The wily Brahmin was cut to the quick, and wanted revenge. He got his revenge by pouring sugar syrup into the roots of the bush, thus ensuring that the ants ate up the root and destroyed the bush."

His main philosophy was "A debt should be paid off till the last penny; An enemy should be destroyed without a trace".

Re:Brazilian wasp venom kills cancer cells by opening them up on Wednesday September 02, 2015 @06:36PM (#10162370)
"In the last 20 years only 2 new drugs have been approved till a 3rd this spring."

Wrong.

In the first 7 months of 2015 the FDA approved 6 oncological drugs

In 2014 the FDA approved 10 oncological drugs

In 2013 the FDA approved 12 oncological drugs

https://www.centerwatch.com/drug-information/fda-approved-dr...

It is true that only 3 drugs have been approved specifically for neuroblastoma, a rare childhood cancer. This accounts for 6% of childhood cancers.

Misrepresenting facts does nobody any good.

Re:Brazilian wasp venom kills cancer cells by opening them up on Wednesday September 02, 2015 @01:10AM (#10157537)
"So is Polybia-MP1 another game changer in the Cancer world?"

No. HN has been suckered yet again by a PR release.

These are similar to and around as reliable as the PR releases that claim to revolutionise the internet, cars, plastics, toothpaste or condoms.

Re:Brazilian wasp venom kills cancer cells by opening them up on Wednesday September 02, 2015 @01:08AM (#10157534)
Read the primary source.

Abstract: http://www.cell.com/biophysj/abstract/S0006-3495(15)00768-7

Full text: http://www.cell.com/biophysj/fulltext/S0006-3495(15)00768-7

Please do not go off on a tangent after reading brain dead PR releases meant for the masses. These are the scientific world's equivalent of clickbait and have little connection to the actual study.

How much longer before Google starts flagging Sourceforge as a malware site ?
Re:Oliver Sacks has died on Sunday August 30, 2015 @06:16PM (#10144644)
He contibuted more to literature, if it can be called that, than to neurology. His writings were akin to the breathless articles in Wired on the "AMAZING DIGITAL FUTURE".

If you want to read real neurology, as opposed to the neurology case studies for the unwashed masses that Sacks churned out, Lord Brain's Diseases of the Nervous System ( now in the 12th edition ) is a classic. http://oxfordmedicine.com/view/10.1093/med/9780198569381.001...

Re:Haskell for Mac on Sunday August 30, 2015 @10:13AM (#10143354)
I already have the Haskell toolchain and libraries. It merely required the command "apt-get install haskell-platform". However, the Haskell Playgrounds feature that Chakravarty offers sounds interesting enough to spin up a Mac VM.
Re:How the Ballpoint Pen Killed Cursive on Saturday August 29, 2015 @10:11PM (#10142036)
I have a nice Baoer 79 Montblanc Starwalker clone that I paid under $4 for ( delivery included ) Here is someone's review http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/240914-baoer-7...

If you prefer something larger,the Jinhao 159 is a clone of the Montblanc Meisterstück 149 http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/216230-jinhao-... and is under $6 on ebay

Re:Haskell for Mac on Tuesday August 25, 2015 @08:50AM (#10116055)
The problem is having to use a Mac. I guess that I could spin up my Yosemite virtual machine...
Have you considered Canada ? It has nice people and is not as hostile to migrants as some other countries.
Re:Ask HN: What do you do when an homeless ask you money? on Thursday August 06, 2015 @06:35AM (#10015613)
I give them money if I have spare cash on me. They need it more than I do.

As to what they use it for, they are adults and can make their own choices, whether it be using it to pay for a EduX course ( unlikely ) or buying heroin ( unlikely ).

If you or I became homeless ( admittedly unlikely ) and begged for money ( hopefully unlikely ), surely you would want to be given money rather than fake friendliness or food.

Re:Why Red Means Red in Almost Every Language on Thursday August 06, 2015 @05:30AM (#10015411)
Rakta: Sanskrit ( an Indo-Aryan language ) Chomapeh: Malayalam (A Dravidian language ) Lal: Hindi / Urdu / Punjabi ( three related Indo-Aryan languages)
Re:I am shutting down my bookstore in New Delhi on Tuesday August 04, 2015 @06:30AM (#10002530)
In addition, the indifferent service at most book shops ( I refer to Dymocks, Barnes and Nobles, Borders and various independent local bookshops that I have visited over the years ) has meant that the interaction with Amazon is actually more pleasant.

Dealing with bored, uninterested counter staff at bookshops is about as rewarding as dealing with bored,uninterested counter staff at any other shop.

Re:I am shutting down my bookstore in New Delhi on Tuesday August 04, 2015 @06:25AM (#10002518)
To a serious reader, the physical manifestation of the book melts away, leaving only the communion between the mind and the abstract book.

If you like books for the"feel", you are missing the point of reading.

Re:I am shutting down my bookstore in New Delhi on Tuesday August 04, 2015 @06:18AM (#10002497)
I read many hundreds of books a year. The vast majority are ebooks.

In the last 10 years, I have bought less than 10 dead tree books. That makes it a ratio of around 5000 ebooks to 10 ( at the most ) physical books.

A relative of mine made the mistake of renting to a start up. Rent has not been paid for several months. Legal proceedings have started. ( This is in a country where evicting tenants is notoriously difficult. )

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