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Re:Stanford bioengineer develops a 50-cent paper microscope on Tuesday March 11, 2014 @07:49AM (#7378654)
Yes. From one of the comment:

> To sign up for the “10,000 Microscope Project” where Prakash will give away 10,000 build-your-own-Foldscope kits to 10,000 people who pledge to share their experiences and experiments on his website, go here: http://www.foldscope.com/contact-us/

Re:Japan to regulate Bitcoin trades, impose taxes on Tuesday March 04, 2014 @05:58PM (#7343844)
Japan economy has not been depressed. Stagnant maybe, but over the last decade unemployment rate was only 5%.
The Cochrane review on omega-3 fats in 2004[1] didn't find any clear benefit concerning Mortality/Cardiovascular problems/Cancer.

[1] http://summaries.cochrane.org/CD003177/there-is-not-enough-e...

Re:Ask HN: Who is Co-Founding? on Thursday January 02, 2014 @09:54PM (#7003894)
Looking for a Business/Marketing cofounder.

I built http://www.memobuild.com, an online editor for technical books and documents. I'm working on a good launch and customer acquisition plan, and could use some help.

The product is already usable and very polished, it's actually a pivot from an e-learning editor I did for several years. With the right marketing execution it could grow to profitability fast. Contact is in my profile.

Interesting thing to notice. Probably just a coincidence but if it was set in purpose it would be really genius evil.
Re:Ask HN: MS Word alternatives for writing academic reports on Friday December 27, 2013 @01:43PM (#6971959)
It's not the paginated output but it's close, especially compared to LaTeX code. And I believe many people understand WYSIWYG broadly as a point and click interface with visual feedback, in contrast to writing some code.
Re:Ask HN: MS Word alternatives for writing academic reports on Friday December 27, 2013 @10:29AM (#6970937)
Isn't LyX WYSIWYG ? Personally I would say it is. (and also @vancomycin below). Sure there is also the "WYSIWYM" category, but it's more of a pun and not broadly known.
Re:Ask HN: MS Word alternatives for writing academic reports on Friday December 27, 2013 @10:10AM (#6970842)
We're beta-testing an online editor for technical documents, if you want to join we would be glad to have you (email/url in my profile). If you'd prefer a more DIY solution, in addition to LaTeX you should also check out asciidoc, it seems to support a lot of what you're after.