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Why can't an app be a certified medical device? I'm actually working on one and close to getting certification as a medical device, which will then be rolled out by hospitals etc.

Feedback from user testing has been great, patients loved it generally.

In one of my businesses, hotel booking, i also sell gift cards and market them agressively in festive seasons.1 year validity. 45% goes unclaimed, its now 20% of total profit
i made a company. no personal liability whatsoever, all profits go to me personally (heavy taz but its ok) so they can sue all they want
The trend nowadays is that you just need a bed and a toilet to be comfortable, so cheaper rent. Same happening here in europe, even on new homes, area is decreasing by the year.
Re:Ask HN: Are you still doing Intermittent Fasting? on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @02:06PM (#35443673)
Yes and every 3 months a 5 day cleansing. Does wonders to my ibd (uc)
Re:In the Age of AI, Don't Let Your Skills Atrophy on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @05:04PM (#35363613)
Most of my customers already asking for it. They pay me i do it. Talk about job replacement, i'm raising rates by the day
Re:Inverted computer culture: A thought experiment on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @04:46AM (#35053464)
Yes it ran 24/7 when i was a kid for about 4 years, nowadays i rarely turn it on.
Re:Inverted computer culture: A thought experiment on Monday March 06, 2023 @04:04PM (#35047562)
My schneider 286@12Mhz from 1990 with 40MB huge hdd still running fine, all original components.
Re:The Runner Who Leads Every Pack and Then Vanishes on Monday February 27, 2023 @04:25PM (#34962073)
I must be doing something really wrong, i'm 41 run 50km a week (for 10+yrs) and my <Z2 is 8:52min/mile.

Best i can do is 5km @ 7:15 and i'll be dead running 190bpm+ for the whole duration (and sometimes 200)

must be the genetics.

Re:Why Is Colorectal Cancer Rising Rapidly Among Young Adults? on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @05:16PM (#34700594)
I have UC my doctor told me it just slightly increases the chance whereas some years ago they thought it increased a lot. Is she lying to me or what
I already have people in slack asking hows it going or is it done yet the whole time. incentive enough
Re:The Cost of Shadow Work on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @05:03PM (#34618560)
i have a 5€/mo data simcard (500mb) i got many many years go. I have no use for it. To cancel it they put me through hell. My hour is valued at €200, i have no choice but to let them milk me for eternity. Or maybe someone comes up with a service for cancelling stuff/complain etc. I'de give them 50€ to cancel this crap.
Re:How Likely Is Losing a Google Account? on Monday January 30, 2023 @02:12PM (#34584912)
i bet google could charge 1k/yr and have thousands of paying customer. I would.
Re:And Worst Decisions I’ve Ever Made on Friday January 27, 2023 @03:23PM (#34551320)
I brush every single time i eat. Even if it's a snack. WFH forever helps make that possible.
Re:Gut bacteria are controlling your brain on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @05:32PM (#34511526)
vsl3. i tried some others before (all given by doctor) and had massive diarrhea. i guess each person is different.
Re:Gut bacteria are controlling your brain on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @04:30PM (#34510727)
That one exactly. Expensive as crap and hard to find in my country but it's priceless.
Re:Gut bacteria are controlling your brain on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @04:08PM (#34510411)
I got the opposite experience. I have IBD and recently started on some potent probiotics. Suddenly my energy and focus went up 1000%. So this is how regular people healthy live wow. I used to be lethargic all the time for 30+ years.
Re:Software horror show: SAP Concur on Saturday January 07, 2023 @04:13AM (#34286473)
The nightmares. I was a supplier for cocacola and it was so bad they had to do the invoicing for me because it was magic.
Re:Ask HN: What is your new year's resolution? on Saturday December 31, 2022 @08:15AM (#34196159)
More vacation. At least 1 big weekend a month off to a remote location (fri evening -mon morning)
same thing it does when you dont pay. all goes down. databases readonly mode. Eventually it all gets deleted if you dont pay for a another month or so.
I bought some stuff yesterday on Hearthstone via google, payment got out never got my stuff. Was exactly afraid of that, wont risk it for $10, but also will never buy again
Re:All the ways to get around ChatGPT's safeguards on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @10:41AM (#33985013)
just use the playground, no restrictions
Re:Ask HN: Will AI put programmers our of work? on Sunday December 11, 2022 @07:38AM (#33942639)
No way. Just look at problems like translation. Its a nice tool but you cant rely on it to do a propper translation, it's actually very bad. How long have they been working on the translation problem?

Same with self driving. We get some nice tools to assist drivers but replacement won't come in my lifetime.

Re:Just use Postgres for everything on Saturday December 10, 2022 @01:01PM (#33934902)
Do you really need it early? Got like 2 failures in 20+ years, i just let it fail.
So mouth breathe?
Re:FTX Contagion on Tuesday December 06, 2022 @06:46AM (#33878300)
My friend had his funding rejected because during the DD the cto did not pickup the phone from a strange number. they wanted to speak privatly to him.
Re:A new AI game: Give me ideas for crimes to do on Sunday December 04, 2022 @11:16AM (#33854928)
even better is comedy. i never laughed so much i got it to spew hilarious explict and innapropriate short stories.
Re:Show HN: Yet Another Node.js Framework on Sunday November 27, 2022 @01:58PM (#33765538)
Why does it need the use if its already a parameter?
dont leave the job/get an easier job. Ive been in jobs where yoi basically work 4h a week. Especially in very inefficient north european companies. nothing ever gets done.

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