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pwncake··on Dr. Melvin Scheinman: 40th Anniversary of Catheter Ablation
One of his protégé’s practices in the peninsula and does ablations for many in Silicon Valley
pwncake··on Execs who mandate a return to office admit that it doesn't improve productivity
Leading a highly productive remote team and hearing great stories of competitors wasting cycles and churn creating their own problems trying to force RTO. Just treat adults like... adults?
pwncake··on Missouri jury finds NAR, brokerages guilty of conspiring to inflate commissions
Good. Get rid of the needless 6% tax on $trillions of home purchases.
pwncake··on Substantial ATT Fiber Issues in SF Bay Area?
Likely ATT being resold as Sonic in that area
pwncake··on Woman sues after DNA from rape kit used to arrest her
This person committed a crime and freely gave their DNA. If you have ever taken a 23andMe or other test, the government has your DNA.
pwncake··on Stripe App Marketplace
Glad to see this. Zapier is a hot mess
pwncake··on Uniqlo dangles $8.8M salaries to draw talent in Big Tech showdown
down votes? Sir, you're in a hacker news forum.
pwncake··on Ask HN: What crypto do you use for a consumer facing app? Is Ethereum OK?
Use something like Coinbase Commerce and abstract away the need to choose one and just build on top of it

https://commerce.coinbase.com/

pwncake··on Alarming number of US health care workers are refusing Covid-19 vaccine
Those that haven't gotten it are trying to find anyway they can get it. Hospitals have done a terrible job of prioritizing frontline workers.
pwncake··on We Came All This Way to Let Vaccines Go Bad in the Freezer?
This is crazy. UCSF has frontline emergency doctors that have not yet received the vaccine.
pwncake··on Ask HN: I'm quitting my job, will create a game – any advice?
You should read Stephen's blog here... he covers the highs and lows very honestly and eventually went back to a corporate gig despite making some really cool stuff: http://treasureadventureworld.com/
pwncake··on Launch HN: Gather.Town (YC S19) – Spatial video chat for remote teams
How much funding have you raised? Would you consider crowdsourcing your next round versus just going through traditional VC?
pwncake··on The first-ever image of a black hole is now a movie
Matthew McConaughey
pwncake··on Ask HN: Can you be CEO and have major role in product at a huge company?
Of course, if you are a product-focused CEO. Zuck still does product reviews. Bill Gates did product reviews at MSFT. This really applies more to tech, whereas in finance and other industries the CEO tends to be more of a sales job.
pwncake··on Ask HN: How do some email clients track 'who read' the email?
Correct, even if you look at the URL on each link it will have IDs and tracking code embedded to be able to see who clicked what link and very rarely go straight to the actual URL it is referring to without a hop or two.
pwncake··on Getting started with schema.org using Microdata
Is there an easy or more automated way to do this in WordPress?
pwncake··on Toptal suit against co-founder dismissed
Seems like the other way around: https://www.theinformation.com/go/4146dbb37f
pwncake··on High-Pressure Processing of Food
I am assuming this is the same thing as Cold Pressure processing seen by this hummus brand? http://www.bluemoose.com/about/
pwncake··on Can we all stop using Medium now?
Is there a suggested alternative people should be turning to as opposed to building their own, especially if their expertise is in writing or some other field than computer science or web design?
pwncake··on Third fatal Tesla Autopilot crash renews questions about system
Every incident is obviously tragic, but statistically with the number of Teslas on the road is self-driving roughly on par with the number of expected deadly accidents with manually driven cars? This is still a nascent technology with a lot of promise and it is naive to expect that there will never be a fatality or issue.
pwncake··on Congress Is About to Ban the US Government from Offering Free Online Tax Filing
Then why crush the option? Let the market determine it. If Intuit's product is so much better then it will win.
pwncake··on Switching from Disqus to Commento reduced my page weight
Even Discourse is ok but you have to go offsite to post, something their owner has been adamant about not supporting. Perhaps there is a big market opportunity here to take the best of what's around and what customers are asking for.
pwncake··on Against metrics: how measuring performance by numbers backfires
The Hustle wrote a good article about this a little while ago: https://thehustle.co/Goodharts-Law
pwncake··on A million people cut the cord in the last 3 months, cable companies are worried
They do not seem too worried. Comcast raised my basic internet bill by another $20 per month and when I called to cancel they did not even try to keep me.