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thegrizzlykingon Inflammation now predicts heart disease more strongly than cholesterol

Why would the insurance pay only 20% if it's a negotiated rate?

thegrizzlykingon FDA proposes ending use of oral phenylephrine as OTC nasal decongestant

Meanwhile generic decongestants like Ambroxol that actually work are too expensive to go through FDA approval.

https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2024/05/th...

Maybe a shorter duration(<5yrs) patent(for lack of better word) for unapproved generics might do the trick.

thegrizzlykingon It Turns Out Charging Stations Are Cash Cows for Nearby Businesses

I always wondered why Starbucks never capitalized on this. Charging station outside with discount if you buy at the store.

thegrizzlykingon Google-Wiz deal fizzles out, company will pursue IPO

Most likely reason is FTC. Wiz integrates with big 4 cloud providers. No way FTC is allowing Google to take control. JD Vance's nomination and support for current FTC chair(Lina Khan) doesn't help.

Current FTC is good(personal opinion) from anti trust point of view but maybe bad for startup exits[0].

[0] https://x.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/1812978264484552987

thegrizzlykingon Notes on paper (2023)

Rocketbook is a good alternative.

https://getrocketbook.com/

thegrizzlykingon How to Replace Your CPAP in Only 666 Days

Are there any studies estimating the cost of this kafakasque nightmare? End of the day users pay for this via higher premiums. I am sure doctor's offices also face something similar.

thegrizzlykingon Meta now lets EU users unlink their Facebook, Messenger and Instagram accounts

This should be the default for all mergers above a certain threshold number of users and part of FTC consent decree.

thegrizzlykingon Tracing: Structured logging, but better

Logs are mostly "Hi I reached this line of code, here is some metadata"

thegrizzlykingon Cancer expert given experimental treatments for incurable brain tumour

Many forms of snake oil(herbal supplements etc) is already allowed. Real medicine is what is being denied.

thegrizzlykingon Tax preparers that shared private data with Meta, Google could be fined billions

Attempting to research if tax prep companies had gained consent to disclose and use data from its users, Congress was blocked by the companies, who refused to "provide current and historical versions of disclosure agreements and privacy policies." Undeterred, Congress consulted Internet archives to access historical versions of company policies and pieced together that none of the companies appeared to have gained consent from their customers to share the sensitive data with Meta and Google.

Internet archives to the rescue

thegrizzlykingon Visa and Mastercard agree to lower average credit card interchange fee below 1%

Miles just allow airlines to transfer portion of business expense for personal use.

thegrizzlykingon Google banned me – open sourcing all my apps

This needs regulation. Marketplaces above certain size should provide right to appeal with ability to arbitrate for losses.

thegrizzlykingon When you combine two things that are close, but not the same

Dan Abramov The wet codebase https://youtu.be/17KCHwOwgms

thegrizzlykingon Launch HN: Electric Air (YC W23) – Heat pump sold directly to homeowners

Whats the monthly subscription on this?