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aidscholar

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About aidscholar

mike@aidscholar.com

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    Comment #6140586

    Bit confused with the difference between this versus something like an Amex pre-paid card. Why would someone use True Link over one of the existing pre-paid card options? A web int…

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    Comment #5955172

    Sounds like overaggressive spam detection.

  3. story
    Ask HN: Why isn't there a vertical search engine for health?

    Why hasn't anything replaced Webmd for general health information? And why isn't there a vertical search engine for symptom/potential issue matching? Seems like an opportunity, but…

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    Comment #5744767

    Really like the landing page design. Is the design available for use as part of Authority?

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    Comment #5739715

    While an interesting story - I'm not a fan of the guest blog post pitching a "coaching program" + squeeze page.

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    Ask HN: Opportunities for Structured Data?

    What are some verticals where building you own structured data could be a viable business? I asked this 2.5 years ago and believe there is still plenty of opportunity following thi…

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    Comment #5650959

    Can someone explain the mantra "Do stuff that doesn't scale"? Is this another way to say focus on the hard stuff? Then scale later?

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    Comment #4536316

    Anyone know if there is something similar for people who can't attend during work hours (but willing to put in a full shift after work/weekends)?

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    Comment #2765873

    The font on that page makes it so hard to read. Instant bounce.

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    Comment #2707388

    I really don't want a big black bar on top of my gmail.

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    Comment #2342480

    I hate how the article doesn't mention any numbers / metrics except for the final dollar value.

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    Comment #1895005

    Any linkable images of the nametags? Just curious to see how they look.

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    Comment #1817055

    Link to the paper summary for the sentiment analysis used in this app: http://groups.csail.mit.edu/rbg/code/content_structure/index...

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    Comment #1613265

    Yeah - Vast really does pets. http://www.vast.com/pets Do you really think there's still an opportunity in Travel given ITA/Google?

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    Comment #1612798

    It's hard even to measure the quantitative stuff now. For example, how do you perform a query like "find me 10 colleges in the west coast, that offer both a CS bachelors degree and…

  18. story
    Ask HN: Opportunities for Structured Data?

    Ever since Google acquired ITA and Metaweb, I've been thinking of other verticals where building / aggregating structured data would be valuable. Seems like many niches have alread…

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    Comment #1232925

    Are there any other retail categories with the same type of regular repeat purchase?

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    Comment #1186160

    Isn't this covered by Indeed/Simplyhired?

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    Comment #1110290

    I'm happy with linode. Decent prices, good service.

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    Comment #1104089

    These guides are being updated for Rails 3: http://guides.rails.info/getting_started.html

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    Comment #1075724

    For some reason it reminds me of the Thesis theme. Maybe the choice in fonts?