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Glad they draw attention to the difference between “healthy years” and “just more years”. From our work at GoGo (GoGoGrandparent.com) our clients specifically value more time in th…

I don’t think the quote is saying objects have to obey laws because they are extreme (and therefore easy to notice) I think it’s saying all objects have to follow the established r…

You (me, all of us) are (indirectly) paying for Google ads in the same way that we are (indirectly) paying for merchant credit card processing fees. If you paid for search, some bu…

I’m not really buying this, so I thought of a way to disprove it. This statistical outcome only holds for recessive genes on the X chromosome, but it doesn’t make men with the rece…

+1 for tactile buttons! Through our work at GoGoGrandparent.com (a service that helps older adults and people living with disabilities use Uber/Lyft, grocery services, meal service…

Wow, Handprint.com is incredible. I needed to spend some time clicking around to figure out what was where, but then just spent half an hour learning about which hue is actually th…

I think there are some jobs where the role of the job is to - for lack of time to come up with a better phrase: "help humans struggle with human things". Yes, a nurse's role is to …

I think status has as much value as what someone is willing to give you for it. If the YC “Badge” is a currency that opens doors based on its perceived status, that feels like a he…

This is a shame, we had the opportunity to meet with Bryce. He comes across as someone who has thought deeply about the space and was in it for the right reasons. I’m struggling to…

This is a great insight, I’m reading this from my iPhone now!

Hi Dang, I hope you're well and always appreciate the context you bring to articles like this. Is there a way to turn this into a feature where similar submissions are linked?

TLDR; conditions like depression may stem from a poor distribution of cholesterol in the neurotransmitter signaling process in the brain.

Haha awesome, if you ever have any feedback please feel free to send me an email: justin@gogograndparent.com. I'd love to hear how we could improve the service and/or what we could…

Thanks for the heads up! Had it not been for your comment this would likely have continued for a long time.

Have them try GoGoGrandparent.com! A way to use Uber and Lyft with a phone call. Call and press 1 to get picked up from home, call and press 2 to get picked up at your last locatio…

I don’t think I would visit HN if the voting system worked like this. I like hearing the popular opinion, but I also like hearing the popular contrary opinion and very often - like…

I like to think that "ethical" bad decisions are also "short term thinking" bad business decisions. Two small examples that come to mind: (1) Investing in clean energy is both ethi…

I always get shaken up when I remember that at every moment, I'm just experiencing a single snapshot of time. Makes me appreciate things I otherwise take for granted. Thanks for th…

Bezos is not a billionaire because he pays people less money than what he is able to capture from their work. He is a billionaire because he owns a lot of shares in Amazon, and Ama…

I used to make a list of things that I needed to do and stacked new questions or problems under my list. Over the last week I tried addressing the most recently discovered non urge…

People are getting older faster than they ever have before. By 2033 the number of people over the age of 65 will overtake the number of people under the age of 18. It’s difficult t…

It could also be worth looking into GoGoGrandparent.com! 24/7 operators and they automatically monitor and file disputes if drivers go on joy rides. (Full disclosure: I work there.…