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Best airport mental hack for last-minute types: Get lounge access beyond Priorty Pass Even though most domestric lounges are hit-or-miss, it's a way to trick myself into getting to…

Years ago I asked my teacher what percent of street merchants or high school kids would know how to write some of the more complicated, uncommon characters from the advanced textbo…

I saw "YOLK", as in, a weirdly drawn cracked egg with the yolk pouring out downward and to the left. Of course, after reading through I'm convinced enough of the mainstream conclus…

Totally playing devil's advocate, does this loophole work in Twitter's defense? The WARN act requires large enough employers "provide at least 60 calendar days advance written noti…

Chess.com has the "personality bots" that supposedly play with the style of various well-known players, streamers, and GMs. But I remember watching Hikaru Nakamura stream once play…

Fair enough, but that implies there may come a day when mortgage rates are much higher and then housing for new buyers is not at all affordable. Homeowners that locked in 30-year f…

Reading the ending hits closer to home and made me more sad than expected! Andrew Welch was uneasy about the idea of scaling up, especially when they could survive as they were jus…

I always wondered whether the 7-day cruises were stocked only once at the beginning, or restocked mid-way at ports. Does that mean they need to freeze lots of the seafood? Is the f…

My undergrad was a super nerdy school grinding largely solo in the CS lab. Later I did an MBA program to take me completely out of my comfort zone. I gravitated to those who were c…

Maybe a dumb question from a non-medical guy: are medical images considered "stationary" from a stats viewpoint? That is, will medical images of diseases we diagnose in the next 20…

Oh yes, I was also there! But I remember many people came out of that event hearing very different things from PG (there were also small presentations from YC alums hiring). I reme…

One point in defense of the airlines that people often forget. There are certain taxes and fees the airlines must pay when a passenger flies from A to B. However, the government of…

Interesting point on why increased correlation hurts traditional stock pickers and market timers. Does this make a case for quantitative hedge funds doing better? Quant funds are i…

Officially, founders typically only hold common shares (often with further restrictions). Common shareholders should get $0 when selling for less than money raised because of liqui…

Interesting, so if the case hinges on the YC application as evidence of the equity split, then we also know that YC requires all founders to sign an employment agreement with their…