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Re: Ask HN: Do you have startup ideas to share?

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Post by Mz »

akg_67 wrote: post #28
Mz wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can you explain to me what the benefit of this study is supposed to be? (I think finding a way to eliminate the study would make more sense.)

The study measures the pH over 48 hour period near the entrance of stomach. This helps determine the frequency and strength of acid reflux into esophagus from stomach to assess the severity of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). Typically, capsule is placed in esophagus during the endoscopy. Based on my readings before the procedure, in my opinion, BRAVO capsule technique is currently the most advanced, accurate,…

Thank you for replying. I am trying to understand what benefit there is to studying the frequency and strength. How is that information used? What good does it do you to know?

I am sorry if I sound obtuse. I am genuinely trying to understand this. I have a serious medical condition which causes extreme acidification. Reversing the acidity has reversed a lot of my symptoms. I did not need a fancy test to do that. So I am trying to understand ... why people do this sort of thing, I guess. It makes no sense to me but what I do makes no sense to other people. I don't know how to cross that communication gap right now. I am trying to figure it out.

Re: Ask HN: Do you have startup ideas to share?

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Post by akg_67 »

Mz wrote: post #31
akg_67 wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The study measures the pH over 48 hour period near the entrance of stomach. This helps determine the frequency and strength of acid reflux into esophagus from stomach to assess the severity of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). Typically, capsule is placed in esophagus during the endoscopy. Based on my readings before the procedure, in my opinion, BRAVO capsule technique is currently the most advanced, accurate,…

Thank you for replying. I am trying to understand what benefit there is to studying the frequency and strength. How is that information used? What good does it do you to know? I am sorry if I sound obtuse. I am genuinely trying to understand this. I have a serious medical condition which causes extreme acidification. Reversing the acidity has reversed a lot of my symptoms. I did not need a fancy test to do that. So I…

The study helps figure out the severity and seriousness of the problem. There are wide range of treatments, from lifestyle changes to extended treatment with drugs, maintenance drugs and surgery. There is no one treatment that applies to everyone and study helps make a much better informed decision about treatment options. Too much acid reflux can result in lining deterioration, perforation or even cancer in esophagus. Based on study results, doctors can recommend the checkup frequency for esophagus too.

Hope this helps clarify why such studies are performed. I look at such studies as data-driven decision making.

Re: Ask HN: Do you have startup ideas to share?

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Post by Mz »

akg_67 wrote: post #32
Mz wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thank you for replying. I am trying to understand what benefit there is to studying the frequency and strength. How is that information used? What good does it do you to know? I am sorry if I sound obtuse. I am genuinely trying to understand this. I have a serious medical condition which causes extreme acidification. Reversing the acidity has reversed a lot of my symptoms. I did not need a fancy test to do that. So I…

The study helps figure out the severity and seriousness of the problem. There are wide range of treatments, from lifestyle changes to extended treatment with drugs, maintenance drugs and surgery. There is no one treatment that applies to everyone and study helps make a much better informed decision about treatment options. Too much acid reflux can result in lining deterioration, perforation or even cancer in esophagu…

Thank you for your patience. I am not sure it helps because I think what I do is data driven but it comes from another direction. I am not sure I understand any better or know what I need to be asking, really.

Re: Ask HN: Do you have startup ideas to share?

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Post by jister »

wilbertliu wrote: post #21
namenotrequired wrote: post #15

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What sucks about to-do lists?

Actually it's related to my laziness (and hopefully others had that too) to write to-do list because of these two things : 1. It will become a long list (when reaching 10 or more items) and it made me psychologically "lazy" to write more or mark some item as "done". 2. I just realised that it's best to focus on one thing and make it done as soon as possible rather than seeing a long to-do list. Any thoughts? :)

can't you make your to-do list short?

Re: Ask HN: Do you have startup ideas to share?

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Post by robertjwebb »

jister wrote: post #35
wilbertliu wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Actually it's related to my laziness (and hopefully others had that too) to write to-do list because of these two things : 1. It will become a long list (when reaching 10 or more items) and it made me psychologically "lazy" to write more or mark some item as "done". 2. I just realised that it's best to focus on one thing and make it done as soon as possible rather than seeing a long to-do list. Any thoughts? :)

can't you make your to-do list short?

How about a to-do list that deletes all but the most recent n entries?

Re: Ask HN: Do you have startup ideas to share?

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Post by wilbertliu »

jister wrote: post #35
wilbertliu wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Actually it's related to my laziness (and hopefully others had that too) to write to-do list because of these two things : 1. It will become a long list (when reaching 10 or more items) and it made me psychologically "lazy" to write more or mark some item as "done". 2. I just realised that it's best to focus on one thing and make it done as soon as possible rather than seeing a long to-do list. Any thoughts? :)

can't you make your to-do list short?

Of course i can do that per to-do. But imagine if we have 10 or more to-do list.

Re: Ask HN: Do you have startup ideas to share?

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Post by wilbertliu »

meowface wrote: post #30
wilbertliu wrote: post #4

Recently i thought about making to-do list that don't suck :) Interested to know more about it?

While a noble pursuit, I think there are dozens of start-ups (completely free/open apps as well as for-profit businesses) trying to do exactly this. I think Trello counts as a big one.

Trello is great, i used that for few times. But it turned that i spent much of my time to organise things than make it done.
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