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repeek commented on LinkedIn sues software company allegedly scraping data from profiles   therecord.media/linkedin-... · Posted by u/thm
repeek · 5 months ago
Curious if Dex (YC 19) (getdex.com) is at risk — their LinkedIn integration requires a chrome extension to scrape data rather than LinkedIn APIs.
repeek commented on Gmail and Yahoo’s 2024 inbox protections and what they mean for email programs   mailgun.com/blog/delivera... · Posted by u/pqvst
repeek · 2 years ago
How does the one-click unsubscribe not get triggered by enterprise SPAM tools like Mimecast or Barracuda?
repeek commented on Career advice no one gave me: Give a lot of notice when you quit   davidlaprade.github.io/gi... · Posted by u/user052919
theodore9dy · 3 years ago
Big fan of advice like this.
repeek · 3 years ago
Lets assume you gave notice because you're moving to a new job. I have a hard time imagining a scenario where your new employer would be OK with a multi-month delay to your start.
repeek commented on Do more with Chrome on a single charge on MacBooks   blog.chromium.org/2023/02... · Posted by u/feross
repeek · 3 years ago
Will this also improve performance of Electron apps on Mac?
repeek commented on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2021)    · Posted by u/whoishiring
repeek · 4 years ago
Ludi Inc. | Product Manager | REMOTE (US) | Full-time

The Product Manager will work alongside our leadership team to provide product leadership for our flagship DocTime Log® suite. This role will work directly with clients, client services, and sales to ensure new features and enhancements are well defined to meet Ludi’s customer needs.

Ludi has assembled a world-class team of engineers that will support and deliver the product roadmap developed by this role.

This is a unique opportunity to be a part of creating innovative products for our healthcare clients.

See full job description here: https://ludiinc.com/product-manager/

repeek commented on The First Delta Force Trainee Class   historyofyesterday.com/th... · Posted by u/stanrivers
simonebrunozzi · 5 years ago
I've been curious about the Delta Force for a while, and I am wondering if there's some sort of training available for civilians that could give you at least a glimpse of the preparation they go through. I'm sure there are many, but I've never heard anything particularly good about one in particular.

Any suggestions based on personal experience?

To be clear: main reason I'm interested in this is simply because it's the kind of preparation that could help you in case you find yourself in a very rare, but potentially lethal, situation (e.g. someone attacking you with a knife in a dead alley, or stuff like this - not the best example but you get the idea).

repeek · 5 years ago
Check out GORUCK events. They're led by former special forces cadre.

https://www.goruckevents.com/

repeek commented on The Botanist Who Defied Stalin   nautil.us/issue/99/univer... · Posted by u/dnetesn
repeek · 5 years ago
A song by The Decemberists, "When the War Came"[1], covers this topic. One of my favorites!

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJHOiQ2uniU

repeek commented on I wasted $40k on a fantastic startup idea   tjcx.me/p/i-wasted-40k-on... · Posted by u/swyx
gault8121 · 5 years ago
This article's thesis seems to be that medical professionals are not incentized to provide the best interventions, and as a result, wouldn't pay for this service. However, what the author fails to mention is the competitors in this space that are successful, such as Up To Date, which provides really high-quality research trial data: https://www.uptodate.com/home

Rather than building a product that informs medical professionals about effective interventions, I wonder if the creator would have had more success if he deeply explored what sources of information these medical professionals pay for now - do they pay for anything at all, such as UpToDate, and don't want to pay this because it's an additional expense? If the creator found which sources people are using, the creator could sell this database as a feature for these partners and widely disseminate this data through partner channels rather than creating a competing source of information. It seems to be a case of this being a good instance of a B2B2C model, where selling this service to other businesses that sell directly to medical professionals could be more viable than trying to sell directly to them.

Alternatively, if the creator wanted to sell to patients, rather than medical professionals, the blueprint here is all of the consumer reports companies, such as Wirecutter, which is one of the New York Times's most popular services. Here, again, a "Wirecutter for medical interventions" could be quite successful, and you could sell this service to media companies that provide consumer reports as a service that would bolster these companies.

It's bad the creator wasn't able to find traction, as getting more medical data into the hands of consumers could have a huge postive impact over time.

repeek · 5 years ago
I don't think he had the correct buyer either. While medical professionals may be the user, for this type of service you need to be selling into hospitals or health systems. They have the incentive for their providers, collectively, to improve the quality of care.

I doubt UpToDate makes their bones off individual subscriptions. The real money to keep a company afloat is from b2b enterprise contracts.

u/repeek

KarmaCake day142October 14, 2015View Original