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New comment by d4704 in "Coronary artery calcium testing can reveal plaque in arteries, but is underused"

d4704 — Sun, 27 Jul 2025 11:43:43 +0000

I’ve read that (injection currently, not oral) ‘PCSK9 inhibitors’ may help lower Lp(a) where few other things do today.

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/drugs/22550-pcsk9-inhi...

New comment by d4704 in "Adipose tissue retains an epigenetic memory of obesity after weight loss"

d4704 — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 12:59:28 +0000

Agreeing and I found it interesting to learn more about caloric availability to the body.

I.e. calories on the label vs what the body can actually access.

Like drinking smoothies (high availability) vs raw fruit (lower availability)

Dr. Greger (Nutrition focused) discusses some of this on calorie density and some referenced studies here if interested:

https://nutritionfacts.org/blog/how-to-lose-weight-eating-mo...

New comment by d4704 in "Spain proposes 100% tax on homes bought by non-EU residents"

d4704 — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 01:16:15 +0000

> Even if migrants commit crimes at a lower rate than the local population, unless it's exactly zero, it'll still increase the crime rate.

But that assumes you do not count the person who commit the crime as part of the population count.

In this example, “crime per capita” goes down if they commit crime below the average crime rate of population before they joined that population.

New comment by d4704 in "The engineering behind the San Antonio River Walk"

d4704 — Sun, 12 Jan 2025 00:50:29 +0000

1984 / George Orwell: 'Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.'

New comment by d4704 in "Dog Aging Project"

d4704 — Tue, 31 Dec 2024 13:46:42 +0000

It’s a research project I’ve seen before - healthspan and lifespan research.

If interested -

Project lead interviewed by Dr. Peter Attia: https://peterattiamd.com/mattkaeberlein/

Rapamycin: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/03/15/rapamycin...

New comment by d4704 in "FCC wants all phones unlocked in sixty days, AT&T and T-Mobile aren't so keen"

d4704 — Sun, 22 Sep 2024 12:29:23 +0000

Would you be accepting any phone(s) if shipped to you or do you have a group you would recommend that accepts shipments of phones?

Thank you!

New comment by d4704 in "OpenAI departures: Why can’t former employees talk?"

d4704 — Sat, 18 May 2024 10:55:37 +0000

We’d usually point people here to get a better overview of how options work:

https://carta.com/learn/equity/stock-options/

New comment by d4704 in "Tell HN: Ever think of applying to YC? Do it this weekend for S24"

d4704 — Sat, 20 Apr 2024 13:19:43 +0000

Congrats! These are great stories to hear.

Our team has build a business without venture capital in a space where it’s commonly sought after.

Instead we did find a strategic partner in the industry who invested earlier on but then later we established a venture banking relationship and credit facility.

I had almost no idea the options that existed so wanted to post some ideas here for anyone reading.

Venture Capital is one source of funding. So is Growth Equity or even private equity —- but different from “venture”. It sounds like you’re past the “venture” stage anyway.

We’re paying about ~9% interest on a multi-million credit facility now from a bank (several other banks will do this type of lending - not just SVB I also learned along the way recently). There is also minimal warrant coverage provided of 1-1.5% equity which we are happy with.

Some names of banks who are lending - just a few names but wanted to share some ideas as alternatives to venture capital, especially if you have revenue:

* Texas Capital Bank * Cambridge Trust * East West Bank * Bridge Bank