Hacker News: richcollins

New comment by richcollins in "Ask HN: What Happened to the Reddit IPO?"

richcollins — Tue, 25 Oct 2022 15:07:31 +0000

They couldn’t coerce enough people to install the app.

New comment by richcollins in "Blue Zones, where people reach age 100 at 10 times greater rates"

richcollins — Tue, 19 Jul 2022 21:45:35 +0000

In the people that use meat’s superior satiety to stay lean, you see lower inflammation, IGF-1, insulin … etc. On a purely meat diet with loads of protein, my IGF-1 was 90, a z-score of -1.

New comment by richcollins in "Accepted and ghosted: interviewing for a leadership position at Stripe"

richcollins — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 12:27:36 +0000

He tricked me into working for a month without a contract and then wouldn’t answer my calls when I asked him to sign the terms we agreed upon. I had to show up and sit on their couch until he showed up to write me a check to go away. He’s a slippery character.

New comment by richcollins in "Fructose in diet expands the surface of the gut and promotes nutrient absorption"

richcollins — Fri, 20 Aug 2021 01:56:20 +0000

There are hunter gatherers (hadza, ache, pygmies) that eat substantial amounts of honey without becoming overweight.

New comment by richcollins in "Humans are more dependent on water than many other mammals"

richcollins — Mon, 21 Jun 2021 15:45:38 +0000

On a high fat ketogenic diet, my thirst is satisfied on ~500ml of water a day. I drink much more when running on glucose, if it's really hot or I exercise intensely.

New comment by richcollins in "Are continuous glucose monitors a waste of time for people without diabetes?"

richcollins — Sun, 20 Jun 2021 15:14:02 +0000

Lose body fat. Stopping eating refined carbohydrates. Take the Kraft glucose insulin test to see if you have “diabetes in situ” https://www.meridianvalleylab.com/services/kraft-prediabetes...

New comment by richcollins in "The Calorie Paradox of Raw Veganism (1999)"

richcollins — Thu, 11 Jul 2019 14:23:31 +0000

You can get plenty of calories from raw animal fats. Cooking does help a lot with plants though. Also helps with infectious agents in meat and plants.

New comment by richcollins in "Lyme Disease Cases Are Exploding"

richcollins — Wed, 26 Jun 2019 01:52:08 +0000

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4920391/

New comment by richcollins in "Why Are Human Teeth So Messed Up? (2017)"

richcollins — Mon, 18 Mar 2019 01:47:41 +0000

By analyzing plant remains in the cave, Humphrey's team found that residents ate lots of a particularly sweet type of acorn, which becomes soft and sticky when cooked. They also ate wild oats and legumes. Such foods can lead to serious decay,

New comment by richcollins in "Long-dormant bacteria and viruses in ice are reviving as climate warms"

richcollins — Sat, 06 May 2017 04:35:37 +0000

Cold is correlated with low sunlight, which leads to less vitamin D production:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4463890/

New comment by richcollins in "Request for Startups: News, Jobs, and Democracy"

richcollins — Tue, 31 Jan 2017 19:10:38 +0000

Building tools for fact-checking and helping people decipher fact from fiction will become increasingly important to keep the electorate informed

Sadly the electorate doesn't care about being informed. They seek out news that confirms their world view. Any information that contradicts their world view is deemed "fake news".

New comment by richcollins in "Making Humans a Multiplanetary Species [video]"

richcollins — Tue, 27 Sep 2016 20:36:41 +0000

We are being made to participate in this venture via taxes.

That said, its incredibly exciting.

New comment by richcollins in "What If Addiction Is Not a Disease?"

richcollins — Tue, 09 Aug 2016 01:56:38 +0000

A lot of formerly beneficial adaptations have become "diseases" in the modern world (sugar cravings for instance).

New comment by richcollins in "It Depends What You Study, Not Where"

richcollins — Sat, 07 May 2016 16:17:11 +0000

So best choice is to probably to invest in S&P while learning to program on your own.

New comment by richcollins in "Study: people who grow up poor have a harder time regulating their food intake"

richcollins — Sun, 17 Apr 2016 20:06:05 +0000

A twin study to look for a potential common cause between poverty and poor food selection might yield interesting results.

New comment by richcollins in "SpoonRocket shuts down"

richcollins — Tue, 15 Mar 2016 16:15:29 +0000

It was a lifesaver for those times when it was 6pm and you didn't have dinner ready for your kids.

New comment by richcollins in "Big Company vs. Startup Work and Compensation"

richcollins — Fri, 18 Dec 2015 18:39:33 +0000

Author missed option 3:

Do contract work at $250 an hour or equivalent compensation in shares at >= series B funded startups. Choose the level of risk you're willing to accept in cash vs equity. (Nearly) completely avoid politics and other office related BS. Take vacation between gigs if you like. Get a very broad variety of experiences at different companies and get a good feeling for what companies are willing to pay for should you decide to start your own.

New comment by richcollins in "The military tested bacterial weapons in San Francisco in 1950"

richcollins — Fri, 10 Jul 2015 14:18:28 +0000

Are you attempting to justify this? If I ran a "harmless" experiment over a population of 100M that happened to kill 10 or 20 "outliers" should I be exempt from consequences as well?

New comment by richcollins in "Secretive Bitcoin Startup 21 Reveals Record Funds, Hints at Mass Consumer Play"

richcollins — Tue, 10 Mar 2015 17:25:42 +0000

There is an iOS wallet that connects directly to the network that downloads the necessary info in seconds:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/breadwallet-bitcoin-wallet/i...

New comment by richcollins in "The Death of Cocoa"

richcollins — Tue, 30 Dec 2014 17:28:48 +0000

Minor nit to give credit where it's due. 280 North had three founders: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/280_North,_Inc.