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New comment by vanillacupcake in "US closely monitoring case of lab worker who possibly died of plague in Siberia"

vanillacupcake — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:20:02 +0000

“COVID was airborne. COVID had a case fatality rate of 1%. Pneumonic plague, without antibiotics, has a case fatality rate of 100%.” Annie Jacobsen Author of Biological War [00:23:00] https://www.jordanharbinger.com/annie-jacobsen-the-genes-and...

New comment by vanillacupcake in "Ask HN: How to navigate the world as a brain-damaged 17 year old?"

vanillacupcake — Thu, 29 Jun 2023 04:27:51 +0000

How can I get in touch with you? This same thing happened to my sister and now she is a doctor at Harvard and helps a lot of people in the disabled community. She healed her brain and can share how she did it. She was older than you and had less neuroplacity.

New comment by vanillacupcake in "If the Moon Were Only 1 Pixel (2014)"

vanillacupcake — Mon, 21 Jun 2021 01:14:08 +0000

Masterful copy, a feature many leave as an after thought but one of the slickest levers for user delight. Bravo 1 pixel moon man

New comment by vanillacupcake in "What Makes a Great Product Manager"

vanillacupcake — Sun, 22 Nov 2020 19:57:55 +0000

In customer focused companies and at most places I've worked, many team members are indispensable product thinkers (from the CEO to the most junior developer). Simply put, you don't need to be a product manager to be a great product asset or excel at any one of these traits listed in the article. On high functioning teams, product is democratized and many contribute to the roadmap. When product is described as a role, such as product manager, the individual is responsible for bringing teams together through a collaborative process and rallying the team to go all in on a initiative/roadmap to achieve a goal for the business or company. There's other traits involved such as collaboration, practical management of deliverables and timelines, people management, and relentless focus on quality. Last but not least, the article's focus on intuition as a trait didn't seem like the right fit, since many ppl think of intuition as inherent and not learned. Intuition is a combination of experience and continued learning. Anyone who talks with customer, studies an industry, or listens deeply to their coworkers is building intuition around the problem. In practice, I think by saying Data and Intuition, the author intended something more akin to pattern recognition - which again is something available to all of us!

New comment by vanillacupcake in "We throw away our power as engineers working for other people"

vanillacupcake — Wed, 14 Oct 2020 06:19:36 +0000

Helping Medium creators make a living while keeping the simple / ad-free experience of Medium is an interesting arbitrage opportunity until you prove it out and Medium integrates it into their core product offering.

New comment by vanillacupcake in "We throw away our power as engineers working for other people"

vanillacupcake — Wed, 14 Oct 2020 06:11:50 +0000

My life so far. Early 20s: I can do anything and should start a company. Late 20s: imposter syndrome. 30s: wow, there is still so much I don't know. 40s: life is over and haven't accomplished anything, 50s: post menopause and confident as hell (now is time to start a company). Haven't gotten past 32 yet(lol) but many women are most confident in their mid 50s+ according to the science around hormones and how they impact our mood and self perception. I think there's a lot I can learn personally from a fast and loose 28 year old male perception against my own perception. Probably the combo of the two is the perfect human.

New comment by vanillacupcake in "How Much Toilet Paper? – The Coronavirus Toilet Paper Calculator"

vanillacupcake — Wed, 18 Mar 2020 15:15:08 +0000

Kudos to the creator for building this tool. Personally, I wouldn't trust it. Men and women use drastically different amounts of toilet paper.

Urbandipity;) launch party in Seattle on Cinco de Mayo

vanillacupcake — Thu, 05 May 2011 05:56:39 +0000

Article URL: http://crush3r.com/page/tsrvvtpgyz

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2516341

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Startups in the Seattle area?

vanillacupcake — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 05:43:59 +0000

What are some startups that are launching in the next 2 months in the Seattle area?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2308218

Points: 1

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