mattmiller

Joined 17 years ago

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156
Member since
Jan 27
Contact me: mattm184 at gmail
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Comment · 5 months ago
"Antisocial behavior" You are describing teens being social. You dont get to define what antisocial means.
Comment · 4 years ago
Comment · 4 years ago
Why haven't states setup Covid only treatment centers to relieve the pressure on hospitals? Sure there are only so many nurses and doctors but reducing regulation on who could work in these centers would fix that.
Comment · 5 years ago
Parent just suggested a realistic and actionable solution and you replied a snarky totally unrealistic counter offer.
Comment · 5 years ago
I agree with your assessment of the tech but the snake oil is a real turn off. What do I do? Hard to invest money when it feels so scammy.
Comment · 6 years ago
Facebook benefits from outrage. Outrage leads to engagement and virality. Hate correlates to outrage.
Comment · 10 years ago
Do the skimmers save card info to be retrieved later or can they call home somehow?
Comment · 12 years ago
Why wouldn't they sell the app and userbase as well?
Comment · 13 years ago
Health care costs in the US can have the same effect on the population as a tax even though it does not get go through the government. The goal should be to lower the healthcare cost per person, not squabble about who is paying.
Comment · 13 years ago
The Netflix API does not let you create a player. As far as I know Netflix built the player for every device (Ipad, Playstation, Blueray...). If they did not build the player for a device they had to give the device manufacturer a secret API that I am not aware of.

Also, for the curious, their player is all HTML5 driven. They basically compile a browser for each device and build the UI with HTML5.

Comment · 13 years ago
How do you become a "Professional" CEO?
Comment · 14 years ago
This is an interesting possible future. If all things are built from the same raw substance the supplier of that substance will be incredible wealthy and powerful. A new Carnegie in a global economy.

The next lower level of wealth will be the digital rights owners of commodity items. The rights owner of 'Shovel' will start a dynasty that will last for hundreds of years. They could potentially be powerful enough to extend copyright laws forever so that they continue to collect rent on the shovel.

Comment · 14 years ago
I think an easy way to improve the health care industry would be to quadruple the number of urgent cares and keep them all open 24 hours a day. Financially the system encourages urgent care use, but they are often tough to access. Many times in the middle of the night we have to consider taking a child to the ER or just waiting until morning.

I don't know if this would improve general health, but it sure would make me feel like I am getting more for what I pay.

Comment · 14 years ago
You clearly have it figured out. You should call this woman have arrange to have the kid live with you for a few months. I'm sure he will be cured.

Your last two comments may be the stupidest things I have ever heard. I would love to know more about you and know why you think you can fix such a complex problem in < 200 words.

Comment · 14 years ago
That is great, but is it private? If so you should explicitly state that. That will be your differentiating feature that you should stick with.

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