rposborne
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Comment · 2 years ago
How do you beat https://www.aptible.com/?
Comment · 3 years ago
They have reasonable kids meals which attracts parents to them over other fast food options, Good fruit options etc. and instead of toys they give either activities or a book.
Comment · 4 years ago
Affect Therapeutics | Software Engineers (All levels) | Full-Time | Remote
Apply here https://www.affecttherapeutics.com/about/join/
Affect is building a digital treatment to treat people with substance abuse disorder. You will work side by side with physicians and medical staff to help real people live a better life.
Compensation: $100-200k base salary depending on qualifications + equity options
Tech: Django / Python, React Native, Typescript, Postgres, full CI/CD.
Comment · 5 years ago
Affect Therapeutics | Team Lead and Individual Contributors | Full-time, 100% Remote (US) | https://www.affecttherapeutics.com/
Lead Engineer Role https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/2430091243/
Affect Therapeutics is changing the way the world treats stimulant addiction. The company is backed by Kevin Ryan of AlleyCorp; was founded by Dr. Jeff De Flavio, founder of Groups Recover Together, the country's leading opioid addiction recovery program; and advised by the country's top minds in stimulant addiction, including Dr. Larissa Mooney of UCLA and Dr. Tom McClellan, formerly of the Office of National Drug Control Policy.
Other openings and more details at https://www.affecttherapeutics.com/
Comment · 9 years ago
Wouldn't it be better as a PDF so that it can be selected? But somehow still retain the color / formatting.
Comment · 9 years ago
The documentation on this is an awesome read! What were the costs associated with this build? What would you do differently the second time around?
Comment · 11 years ago
There are a few tools out there that use a similar paradigm.
RescueTime, uses the same principal (active focused window) https://www.rescuetime.com/
Wakatime, which is similar, but closer to your "goals" I think. Which issues "heartbeats" of open files / websites / w/e you want that can be related to a given project programatically. https://wakatime.com
Though generally just love this, I constantly strive to automate timekeeping for the trivial stuff.
Comment · 12 years ago
Looks great but you guys have a name conflict with a major bus provider up and down the east cost. http://www.vamoosebus.com/
Comment · 12 years ago
Not so much there own "ride sharing" but their own automated car fleet. There already have been rumors of Google using the self driving car in this fashion. It would be simple to swap out Uber for a Google Car.
Comment · 12 years ago
Yup, they just shipped mine on saturday. Think they are about to backer 3000 now.
Comment · 12 years ago
Have any of them giving you all benchmarks to hit to secure funding?
Comment · 12 years ago
The definition of a vaccine is that it is preventative vs. a cure which is removing a disease from a previously infected patient.
"A vaccine is a biological preparation that improves immunity to a particular disease."
Comment · 12 years ago
It's actually surprisingly accurate. This part in particular " Anytime a product completely novel and innovative enters this space, it is extremely difficult to obtain early adopter. " Bringing a drug to market is a massive undertaking and most Biotech Investors look at novel treatments as way to high of a risk.
Comment · 13 years ago
This is a pretty old guidance last updated 11/29/05. And this is not a guideline for what is "Allowed" but is a "represents the criteria for direct reference seizure".
Regardless 10 bucks says if you grow your own the rate is going to be much higher. Gardening is not a sterile environment.