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DVassallo

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singleserver.com 1mo ago

A Kamal wrapper for multiple apps on a single server

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twitter.com 2y ago

A similarity between the CAP theorem and our heart

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newsletter.smallbets.co 2y ago

Why you shouldn't join Y Combinator

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newsletter.smallbets.co 3y ago

The Original “PDF Hustler”

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newsletter.smallbets.co 3y ago

Imagination Is Overrated

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newsletter.smallbets.co 3y ago

Imagination Is Overrated

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newsletter.smallbets.co 3y ago

Imagination Is Overrated

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newsletter.smallbets.co 3y ago

Think of Yourself as a Cockroach

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newsletter.smallbets.co 3y ago

Think of Yourself as a Cockroach

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newsletter.smallbets.co 3y ago

Small Bets Are Cattle Not Pets

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newsletter.smallbets.co 3y ago

Cattle Not Pets

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newsletter.smallbets.co 3y ago

Cattle Not Pets

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vimeo.com 3y ago

Why You Should Build a Portfolio of Small Bets [video]

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twitter.com 4y ago

Zoom is worth less today than before the pandemic

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louiebacaj.com 4y ago

Realestate Investing for Engineers

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twitter.com 4y ago

Christopher Alexander Died

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dvassallo.medium.com 4y ago

Making the Unpredictable, Predictable

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dvassallo.medium.com 4y ago

Variable income makes me smarter

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dvassallo.medium.com 4y ago

Making the Unpredictable Predictable

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www.jpost.com 4y ago

747-sized asteroid skimmed by Earth, and scientists didn't see it coming

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news.crunchbase.com 5y ago

After Going the VC Route, Gumroad Takes a Different Path in New Fundraising

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twitter.com 5y ago

$250K sales from two info products

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www.reddit.com 5y ago

73 observations on the use of an all-meat diet to cure type 2 diabetes (1870)

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medium.com 5y ago

$210,822 in 9 months

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www.bmj.com 5y ago

Parachute use to prevent death and major trauma when jumping from aircraft [pdf]

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youdownloadtheappanditdoesntwork.com 6y ago

You download the app and it doesn’t work

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www.indiehackers.com 6y ago

I sold $104,754 worth of videos and PDFs in 4 months

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medium.com 6y ago

I sold $104,754 worth of videos and PDFs in 4 months

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medium.com 6y ago

I sold $104,754 worth of videos and PDFs in 4 months

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medium.com 6y ago

I sold $104,754 worth of videos and PDFs in 4 months

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It would be if I said YC is the worst thing you could do with your life.

If MKBHD’s title was Why you shouldn’t buy the pin, it would have been better.

But I accept this interpretation is subjective. That’s why I said “I find that…”

I said MKBHD was irresponsible for using a highly sensational headline (worst product ever reviewed) when he has such as large influence. I never said what you're implying.

Taking a job is indeed an alternative. You pay yourself, but you get little control on what you work on (apart from choosing which company to work for). However, you can usually leave easily with a 2 week notice without many downsides.

Getting accepted into YC is quite similar to getting a job. You get paid (less), but you get more control on what you work on. Even though technically you have full control, you don't really do that for moral and ethical reasons. You will want to do things that have a chance of paying off big time, because that's why your investors trusted you with their money. And if you get fed up, it's not as easy to leave. What about your investors? What about your reputation? Will you want to let these people down? Etc.

Vassallo: It’s distasteful (and maybe unethical) to use a sensational title like that when you know millions of people will only see the headline and never watch the full review.

The title is opposite of clickbait. It’s so sensational that millions of people will stop at the headline and not watch the review.

Sorry but this is a lie. I don’t have bots and I don’t do crypto.

Think before you make public accusations.

Global CO2 Levels 3 years ago

How come this says it's 420ppm currently, but when I open a window all the CO2 monitors in my house show ~390ppm?

Indeed, although I believe the main value of the automaticity of the heart isn't about being able to survive brain failure, but about being a real-time system with no dependencies. Unavailability of just ~3 seconds can lead to loss of consciousness. We can afford to stop breathing for a bit if the nervous system is overwhelmed, but the heart can't afford that.

Mine is exactly like yours. During exercise it disappears. Then after about 5 minutes post-exercise, the symptoms become even more regular. I'd get 4-5 normal beats, and then a skipped beat. I managed to capture an ECG post-workout and it shows very clearly the regular PVCs: https://dvassallo.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/twitter/F7yWouK...

From what I've read, when we're exercising (or sick or stressed) the heart rate gets overridden by the SNS (part of the autonomic nervous system). The SA node can only maintain resting heart rate, and once there's extra demands from the body, the SNS takes over (controlled by the brain, but involuntary).

It seems to be a good sign that PVCs disappear during exercise based on the studies I found.

I'm going to take it easy for a few weeks, just out of abundance of caution; just in case there's something else that got missed.

I'm not into any competitions or races. I run for health purposes only, so I'm okay losing some fitness. If the symptoms disappear, I'll certainly ramp up again. If they don't, I'll play it by ear :)

My understanding is that 35-50% of endurance athletes have what I have (including symptoms), and they continue to train without any harmful effects.

Author here. I've been taking running seriously for 22 months, so maybe the past 6 weeks were just the last straw to trigger this arrhythmia. I also had covid at the end of July (very mild symptoms), which made me think there could be a link, but the tests seem to exclude any lingering inflammation or infection.

That’s how I used the term. YC experiences the ensemble average, while individuals are unable to realize their expected value because they only have one lifetime.

"Further, it ignores the massive economic value that the venture ecosystem has created."

The subtitle of the post is: "Or why YC is good for the economy but bad for your economy."