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Wow. What a post.

Sway Medical has received FDA 510(k) clearance as a Computerized Cognitive Assessment Aid for Concussion.

This clearance expands on Sway Medical’s previous FDA clearance for balance testing in head injuries, officially recognizing Sway as the first fully integrated tool that combines both cognitive and balance testing into one product for concussion management.

Thirding this.

Add another +1 for me. Would buy it today.

Thanks for sharing. I thought this was the most interesting paragraph:

“Air safety investigators attributed Vulović's survival to her being trapped by a food trolley in the DC-9's fuselage as it broke away from the rest of the aircraft and plummeted towards the ground. When the cabin depressurized, the passengers and other flight crew were blown out of the aircraft and fell to their deaths. Investigators believed that the fuselage, with Vulović pinned inside, landed at an angle in a heavily wooded and snow-covered mountainside, which cushioned the impact.[1][a] Vulović's physicians concluded that her history of low blood pressure caused her to pass out quickly after the cabin depressurized and kept her heart from bursting on impact.[7] Vulović said that she was aware of her low blood pressure before applying to become a flight attendant and knew that it would result in her failing her medical examination, but she drank an excessive amount of coffee beforehand and was accepted.[3]”

I am in the United States. I’ve never used WhatsApp a single time. I’m involved in a number of different group chats across many different organizations and groups.

>Why are daily driver cars supposed to be fun?

I think it’s just a matter of preference. Just like you might prefer to spend money and time on some other form of entertainment, some people who have to drive every day prefer to get some enjoyment out of it. Regardless of your judgement on “car culture”, it is enjoyment and happiness for that people nonetheless.

>I think it is ruining America.

This is not an America thing. And it’s not new. Many modern societies, ever since cars have been invented, have had this “car culture” you speak of.

As bad as I want to read past the first paragraph, it’s not even worth it to spend another second on this ad-ridden website.

Interesting analysis. I enjoyed reading it. Seemed pretty much in line with what I would expect.

I am curious where you came up with the 30,000 guess for bootstrapped startups in the following statement:

“X (My guess is 30000 startups) start bootstrapping —-> 2868 list on IH —-> 915 making 10k$ MRR

That puts the actual percentage to be : 3.5% chance of success.”

I worked at Chick-Fil-A for a year or so in high school. One of the ones in a free standing building in the middle of a parking lot of a much larger shopping center- bordering the interstate. A group of 6-7 of us, INCLUDING the General Manager, were big gamers.

At the time, Call of Duty releases were all the rage. The night of the Modern Warfare 2 release, we all closed up at 10pm, invited a few of our friends, and brought in our monitors (mostly 40inch TVs) and Xboxes. We set them all up on the Chick-Fil-A tables and booths and made several batches of Chick-fil-A nuggets and fries. We played 6v6 from about 11:00pm - 4:00am.

I remember thinking how ridiculous it must have looked from the interstate to see a Chick-Fil-A lit up with 12 screens inside through those translucent shades at 2:00 in the morning on a weekday.

That is one of the greater memories of my childhood. It delights me just to think about it!

Bummer to hear you all don’t like it. I drove a RWD Long Range Model 3 for 4.5 years. Absolutely loved everything about it. But the range was no where near 310 miles like stated. But I couldn’t have really cared less once I knew that fact. The few times a year I needed more than 200 miles, I used superchargers on my route just like I would if I had 250-300 and had to wait an extra 2 minutes at the charger. I averaged ~300-325 wh/m going 80-90mph on the highway (wind speed/direction obviously makes a big difference). 75kwh battery. 230 mile range. Every other day was charge to 80%, incredibly convenient to never think about it or gas and have more torque, speed than any other car you’re around. And low to no maintenance.

I now own a Long Range Model X. It is MUCH closer to the EPA mileage. I average ~330wh/m but I have a 100kwh battery, so much closer to a legitimate 300 mile range. Once again, doesn’t really make a different unless you happen to have an exact 275 mile trip. Either way, you’ll be stopping at a halfway supercharger to stay in optimal charge range (15-85%).

Didn’t know this was even possible. Had to research.

It wouldn’t be called “IPO” anymore, but a company can offer subsequent market shares through a Follow-on Public Offering (FPO.) This occurs when a business raises capital in a second round of stock through either dilutive or non-dilutive options. Good to know.

This comment reminded me so much of the movie Whiplash. If you haven’t seen it, it’s worth a watch, given your history.

Here is the LinkedIn Kafka article:

https://engineering.linkedin.com/blog/2019/apache-kafka-tril...

Gauge the wife’s happiness meter (one of her love languages is Acts of Service). As it lowers, make it a priority to get home earlier to knock out more chores after work.

(Just a joke HN!)

I think AI will help “NoCode” solutions. But it’s definitely not Apples to Apples, as tooling like ChatGPT would be one level lower in the stack.

AI is arguably just another form of abstraction that exports real code. Telling ChatGPT “build me component XYZ” could be considered similar to dragging and dropping on a customizable UI.

Pickup basketball 3x per week. Burns a ton of calories and very enjoyable.

That’s very interesting. I see several per week in my neighborhood in DFW. Same in my past DFW neighborhood. I’m guessing it’s much more localized than just metro/city. Certain suburbs might be much more suitable.

Just curious- how did you advertise/market your saaspegasus solution? I Google “boilerplate python and Django SaaS app” and your site is not front page, so I figured SEO probably isn’t the answer.

Absolutely. Although, I'd like to say that most of the time people get into discussions like these, it ends in an "agree to disagree" conclusion because, in my opinion, the truth of the matter is it all comes down to tradeoffs and opinions.

I need to keep this short due to wife so I probably won't be able to get my full opinion across. From my experience, I believe that the additional layer of abstraction provides a faster and easier development experience upfront, but generally (not always) comes with an additional layer of bugs, troubleshooting, updates, etc. I read an article on here the other day about whether Xamarin was worth learning. I loved a comment that one user name eonil left:

What you have to deal with;

Xcode = iOS bugs + UIKit bugs

Xamarin = iOS bugs + UIKit bugs + different runtime, language, memory model abstractions + .NET bugs + P/Invoke bugs & overheads + GC inter-op bugs & overheads + C# bugs + slow followup of platform updates

Xamarin Forms = iOS bugs + UIKit bugs + different runtime, language, memory model abstractions + .NET bugs + P/Invoke bugs & overheads + GC inter-op bugs & overheads + C# bugs + slow followup of platform updates + extra UI abstraction layers + lack of fine level controls & features

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12948611

While I know this is specific to Xamarin and is only an opinion, I tend to think similarly about layers of abstraction over a language. Clearly there is abstraction all over the place that I couldn’t go without, but maybe I’m not just not yet ready to accept another one.