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c-slice | 9 years ago | on: Twilio S-1

Only stockholders >5% are required to show up in an S-1

c-slice | 9 years ago | on: Coding without Google

That sounds so incredible. Coding purely for the enjoyment of it. Coding just for the value of the learning. Kind of the most pure way to enjoy something.

c-slice | 10 years ago | on: Withings acquired by Nokia

Withings has consistently built really functional, beautiful products. From the outside it seems like an innovative, well run company. Hopefully this will continue to stay the same with Nokia.

c-slice | 10 years ago | on: Impossible I-1: first new Polaroid camera in 20 years

What's interesting is this comes weeks after Fujifilm announced that they would stop manufacturing their polaroid 100 film, which fit larger body polaroid cameras. Really smart move on the part of the impossible project.

c-slice | 10 years ago | on: Model 3 Unveiling [video]

The presentation definitely felt short. I wanted to understand more of the specifications, get to know the car a little bit. Especially if 115K people just pre-ordered something they know so little about.

c-slice | 10 years ago | on: iPhone SE

Why the exact same shape as the iPhone 5S? I feel like a significant reason people buy new iPhones is the idea that people will notice you have the newest model. With SE, it will just appear like you have an out of date iPhone 5. Why not round the edges like the iPhone 6?

c-slice | 10 years ago | on: Why Are Ultrasound Machines So Expensive?

Here are a few more reasons:

1) High touch sales process, slow sales cycles - ultrasounds take a long time to sell to hospitals/clinics so the sales process is very high touch and requires a significant number of demos and in person time. Those sales reps are usually paid on commission. Cheap products don't make sense to sell this way.

2) Lack of competition and high development cost - Ultrasound machines are a Class II medical device and so are regulated by the FDA. FDA requires compliance with most relevant ISO standards, and there would probably be a dozen relevant standards for an ultrasound machine.

3) Liability - complex medical devices that are used for critical diagnoses create big liability problems for the hospitals/clinicians. They have no incentive to choose the low-cost model sold by a startup. No one ever got sued for choosing GE/Philips/etc.

4) Lack of price transparency - its often hard to find prices for big ticket medical devices, so the natural pressure to reduce costs through competition isn't as effective, especially with a high touch/high cost sales process.

c-slice | 10 years ago | on: Why Are Ultrasound Machines So Expensive?

There is 0 chance that a US hospital or clinician will risk using an off-label ultrasound machine from china on a single patient. It's almost guaranteed to not be FDA/CE approved. That's how you get a malpractice suit.

c-slice | 10 years ago | on: Snowden lawyer: Bill of Rights was meant to make government’s job more difficult

This was the thesis of the Declaration of Independence upon which the theory for the Constitution was based. That natural rights are 1) exist and 2) are "God given" and are not granted by governments.

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed...."

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