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partoutok | 12 years ago | on: Stanford bioengineer develops a 50-cent paper microscope

Yes. From one of the comment:

> To sign up for the “10,000 Microscope Project” where Prakash will give away 10,000 build-your-own-Foldscope kits to 10,000 people who pledge to share their experiences and experiments on his website, go here: http://www.foldscope.com/contact-us/

partoutok | 12 years ago | on: Japan to regulate Bitcoin trades, impose taxes

Japan economy has not been depressed. Stagnant maybe, but over the last decade unemployment rate was only 5%.

partoutok | 12 years ago | on: Depression is an inflammatory disease; where does inflammation come from? [pdf]

The Cochrane review on omega-3 fats in 2004[1] didn't find any clear benefit concerning Mortality/Cardiovascular problems/Cancer.

[1] http://summaries.cochrane.org/CD003177/there-is-not-enough-e...

partoutok | 12 years ago | on: Ask HN: Who is Co-Founding?

Looking for a Business/Marketing cofounder.

I built http://www.memobuild.com, an online editor for technical books and documents. I'm working on a good launch and customer acquisition plan, and could use some help.

The product is already usable and very polished, it's actually a pivot from an e-learning editor I did for several years. With the right marketing execution it could grow to profitability fast. Contact is in my profile.

partoutok | 12 years ago | on: New Twist in International Relations: Corporate Keep-My-Data-Out-of-U.S. Clause

Interesting thing to notice. Probably just a coincidence but if it was set in purpose it would be really genius evil.

partoutok | 12 years ago | on: Ask HN: MS Word alternatives for writing academic reports

It's not the paginated output but it's close, especially compared to LaTeX code. And I believe many people understand WYSIWYG broadly as a point and click interface with visual feedback, in contrast to writing some code.

partoutok | 12 years ago | on: Ask HN: MS Word alternatives for writing academic reports

Isn't LyX WYSIWYG ? Personally I would say it is. (and also @vancomycin below). Sure there is also the "WYSIWYM" category, but it's more of a pun and not broadly known.

partoutok | 12 years ago | on: Ask HN: MS Word alternatives for writing academic reports

We're beta-testing an online editor for technical documents, if you want to join we would be glad to have you (email/url in my profile). If you'd prefer a more DIY solution, in addition to LaTeX you should also check out asciidoc, it seems to support a lot of what you're after.