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Tech Startup in Jacksonville, Florida?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22149184I'm a physician not coder but along with a coder brother-in-law here from Germany, I've almost got my MVP for a medical related B2B software product. All my research says I'm doomed to failure -- but that isn't happening. I will only be in a few hundred bucks and airfare and I'm going to have a huge positive impact on patients lives and healthcare delivery in my niche. I'm trying not to misstep. Any help out there?Jan 25, 2020 11:02 PM
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Cervical effacement and how to measure ithttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8d240f54d24bdd98237821cb5d74e6&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.medicalnewstoday.com%2Farticles%2F326380&c=16353663863477723950&mkt=en-usCervical effacement refers to the shortening and thinning of the cervix. It is part of the process that helps the cervix prepare for a vaginal delivery. The cervix connects the lower portion of the ...Sep 18, 2019 2:00 PM
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Show HN: Trigger an email sequence with an API call (Seeking feedback)https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18061859Hello! I'm launching (aka "it's online") an early stage product that I'm building called ReplyBin. It's a functioning product, but pretty bare bones. I'm hoping to get some early feedback on it. You can see and sign up for it here to test it out: https://www.replybin.com/ReplyBin is a web service that allows you to trigger pre-drafted email sequences with an API call. You use your own transactional email service (currently only SendGrid is supported, but I plan to add others in the future), and you can configure time delays to the emails to space out their delivery.I welcome any constructive criticism you may have. Thanks in advance for any feedback!Sep 24, 2018 10:02 PM
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Ask HN: Business case for a trusted, privacy-respecting webshop 'proxy' companyhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17884474This is a spin-off from the thread 'Google and Mastercard Cut Ad Deal to Track Retail Sales' [0] where I got the idea.In a world where online privacy is next to non-existing and your shopping habits are sold all over the place, I wonder if there is a business model for 'anonymous proxy' companies, where you do the shopping at your favourite online webshops, but handle actual ordering, payment and final delivery to your home via the proxy company, who guarantee your privacy for a small additional fee, or subscription charge.Maybe this exists already. The difficulty would be in offering a good usability (how do you get that Amazon product you want in your local shopping basket).Such a company would have the same due-dilligence requirements as any webshop and validate your payment method (which could be any method, like iDeal, and even credit card, where the payment processor doesn't get to see the exact order details, but a 'proxied order').When I first asked on the thread there were conAug 31, 2018 10:52 AM
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Presenting in English When It Isn’t Your Native Languagehttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8d5cd413ca459898274a6e630a56b9&url=https%3A%2F%2Fhbr.org%2Ftip%2F2018%2F08%2Fpresenting-in-english-when-it-isnt-your-native-language&c=505607465686138674&mkt=en-usIf you aren’t a native speaker of English, giving a presentation in the language may be very stressful. Using the right approach can help. Take extra time to prepare your delivery, and practice more ...Aug 1, 2018 11:00 PM
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Show HN: Helping midwives conduct safe deliveries in developing countrieshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16347785Hi HN! We have developed a solution that helps midwives in low resource healthcare setting to conduct safe deliveries. More than 80% deliveries occur with the assistance of staff nurses in LMICs (Low Middle-Income Countries). Most of these midwives are unaware of the standard protocol for monitoring the labor during pregnancy. We visited more than 100 such healthcare settings and found that existing paper-based protocols are complicated for unskilled health workers.Our solution helps them in monitoring the delivery and making timely interventions to save lives. It is a Mobile tablet based intelligent labor monitoring tool which not only allows the staff nurse to register and enter vital signs of a pregnant woman but also reminds to monitor the labor vitals, as per the standard intrapartum protocol. It also generates alerts in case of complications, based on an inbuilt algorithm. The doctor at a remote location can also view the live labor progress and guide the staff nurse.We have receFeb 10, 2018 3:51 PM
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I. Essay: Managed Care: Promise and Concernshttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a89e360db25455596cb72b2c6e15a39&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthaffairs.org%2Fdoi%2F10.1377%2Fhlthaff.13.4.178&c=14160752804378672598&mkt=en-usThe rapid adoption of managed care—one of the most significant changes to our nation's health care financing and delivery system in recent years—has unknown consequences for patients, physicians, and ...Jul 23, 2017 5:00 PM
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Ask HN: What's the most expensive physical item that can be bought online?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13772224- There has to be a URL to a webpage indicating that a particular item (not a quantity or bundle) is for sale, along with a specific price.- You have to be able to add it to a shopping cart and checkout with payment by cc or wire transfer.- You take delivery and physical possession of the actual item, and that is the end of the transaction.- Must not require any interaction with a salesperson, no extra contracts that need to be signed, etc- No equities, real estate, or intangibles.- Must be multiple available (no one-of-a-kind items, no bay, etc). Enough for anyone in this thread who can afford one to be able to get their own.- No simple pricetag mistakes.- The price can be in any currency but should be converted to USD in the comment.- Must be able to order in the U.S.- Extra credit if they accept bitcoin or international orders.This rules out all of the entries on the "most expensive things ever purchased online" lists and everything else that comes up from a cursory search.The best Mar 2, 2017 7:22 AM
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Apply HN: Pinpic – Photographers on Demandhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11486899Pinpic is a trusted marketplace for customers who need a photographer on demand when they are traveling. Instead of using a selfie-stick or asking a stranger, people can find the nearest photographer to them using the Pinpic "app" in any major city or tourist destination. Customers can also find a photographer within any budget and for any length of time. We're making vacation photography more accessible to a growing number of travelers from all markets around the world. Pinpic charges between 10-12% per booking from the customer.Photographers use the Pinpic "web" platform to manage all the core aspects of their business, including invoicing, scheduling, marketing, and photo delivery in exchange for 3% service fee on booking. There are no upfront costs for photographers to join.VIDEO: https://youtu.be/lHUiO0UmZyEQUICK FACTS:- Pinpic has a growing community of more than 1300 photographers, worldwide. - Travelers will be able to book photographers on pinpic.com starting May 2016. - PinpiApr 13, 2016 9:50 AM
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New focused radiation treatment effective for gynecologic cancershttp://www.patexia.com/feed/video-new-focused-radiation-treatment-effective-for-gynecologic-cancers-4186Five years ago, cancer specialists in Florida began a study, taking a cutting edge radiation delivery system -- stereotactic body radiation therapy -- and using it on patients with advanced gynecologic cancers, who were otherwise out of options, for the first time. This treatment was successful in 80 percent of women and years of monitoring have now found that it also prevented recurrence or cured the women altogether.May 8, 2012 5:20 PM
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CloudBuild.us - Optimize, Build and Deploy JavaScript appshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3182950CloudBuild.us is a service that helps startups optimize their web application by automating the tedious process of building, testing and deploying to content delivery networks.At a set interval, the site will connect to your GitHub or BitBucket repository, and download your source code.Once downloaded, it will run a series of tests, including JSLint, JSUnit and any other tests that you specify.If those pass, it will optimize your web application by minifying JS and CSS files, and optimizing images (combining icons into sprites automatically for example).Once optimized, the CloudBuild.us will version images and JavaScript files, and then automatically transfer the files up to a supported CDN (Amazon S3 / CloudFront and Rackspace will be supported).You can sign up to receive more information about it at http://www.cloudbuild.us/I'd love your feedback on the services that we're planning to support, and ones that we're missing.Thanks,MikeNov 1, 2011 4:55 PM
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UK's Biggest Customer-Facing Implementation of Node.jshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3153893The Times and the Sunday Times will be launching an exclusive new dining experience, "Eat Out‟ which will provide hundreds of pounds of savings at a huge range of restaurants across the UK.The innovative new strategy is coupled with bleeding-edge technology to deliver fantastic offers of great value to the brands' loyal customers. The "Eat Out‟ site was designed and built by award-winning digital agency Clock Limited. Following on from the delivery of SunPerks.co.uk, Clock developed the entire site using new technology, Node.js.Much like LinkedIn's app overhaul, what's on the surface may not be that spectacular to most but what's fuelling the engine underneath is extremely exciting for techies. The site has been built with extremely young technology, barely a year old, and enables far more utilisation of servers and hardware than ever before; cutting server down-time and boosting response rates. This is down to the much fabled Node.js; a Joyent-sponsored, server-side technology which iOct 25, 2011 1:02 PM
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Homecare Products That Help Maintain Dignity from The CareGiver Partnershiphttp://www.caregiverpartnership.com/The CareGiver Partnership offers fast and free delivery of adult incontinence products like Depend, Poise, TENA, Attends, skin care, exam gloves and more. From adult underpads and adult disposable pull-on underwear, adult diapers, pads for incontinence and male guards, adult wipes and skin care products.Apr 1, 2010 7:21 AM
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Thoughts on "e-readers"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1003052Amazon's Kindle felt right. When it was announced I thought "finally!". Seth Godin (a popular marketing author) predicted back in '98 that Amazon was building what he called a "permission asset" that would later be leveraged to disrupt the entire book publishing industry when Amazon would supplant the publisher by allowing authors to publish directly via Amazon's platform... ala what is now the Kindle and it's open "Digital Text Platform".Kindle also felt right because if felt like an iPod. Apple had already shown the world a great model for building a system capable of replacing atoms with bits: iPod + iTunes. iPod success was in the design not only of it's digital music player but of the entire music delivery/experience system; from the simplicity of the clickwheel to the immense library that would become the iTunes Music Store. Every music retail store you've stepped into at the mall, every music section at walmart or best buy... all displaced by Apple (once thought of as a mere tecDec 18, 2009 1:14 PM
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China wholesale electronicshttp://www.papayaone.comPapayaOne - Online wholesale electronics store based in Asia. Alcohol breath testers, Apparel, Audio, Cameras & Camcorders, Car, Cell Phone Accessories, Cell Phones, Computer Products, Digital Quran, Fashion Bag, Fashion Jewelry and Watch, Flashlights, Iphone Accessories, Toys. Excellent savings from everyday low prices, quality products, friendly customer service, fast door-to-door delivery.Nov 25, 2008 7:09 AM
