Polls

I was reading this NPR article that reads: "They found that genes associated with African ancestry appear to affect certain brain cells in ways that could increase the risk of Alzheimer's disease and stroke. But genes associated with European ancestry seem to influence other brain cells in ways that could increase the risk of Parkinson's disease, a disorder that is less common in Black Americans."

Although this may be scientifically true, I find it sketchy because it suggests innate differences between the brains of the races. What do you think?

This question was asked 12 months ago, and with all the sadness in the world, I think it's time again to ask the question.

"Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" was a popular catchy song, and I think the lyrics are fun, but I've not heard the song for a long time.

The song suggests there are always worse things in life than what you may be experiencing.

I've picked out one verse to give you the flavour of the song.

What do you think?

For life is quite absurb

And deaths the final word

You must always face the curtain with a bow

Forget about your sin

Give the audience a grin

Enjoy it, it's your last chance anyhow

So always look on the bright side of life.

and why did u choose your answer

I was raised in Georgia. So glad that I ended up getting out

I don't know if I should because going public means I have to be held highly accountable to regulators and shareholders, in exchange for theoretically unlimited funding and less responsibilities lol. I know that for a pre-revenue deep tech startup (or even one with some revenue), it'd be extremely difficult to go IPO prematurely but by merging with SPAC, I can do it much faster and easier. Also at least in Canada, there's 2 stock exchanges where they allow smaller and earlier stage startups to join, with much less requirements than say the main ones in Toronto or Montreal.

I'm fully aware that merging with such a shell company also means they'll have control over aspects of my startup that I'd retain had I not merged, and while I'm against merging and acquisitions generally that's an exception. Only agreeing to do this because most sources of funding are gatekept to more mature startups and/or don't provide that much money, which my startup would need to truly take off. I did consider going to angel investors, but the ones I found required startups to make 10x the investment within 5 years, while only providing at most a few dozen grand.

I can't even pay 1 full time employee with that, let alone a small team of them; realistically, I'd need a small investment in 6 or even 7 figures, so sadly only going IPO prematurely is realistic. The startup I'm in is automation, which includes AI, but also goes beyond it with stuff like robotics, IoT, MR, etc as I'm wise enough to know the generative AI bubble that began in late 2022 is eventually gonna burst by the end of this decade. I'm also fully aware that going public means certain investment firms like Blackrock and Vanguard are gonna try to force pushing their agendas down my throat, which I'm prepared for by not giving a fuck about them.

The salary is 425k base pay per year. It requires living in Dubai. The work is 2 months on 2 months off so you get 6 months off per year.

The catch however that during the 2 months on you could be anywhere in the world during those 2 months and you could spend the entire 2 months travelling. During the travel you get travel pay of 500 dollars per day of travel on top of your 350k base pay. Also, The work is 12 hours a day 4 days on 4 days off during the 2 months.

Even though it is a tough 2 months on you still get 6 months off per year with a base pay of 425k per year

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Private EMS Service:

There are many kinds of Universal Serial Bus (USB) cables and connectors, each designed for specific applications.

Of the various types shown in the picture, which type you use most often?

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