It is not generally true that physicians will treat people with somatic diseases well (or at all) if they personally believe symptoms are actually caused by psychological issues.
This is an unproductive, even dangerous thing to tell sufferers.
jessriedel, the consensus is that this is a physiological disease with an unknown mechanism. That's why it's an area of active research.
I don't know where you get the idea that the null hypothesis for the cause of any set of symptoms not explained by known biomarkers needs to be "psychosomatic disorder". That's not even wrong - it makes no sense.
The issue here is that you did some "brief googling" (your words) on a complicated, confusing, cutting-edge area of clinical research, and now feel competent to state your completely uninformed "null-hypothesis"...
ME/CFS is an under-researched, multi-system disease that affects people in a multitude of ways and is very hard to diagnose. There are no accepted bio-markers yet. There are, however, many well-respected researchers in the field, and more are beginning to enter it from all kinds of disciplines. Basically none of them think this is a psychosomatic illness. This is a good place to start for getting an overview of interesting current research: https://www.omf.ngo/the-end-mecfs-project-2/
Only on the very surface. Sleep apnea is relatively easy to test for. ME/CFS sufferers experience a kind of fatigue that is distinctly different from that caused by sleep deprivation. Look up PEM / PENE:
Co-founder of Gustav here. Thanks for the kind words :-) The 3% is of course a blended rate. There are positions/sectors where that would never fly, but others where 5% is feasible. Also we cover the full spectrum of what staffing agencies typically offer, including permanent placement type transactions. For those, our take-rate is closer to 20%.
Both are a great choice, both are easy enough to travel to. It's awesome that this is happening. Berlin would draw more people from Eastern Europe, IMHO.
Here in Vienna, we'll have an event with quite a few YC alumni on May 29: http://foundertalks.org
We do not have the means yet to make it free, however. We basically started this a few weeks ago, because we felt that something like startup school is missing in Central Europe. I guess you must have felt the same :-)
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P.S.: After our event, I'd be happy to give you some feedback regarding what kind of questions/interestes/etc. European founders voice in such a setting. It's an awesome experiment, I'm really looking forward to it.
You might have noticed (from her screenshots) that she is using Mac OS X.
Simply gaining physical access to the machine should ABSOLUTELY NOT enable an attacker to extract practically all web passwords in something like 15 seconds, without any special tools.
Are you completely ignorant of how the OS X Keychain works and should be implemented application-side, or are you just willfully ignoring it?
Ugh. Please don't read this and think you know anything about "closing" a sale. Closing techniques work well for small, unimportant, everyday purchases.
They do not work at all on sophisticated buyers. They might in fact cost you the sale.
The rule of thumb is: If there is any chance that the prospective customer might have heard of such a thing as a closing technique - DON'T USE THEM.
Being first is worthless in and off itself. Execution and customer service are what counts. If you are:
a) an entrepreneur; and
b) think that "rip-offs" like this one are in some way unethical...
... you need to get your head out of your ass, ASAP!
Taking other peoples' great ideas and applying them to make your own product even better is not called "ripping somebody off". That process is called "business".
1) This is one of the most beautiful things I have ever read.
2) I finally realize what has always fascinated me about him. He was ALWAYS working, with every single breath he took. He seems to have found a way of taking the hazy concept of "work" as it is commonly understood, and elevating it to a more in-focus ideal form through which to understand and shape his life.