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"There is a new process by which they give you a drug to make you produce a surplus of bone marrow which leaks into your bloodstream, so donating bone marrow becomes just like giving blood! If they do need to take a needle into your hip, you feel soreness for a week or so. But there is nothing invasive like splitting open your leg. Actually, one of the most disappointing facts about bone marrow transplants is that after a match has been found, there is a strong chance that the donor would back out. Historically, a quarter of matched donors don't go through with donating, and people die. (I don't have a citation on that statistic, but it's what I remember.) I'd say soreness in your hip is a small price to pay for giving someone the gift of life." - William Chan

refugeewc on 26 year old using YouTube to help find a bone marrow doner. Voting this up probably won't save her life, but the exposure couldn't hurt.

August 6 at 8:41 pm - Link

refugeewc on 26 year old using YouTube to help find a bone marrow doner. Voting this up probably won't save her life, but the exposure couldn't hurt.

August 6 at 8:37 pm - Link

"Help register potential donors! See: http://projectmichelle.com/set... This is a perfect event for campuses or offices. I organized a drive at my office and registered 82 people of all ethnicities who might one day save YOUR life. Do the same for Michelle and me, you and all Americans." - William Chan

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26 year old using YouTube to help find a bone marrow doner. Voting this up probably won't save her life, but the exposure couldn't hurt.

August 6 at 8:24 pm - Link

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Emil Gilels plays Mendelssohn (vaimusic.com)

August 5 at 11:59 am - Link

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Rich People Flock to Inner City, Poor Move to Suburbs

August 5 at 11:14 am - Link

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Building a software company: How to hire an idiot

August 4 at 11:39 am - Link

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Letter from China: Angry Youth

August 3 at 7:12 pm - Link

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World's Worst Olympic Swimming Trial [VID]

August 2 at 6:19 pm - Link

An introductory course on being a Unix sysadmin (includes notes, slides, homework, and labs)

August 2 at 6:19 pm - Link

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The most misunderstood book in CS

August 2 at 2:44 pm - Link

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The hole trick - How Skype & Co. get round firewalls

July 28 at 8:01 pm - Link

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Wharf To Wharf Race (5)/5)

July 28 at 12:32 pm - Link

"This was a very fun race. This race attracts a lot of fast competitors - so you'll have plenty of people to run with at almost any pace -as well as tons of casual runners and joggers and walkers.…" - William Chan

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Exceptional Java - Some exceptions are more equal than others

July 27 at 7:47 pm - Link

"Total losses related to the housing market will hit $1 trillion. About $450 billion of those write-downs have made it through the system"

July 27 at 7:47 pm - Link

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July 26 at 1:25 pm - Link

"Hi bryan_wheelock. I have to respectfully disagree. See if this makes any sense: Re: "I would imagine almost anyone that received a tip that an investment was on the verge of failing would sell the stock." Receiving privileged, non-public information and then acting on it is the definition of insider trading. We have a lot of laws and restrictions to prevent insider trading. When I used to work in a finance position, I faced heavy restrictions if I wanted to buy stock in any industry my firm covered, and I was never in such a privileged position to hear, "Hey Martha, earnings are going to be ..." Not that my name is Martha. Regardless of the outcome of that specific trial, insider trading and corporate fraud in general are crimes for which the perpetrators get away with SOOO much. Steps should be taken to ensure that public investment markets operate according to public information rather than private privilege, and that deviants are punished. Maybe Martha Stewart was in fact a..." - William Chan

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July 26 at 12:58 pm - Link

"Here's my thinking: The calculation that there is still a half trillion in housing-related writedowns to be declared means that there is a lot of flack still to come at the financial industry/ housing industry/ overall economy." - William Chan

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Why SELECT * is usually evil.

July 25 at 8:57 pm - Link

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'Last Lecture' Professor Randy Pausch Has Died

July 25 at 1:28 pm - Link

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July 24 at 5:23 pm - Link

"This is a very interesting proposal. I've always hated that Martha Stewart was convicted of corporate fraud and sentenced to time in prison, during and after which her investments, including those in Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia (MSO), did just fine. In fact, I remember her doing interviews about her prison experience, which was "hard" and worth a lot of television minutes. Corpoate fraudsters generally do not receive severe enough punishments for their crimes. Whether the solution is a curtailing of their property rights - which constitutionally is what this reddit thread is suggesting - or something else is something we should be debating. Personally, I like this idea. It would certainly work much better as a deterrent against these kinds of crimes. Anyone who loses the right to own stocks forgoes much of their lifetime savings potential." - William Chan

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Idea: Just as violent felons lose the right to own a gun, white-collar criminals should lose the right to own stock or investments.

July 24 at 5:19 pm - Link

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How emotional pain can really hurt

July 20 at 12:16 pm - Link

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Alicia Keys-Lesson Learned (brilliant quality!)