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Company blog · blog.symcat.comstartupshealth

Tumblr is the company blog at blog.symcat.com, writing about startups and health. Since 2012, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 11 times. The last post was in 2015, but the archive is still widely read.

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2012–2014first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 7 in 2012

Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

Linked as the write-up for a heart disease risk calculator built by Symcat. The only comment is the author's own note that Symcat made the tool, with a link to the post.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

Building tools to promote sound health decisions.

What Hacker News says?

  1. I should point out that I didn't develop it. It was created by the people at Symcat. They are certainly open to any feedback, here's the blog post: http://blog.symcat.com/post/67337436520/cv-risk-calculator-r...

    Comment linking /post/67337436520/cv-risk-calculator-released

    on “Heart Disease Risk Calculator”
  2. Submitted What's ailing Hacker News? as a story · 90 points

    HN discussion
  3. Submitted Hacking PR for startup growth as a story · 13 points

    HN discussion
  4. Submitted How will big data impact Medicine? as a story · 10 points

    HN discussion
  5. Submitted Is joining a niche accelerator right for your startup? as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  6. Submitted How the Big Data trend enhances HealthCare Innovation. as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  7. Submitted Magic Numbers for Startups as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  8. Submitted Bad EMR's - the need for innovation of medical records as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  9. Submitted The Myth of the "A-ha" Moment as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  10. Submitted Keep track of your health, your Doctor will love it as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  11. Submitted Blueprint Health Startup Accelerator. Was it worth it? as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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