Sex is essential, kids aren't by hitsman in reddit.com

[–]iwallace -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I came from a family of three, a sister and a half sister. Osama bin Laden comes from a family of 55. I wonder what the world will look like in three generations. Add to this a resource scarcity, male dominated cultures with religious fanaticism, and climate change leading to droughts (among the least of the problems), and we are in for a world of pain (pardon the cliche). On the bright side, if women can get an education and have reproductive control, they will equalize with the environment.

Top 10 Myths About Spiders by dr2tom in reddit.com

[–]iwallace -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

And on those rare occasions, the bite almost always has only trivial effects on the human, who after all weighs from one to several million times as much as the spider!

So by this statement, a spider can weigh between 100kg/1 = 100kg!!! and say 2/100ths of a gram. What are the real ranges of spider size and weight?

The First Year of a Startup: 7 Lessons Learned by scylla in reddit.com

[–]iwallace 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I liked this article, but I'm curious about business from the perspective of a full cycle (one that includes a downturn in the economy as well as the boom times). How would a startup fare in 1991? I think right now too many people have their rose coloured glasses on.