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Great! Another "innovative" heat pump that will be available somewhere around 2035, if it ever reaches the market... It's a sleeker, stylier, VC oriented heat

by johnea 2y ago

Great! Another "innovative" heat pump that will be available somewhere around 2035, if it ever reaches the market... It's a sleeker, stylier, VC oriented heat pump! As an ex-goggler, I'm sure Paul will make millions in the first round and have a great story to tell on the golf course... The only substantial thing I could find was that the company has it's own installers and fixed, disclosed pricing. Both of these are a plus, unlike the double sided sticky tape veneer add-ons...

okr 2y ago
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- johnea 2y ago
  And, go alongs are gonna go along. It's great that vacuous VCs are keeping you employed, but it's not great for economic stability or technical progress. You're welcoming me to the world? That's a laugh, I've almost certainly been an electrical engineer longer than you've been on the planet. And having watched these cycles repeat ad-nauseum, I'm rendering my experience based opinion here, not just following the meme...
  - okr 2y ago
    I love to read everyone's opinion or expertise. But i just don't understand the hatred for companies, that raise private money, risk something and try to create an outcome, which may fail. The risk is on investors and on founders. And of course its a cycle. Live and die.
- xattt 2y ago
  Early pre-Google Nest had this innovative underdog vibe (with the father of the iPod to boot!) but floundered on their own soon after they ran out of ideas beyond the thermostat. I bought into the hype and was disappointed it didn’t amount to much. WIRED had a profile touting post-thermostat Nest but.. it never made it off the ground. I have no idea how an unheard-of company like Inovelli managed to bring some solid home automation products to market in a matter of several years, while Nest just sat around cupping their hand and smelling their farts.

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Great! Another "innovative" heat pump that will be available somewhere around 2035, if it ever reaches the market... It's a sleeker, stylier, VC oriented heat

by johnea 2y ago

okr 2y ago
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- johnea 2y ago
  And, go alongs are gonna go along. It's great that vacuous VCs are keeping you employed, but it's not great for economic stability or technical progress. You're welcoming me to the world? That's a laugh, I've almost certainly been an electrical engineer longer than you've been on the planet. And having watched these cycles repeat ad-nauseum, I'm rendering my experience based opinion here, not just following the meme...
  - okr 2y ago
    I love to read everyone's opinion or expertise. But i just don't understand the hatred for companies, that raise private money, risk something and try to create an outcome, which may fail. The risk is on investors and on founders. And of course its a cycle. Live and die.
- xattt 2y ago
  Early pre-Google Nest had this innovative underdog vibe (with the father of the iPod to boot!) but floundered on their own soon after they ran out of ideas beyond the thermostat. I bought into the hype and was disappointed it didn’t amount to much. WIRED had a profile touting post-thermostat Nest but.. it never made it off the ground. I have no idea how an unheard-of company like Inovelli managed to bring some solid home automation products to market in a matter of several years, while Nest just sat around cupping their hand and smelling their farts.