BetterGeiger

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by BetterGeiger 4y ago
The first version of my radiation detector is being sent to people all over the world and I've gotten very good feedback. Now I need to make a second version with Bluetooth and gamma spectroscopy. And a longer battery life. And higher
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by BetterGeiger 4y ago
I have, but personally I prefer to pay something in the ballpark of market rate.
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by BetterGeiger 4y ago
$495 an hour for this is insane
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by BetterGeiger 4y ago
Sounds interesting! If I may ask out of curiosity: Why OLED? Why this QR thing and not Bluetooth, or is it both? Is it storing long-term data or just while battery is on?
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by BetterGeiger 4y ago
I manufacture and sell one unique product. I started with direct sales, doing okay, but it was clear that Amazon is where the real action is, so I tried to sell there. Getting the listing up was a slow and painful experience due to horribl
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by BetterGeiger 4y ago
Your numbers for beef are absurdly wrong. Reality is closer to 2000 gallons per pound, or roughly 0.5 calories per gallon. Chicken is about 4x less. Grains are roughly an order of magnitude less. As a country the USA consumes dramatically m
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by BetterGeiger 4y ago
Yes most of the water use to produce beef is indirect, in growing the feed. If beef is taxed to consumers it will reduce demand, which will reduce the demand for feed, which will reduce the consumption of water. Decreasing the demand for ce
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by BetterGeiger 4y ago
Most water use is for agriculture. Most agricultural water use is for meat. Beef is by far the least efficient way to turn water (and other stuff) into protein. I propose we tax meat nationwide according to its water use, instead of dreamin
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by BetterGeiger 4y ago
No photos... Come on.
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by BetterGeiger 5y ago
The cost of renewables increase as their fraction of the overall mix increases, i.e. When the fluctuations become harder to be balanced by other sources, and more and more energy storage is needed to handle the fluctuations. Energy storage
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by BetterGeiger 5y ago
Here we are, talking about the waste, even though the waste is pretty easy to deal with. That's what it accomplished.
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by BetterGeiger 5y ago
I already answered hundreds of questions on reddit but I bet the ones I get here will be more challenging. :) In case someone wants to start there feel free: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/re0yi6/
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Show HN: Low cost radiation detector using scintillator instead of a Geiger Tube(kickstarter.com)
3 points by BetterGeiger 5y ago|1 comments