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by DaniFong 14y ago
For what it's worth the US stage this year was a pretty professional production. Just viewing the pitches was worth the money. Notably, many of those that pitched -- including some competitors of ours, did not receive the award.
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It looks pretty awesome.
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As a Canadian now living in Silicon Valley I think this is a perilous idea. The main problem is that Canada doesn't have near enough active VC investors. Hardly anywhere does, even Silicon Valley. Having them be the sole gatekeepers will fa
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by DaniFong 14y ago
Khosla Ventures actually has two separate kinds of funds set up for such funding -- KV Seed for science experiments, and a larger fund for more classic investments. The main difference in branding for KV's funds is really only to the LPs, t
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by DaniFong 14y ago
You're off by a factor of 1000, I think. The chart has units in thousands. So it consumes more than 5,269,000 barrels per day -- yielding 29 PJ or 337 GW continuously. Edit: Whoops. maxs has priority.
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by DaniFong 14y ago
No problem; we're pursuing other leads in the data center space of course :-)
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Not for all possible thermodynamic cycles -- there is no fundamental thermodynamic irreversibility due to compression or expansion.
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Hi Chuck, If you're still interested in a real company that's building highly efficient air engines (compression and expansion) for this, and other purposes, send us a message. We have a legitimate approach and will, in fact, sell people th
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by DaniFong 14y ago
If there's a macro distinction on can make about Thiel's strategy versus others, it's a strong focus on the long term.
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by DaniFong 14y ago
I'm a mentor; officially for two fellows, informally for another 6. Atop this, they move in my circles. It's a pro-bono relationship -- I'm working with them because I'm excited about them and what they're doing.
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by DaniFong 14y ago
I am not an employee of Thiel. -- Danielle Fong.
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We do weekly salons here: thesprouts.com
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Where are you based? Would love to host you, Cynthia Kenyon, and my friend Laura Deming for a dinner on aging research.
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by DaniFong 14y ago
Great point; I've been thinking about this for some time. Would love to have more data, though! I'm also interested in any metabolic similarity either influence has to endurance athletics.
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Where can you get a fuel cell to $50/kW? Would appreciate a source.
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Knowing what happens to the averages is next to irrelevant in trying to do the extraordinary. Also importantly: these are CEOs, not founders. CEOs are often a different breed, and there is a selection effect for mainstream acceptability.
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Some things are proprietary but there was no magic involved.
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Thanks. Dropped out at 19 actually though.
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Yes
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This is a very important step in the right direction. Russia, for example, shouldn't be exporting its wealth and replacing it with bad investments. But it is. Discovering these problems will lead to actual policy improvements. One wishes th
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by DaniFong 14y ago
I think it's not the right metaphor. In class, the difference between an A and a B is 10%. In, say, Chess, the difference between a master and a grandmaster is that a grandmaster will win almost every time. I think that's a better scale.
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Some data points: air compressors last in the field for 30 years, and tanks as long or longer. We anticipate that, having overcome the corrosion difficulty, an even longer lifetime should be achievable. We have vastly reduced thermal stress
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by DaniFong 14y ago
I promise the LightSail offices (a former chocolate factory) are much more well lit than the article makes out. However, the editors thought it would be more dramatic -- and steam punkish. :-)
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You totally got it. ;)
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He is one of the most strikingly rational and sincere people I have ever met.
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Correct, I probably should have pointed out more context here. The reason that random testing in this fashion would be a problem is only if the actual distribution of requirements does not well match the central limit theorem -- if for exam
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by DaniFong 14y ago
Why the central limit theorem is usually off: http://daniellefong.com/2008/01/28/outliers-why-the-central-...
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This is a spectacular essay and should be published somewhere. Send me an email at daniellefong at daniellefong dot com and I'll intro you to Wired, Fast Company, TechCrunch, Forbes, Economist, etc.
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by DaniFong 14y ago
You're missing the whole point. Anyone has an entree into the startup scene if you work and follow up. It was a sequence of success and increasing access, not randomly granted, monolithic privilege. The process begins with opening the level

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