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by DaniFong 15y ago
While you're right that there are some practical issues with this sort of system, one should also recognize that the patent system doesn't current scale well either. You have to check the claims against every publication in existence. Since
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'Ecopragmatist' - Danielle Fong Interviewed by Dalhousie University(daniellefong.com)
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The Flight of the (Human Powered) Gossamer Condor [video] (youtube.com)
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Human powered flight, solar wings, and how humans outweigh animals(ted.com)
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by DaniFong 15y ago
What could it possibly mean for all assets to be overpriced? What could they be overpriced relative to?
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by DaniFong 16y ago
As a female founder, the idea of a challenge that separates the women from the girls resonates deeply with me. There are women in my life who've shown such courage and strength and selflessness that I know I could not of as a child, and I h
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by DaniFong 16y ago
I thought people would think 10 was the least random number, so I picked it, :-) I won! Yay.
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by DaniFong 16y ago
It's funny that people consider the thought that they are composed of dancing particles depressing. I mean -- we're made of dancing particles! That's hilarious!
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Are you overconfident? Take the test(tim-richardson.net)
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by DaniFong 16y ago
It might be the field. In our interviewing process we were blown away by four female engineers, 100% of which decided instead to start their own startup -- in cleantech.
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by DaniFong 16y ago
I feel like any such discussion must address the fact that, globally, phytoplankton has declined by 40% in the past century. That's 40% of the base of the food pyramid for all ocean life. That's 20% of the plant life in the world, and accou
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by DaniFong 16y ago
I'm sorry this miscommunication has caused you so much consternation; I will readily agree it's no iPhone competitor at this time. It may even be a toy. But don't dismiss it. That's all.
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by DaniFong 16y ago
Come on. $69 for a handheld touchscreen computer that you can program however you want? You'd have to be incredibly jaded to not reflect about how amazing this is. You'd have to be deliberately ignorant to not be able to imagine things yo
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by DaniFong 16y ago
"Don't be discouraged if what you produce initially is something other people dismiss as a toy. In fact, that's a good sign. That's probably why everyone else has been overlooking the idea. The first microcomputers were dismissed as toys. A
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by DaniFong 16y ago
Interesting anecdote: so far 100% of the female engineers we've tried to hire who've turned us down (four so far...) did so in order to try to start their own startup, for at least a while. Of those two (that's 50%) raised outside capital s
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by DaniFong 16y ago
Great idea! I'm already signed up :-)
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by DaniFong 16y ago
My take on patents... http://daniellefong.com/2010/02/11/how-law-shapes-the-busine...
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by DaniFong 16y ago
I agree. It's very interesting to see. Andressen Horowitz is following a similar model, too. I'm starting a greentech incubator and intend to have engineers/scientists in residence. A certain kind of person just love the technical issues at
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by DaniFong 16y ago
To me, baseline trust means that if they squander their first access to capital they do not gain access again. Such a lending strategy would not raise this issue.
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by DaniFong 16y ago
Why would a baseline level of trust equate to 100% risk?
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by DaniFong 16y ago
I would add -- if you're expecting to make money off this, you're probably better off advertising your own consulting services -- at suitably high rates. You're the expert now... :-)
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by DaniFong 16y ago
Every life counts. But I feel like this is only showing one side of the issue. Capital is distilled, economic trust. All human beings deserve a baseline level of trust. As such, access to capital is a human right. Without some form of trust
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by DaniFong 16y ago
If it turns into something in a couple of years, I will be incredibly impressed. They've discovered something about the physics of domain walls -- not created a working demonstration!
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by DaniFong 16y ago
If your startup succeeds people will suffer and die. That's life. Your spirit of adventure should be kindled by a consideration of the baseline risks of life.
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by DaniFong 16y ago
Neat. I wanted to build this, and now I don't have to :-p
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by DaniFong 16y ago
Perhaps the scientific revolution was not an innovation of a single person, but of the collective entity formed by the proto-scientists of civilization. That conceptual advance, along with communication, tool, and other conceptual advances
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by DaniFong 16y ago
Ever thought of investing in greentech? The early stage ecosystem there is much less developed -- there are simply fewer investors participating. I think what's limiting them is mainly non-essential: a combination of forbidding myths about
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by DaniFong 16y ago
Strongly suggest that you read What is Life by Lynn Margulis and Dorion Sagan. In it the authors discuss the evolution of the eukaryotic cell: a multi-part cell that evolved due to penetration or symbiosis of multiple organisms. Pretty much
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$50 DIY sous vide — no skill/crazy lasers required.(qandabe.com)
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by DaniFong 16y ago
A while back, I wrote an essay on the subject... http://daniellefong.com/2008/05/15/advice-to-the-bright-and-...

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