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by amirmansour 14y ago
I've been waiting for this for a long time. I spent the past two summers working on the Dragon docking as an intern.
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by amirmansour 14y ago
This list is a nice analysis. However, coming up with a start-up idea is not something that should be forced. If you see a problem or a need for something, pursue a solution if you're passionate about it. If you have no passion and just wan
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by amirmansour 14y ago
I have to disagree. As engineers we are trained to confront problems. If you are just working around problems then you're not doing good engineering.
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UC Riverside runs an entire floor w/ 1.1 mega-watt battery system(ucrtoday.ucr.edu)
2 points by amirmansour 14y ago|0 comments
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by amirmansour 15y ago
I do not about every aspect of that, because my work was heavily in R&D. From what I am legally allowed to say, SpaceX essentially runs the whole rocket on linux with all the code in C++ (you can also figure this out since SpaceX advert
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by amirmansour 15y ago
One thing about SpaceX is that there is no bureaucracy. If Elon Musk wasn't busy talking to someone, I could have just walked into his office and chatted with him.
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by amirmansour 15y ago
Interns at SpaceX have a REAL impact since the day they walk in. I've have never come across a project where someone said "that's not an intern task." Also don't forget that all parts of the system all heavily tested at SpaceX (this is the
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by amirmansour 15y ago
Been waiting for this. I did some embedded C programming for the docking of the Dragon to the ISS two years ago as an intern. I wish them the best of luck. Check out for updates on this: http://www.spacex.com/updates.php
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Call for GSoC: bring Haskell to the masses(yesodweb.com)
2 points by amirmansour 15y ago|0 comments
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by amirmansour 15y ago
As an electrical engineering student, and having Tesla as personal hero, I love seeing people talk about him in the mainstream. A movie was made about Tesla and all the crap he had to go through from his childhood to his death. Check it out
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by amirmansour 15y ago
This is a legit startup idea. I can see my professors, research advisors, and myself using this for sure. Collaborative research documentation is a great idea. I hope others will see what I see, and use your service. Awesome job BTW.
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by amirmansour 15y ago
Your service actually looks very interesting. Would you be able to tell us about your backend? How are you guys making it real-time? And how are you handeling storage?
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by amirmansour 15y ago
What you said is actually what I have been moving towards. I'm just gonna worry about it later, and start the startup.
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by amirmansour 15y ago
Thanks for all that info. You made a good point about having something that is marketable before wanting to start a company. I have actually done just that. I have been demoing my research through marketable applications from the start. On
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by amirmansour 15y ago
Thanks for this. I did not know such a waiver existed. I searched the "Office of Research" website of my school, but I did not find any information regarding such a waiver. I will talk to a professor to see if my school has such a thing. Al
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Ask HN: How can I create a startup from my graduate thesis?
7 points by amirmansour 15y ago|6 comments
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by amirmansour 15y ago
UPDATE: I'm posting this comment to address some of the questions you guys asked. I'm actually an Computer Science guy stuck in the body of an Electrical Engineer. I mostly design hardware, however in my first year I did a good amount of hi
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by amirmansour 15y ago
I've been an avionics intern at SpaceX for the past two years, and I can tell you for sure that if anyone is gonna take humans to Mars it will be SpaceX. The same goes for propulsive landing of a rocket for reusability: http://www.spacex.c