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by chriselles 8y ago
I’ve seen the results of “fish bombs” in the Solomon Islands. From the use of Coke bottles filled with explosive filler from WWII unexplored ordinance(UXO). While that is pretty bad, the worst thing I saw was bleach used to scare out tropi
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by chriselles 8y ago
Excellent! I led a Hacking 4 Defence style problem solving sessions that saw the development of an idea that included: open source review of native app source code partnering with national carriers to embed app on device at point of sale
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by chriselles 8y ago
I’ve downloaded a copy of the PDF book. So firstly, thank you! I’ve both studied and created affinity networks. The most recent network(both online/meatspace)I created(in partnership with 8 others) over the last 2.5 years has achieved
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by chriselles 8y ago
I’m admittedly in the “2nd rat(meaning not Tesla) gets the cheese” camp. So I may be quite biased. But I think if THIS particular story that involves a celebrity with major reach(8.8 million social) is “seeded” then THAT would be a MAJOR st
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by chriselles 8y ago
Does Costco offer profit sharing and/or employee stock units? Would,it be worth including that in the total long-term equation? Every single hourly Amazon distribution worker from the first 5-7 years of the company would be multi-milli
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by chriselles 8y ago
This one is particularly painful for Tesla as the owner’s wife is a minor celebrity with major celebrity friends. Reputational damage risk in this case could be significantly magnified due to Chelsea Handler’s recent tweet to 8.8 million fo
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by chriselles 8y ago
I believe there is a key difference between Amazon and Apple that is worth mentioning. Amazon is largely a reseller(bar it’s in house developed products like Kindle/Alexa and store branded products) with far lower gross margins than Ap
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by chriselles 8y ago
Good post. I’m constantly trying to learn both sides of the fence as a startup founder and angel investor. I truly believe learning how to be a better angel investor also helps one be a better startup founder, and vice versa. Two sides to t
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by chriselles 8y ago
I had the chance to attend the 1st in-person YC Startup Investor School back in March. All content here: https://investor.startupschool.org Really useful data driven investing fundamentals. The networking connections and opportu
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by chriselles 8y ago
I went strict ketogenic diet(high fat, protein, very low carb, zero sugar) 16 weeks ago. I’ve dropped 20kg in that time and just last week ran a marathon carrying a 25kg pack in 5 hours 48 minutes with just an 11 week train up. Zero sugar d
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by chriselles 8y ago
That is excellent news. Although I have to admit I’m not so much an avowed Jazz aficionado as I simply enjoy it as background atmospheric “pairing” when I’m working or reading.
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by chriselles 8y ago
Good catch! My bad.....I wasn’t intentionally trying to be cheeky. :)
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by chriselles 8y ago
Steve Blank has probably done the best job yet of conveying the historical and intergenerational connections between Silicon Valley and the military: https://steveblank.com/secret-history/ The video and slide set do a
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by chriselles 8y ago
I have to admit that as a child I tried to avoid watching Mister Rogers Neighborhood as I much preferred cartoons like Tom & Jerry that contained frightening levels of violence looking back in retrospect. But decades later as a parent I
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by chriselles 8y ago
Beautifully desolate photos.
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by chriselles 8y ago
Amazon’s first warehouses in Seattle were tiny(maxing at 60k sq ft as I recall), then 200k in Delaware, then 600k+ in the next few in Nevada, Georgia, Kansas, and Kentucky with the first generation of partial automation(tilt tray sortation
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by chriselles 8y ago
That number seems unusually high. Having worked in all the very early US distribution centers(pre automation and now called fulfillment centers) and privy to early UK, German, French, and Japanese distribution operations ambulance calls wer
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by chriselles 8y ago
I worked at Amazon in Distribution operations management in the very early days(1997-2001). Culture in the distribution centers(now called fulfillment centres) was definitely one of no excuses performance. I take responsibility for my role
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by chriselles 8y ago
For those interested in non violent movements/resistance, one of the greatest bodies of work can be found at the Einstein Institute: https://www.aeinstein.org/ Gene Sharp the longstanding founder passed away earlier th
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by chriselles 9y ago
Cheers!
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by chriselles 9y ago
Cheers! Another 6 months gives us more time to further validate and iterate. And we’ve got strong interest from our #1 target Fortune 500 company. Onward!
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by chriselles 9y ago
We just received an email 2 minutes ago. Negative, but continuing onward and applying again next time!
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by chriselles 9y ago
Hi Avinium, I’ve found slices of the US military to be incredibly innovative, forward thinking, and willing to take lots of small calculated risks. The USMC maker efforts are one bottom up effort, and I’m aware of a fantastic Air Force effo
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by chriselles 9y ago
I couldn't agree more on complex or extremely complex interdependent systems. We certainly wouldn't want to replace an impeller for a precision milled high performance turbo pump on a rocket with a 3D printed part as the risk of c
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by chriselles 9y ago
This is probably one of the very few topics I may be able to add value here on Hacker News. As a service, the USMC are approaching bottom up innovation very seriously. https://mobile.twitter.com/marinemakers The USAF is als