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by ginkgotree 2y ago
Besides YC investing in founders first (which I do believe is correct, having gone thru 2 batches), to quote the fictional S. R. Hadden from the book and movie "Contact," by the late, great Carl Sagan: "First rule of governme
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by ginkgotree 2y ago
This also works.
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by ginkgotree 2y ago
yep. I found this by simply visiting my local municipalities and easily dug up 3 generations of ancestors and immigration records. It was fun, I learned far more, and cost me $0.
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by ginkgotree 2y ago
Saw this coming years ago. 23andme is next.
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by ginkgotree 2y ago
LOL, Tip of the iceberg. Anything divisive in the US is mostly Russia at this point
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by ginkgotree 2y ago
He worked with our group a bit in YC S16. He helped us rename our company to a better brand that targeted are demographic better. Was a pretty reasonable guy, soft spoken, logical, easy to work with and gives blunt advice.
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by ginkgotree 2y ago
They still have sales?
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by ginkgotree 2y ago
This is a local startup in my hometown, I have been following them for 4 years or so, and have met the founders on several occasions. Decided to pull the trigger on a reservation for a seat for ~2028 flight. Excited to keep tabs on their pr
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by ginkgotree 2y ago
A real shocker
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by ginkgotree 2y ago
Aerospace. It's been a real "blast"
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by ginkgotree 2y ago
This is awesome. As a fellow (dare I say luddite), technologist that hates the centralized greed digital internet tech has enabled with media, vinyl records are an outstanding hold out for individuals to still archive (and OWN!) their music
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by ginkgotree 2y ago
Well, defense lawyers will love this one
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by ginkgotree 3y ago
I don't think a Falcon Heavy would retain enough fuel once getting itself in orbit with 0 payload to give enough delta-V to the entire Artemis Space vehicle. That burn has to (generally) happen in a single TLI burn. So there is actuall
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by ginkgotree 3y ago
I worked a NASA grant with a few others, combined, we had about 75 years of experience in our fields between the 3 of us. We demonstrated onboard computer vision labeling of geographic features of Jovian ice moons using an emulated BAE RAD7
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by ginkgotree 3y ago
Agreed. They make a better Customer that draft requirements and RFPs. Exception: JPLs robots.
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by ginkgotree 3y ago
"First rule of government spending: why buy one when you can buy two for twice the price" - Fictional billionaire R.L. Hadden, in Carl Sagan's "Contact"
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by ginkgotree 3y ago
The SLS delivered a crew capable Space Vehicle to Lunar orbit, and the space vehicle returned a crew capable capsule back the Earth. The lift capacity of FH is not capable of that. This is all about SWaP: Size, Weight, and Power.
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by ginkgotree 3y ago
Yep, I do
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by ginkgotree 3y ago
Starship is _required_ as part of the TLI trjaectory to refuel SLS with cryos. NASA will keep flying SLS however, to demonstrate to the public and congress that it was not setting a pile of tax dollars on fire. LH2 as a fuel was a mistake,
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by ginkgotree 3y ago
I live on the Space Coast (also work in the industry, and thus, have access to well - rumors). The SLS (Senate Launch System as we call it here) was pretty cool to watch in person for the uncrewed mission. Nevertheless, as Destin pointed ou
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by ginkgotree 3y ago
I'm "positive" this will be a great read.
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by ginkgotree 3y ago
The best JavaScript book out there, IMHO
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by ginkgotree 3y ago
...Well that took "forever."
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by ginkgotree 3y ago
I started flying in 1999, and I have to say, this article more closely resembles my flying then than my flying now. Dual VORs, one with ILS, no LORAN, obv no GPS, and all pitot/static vacuum gauges. Not CHT, I think it had an EGT, no f
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by ginkgotree 3y ago
This is wild, I photograph with a Leica M7. If he sold these lenses, I'd buy one.
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by ginkgotree 3y ago
Shocker.
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by ginkgotree 3y ago
Everything about this is wonderful. I do as much of my writing on a mechanical typewriter as I can, I use a rotary phone, and listen to vinyl records. This kid takes it to a whole new level and I'm so happy to see someone passionate ab
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by ginkgotree 3y ago
Second this. I worked in Sales Engineering for 5 years, ended that career selling a $25MM solution to the CEO of a fortune 100. There is no secret sauce, and it is all learnable. The key skills are interpersonal. I know its hard to do as an
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by ginkgotree 3y ago
As a Pilot, this is amazing. Bravo!
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by ginkgotree 3y ago
Don't own land. Don't plan to here.

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