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   by graycat 9y ago

   The OP is from Stripe, and their Stripe Atlas program seems to want to have a startup pay $500 and, thus, have Stripe get the startup a Delaware C-corporation. Good grief: Why would a startup, prior to equity funding, want to be a Delaware
2. 1682.▲
   by graycat 9y ago

   From the OP, by the time my solo, sole founder startup has $10,000+ a month in revenue, my startup will have plenty of cash for very rapid growth; cash for growth will not be a tight constraint; and no VC need call! The OP is significantly
3. 1683.▲
   by graycat 9y ago

   I was just indicating the amount of light without looking up the quantity in lumens. But, actually, so far, I'm still on incandescent light. For CFL, I have one, puts out about the same amount of light as a 15 W incandescent, and I hav
4. 1684.▲
   by graycat 9y ago

   THANKS! I'll look. You did much better shopping than I did.
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   by graycat 9y ago

   Thanks. As I made clear, I don't much care, but that would be nice. But I will also want to get black OUT of the inside where it is most important that I be able to see. There just some cheap, thin, white coat will let me see, and th
6. 1686.▲
   by graycat 9y ago

   With the research directions and methodology that dominate AI now, I don't look forward to anything significantly new or better. To me, the core technology of my startup looks better than anything I've seen in AI, but my technolo
7. 1687.▲
   by graycat 9y ago

   There may be able to pick up an IBM PC/AT keyboard, likely by far the best computer keyboard ever. Now they sell for, what, $500 each?
8. 1688.▲
   by graycat 9y ago

   Warning, big, bitter rant. Given the OP, it's long past time for this rant: I deeply, profoundly, bitterly hate and despise black desktop PC cases. I prefer beige, white, bare metal, or nearly anything else. I need to assemble a new
9. 1689.▲
   by graycat 9y ago

   Charging time: In the US, houses commonly have from the grid 100 A at 230 V. So, that is 100 x 230 = 23,000 W (Watts) or 23 KW (kilowatts). For an electric car with a 75 KWh battery, the charging time using all the house power would be 75 &
10. 1690.▲
    by graycat 9y ago

    I'm still concerned about the time needed for recharging, especially if that recharging is to be a home with the now common 100 A and 230 V connection to the grid. Even with charging stations, there is the question about how fast can
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    by graycat 9y ago

    IMHO: On North Korea (NK), Trump is building rings and layers of responses and forces, at first to defend the US, South Korea (SK), and Japan and then to get rid of Kim and his military equipment, missile program, and nuke program. So, T
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    by graycat 9y ago

    > Hussein wanted the West to believe that he had no chemical weapons. There's a standard joke that may be close to the truth. The joke goes, a US official said: "Of COURSE we knew that Saddam had chemical weapons because we st
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    by graycat 9y ago

    I'm sorry: In my career, I've been through a lot in the OP and more, all really wasteful nonsense. As a result, I've concluded: In the US, for significant, long term financial security, it is close to essential to start, ow
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    by graycat 9y ago

    Cost of US university educations: I got my Master's and Ph.D. in a STEM field from one of the world's best research universities and paid $0.00 to the university. And I got free health care. Same for my wife except her field wa
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    by graycat 9y ago

    Part II (2) Linear Algebra (2.1) Linear Equations The start of linear algebra was seen in high school algebra, solving systems of linear equations. E.g., we seek numerical values of x and y so that 3 x - 2 y = 7 -x + 2 y = 8
16. 1696.▲
    by graycat 9y ago

    Part I (1) Calculus Generally should have college freshman and sophomore calculus. (1.1) Functions So, there can understand better what a function is. E.g., function f(x) = 3x^2 + 1. (1.2) Derivatives Then will learn how to fin
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    by graycat 9y ago

    You are really super slow on the uptake, reading comprehension. Again, once again, over again, yet again, one more time, this time just for you, my writing is fine. Just fine. Nothing wrong with it. Instead of anything wrong, I presented
18. 1698.▲
    by graycat 9y ago

    My writing was fine! It was effective! My first post on that topic was too short. My "rambling" -- actually it was well enough organized -- worked because you understood it just fine. As I mentioned, to solve some of the exerci
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    by graycat 9y ago

    I don't know anything about US Nazis. But, maybe they exist -- I would not deny that they do. And, if they exist, then, sure stabbing people might be part of what they do. Stabbing people is illegal, and we are awash in law enforceme
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    by graycat 9y ago

    Right, Trump's first statement was terrific but not "strong" on denouncing specific groups or people, nor should it have been. You are asking too much, way too much, of a responsible POTUS. You were asking at least for a muc
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    by graycat 9y ago

    > Explain to me how this is a self-fulfilling narrative? It has nothing to do with the news media and everything to do with the President himself on TV and Twitter. Trump has done just nothing at all wrong. You pointed to nothing, no q
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    by graycat 9y ago

    > It's clear, from video, that the President's response to this was weasely equivocation. No, his response was terrific, good leadership, presidential, calm the violence. Your conclusion "weasely equivocation" was JUS
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    by graycat 9y ago

    I'm sorry: This "failed to denounce" is just a game, part of the news gossip I described. And the second play of the game is failed to denounce "soon enough". Trump did NOTHING at all wrong. His first speech was
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    by graycat 9y ago

    I hate to get involved in politics here at HN, but maybe I can contribute a comment that really isn't politics but is business and news strategy ? First, I try to stay up on the news , that is, the facts about what has been happening
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    by graycat 9y ago

    Been there. Done that. Got the T-shirt, scars, bruises, etc. Believing that stuff was by far the worst mistake of my life. Strong advice: Don't do that. For all the attempts at gender diversity in STEM fields, f'get about
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    by graycat 9y ago

    Yes, but my guess is that with CRISPR we will be able to do DNA editing and experiments much faster. Then slowly, but much faster than in the past, we will be able to figure out, first cut, what some segment of DNA does what and, second-cu
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    by graycat 9y ago

    Lesson 1: Don't talk about sex, politics, or religion. Source: Very, very old stuff, I got from Mom. I wish I'd always followed it. Lesson 2: Don't tell them ANYTHING! Source: From an astoundingly, intensely socially cau
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    by graycat 9y ago

    There is an international system of finance, banking, and money . There are rules: If some person, company, or country doesn't play by the rules, then they are not in the system, and that means that they are limited to at most very
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    by graycat 9y ago

    If cryptocurrencies get very "wild" as an "asset class", then the US SEC, etc. will make regulations and/or Congress will pass laws to calm it down. The powerful governments in the world won't let crypto be m
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    by graycat 9y ago

    I'd vote for by CRISPR and the rest of bio-technology, e.g., as in Eric Lander and his MIT lectures at YouTube, for, my guesses, better crops, healthier farm animals, attacking insects, e.g., mosquitoes, attacking causes of infections,