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by gregpilling 9y ago
http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a12775932/sackler-famil... This family is at the top of the opiate pyramid.
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by gregpilling 9y ago
quote from the article: "Even using precise measurements, which we’ll get to in a second, your new virtually-bought glasses can turn out to be uncomfortably tight, annoyingly loose or simply ill-fitting, regardless of the stated measu
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by gregpilling 9y ago
The Britten is amazing http://www.britten.co.nz/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rjJQUnq5Js I was on track with the first version at Westwood, in BC when it was ridden by Gary Goodfellow and Steve Crevier.
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by gregpilling 9y ago
I have programmed the home router to turn on and off at various times of the day. Since we stream all video, and many games require an internet connection, this has the result of automatically controlling screen time. I tried it after this
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by gregpilling 9y ago
This clip is relevant to today's issue. Men can accuse just as easily. American Beauty How to Quit a Job With Kevin Spacey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psNuJuaYqVU
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by gregpilling 9y ago
I bought a house in 1993 with a good view. Neighbor built house where front window viewed. Stupid me, should have thought about it but the lot was a drainage pond for a year or so after I moved in, then suddenly got filled with dirt and a h
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by gregpilling 9y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novarupta link for the lazy
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by gregpilling 9y ago
What are your thoughts on the need to understand the idea maze of your industry https://youtu.be/GSHg-sLlCAc
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by gregpilling 9y ago
Will the open source platform end up being dominant in self drive, like Wordpress is the #1 platform for a website? Or is there a good argument that something else will be dominant in the long term >10 years?
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by gregpilling 9y ago
This is a great answer. I still think I am clueless, but if I look back at the list of things I have done I am happy enough with myself. I may be clueless, but at least I have tried many things. Some even worked!
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by gregpilling 9y ago
I still have a Handspring in my desk!
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by gregpilling 9y ago
at least they have new limits on the use of alchohol and illegal drugs at company events! (from WAPO article )
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by gregpilling 9y ago
There must have been a 10x developer on that stand, I can't see more than $120 in materials. Makes me think I should be selling stands to Google instead of the stuff I make now.
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by gregpilling 9y ago
I think this is the money line right here: The heart of YC’s philosophy is that world has too few people solving fixable problems, a “bottleneck in society,” says Garg. “If you fundamentally believe that, then [Startup School] is exactly th
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by gregpilling 9y ago
well that is basically my business model, :) . I don't feel like chasing money around, so I fund my own silly ideas. Sooner or later one idea/product will pay off (or not). I am trying to enjoy myself in the process. In the meanti
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by gregpilling 9y ago
The "Message to Garcia" is great, thank you for that. I love that while it was written in 1899 it still seems to be true; will likely be still true in 100 years I think.
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by gregpilling 9y ago
Factories don't have to be nasty. I have one, with 6 automated machines and 10 people. We have fun, try to make the automated machines build everything. It can be demanding at times, but so are startups. Programming welding robots, las
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by gregpilling 9y ago
I agree with hiring a lawyer. A hired hand, to dispassionately argue on your behalf is very useful. The lawyer will just do his job; no personality clash or old history to get in the way.
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by gregpilling 9y ago
TL;DR - if you need to get a meeting with someone, get a Veblen good that the meeting person is into A friend gave me a fake Rolex once. He said it was exceptionally good; he had the exact same model that was real and the only difference he
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by gregpilling 9y ago
Very good comment, thank you. You are exactly correct on the tooling costs, except there is no limit to the high end. Ford might spend many millions on tooling for a new car at the extreme end of the scale, for example. I think all tool and
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by gregpilling 9y ago
We have been here for years. I knew a guy in Canada in the 90s who was getting gold out of electronics, and my facotry in Tucson AZ had a big operation down the street that exclusively employed ex cons to remove precious metals from discard
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by gregpilling 9y ago
If I recall, this whole idea started as a result of traffic on the 405 or something. This idea is only useful if it could deliver traffic volumes at meaninful percentage of the current 405 throughput. wikipedia says "The freeway's
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by gregpilling 9y ago
"90 days before we ask for a credit card, then less than $40 per year after that. Try us for 3 months let us show you how to save time, money and hassle for less than the cost of a family meal per year" Just a thought to throw out
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by gregpilling 9y ago
Eccl 1-9 "The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.”
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by gregpilling 9y ago
Agreed, also why would it need oil changes since it would most likely be electric? Scheduled maintenance is a very occasional thing in electric vehicles.
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by gregpilling 10y ago
and if you wanted a little history to back up your thoughts, Henry Ford had the 999 racecar before the Ford Motor Company was founded, and Soichiro Honda was crazy about racing as well and almost bankrupted the company in pursuit of it (som
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by gregpilling 10y ago
Hi there, I own a manufacturing company in Arizona, and we make (eseentially ) brackets, and I would like to make brackets for your retrofit kits. I actually wrote a business plan out 3 years ago based on the likely idea that someone would
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by gregpilling 10y ago
And I have tickets to COTA !
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by gregpilling 10y ago
it was the $8000 down to get the machine I was referring to. The robot welder was $2200 down payment, and the laser cutter was $5800 down. Modest amounts for what they produce in goods, the machines can produce just an enormous mountain of
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by gregpilling 10y ago
Robots Create Jobs. I just purchased my second welding robot. It is a Miller/Panasonic PA-750S with a 92" welding turntable. We make truck accessories with it. I bought a made in Boston laser cutter at the same time, a 4000w IPG L

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