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by hugs 8y ago
His rationale and deal structure sound very similar to Indie.vc's investment in my company (Tapster Robotics). With Indie.vc, I have the option to distribute profits back to the investor as a viable, realistic option between "Be t
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by hugs 8y ago
Why is it a liability?
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by hugs 8y ago
I'm working on a "learn to code & play with robots" app and that uses the phone or tablet's camera to read in paper-printed emoji flash cards. It's like an AR version of Logo/Scratch/ScrathJr. The flas
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by hugs 8y ago
Were the Google Nexus phones considered low-budget?
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by hugs 8y ago
The server is a proxy between a client library and a browser (or a browser driver like ChromeDriver). Like all good proxies, it can add some cool features to your workflow, but is not required for basic usage. For example, you can download
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by hugs 8y ago
You don't have to install Java to use Selenium. (Source: I started the Selenium project)
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by hugs 8y ago
"Google Drive" would be a good name for a self-driving car, too, though.
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by hugs 9y ago
I wish I had this information before I took a job at Google 11 years ago. I probably would have still taken the job, but I would have realized I was really signing up for two jobs: 1) The job I was hired for; ... but *more importantly*.
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by hugs 9y ago
Buy an Arduino-based starter kit that includes a breadboard and a bunch of small parts like LEDs and resistors. Adafruit or Sparkfun have some good kits.
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by hugs 9y ago
Do it!
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by hugs 9y ago
(Tapster creator here) I've gotten my bots up to 800/taps per minute. I haven't seen / gotten to a higher upper limit, yet, where it is unable to recognize the distinction. However, what I have seen on iOS is after a few
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by hugs 9y ago
No, that's why most people use the robots instead for quality control / testing of the products they make.
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by hugs 9y ago
Anything else?
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by hugs 9y ago
Tapster creator here. Which repercussions?
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Tapster’s robots are built to poke touchscreens(techcrunch.com)
64 points by hugs 9y ago|24 comments
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by hugs 9y ago
Quite possible!
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by hugs 9y ago
Another possibility is that they were indeed, correct -- we did use many CPUs to perform the work, even though it is the nature of the work (running end-to-end tests on browsers, simulators, and devices).
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by hugs 9y ago
Years ago, during a fund-raising tour of Silicon Valley VC firms for my previous company, we also pitched Intel Capital (their in-house VC arm). Their feedback to our pitch was that our SaaS service was "too compute intensive" and
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by hugs 9y ago
Sure it's free, but it can still be difficult to implement at scale in large companies. There's probably a market opportunity for a consulting service to help companies implement nocode frameworks. (/sarcasm ;)
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by hugs 9y ago
I would rather give a developer a $2K signing bonus and tell them to go buy whatever laptop they want... and they own it. That way, if/when their employment ends, we don't have to go through the awkward process of taking the equip
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Chicago makes first cut for Amazon HQ2(chicagobusiness.com)
1 points by hugs 9y ago|0 comments
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by hugs 9y ago
Sometimes, it might be robotics companies whose products Apple uses to test their devices. You can't really name them because maybe you're not the target market for those products.
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by hugs 9y ago
Another option people fail to consider is not pursuing a term sheet from Sequoia in the first place. Go get money from customers, instead.
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by hugs 9y ago
I like this approach. It sounds like a play right out of "How to Win Friends and Influence People". But... This also needs a good chunk of maturity and trust in both the employee and manager. Doesn't mean don't try it, b
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by hugs 9y ago
The problem with estimates is that it's easy to install (and easy to estimate the time involved installing) a new air conditioner (or water heater or other applicance), but it's hard to estimate how long it will take to design&#x2
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by hugs 9y ago
"When was the last time you heard of a VC that wanted good dividends from their portfolio companies?" Indie.vc (Bryce Roberts)
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by hugs 9y ago
Another useful metaphor is that venture capital is rocket fuel. It's not useful if you're not building a rocket. And VCs only really want to give rocket fuel to rocket builders, anyway. VCs will be angry if you end up building a c
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by hugs 9y ago
I stopped reading after that paragraph. I'd rather give honest answers than think that I have to lie to get funding. Also, my startups have raised tens of millions of dollars, so I'd rather not trust the author's advice.
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by hugs 9y ago
Ironically, an engineering degree is also like a math degree.
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by hugs 9y ago
I started the Selenium project at ThoughtWorks, fwiw. That could be used as a data point for whatever conclusion you want to make. :)

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