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541.
by hugs 10y ago
High unemployment in a society can lead to higher crime rates. So prioritizing employment is an indirect way of prioritizing life.
542.
by hugs 10y ago
Yes, a scan of LM-2 is better than nothing.
543.
by hugs 10y ago
Scanning the Lunar Module would be slightly more difficult. The lower half of Apollo's 11 LM (the "descent stage") was left on the surface of the moon at the landing site, and the upper half (aka "ascent stage", w
544.
by hugs 10y ago
Cost of living and real estate prices are what keep me away from living in California again, even though I grew up there. Grew up in Thousand Oaks (due north of Malibu), but got married and started my family in Oak Park (west of Chicago). W
545.
by hugs 10y ago
There's yet another kind of startup founder, who merely starts a successful company that makes millions of dollars per year and is still in business almost a decade later. The company doesn't fail, but it doesn't have a huge
546.
by hugs 10y ago
If you're looking for a good place to start, I highly recommend reading Ben Katz' blog and thesis: Blog posts: "HobbyKing Cheetah" http://build-its-inprogress.blogspot.com/search/label/HobbyK...
547.
by hugs 10y ago
Would you still avoid startups if the hours were not crazy and the salary was the same (or better) as at a non-startup?
548.
by hugs 10y ago
The Indie.vc program explicitly provides a cash distribution alternative for returning capital to the investors, fwiw.
549.
The Cost of a Successful Creative Commons and Open Source Software Movement(michaelweinberg.org)
1 points by hugs 10y ago|0 comments
550.
by hugs 10y ago
Yes, it's bullshit, but when their LPs ask "How's it going?", reporting paper gains is how they get off the hot seat and/or raise the next fund.
551.
by hugs 10y ago
If you're a marathon runner, flat is not a bug, it's a feature. (Which is why running marathons in Chicago is kinda awesome.) And for me, fwiw, the miles of running path along the lakeshore are inspiring.
552.
by hugs 10y ago
This is why there's a market for robots for testing -- real robots hitting real buttons. Especially in the automobile industry, no company wants to be hauled in front of the oversight committee in Congress after some horrible accident
553.
by hugs 10y ago
You kid, but at some point over the years, I had that same epiphany: If you want a built-in justification to play with any new toy, pursue a career in test automation! (I don't have a Tesla, yet, but I'd be happy to be invited ove
554.
by hugs 10y ago
"Are there any other major browsers taking a similar approach to Safari in terms of native WebDriver support?" Let me tell you about the "world domination plan" for the Selenium project. In the beginning of the project,
555.
by hugs 10y ago
This is why I enjoyed being a part of Indie.vc. Zero emphasis on pitching or raising the next round. No demo day. All the focus was on growing a real business.
556.
by hugs 10y ago
I have a dog in this "fight", since my background is test automation and I started the Selenium project and two test infrastructure companies (Sauce Labs & Tapster Robotics). But I get so tired by these arguments. Testing is a
557.
by hugs 10y ago
> new products (if they are successful) often create new problems. This rings true to me. And I've been accused of doing just this. In 2004, my "hair on fire" problem was trying to figure out how to test web apps that heav
558.
by hugs 10y ago
If your goal is to start an enduring & profitable business, number of exits is the wrong metric. I get annoyed when total number of exits is assumed to be the only metric that counts. It's clearly a metric VCs care about, though.
559.
by hugs 10y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexagesimal#Origin
560.
by hugs 10y ago
One fascinating thing I discovered a few years ago: Lego Technic is a combination of both metric and imperial units. Hole centers are 8mm apart from each other. But hole diameters are 4.85mm, perfectly sized for a 10-32 (size based on inche
561.
Know only 10 things to be dangerous in OpenSCAD (2013)(blog.cubehero.com)
2 points by hugs 10y ago|0 comments
562.
by hugs 10y ago
Where were you testing from? (Which country?) The user experience can be great or horrible depending on how fast your connection is and how far away from the data center you are.
563.
by hugs 10y ago
I'm the most excited the Selenium WebDriver support. Apple was the last major vendor hold-out. We really thought Microsoft was going to go last! The Selenium project's "secret" world domination plan was to stop doing all
564.
by hugs 10y ago
Yeah, the website needs some love. I didn't even have a separate website for the project until this year.
565.
by hugs 10y ago
I was just as surprised as you are. :)
566.
by hugs 10y ago
Sorry to hear that. I'm sure, though, that the Sauce folks would want to hear more detail about the issues you saw.
567.
by hugs 10y ago
We're now at about $150k in bookings halfway through the year. Last year was $30k revenue for the entire year. I hope the numbers keep going up or this will have to go back to side-project status!
568.
by hugs 10y ago
Example #1: How do you automate a test for what happens to your streaming music app when a phone call comes in? (This was a real scenario a client couldn't figure out how to automate any other way.) Example #2: You're a car compan
569.
by hugs 10y ago
5 years. (2011-2016) While working on my first startup (Sauce Labs), I made a robot that plays Angry Birds as a side/art project in the autumn of 2011. The serious part of the project is that you can use the robot for testing mobile a
570.
by hugs 10y ago
You can keep flying with manual controls because it's fun. I'll fly in a self-flying car because I need to get somewhere fast and I'm not a pilot.

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