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by iaw 10y ago
And they have their own police too, right?
842.
by iaw 10y ago
With zero knowledge on the subject my guess would be that they've focused on the protein structure and not the fat structures in their efforts. I suspect there are a lot of similarly shaped fat structures that taste differently whic
843.
by iaw 10y ago
I have a diamond ring I need to get rid of. Next time the need arises I'm going moissanite and platinum which will have a much better melt value.
844.
by iaw 10y ago
I've been trying to mull that out as well from an economic perspective but I think it's highly dependent on the existing distribution networks which adds additional complexity. Major League sports information is disseminated fairl
845.
by iaw 10y ago
I think this is a more correct case to apply. The Feist case was about the expense accrued in aggregating the information and the incentive issues that arise if those efforts are not protected. The NBA case was about the division of rights
846.
by iaw 10y ago
> What killed Detroit wasn't a trade deal, except to the extent that we allowed Japan to sell autos here at all. I'm referring to what killed Detroit the city, and it's jobs, not what killed the automakers. A famous quote
847.
by iaw 10y ago
On one podcast I was listening too they held a survey asking people whether trade deals were "good", "bad", "I don't know", "I think it's complicated". When following up, neither the "
848.
by iaw 10y ago
Wow, I hope to see a lot more of these in the future. It was a great read.
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by iaw 10y ago
I find it kind of interesting that there was a whole process/methodology behind it that modern society has forgotten.
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by iaw 10y ago
There's an episode of "Murdoch's Mysteries" about the process of hanging a man. The rope was consistently reused, it was nearly as thick as your wrist. Too short and the man would strangle, too long and he would be dec
851.
by iaw 10y ago
She's 32, a decade out of college, try again with a little less sexism.
852.
by iaw 10y ago
You're 100% correct. Source: VC friends and the VC's I've pitched.
853.
by iaw 10y ago
I don't think a male founder would've gotten UBeam off the ground. The press around it was about the novelty of "look! girl engineer!"
854.
by iaw 10y ago
The existing industry has rigorous standards that have been established over decades of tragedies. Theranos announced that it had a technological breakthrough that took less time/money/blood for the same results. Walgreens, seeing
855.
by iaw 10y ago
I feel like that's Silicon Valley's motto at times.
856.
by iaw 10y ago
I forgot about that one. It just makes me feel bad for his daughter.
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by iaw 10y ago
> I'm not sure he was introspective enough to be a member of the cult of his own ego I'm not sure that I agree. I think he was very introspective but, because of being put for adoption and other traumatic experiences in his ch
858.
by iaw 10y ago
He chose homeopathic remedies when first diagnosed with cancer rather than the known and proven effective treatments. By the time he realized it wasn't a joke the effective treatments were too late. He used his wealth and influence to
859.
by iaw 10y ago
I've capped out my income at the moment, when recruiters talk to me I always try to force them into the compensation discussion first. Including risk discounts, expected future growth rates, etc. they quickly stop wasting my time.
860.
by iaw 10y ago
Their perpetual self-doubt is probably a component of their mastery. If they assumed they were right after a point they would stop learning.
861.
by iaw 10y ago
A non-preachy education campaign would help. I'd watch a youtube channel with shorts describing how incumbents work within the existing system (no bias, just educate me) and then a small explanation about what MealSquares does at the
862.
by iaw 10y ago
A number of my friends are food scientists, it goes beyond the "testing" concept and into the "design" concept. I think Soylent has been a little arrogant about their development process and failed to hire someone with
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Project Pluto(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by iaw 10y ago|0 comments
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Nuclear Engine for Rocket Vehicle Application (NERVA)(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by iaw 10y ago|0 comments
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by iaw 10y ago
While not a Havard alum myself there were traditions and parallel institutions at my alma matter that existed long before my grandparents did. There's something to be said about the culture that these places provide and the atmosphere
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by iaw 10y ago
I wear my Seiko 5 every day, I need to set the day once every other month and the time once every ~3 weeks, it winds perpetually. After the world is over, I'll still be able to tell time. I would love a smart watchband so I can get mee
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by iaw 10y ago
I think you're right. Ideal gas law wouldn't apply to the plasma sphere but knowing shockwave strength at some distance you can figure out how much energy was transferred to the atmosphere.
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by iaw 10y ago
If you find it do let me know.
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by iaw 10y ago
From what I've eked out over the years: - Wind is not that good of an energy source but in some areas can provide offsetting capacity. Built at any scale wind becomes useless due to numerous factors, especially predicting production a
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by iaw 10y ago
Having worked in a related part of the electricity industry: not as far as I know. As far as I can tell everyone has an agenda. I am in favor of fission as a primary energy resource but there's no way to have an honest comparative c

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