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by javiramos 5y ago
Great to see Puerto Rican tech content on Hacker News! I grew up in PR and have always dreamed that PR could become a Singapore or similar with regards to its tech ecosystem. Saludos boricua from Boston!
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by javiramos 5y ago
It seems like the cited patent was an application that was eventually abandoned. The application didn't hold very well during examination.
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by javiramos 5y ago
Heartbreaking. The US criminal justice system is a shame.
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by javiramos 5y ago
The smell of my neighbor's cooking is also all permeating, lingering and absolutely vile.
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by javiramos 5y ago
At MIT, all classes started 5 minutes after the scheduled time and ended 5 minutes before the scheduled time.
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by javiramos 6y ago
Funny that you mention wart removal. I once got a $450 bill for wart removal cryosurgery. “Cryosurgery” meant a one second spray of the wart with liquid nitrogen. Outrageous.
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by javiramos 6y ago
>the out of network specialist at an in-network hospital The worst. After a $2k bill, I learned my lesson to check every doctor that attends me for coverage even if it is in an in-network hospital.
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by javiramos 6y ago
Leafy greens production is quickly being standardized and automated in a highly controllable format. e.g. [0] It would be reasonable to assume that the farming of many other crops will eventually transition to fully automated indoor formats
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by javiramos 6y ago
Chase Sapphire Reserve: https://www.doordash.com/dashpass-v2/chase/sapphire-reserve/...
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by javiramos 6y ago
Same in Boston —- the office space market is a bloodbath. I have little knowledge of the commercial office space market but it’s not difficult to imagine how mass defaults in this sector could trigger a crisis.
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by javiramos 6y ago
Stock portfolios aside, it has still been a tough year -- lots of negative emotions and vibes.
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by javiramos 6y ago
Yeah, 2020 has been a tough year for everyone
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by javiramos 6y ago
This is 2014 profitability data per route: http://reasonrail.blogspot.com/2014/11/amtrak-routes-by-2014... Pretty much all routes lose money except the Acela and Northeast Regional routes.
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by javiramos 6y ago
Definitely true for my domain, mechanical engineering. Enough reviews and bugs will be found and corrected.
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by javiramos 6y ago
Maybe the vessels could be built with a cleanout mechanism that periodically activates and brushes the outside free of algae?
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Floating Under a Levitating Liquid(nature.com)
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by javiramos 6y ago
Probably a rotary fluid coupling [0]. The fluid equivalent of a slip ring used in electrical applications. [0] https://www.dsti.com/rotary-unions/
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by javiramos 6y ago
For those interested in the rise and fall of film photography, I recommend Instant [0]. The book chronicles the story of Polaroid. The last parts of the book capture the bad decisions around the shutting down of film production. [0] https:
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by javiramos 6y ago
“Chief Purpose Officer”. What a cheap joke...
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by javiramos 6y ago
I imagine that a "more qualified assistant" would be the equivalent of a Chief of Staff.
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by javiramos 6y ago
Ocado is an amazing company. Their warehouses are a beautiful feat of automation [0]. They have signed deals with a few U.S. supermarket chains so you should expect the Ocado experience in the sometime in the near future. EDIT: Their other
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by javiramos 6y ago
Does anyone have good recommendations for general office laptops? My company bought about 10 Dell laptops and about half of them have a problem in which they randomly shut off due to some thermal issue. Dell has given us a hard time with th
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by javiramos 6y ago
I am particularly interested in food products that will replace animal-based foods. There will be a major consumer shift in the upcoming decades as consumers shift to more sustainable alternatives. This will changes industries, towns and re
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by javiramos 6y ago
Does anyone know what is the transparent container with white contents in the second picture of the wiki page? [0] It is mounted under the typing terminal. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norsk_Data#/media/F
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by javiramos 6y ago
For me, doing 1-on-1s is like taking the pulse of the company.
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by javiramos 7y ago
I am also an alum -- I started the FIRST robotics team at my high school back in the day. I was part of a community where being a doctor, a lawyer or an accountant (nothing bad with that) was the expected norm. Having exposure through FIRST
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by javiramos 7y ago
I would love to see hardware startups attempting a remote model. I think that there is a lot that could be done remotely even in the hardware space. New web-based tools like Onshape enable easy remote collaboration. I could imagine services
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by javiramos 7y ago
I really enjoy The Prepared ( https://theprepared.org/newsletter ) It is a newsletter broadly about engineering and manufacturing.
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by javiramos 7y ago
Lots of innovation and investment happening in this space. Expect parking lots in ~5-10 years to look very different — a lot of automation is coming.
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by javiramos 7y ago
The other day I went to a concert and parked my car at a parking lot. When the concert ended, of course there were masses of people trying to exit the parking lot. There were only 2 cashiers to pay the parking ticket — no automated machines

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