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Will the Bay Area Defend Against Rising Seas, or Embrace Them?(kqed.org)
1 points by jpm_sd 8y ago|0 comments
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by jpm_sd 8y ago
My one attempt on a beach in San Diego was not a success, but I'm pretty big/heavy (6'3" 220lb) and I think the board was too small. Also the experienced surfers were unwelcoming and impatient. I was a n00b wasting perfe
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by jpm_sd 8y ago
Fear sells.
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by jpm_sd 8y ago
Got a portfolio you can link to?
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Software ‘Robots’ Power Surging Values for Three Little-Known Startups(wsj.com)
4 points by jpm_sd 8y ago|0 comments
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by jpm_sd 8y ago
Your examples make no sense. Arduino and Raspberry Pi are toys for hobbyists. Samsung is a colossal conglomerate that makes thousands of different consumer products. TSMC is a semiconductor fab, and ARM makes... specifications?
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by jpm_sd 8y ago
There is no upside to this approach. LIDAR is only getting cheaper, there is no reason not to use it.
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by jpm_sd 8y ago
Too little, too late, Twitter.
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The undertakers of Silicon Valley: how failure became big business(theguardian.com)
3 points by jpm_sd 8y ago|0 comments
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by jpm_sd 8y ago
That is a really good question. An outside investment on this scale seems kind of like a vote of no-confidence for the internal efforts.
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The undertakers of Silicon Valley: how failure became big business(theguardian.com)
1 points by jpm_sd 8y ago|0 comments
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by jpm_sd 8y ago
While it's clear that both Kuri and Jibo were far too expensive, I am wondering whether there is a market for a "home entertainment" robot at any price. What are they for?
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by jpm_sd 8y ago
I'm not sure the person profiled supports the underlying thesis of the article. He was 82 and struggling with numerous health problems, suicide may have been a quasi-rational choice?
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by jpm_sd 8y ago
This is pretty cool. If you told me 20 years ago that the future of UI rendering would be GPU-accelerated HTML... I would have laughed. Heartily.
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by jpm_sd 8y ago
He's a software guy and has too much money to play with.
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by jpm_sd 8y ago
The point is, Larry Page is fighting physics, and therefore wasting his money.
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by jpm_sd 8y ago
All of these concepts have the same problems: * loud * short range * no auto-rotation * no passive stability * almost no unpowered glide Accidents waiting to happen. Never something that you will want to have zipping around your residential
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by jpm_sd 8y ago
While GlenTheMachine has done an admirable job answering your "headline question", I think for your particular area of expertise you might also look for support from a public health-oriented non-profit like the Gates Foundation.
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by jpm_sd 8y ago
I like this idea. Sort of a "Zerg swarm" approach.
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by jpm_sd 8y ago
In this particular case, it's because Loon and Wing are "graduating" (spinning out), although that information is a few paragraphs deep. And it's in the URL, but not the article title.
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Loon and Wing graduate from Google/Alphabet X(wired.com)
133 points by jpm_sd 8y ago|57 comments
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America’s largest supermarket chain is launching a driverless delivery service(theverge.com)
1 points by jpm_sd 8y ago|0 comments
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by jpm_sd 8y ago
Betteridge's law would suggest that the answer is "no". In fact, they have already failed to reinvent it, and are reverting to standard practices in some sense.
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by jpm_sd 8y ago
Having worked at both, I'd recommend Google for a couple of years, then GTFO. You'll get massively overpaid (save your money!) and you'll learn some useful stuff. But it's a chaotic mess, the employees are spoiled, and y
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by jpm_sd 8y ago
my initial reaction to this news was "oh good, now Google can cancel Loon without feeling like they lost to Facebook"
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by jpm_sd 8y ago
I have left three startups that seemed like they were going nowhere. All three still exist, in a stagnant sort of way, but the friends who still work there seem pretty depressed. It's amazing how long you can keep a lousy business on l
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by jpm_sd 8y ago
Yes. Sexual harassment in rife in the... everything.
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by jpm_sd 8y ago
TL;DR - It's not a paradox, because we're probably alone. Kind of a letdown!
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by jpm_sd 8y ago
Haha, this is reminiscent of Chunk's confession in The Goonies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5UG7ISJfP0
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by jpm_sd 8y ago
Why would anyone answer this question? The rule of thumb for the electronic age is "Never write down anything you don't want to see on the front page of the NYTimes"

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