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by louprado 11y ago
> If their startup fails, they can go back to their corporate job A major challenge of a start-up founder is managing their own psychology. This much easier to do when you are/were upper-middle class and gives those founders a signi
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With rare exception, if I read a good book, I then gift it to someone, loan it to a co-worker, or donate it. Ironically a bookshelf might be a collection of books the owner wouldn't recommend reading over some other title. Not saying
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"people[developers] still often go for Approach A[full ui blocking modal spinners] since it seems easier to build" The small features in this article aren't that hard to build. Most importantly they communicate empathy to th
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Ear-plugs don't help with low-frequency vibrations like that from an elevator. The manager of my last building would disable the elevator from midnight to 6AM which provided some relief. Noise, vibration, light pollution (e.g., excessi
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And reaching out to my father did it for me. Earlier this year I had a deadline and asked him to call at 5AM every day for a few weeks. But we since kept it up as an excuse to talk to each other daily. We barely spoke once a year prior to t
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And this advice may even apply if you are thin. For years I concluded that my sugar cravings were because I was thin and had no fat reserves. If I missed a meal, or if I didn't code with Gatorade by my side, my skin would feel like it
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by louprado 11y ago
"If you want to stay lean, you'll want bacteria that are not very efficient" I hope this article isn't suggesting that it is preferable to have less efficient digestive systems so that we can all eat more. Given the env
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Agreed. As for required watching, Scott Miller of the Bolt team produced an excellent 18 part YouTube series on Design for Manufacturing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84VxN9K_PMM&list=PLNTXUUIxHy...
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by louprado 11y ago
Imagine polling this forum to identify their heroes and then poll a non-technical forum. Then contrast the two lists for macho qualities. You can probably do this simply by counting the sports heroes. Admitting that one is not immune to bio
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by louprado 11y ago
This article should have been one sentence regarding "psychological safety" and then several paragraphs suggesting ways to achieve this. And more importantly how to build it into the corporate culture. For example, a high-level ma
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"And often, paradoxically, despite their privileged backgrounds, they have much less appetite for risk". Here's my co-founder litmus test: Work this phrase into a conversation, "We're going to be working on our star
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My company budgets a small amount for customer appeasement each month. The funds can be used toward discounts, expedited shipping, upgrades, etc. We can usually start every support response with empathy as opposed to protecting ourselves fr
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by louprado 11y ago
Many of us have older phones and tablets at home, so this approach makes sense. Will you also allow the user to turn on the camera or microphone ? That feature is relevant when integrating with BTLE security sensors. BTW, my company makes a
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Government contracts require long sales cycles, constant relationship management, excessive documentation, and insider experience to navigate the system. What (if anything) has improved the chances for a small team of competent outsiders ?
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Are there similar results for audio training data ?
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Or Gandhi's quote: "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win."
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by louprado 12y ago
Microsoft promoted Azure this weekend at hshacks. More than 1000 high schoolers attended this hack-a-thon at PayPal HQ. Upon hearing the word "server" one kid next to me enthusiastically shouted, "Use Azure! It's easy an
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by louprado 12y ago
Finding new hires from your local hackerspace is great advice. You get to observe and work with people before hiring them. BTW, If you are ever in Oakland,CA you owe it to yourself to visit the Omni Commons. I'll be there attending CCL
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by louprado 12y ago
For those who primarily read engineering and technical texts, do you find you have an unusually low reading speed when switching to ordinary literature ? I expected reading-speed to be 1:1 inversely proportional idea-density, but that never
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by louprado 12y ago
FYI, All Power Labs has a free open house this Friday. http://www.eventbrite.com/e/biomass-powered-open-house-regis...
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Preferably, limit announcements to the bare minimum and use pre-recordings. There is too much variability in voice intensity. A pre-warning chime before an announcement would reduce stress and allow time to cover our ears. It would also spa
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A micrometer-scale integrated silicon source of time-energy entangled photons(eetimes.com)
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It's what this investment implies. That people in our industry are indifferent to the vices that grip poorer communities. It also implies that no tech company that approached him for funding recently had a better idea than getting peo
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Am I am the only one who is saddened by this headline ? This seriously messed with my day.
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by louprado 12y ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rRAf1IaWpw&feature=youtu.be . YouTube pays my business, BlueMate.com, for posting DIY videos of our electronic kits. Instead of a marketing expense we have marketing income.
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Lead vaporizes at 1749 °C. Not going to happen while soldering.
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Am I mistaken, or does Steve hold tension on a line of solder using his teeth ? Or is that bus wire ? Surprised he isn't concerned about lead poisoning.
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by louprado 13y ago
Does crowdtilt only accept credit cards? Fortunately https://archive.org/donate/ accepts PayPal and other methods. Personally, I only impulse donate to small causes and having finding my CC is enough to make me "j
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Inside iPhone 4S(eetimes.com)
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I will be eagerly checking until midnight. Hope to see everyone on this thread there.

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