mchannon

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by mchannon 9y ago
Office stuff and human relations sound like the CEO's job to me. If not CEO, someone the CEO hires to do it. It's not like you're pulling this working-remote stuff on him out of the blue. The success you've found so fa
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by mchannon 9y ago
Knowing nearly nothing about your specifics (weigh that accordingly), I'd go for a single-member LLC, incorporated in Wisconsin. They're substantially more idiot-proof (as long as you stay single-member) than more conventional co
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by mchannon 9y ago
Where you incorporate your business has never had much to do with the effects of patent trolls. Patent trolls would sue you in E.D.Tx if they were going to sue you, no matter where you were incorporated. A few recent court decisions may h
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by mchannon 9y ago
Part of this difference is also the fluctuation in exchange rates. Around 2014, 1 CAD was worth about 1 USD, but since then, the loonie has plummeted in value relative to the greenback. That doesn't account for the entire difference, b
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by mchannon 9y ago
As I understand it, they deposit a layer of oxide on the first layer, pattern it, and preferentially etch in order to allow selective interconnection to the existing layer, then deposit fresh layers of silicon on top to do it all over again
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by mchannon 9y ago
Once Ethereum moves to proof-of-stake (supposedly this year) that would render any such effort pretty silly on their part. There are other nascent cryptocurrencies that may make an effort worthwhile.
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by mchannon 9y ago
Start spending time in the US. It's not clear whether you desire to stay in Germany while working remotely or whether you want to work onsite in the US. Disregard the rest of this if you desire the remote option. Some companies will
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by mchannon 9y ago
Given that everyone else could be doing the same thing if they are driven by natural daylight, and not what some clock on the wall tells them to do, maybe everyone else _would_ do the same thing, including your son's school. I think th
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by mchannon 9y ago
"Speaking the language of your customer". One, the customer is always right. This trumps all. Two, many people (customers included) don't know what "jargon" means.
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by mchannon 9y ago
Joel (as in the Joel test) had a worthwhile article about a decade ago, still worth reading: https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2008/12/29/the-new-fog-creek-...
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by mchannon 9y ago
A couple of thoughts: • Have you considered that your being unhappy with the job was an intentional act on the part of others? Getting people to leave on their own is substantially easier on the long-term financials of a company (no unempl
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by mchannon 9y ago
This is a further twist of a stupid US policy. Solar panel manufacturers cried foul while China simply out-managed the US players on the supply chain, so the US slapped tariffs on Chinese finished panels. China says, ok, so that's how
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by mchannon 9y ago
I was referring to "patent process", not "filing process". Filing application until issue of patent is only the very beginning. You have renewal payments at 3.5, 7.5, and 11.5 years after issue. If you get a restrictio
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by mchannon 9y ago
Have more ideas. I come up with more ideas than anybody I know. A tiny fraction are any good. The vast majority of them are half-baked. As soon as you discover a fatal flaw (and if you're anything like me, you will more often than n
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by mchannon 9y ago
There's a lot of "going-through-the-motions" recruiting going on. That is to say that they'll put you through an interviewing process, but you'll never get in, no matter how well you do. There are a number of reas
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by mchannon 9y ago
Not for every instance, but at least once, I wish I had given the money right back.
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by mchannon 9y ago
Typically the inventor has to prepare the patent, and it is first to file now. It is then up to the person doing the filing to assign the patent to a company of their choice. I'd consider filing your own provisional patent ($70), whic
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by mchannon 9y ago
Amazing but true. The scrawl on the board shows how they make vinyl monomers out of acetic acid derived from their carbide process, then PVAcetate, then PVAlcohol. This whole article reminded me of paper made out of rock. Depressingly, it
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by mchannon 9y ago
The context in this case being the original posted article, which is polyvinyl alcohol, not acetate.
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by mchannon 9y ago
PVA is polyvinyl alcohol. Pretty stinky stuff- it’s used as a mold release for composite lay-ups, and is the active ingredient in certain prescription eye drops.
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by mchannon 9y ago
The percentage of people who instantly divulge their roots as outside the bay area are pretty small- it's not a helpful attribute in terms of employability, or even really making friends. In order for most people who read this question
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by mchannon 9y ago
This leaves you with a few options that haven't been brought up. Have you considered working for a nonprofit or a governmental agency? The pay probably isn't there, but some people wouldn't want to work anywhere else. It ca
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by mchannon 9y ago
For my family, the heritage was a bit educational, though it often felt a bit like wrong guesses (if you're 25% English, 25% Scottish, 25% Welsh, 25% Irish, you'll come back 100% "British Isles"). My spouse's 25% N
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by mchannon 9y ago
I'd consider actually doing it. Consider who's the dog and who's the tail- is your company making him rich or is he making your company rich? By transitioning him to equity, you still get the benefit of his continued hard wo
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by mchannon 9y ago
Since onerous security theater has deterred drivers from flying, who then are more statistically prone to dying during car travel, you're going to find the cost-per-life-saved number is a negative number.
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by mchannon 9y ago
No deal is too good to walk away from.
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by mchannon 9y ago
When you inject cold water into hot brittle rock, fracturing can occur. You'll notice western Oklahoma is now replete with earthquakes, when they were never there before. From fracturing. I liken this idea to defusing a bomb with a ci
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by mchannon 9y ago
I've never owned one, but the physics are pretty straightforward. The greater concern is longevity. I seem to recall a refrigerated air unit will use about 15% of its energy to cool its hot side and about 85% to pump the heat from col
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by mchannon 9y ago
Other suggestions here are good in terms of how to track it, but I suspect you don't need to track it beyond what you already know- it's most likely that air conditioner. Even if every other electric appliance in your house double
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by mchannon 9y ago
Patent-pending technology. Email me for details.

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