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by mchannon 10y ago
One likely possibility is mention of this presidential administration changing US corporate taxation to something more focused on capital flow across borders. It's in some ways similar to a VAT- a lower possible rate, but closing loop
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You need to get in touch with your lawyer. Not the company's lawyer (who signs their checks?). Don't have one? Now's a great time- head downtown and pick whichever one doesn't already represent your company or your pa
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CO2 already has value, if it's concentrated enough (stack emissions, unfortunately, aren't). There are CO2 mines in multiple western US states where the CO2 is dug up, sent through pipelines, and reinjected into oil wells. &quot
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Looking at their diagram, there appear to be multiple injections of hydrogen peroxide, but no products of hydrogen peroxide. Maybe it just requires a finite amount to get the reaction started, or there's some subtle reaction going on t
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by mchannon 10y ago
1. CTO-grade developers aren't cheap, but they aren't scarce either. You either need to pay for their skills (employee/contractor) or convince them to spend their time on your idea (prove you can sell, market, and/or fu
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Prison gerrymandering has been reformed in a few places, particularly New York. Due to reforms passed in 2010, prisoners are now counted toward their home districts. California has likewise passed a law to discontinue the process there by
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Carbon-free implies that there is zero carbon in this technology. In fact, the MOF material is based on organic (carbon-bearing) molecules. "non-carbon-based" would be more apt, since this is definitely a change from carbon-based
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It'd be nice if they'd included "A disabled retiree from Washington State". Since Washington, Colorado and Oregon vote exclusively by mail, there are no problems associated with polling places because there are no tradi
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If your idea is substantially different from theirs (yours being specific and theirs being vague), applying for your own patent, expressly including theirs as a reference and distinguishing what's novel about your technology and how it
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Frequently open offices have offices with doors for general use, or conference rooms; if there are hours those spaces are not in use, those are probably hours you could use them. Stepping out into the front hallway (but still within range o
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Unfortunately, eBay (in the US) is so inundated with these that you can have a very difficult time finding something that's actually 32GB (or whatever non-8GB capacity you want). It's so bad you have to search for name brands to g
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If you're to the stage of getting offered a position where you have to lose your bonus if you jump ship, there's no harm in asking for the 15% bonus you would have received as a sign-on bonus. Have you asked? Finding an experien
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Regus will do in a pinch; they have one on Folsom Street near Caltrain. Don't expect it to be cheap, but they're usually not full. They (and others like them) have spaces areawide; you may find some discounts closer to Burlingame
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by mchannon 10y ago
This sort of data falls under the category of "I might need this someday but I can't figure out why". For the reasons you can't think of, perhaps you might consider indexing them locally then throwing them onto Glacier.
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I'd say we're in many ways less future-obsessed than we used to be, at least when it comes to the distant future. You can see numerous examples ranging from magazines dating back to the 1800's (and before) of all the wacky in
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An engineer's solution: One can of white spray paint.
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Actually, you _can_ patent a plant. It's called a plant patent. 35 USC 161 specifically governs plants.
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H2S is insidious, but it's not the primary reason for venting lead acid batteries. H2 gas itself is. Particularly when overcharged, batteries will build up a pressure of H2, which specially designed vents within the battery will let o
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Sorry, no. 100W/m2 is highly unusual for any place on Earth. Take the most overcast midday conditions you can imagine and they'll exceed 100W/m2 by a comfortable margin. That can be in Germany, Canada, Colombia, or Antarcti
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In addition to lack of performance numbers, they misstate the amount of sunlight hitting earth by a factor of 10- it's supposed to be 1000 W/m2, not 100.
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I'm sad to see them go. Used them near exclusively for my past 2 dozen trips (about a dozen SFO, about a dozen OAK). The rental car experience in general is ripe for disruption- flightcar was not perfect but the incumbents were and ar
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FlightCar (YC W13) shutting down operations
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The trailer culture is still solidly lead-acid, for which most airstreams will support the weight. Lithiums are definitely better in theory, but they aren't that much better volumetrically, and they're considerably less forgiving
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Don't do anything rash. Cofounder could be having a mental breakdown and/or just have decided to get really drunk or stoned. It could be something medical and/or embarrassing. Some people have inner flakes that exert themselv
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The word for this is called barratry. Barratry can include "bringing or encouraging acts of litigation for the purposes of profit or harassment". It's illegal in a number of US states.
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The context of what I wrote is important. As I said, Lithium is extracted from briny lakes and salt deserts, which is what both of those US-based mines you provided links to are going after. Nobody's going after ore for their Lithium.
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Messaged you.
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Lithium doesn't weigh much of anything (even compared to oil), so a ton of Lithium is a LOT of lithium. Since as a commodity it's never traded in metallic form (too hazardous and energy-intensive to get it there, and not much mar
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Their trademark predates the .chat TLD (I looked it up on TESS). Nevertheless, your use is arguably different (this distinction matters under trademark law). You're no doubt going to call the business (if it even is a business) someth
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Thefunded.com already does a version of what you described, as far as feedback. As far as being a knowledge-broker, many companies try similar things, and most fail at it (investors see it as a waste of time, founders also). Find the right

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