mchannon

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by mchannon 2y ago
I disagree about it being a breach of fiduciary duty. The company can’t move forward with this carbuncle, and the CTO still gets their equity respected in the form of the licensing deal. A suicide pact would be an inferior execution of fidu
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by mchannon 2y ago
Buyouts involve cash and they have no cash.
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by mchannon 2y ago
The goal is to structure the deal such that the minority shareholder doesn't "feel" oppressed. There is a value for X where that likely won't happen. OP currently suffers from oppression by minority shareholder, and ne
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by mchannon 2y ago
It doesn't play a role at all. A new entity should only run you a few hundred dollars through Clerky or similar. Your investor ought to be willing to cough that up, or you can probably put together a pitch deck (freshly inked licensing
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by mchannon 2y ago
Had a similar situation a couple decades ago that blew up in my face. Here are the countermeasures I should have insisted upon: 1. No deal is too good to walk away from. As soon as I smelled something, I should've said, "Thanks bu
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by mchannon 2y ago
There's another approach you should consider. I call it a "Truman Show acquisition". Get with the good 95% of your company and start a new entity. Don't tell your cofounder about it. New entity makes a deal with your cur
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by mchannon 2y ago
Email me and I’ll send a photo. Never been much of a blogger. This was from a bygone era, before I (or anyone I knew) had a smartphone.
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by mchannon 2y ago
I once bought a far larger supercomputer. It was 1/8 (roughly) of ASCI Blue Mountain. 72 racks. Commissioned in 1998 as #1 or #2 on the TOP500, officially decommissioned in 2004, purchased my 1/8 for $7k in ~2005. Moving 72 racks
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by mchannon 2y ago
Let's suggest you're using pineapple plants. They are nowhere near the best choice if CO2 mitigation is your goal. One human produces 51.4g CO2 per day (note: this number is from the leading source on Google, which is on the low e
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by mchannon 2y ago
Go low-tech. Indoor plants can bring your indoor CO2 levels way lower than ambient (which I submit is way healthier than ambient). Devote 10% of your interior planview space to indoor plants. This used to be commonplace in the 20th century
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by mchannon 2y ago
You forgot about Donkey Kong (and Junior, and 3, and Mario Bros.) Punch-Out!! But most noteworthy is Galaga: Ran on 3, count 'em, 3, Z80's.
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by mchannon 2y ago
If it were me, I'd lock down what relationships and tech I could, and let it fail. Then reboot with a new entity featuring similar business model, keeping the talent and customers and leaving the chaff (including CEO) from the old firm
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by mchannon 3y ago
Spincasting plastics, PCB fab, PCBA fab, printing manuals and packaging. Desperately need that kind of help. Contact info?
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by mchannon 3y ago
Join a local makerspace and learn tech like machining, PCB's, printing (3D, vinyl, etc.) through classes they offer. Learning by doing (and especially making mistakes) has no real substitute. Alternatively, you could get yourself a &qu
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by mchannon 3y ago
a-Si has been at or beyond this level of efficiency since the 90's and also does not require a Cz or FZ process. It's encouraging to see progress but where perovskite thin films show potential is in an integrated mechanical stack
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by mchannon 3y ago
My favorite way to make CO out of CO2 is thermal cracking, which is quite straightforward: 2 CO2 -(700°C)-> 2 CO + O2
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by mchannon 3y ago
I’ve theorized in my book _Fat Gas_ that vasopressin levels are tied to elevated indoor CO2 levels. Would not be at all surprised if these novel social conditions stem from not going outside enough and from poorly ventilated buildings (espe
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by mchannon 3y ago
Not all of them, no. In exchange for giving up a few minor bells and whistles I gain what I’m looking for.
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by mchannon 3y ago
A $9 USB to WiFi dongle addresses my networking needs.
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by mchannon 3y ago
90% of a mammal’s energy output is in the form of climate control, not movement. The variable not factored in is the average ambient temperature. Americans of yesteryear shivered in winter months and sweltered in summer months. Today, that
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by mchannon 3y ago
When I was a new father, another new father handed me this book: https://amzn.to/49odJYo (disclaimer: it's a paid affiliate link) I found it very useful. I then gave this book to yet another new father. It's $10,
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by mchannon 3y ago
No, they don't. When the doctor's office can't get a hold of you, now you're looking at 6 months longer until you get to see the specialist you've been waiting for. When probation can't get a hold of you, now y
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by mchannon 3y ago
Being forced to interact with city government, state benefits, hospital systems, courts, police, and especially probation officers, all of whom are known to block or obfuscate their number even though missing their call could cause you no e
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by mchannon 3y ago
It's not either/or. I have numerous issues with both. Would be happy if more Americans had issues with either.
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by mchannon 3y ago
Tried andrew@kemendo.com but it got bounced. Maybe you could ping me at my email address?
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by mchannon 3y ago
As the former wearer of such an appliance (also married to another former wearer of a different such appliance) I can confirm this is no longer the case.
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by mchannon 3y ago
My public defenders appealed two limited issues, one evidentiary and one to do with the government using a drug forfeiture law where no drugs were involved or alleged. There were at least sixteen better grounds (most involving their own ine
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by mchannon 3y ago
This is not a facetious response. I honestly don't know. The jury foreman didn't know either, so he asked the judge to clarify, which she didn't. (I have copies of the notes they exchanged). The jury didn't want to come
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by mchannon 3y ago
In the federal system, inmates are offered “GCT”, Good Conduct Time, where they get released from 15% of the sticker price time of their bid. It’s subject to revocation. That makes for a powerful carrot. Refusal to work is one of the prohib
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by mchannon 3y ago
I’ll dispense with the 18 cents vs. 0.18 cents lecture. Work stoppages can and have occurred, but the CO’s had sufficient expertise, staffing, and paid overtime to prevent anything newsworthy from happening. Generally unfair treatment or co

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