mfrykman

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by mfrykman 8y ago
Also worth noting that China's government policies can create a domestic vacuum for products previously validated outside of China. Google's product and business model can be replicated for the 1.3+ billion Chinese citizens that d
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by mfrykman 9y ago
A friend of mine is an investigative journalist in China - he spent a while working in a helmet foam factory and living in a dorm such as the one in the article. He heard rumors that the Chinese mafia would pay workers to commit suicide at
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by mfrykman 9y ago
This is true, it does trigger with wet wood. Aside from framing lumber (2x4s, etc), most woodworking is done using kiln-dried hardwood, though. I worked around a sawstop at the Stanford student shop for a couple of years, and saw it trigger
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by mfrykman 9y ago
I'm not positive, but I think Spiegel already made FU money as part of a funding round prior to the FB offer. Can anyone confirm?
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by mfrykman 9y ago
Pretty sure that Industrial Designers call this a "squarecle"
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by mfrykman 9y ago
I would also guess that he can actually afford a house for his children to grow up in down in Burbank. I wonder if Motiv subsidies the Surf Air membership. Moving a company from LA to SF is expensive - maybe that was part of the price payed
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by mfrykman 9y ago
Quite the opposite, I'd say.
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by mfrykman 9y ago
Most commercial drones have 4 motors w about 12 magnets each. Some others: electric bikes, electric skateboards, power tools, blow dryers, iPad cases. If I recall correctly, one of the earlier iPhones was basically held together w rare eart
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by mfrykman 9y ago
Not positive, but I think there are scaling issues w AC induction motors. My understanding is that for smaller applications, they don't make sense. Anyone have more insight on this?
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by mfrykman 9y ago
Aside from community, is there a functional difference between designspiration and pinterest?
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by mfrykman 10y ago
This is all I remember from my Stanford intro to humanities "World History of Science" lecture. We'll, this and "witch's milk".. Robert Proctor is a legend.
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by mfrykman 10y ago
In the article, it states that Chase is offering 0% funds, yet Betterment claims that their "All-in Actual Cost" for a 100k fund is better than Chase's due to cash drag and a lower expense ratio. (Found here: https:/&#x
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by mfrykman 10y ago
When the biggest customer complaint is that people can't buy enough of your product, you know you're doing something right.
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by mfrykman 10y ago
Picking a manufacturer is a several month-long process by itself, and would require building out an operations/production engineering team for ongoing production. Imagine producing 50,000pc/mo and having to do in-depth quality ins
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by mfrykman 10y ago
"The pom-pom crab, the scientists speculated, is perhaps the only animal on the planet that controls another species’ growth, feeding and asexual reproduction." Except for scientists, of course.
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by mfrykman 10y ago
To get around the paywall, google search the article URL and go through the search results.
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by mfrykman 10y ago
Liquor, Beer, Wine?