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by rjurney 17y ago
The model reactor I have in mind is targeted at Inuit tribes near the north pole, and nobody deems them a menace. Do you really think anyone would mind nuclear reactors in Iran if they imported their fuel and said nice things about Israel?
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by rjurney 17y ago
Every time I read about scientific settlement on Antarctica I long for a mad scientist billionaire to head down there with an appliance style Mitsubishi nuclear reactor, ocean containers of MREs and cold weather construction equipment and m
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by rjurney 17y ago
And one great way to learn a second language is to get a bilingual book, or two copies of your favorite book in two languages :)
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by rjurney 17y ago
Without steak (protein and extra calories), steroids don't work - so yeah, you're doing the cheapest way to build muscle ;)
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by rjurney 17y ago
Amen. Processing gets out of your way and lets you do great viz.
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by rjurney 17y ago
You quickly graduate into writing PApplets in Java. However, even as you do so - the ability to sketch ideas and algorithms in the sketchpad interface is still a huge help. In practice, Processing is by far the best thing going for creati
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by rjurney 17y ago
No, its workable in late model Firefox too. I do map charts with it.
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by rjurney 17y ago
Most of my high up-vote links were seeded with my friends, and on twitter. Its not necessary to ask for votes, they just happen. The first few friend votes got the thing to the main page, after that they took off. If its JUST friends, it
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by rjurney 17y ago
I'm doing website user-session/click flow analysis, developing a graph/network visualization library in processing suitable for these purposes. Crunch data in Hadoop, output to interactive graph visualization web app. One step, 'just work
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by rjurney 17y ago
How many startups in San Diego get someone to give them money to pay their rent? How many in the Bay Area? Any questions?
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by rjurney 17y ago
Oh man, we should DO that!
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MC Escher come to life: Mouse eating plant pic(dailymail.co.uk)
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by rjurney 17y ago
Tropo is the new offering I was talking about, and at 3 cents a minute that is a pretty compelling offering. Bravo. I should also add that Voxeo technical support was some of the best I've ever dealt with. It could be 2am and the night g
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by rjurney 17y ago
Me too, but some people need it.
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by rjurney 17y ago
It speaks well for Flightcaster that founder Bradford Cross can so effectively communicate such complex concepts in such a simple way to a general audience. Excellent post.
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by rjurney 17y ago
Have you broken out more achievable goals in the mid and short term? Have you outlined actions to achieve these stepping stones? If you do that, maybe those long term goals aren't unobtainable anymore.
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by rjurney 17y ago
Voxeo has a much more complex, full-blow VoiceXML language, the setup is more complex - you have to tune things, and overall the complexity of making calls is higher. They were also much more expensive at the time. It started at 12 cents
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by rjurney 17y ago
Max, I sorta glossed over the Europe bit. It could be kinda hard to move to S.V. from Europe, as some friends will attest :) I concede that I had a rant in me, and you triggered it.
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by rjurney 17y ago
Actually, it is a vetting methodology. You get recommended by someone that has worked with you, or that trusts someone that has worked with you, or who has seen fit to invest in your company. Its a chain of reputation. As to networking be
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by rjurney 17y ago
There certainly are. I just think its the most effective method for VCs. Its probably not for seed stage investment - as Y Combinator has shown.
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by rjurney 17y ago
I don't think there is a more effective vetting system than networking. If you haven't worked with someone, or with someone who has, up to some degree of separation, how can you really know if they're worth a crap?
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by rjurney 17y ago
A couple years ago I built IVR apps with Voxeo. Then Twilio came out. Game changer. You can make calls from a bash prompt, through an utterly simple API, and its cheaper than any alternative on a per-call basis. Twilio is disruptive, an
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by rjurney 17y ago
At the same time - its not that hard to move to the bay area and get inroads into sand hill road. Why shouldn't you have to do that to get their money? How is getting in the front door of a VC's office all that different from getting in t
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by rjurney 17y ago
Pretty sure Paul reads Hacker news, as I've been told I'm wrong wrong wrong a couple times :)
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by rjurney 17y ago
Customer Development solves this problem. You have to leave the building and identify real needs among real customers, a real market niche, and to validate your product hypothesis. Then you're not aimless anymore, you're trying to solve a
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by rjurney 17y ago
On behalf of the internet I hereby command you to continue to publish these.
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by rjurney 17y ago
'Cures Writers Block' is the one liner, but having read a lot of blogs that have it installed in the last year - it also helps you tune your writing to your audience. People request followups, or more detail on topics that you've covered,
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by rjurney 17y ago
Tom also invested in and advised many companies after ISS. The founders of SPI dynamics are doing the same thing. Lots of the founders of these companies that exited have done that, or gone on to found more than one company. Its what sus
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by rjurney 17y ago
I think Atlanta was very lucky to have Chris Klaus and ISS, but it also happened to have Jay Chaudhry and Michael McChesney. It happened to have Tom Noonan, Sig Mosely and John Imlay, who were visionary enough to see the potential of Chris
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by rjurney 17y ago
Yes, Atlanta has a real startup scene across several clusters. It doesn't have one across all clusters - and many people are in denial about this, and what it means to them personally. ISS is just a starting point. As a writer, its easier

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