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by sam 6y ago
Check out OpenPhone.
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by sam 7y ago
The problem with firing a stream of hydrogen ions at a chunk of Boron 11 is that most of the collisions between the hydrogen and the Boron are glancing blows that will dissipate the energy very quickly. Only a small fraction of the collisio
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by sam 7y ago
If new fusion startups like this one are interesting to folks on this thread, here's a list of companies working on fusion energy that I've compiled: https://www.fusionenergybase.com/organizations/
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by sam 7y ago
Tracking the use of different technologies used by companies is a good idea and it’s on the todo list. As for the materials, yeah I’d like to go deeper there, maybe another article down the road.
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by sam 7y ago
Author here. No doubt that low interest rates are driving investment dollars. In my talking with the physicists who are starting these companies low interest rates and funding availability is only part of the equation. What's motivatin
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by sam 7y ago
Fusion indeed has a realistic chance of being economically viable. Your comment assumes that current technologies remain entirely static which is the unrealistic position. Enabling technologies like high temperature superconductors, advance
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NYC Street View 1940 – New Tax Images Released(nycma.lunaimaging.com)
2 points by sam 8y ago|0 comments
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by sam 8y ago
I just have to second this. Macouns are sublime. They peak in late fall in the northeast. Their fragrance in the cold New England fall air is the definition of November to me.
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Chinese Government Annual Work Report 2018 Infographic(app.www.gov.cn)
4 points by sam 8y ago|0 comments
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by sam 10y ago
The acquisition was announced last November but it appears that the deal actually closed today.
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The Seven Year Startup(medium.com)
3 points by sam 11y ago|0 comments
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by sam 11y ago
If you're in NYC I highly recommend the tour of the Steinway factory in Queens. You need to make reservations months in advance. It was an absolutely amazing to see the entire process from start to finish. The tooling involved in piano
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by sam 11y ago
Thanks David!
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Smart, Connected Sit-To-Stand Desk from $299(kickstarter.com)
59 points by sam 11y ago|0 comments
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by sam 12y ago
New York, NY - Octopart (YC W07) - Sales Account Executive Octopart the leading search engine for electronic components. We're a team of 14 based in NYC and we're looking for entry level sales account executives to join our team.
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Octopart (YC W07) Is Hiring Salespeople in NYC(octopart.com)
1 points by sam 12y ago
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by sam 12y ago
Sam from Octopart here. Our Common Parts Library is an effort to distill commonly used components for connected device applications, https://octopart.com/common-parts-library . But the list doesn't have common prototyp
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by sam 12y ago
New York, NY - Octopart (YC W07)- http://octopart.com/jobs * Infrastructure Engineer (AWS, Python, Solr/Lucene, Puppet/Ansible, MySQL/PostgreSQL) * Full time Frontend Engineer (React/Angular, JavaScript,
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by sam 12y ago
Octopart - New York, NY - http://octopart.com/jobs - Full time Infrastructure Engineer (AWS, Python, Solr/Lucene, Puppet/Ansible, MySQL/PostgreSQL) - Full time Frontend Engineer (React/Angular, JavaScrip
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by sam 12y ago
Octopart - New York, NY - http://octopart.com/jobs - Full time Infrastructure Engineer (AWS, Python, Solr/Lucene, Puppet/Ansible, MySQL/PostgreSQL) - Full time Frontend Engineer (React/Angular, H
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by sam 12y ago
Thanks Matt!
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by sam 12y ago
Don't forget about the krytron, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krytron If you need to switch thousands of amps in under a nanosecond you'll probably need one.
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by sam 12y ago
Absolutely - we'd love to start collecting and highlighting CPL based projects.
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by sam 12y ago
We hear stories like that all the time. That's exactly the trap we trying to help designers avoid.
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by sam 12y ago
Thanks! Great suggestions. Stay tuned for updates to the list.
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by sam 12y ago
Thanks. Yes, footprints and symbols are on the roadmap. Since it's a limited number of parts, we'll be able to have well defined, reliable data there.
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by sam 12y ago
More info about the Common Parts Library is available here, http://octopart.com/common-parts-library/about
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Common Parts Library(octopart.com)
123 points by sam 12y ago|35 comments
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Octopart (YC W07) Is Hiring a UI/UX Designer in NYC(octopart.com)
1 points by sam 12y ago
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by sam 12y ago
Indeed. We hear this a lot and we have some ideas. Stay tuned.

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