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91.
by sam 16y ago
These aren't quadrotors, but they're relevant: http://www.makanipower.com/
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by sam 16y ago
Assuming the fee as a function of users is linear and started at zero, the average user is paying 1/2 of the current price. So if the current price is $9.25, the average user is paying $4.625 per month. So they have made 9250*$4.625 = $42,7
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by sam 16y ago
You raise a valid point. While we don't have every part, we're constantly increasing the number of distributors and manufacturers who send us data. We have about 60 distributors on the site now which is about double what we had this time la
94.
by sam 16y ago
It was a combination of a few things: - Building a relationship - Having users that were vocal about wanting Digi-Key listed on Octopart - Time
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Did anyone else get a defective Gemalto key fob for Amazon AWS?
3 points by sam 16y ago|1 comments
96.
by sam 16y ago
I've not used chef, but I'm in the process of setting up a new infrastructure using puppet and I've found the documentation to be pretty good.
97.
by sam 16y ago
The equivalent to chef-solo in puppet is "puppet apply". It's very handy for developing puppet recipes on an offline virtual machine.
98.
by sam 16y ago
50 * $500 = $25,000. This is about what I would expect a restaurant to pay for a single server in a year. It seems like it might pay for itself quickly. If the iPad doesn't work under glass, then a cheaper alternative touch sensor could be
99.
by sam 16y ago
A better application would be to bolt iPads below glass at every seat. Then ordering would require no server interaction. Nor would the payment (think PayPal, Google Checkout, etc). The cost savings to a restaurant owner in terms of hiring
100.
by sam 16y ago
We'd love to get Digi-Key on the vendor list but they've chosen not to list with us yet. Please let them know you want to see them on Octopart: webmaster -at- digikey.us
101.
Breaking up in a Digital Fishbowl(nytimes.com)
2 points by sam 17y ago|0 comments
102.
by sam 17y ago
Maybe you could handle 17 WageMachine threads simultaneously.
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Gallery: The Year's Most Amazing Scientific Images(popsci.com)
4 points by sam 17y ago|1 comments
104.
by sam 17y ago
Yup, you might be interested in checking out our part search API: http://octopart.com/api . In general there a some hard parts to component search: - getting complete and accurate data - setting up a system to store that data in a smart w
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Octopart (YC 07) Powers Product Search for EETimes(prnewswire.com)
39 points by sam 17y ago|6 comments
106.
by sam 17y ago
Does it let you "flag" emails? That's my biggest beef with the default mail app.
107.
by sam 17y ago
Yup, we all did.
108.
by sam 17y ago
It's still going well! That was our first blog entry, you can catch up the rest of them here http://octopart.com/blog . Wow, we've come a long way from then. When that blog was posted, Octopart was running off a desktop computer that I bo
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Keeping it Real(nytimes.com)
1 points by sam 17y ago|0 comments
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by sam 17y ago
Can you spend the night at the storage place? Are you worried about having the door locked behind you?
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The Self-Storage Self - Storing all the Stuff we Accumulate(nytimes.com)
24 points by sam 17y ago|11 comments
112.
by sam 17y ago
Dealing with supply chain issues is difficult. Especially when you throw in to the mix the HUGE problem of counterfeit parts in the electronics industry. I know there are some startups working in the PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) space
113.
by sam 17y ago
We list parts from Premier Farnell which is in the UK and we'd like to get part data RS Components. Who else would you like to see? If you let distributors know that you'd like to see them on Octopart when you make purchases, that would hel
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Octopart launches Company Tools, allows part suppliers to easily upload data(octopart.com)
52 points by sam 17y ago|9 comments
115.
by sam 17y ago
Nice UI. There is a bug on the price slider limits where there are no results, it shows "+/- Infinity".
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Electronic Part Search in Tokyo - Akihabara(octopart.com)
8 points by sam 18y ago|0 comments
117.
by sam 18y ago
Wow. Since clicking on any search result brings up the warning page, Google is unusable. Everywhere. I never thought I'd see this. I wonder how much this is costing the global economy per second...
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IPhone 3G teardown(live.ifixit.com)
5 points by sam 18y ago|2 comments
119.
by sam 18y ago
Nope.
120.
by sam 18y ago
I signed up in order to send a message to someone outside of my network.

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