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Machine Intelligence Engineer at Thalmic (YC W13)(thalmic.bamboohr.com)
1 points by srlake 13y ago
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Thalmic (YC W13) is hiring a Product Manager on the MYO team(thalmic.bamboohr.com)
1 points by srlake 13y ago
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Full-stack web developer at Thalmic Labs (YC W13)(ca.indeed.com)
1 points by srlake 13y ago
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by srlake 13y ago
Just a quick thank you to Katherine Hague of Shoplocket for putting together the interview. Her team has a great sense of design and has been a huge supporter of hardware startups and kick starter projects in particular. She tells me that s
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by srlake 13y ago
Smart guys. Good move. Hell of a great advertising and deal flow move for $25k * X deals per year they do.
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by srlake 14y ago
The biggest reason, I hear, is that Steve is more than a little bit loony.
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by srlake 14y ago
With 200 RIM engineers we'll be sure to have delays and problems ;) Joking, of course...
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by srlake 14y ago
We're evaluating this - haven't announced either way yet. There are a few reason we wouldn't - namely power usage if we have to transmit that data over BT.
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by srlake 14y ago
This is also a bit different from Kickstarter - we're not actually taking any money up front. But it's a tool to show and estimate demand, and get potential user feedback before a product is fully manufactured and ready to ship. This way we
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by srlake 14y ago
We did get rejected from Hyperdrive. It was pretty early on, however - last Spring.
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by srlake 14y ago
Exactly. We were hoping someone would pickup the reference!
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by srlake 14y ago
The math behind this is actually rather complex. Heavy duty machine learning and statistical analysis.
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by srlake 14y ago
That's one of the advantages of the MYO: You arm can be at your side, on your lap, an arm rest, etc. It doesn't need to be seen by a camera.
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by srlake 14y ago
Thanks, just took it out!
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UW-Don-Tracker: crowdsourced efficient partying(github.com)
4 points by srlake 14y ago|0 comments
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Microsoft Betrays BlackBerry as Battle For #3 Mobile OS Officially Kicks Off(thegadgetmasters.com)
5 points by srlake 14y ago|0 comments
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by srlake 14y ago
I'd put forward another downside of angel groups, from the prospective of an entrepreneur: Collusion - whether intentional or not. The mere fact that you're meeting all, or a large percentage, of the possible investors for your round at the
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by srlake 14y ago
I'm impressed that he doesn't hesitate to call out the NY Times. Musk clearly doesn't care about politics or tiptoeing around sensitive issues.
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by srlake 14y ago
I'm a Canadian and in the current batch. There are lots of alum from Waterloo and some from Toronto.
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by srlake 14y ago
You don't need a visa as a Canadian to visit the US for 3 months for business purposes, such as meeting with "prominent investors and advisors" ;)
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by srlake 14y ago
Congrats guys. What an awesome product.
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by srlake 14y ago
Quadrocopters FTW.
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by srlake 14y ago
If you're going through mainstream distribution, even at large volumes, at least 30-35% between the retailer and distributor is expected for electronics. More for other classes of goods. If the value proposition is really to handle distribu
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by srlake 14y ago
I'd buy one... if only it were actually available here in the US.
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BlackBerry Shares Sink Day After BB10 Launch(techvibes.com)
7 points by srlake 14y ago|2 comments
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by srlake 14y ago
Being brilliant doesn't disqualify someone from being brilliant.
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Amazon Profits Fall 45 Percent, Still the Most Amazing Company in the World(slate.com)
88 points by srlake 14y ago|85 comments
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by srlake 14y ago
I'm buying one.
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by srlake 14y ago
Manufacturing is still non-trivial. It's not the kind of things two guys in an apartment can figure out like launching a web app. There are a lot of stakeholders and expertise involved, no matter where you actually go to get it done.
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Thalmic Labs (YC W13) is hiring (Waterloo, ON). Help build cool shit
1 points by srlake 14y ago

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