danimal88

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by danimal88 11mo ago
It is pretty outrageous that a company who purports to care about the environment turned this into a pile of garbage for the average user to save on some cloud hosting or devops. Or even worse, to sell the next generation.
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by danimal88 11mo ago
Regarding the crazy prices - it’s structural. In Asia, manufacturers sell direct or through highly competitive retail channels and the installers really only have to know minisplits. Minisplits in the US get sold by the brand -> distribu
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by danimal88 5y ago
This article tries to get away with a giant sleight of hand for a reader that might not be super clear on lab grown vs plant based. The overwhelming majority of fake meat is plant based, not cultured. Sure, one day we might see competitive
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by danimal88 5y ago
So far, I'm sold on Soft/Spreadable cheeses from Miyokos. I don't remember having had any real winners on the hard cheese side yet but I will keep trying different ones until someone cracks it. I'm actually most excite
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by danimal88 5y ago
OG cheese is obviously a processed product. I have never seen a cheese cow but perhaps that just me
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by danimal88 5y ago
I never got the impression it had much life in it to begin with
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by danimal88 5y ago
While that -might- be true, the question is whether the dollar, the RMB, the CAD, and every other currency have anything like the -direct- pollution cost of bitcoin, which my understanding is that they do not
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by danimal88 6y ago
Thats true, but it won't be some sort of open platform, it will be a utility for amazon that will come with some sort of monetization scheme. I say this as someone that has deployed 10s of thousands of 900 Mhz radios in devices over t
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by danimal88 6y ago
I'd go for a much smaller bezel/frame.
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by danimal88 6y ago
As a manufacturer/seller on amazon, I sure wish I could stop doing business on amazon. Amazon charges me for everything, despite obvious customer abuse, simply because it's their customer not mine. Couple that with high margins
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by danimal88 6y ago
Would love to see a write-up on COGS. Others have said they are buying commodities from xiaomi and reselling but it's not like there is magic here. 50 employees and real working capital needs means real overhead. Obviously they are
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by danimal88 6y ago
Its funny because the most hardcore in open source and security would argue that good techniques don't rely on obfuscation and secrets because those cats can get out of the bag. Never purrsonally subscribed to those as I agree with th
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by danimal88 6y ago
The regenerative ag conversation is really overhyped. Its a way to justified the continuation of an industry plagued by environmental issues and ethical issues. The numbers don't work out in terms of how much land would be needed to
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by danimal88 6y ago
"China also knows that oppressing an ethnic minority and placing them in forced labor is good for short-term economic success" This actually makes the case for banning their products, not for being above banning their products tho
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by danimal88 6y ago
Could they not just but an insane tariff on them?
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by danimal88 6y ago
I have conflicted feelings about this but I do think that the 'spin' is poor. China doesn't allow Google, Facebook, Twitter, etc. behind the great firewall. Why not just say we are blocking their pseudo-government social ap
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by danimal88 6y ago
As I understand it, humans are overconsuming proteins
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by danimal88 6y ago
Not a strong conviction from me but I can see a case for liquidity when you can sell quickly.
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by danimal88 6y ago
38,000,000,000/4000 = 9,500,000 plants needed to get to net zero, just for the the carbon we are currently putting out, to say nothing of all the carbon currently causing warming... Seems reasonable to say no.
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by danimal88 6y ago
Also adding that perhaps the biggest unnoticed feature with uber and lyft is the feedback loop. Good drivers and good riders stay on the platform, which is good for the users. The Cab experience on the other hand is some guy mumbling (best
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by danimal88 6y ago
Raising prices != Doomed... Their business model: request a ride, pay for a ride, is not doomed. Their low prices might be. Yes, their economics pitched to investors relied on automation that's not here, but for medium density spaces
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by danimal88 6y ago
It's just price data collection. In particular, MAP policies can be skirted by not publishing a final price but having a price below MAP in the cart which is a common tactic that online sellers utilize. By pretending to walk through
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by danimal88 6y ago
Also was in NYC. My inlaws have a place in CT with a basement that is larger than my NYC apartment. Moved out a few months ago and won't be renewing. Might move back to the city in 6-12 months covid dependent but for now, I'm t
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by danimal88 6y ago
"shitbit"
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by danimal88 6y ago
Has there been any sort of research done on whether these changes have actually done anything consequential and positive?
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by danimal88 6y ago
I did a lot of tasks in inkscape for a while and switched to Google slides oddly enough. Of course it's a significantly smaller subset of features, but once you get good with it, it's very powerful. That said, I would be happy t
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by danimal88 6y ago
We make a smart thermostat for minisplits using IR (flair.co/products/puck). We have solved for state problems but some brands were such a PITA!
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by danimal88 6y ago
No
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by danimal88 6y ago
We are not home builders and our site seems like it makes it pretty clear what our consumer offering is. I'm not advocating for home builders to take VC money although there are plenty of construction tech companies with unique ideas t
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by danimal88 6y ago
The issue imo is that SBA is still too narrowly focused on the first 25% or less of commercialization. Perhaps that works for some, I'm not sure. I agree, getting innovation to market is way too dependant upon VC. Worth noting that

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