kg4lod

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by kg4lod 10y ago
Some thoughts from the field on the causes of contract manufacturing defects. Not trying to be narcissistic, just hoping to contribute to the community in some way.
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Defects in Products from China: Ignorance, Incompetence, and Fraud(assembly.com)
3 points by kg4lod 10y ago|1 comments
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by kg4lod 10y ago
Graphs have been updated.
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by kg4lod 10y ago
Hi. Author here. Really sorry about all the issues. (1) Sorry for the bugs -- misconfigured subscribe tool has been removed and you can use http to access the site as there is an issue with the https config on the new landing page (2) Graph
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Chinese factories are lying and they don’t even know it(assembly.com)
43 points by kg4lod 10y ago|20 comments
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by kg4lod 11y ago
That's a really good observation! We think GetScale works great for anything that: (1) Is valuable enough to warrant a serial number (unique ID) (2) Has unit margin of at least a few dollars (3) Is complicated to build or inspect, or h
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by kg4lod 11y ago
That's a really neat idea! You are describing a type of machine called an AOI (automated optical inspection). It is a common piece of equipment in electronics assembly lines. But AOI equipment is very expensive (~$250k+) and only works
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by kg4lod 11y ago
That's a very thoughtful comment! You're right in that if the factory wants to misbehave and the owner/GM is a tyrant, you aren't likely to directly impact worker treatment (we have in-house auditors in China that can ch
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by kg4lod 11y ago
Hi HN. I'm Jonathan, one of the founders. I'll monitor this thread all day to answer questions. Thanks for taking the time to read about us! It means a lot to everyone here at GetScale.
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GetScale’s (YC S15) QC System Protects Factory Workers and Hardware Companies(techcrunch.com)
31 points by kg4lod 11y ago|15 comments
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by kg4lod 12y ago
My company, GetScale, offers cheap fixed-price contract work in design-for-manufacturing (identify and avoid the kinds of mistakes mentioned in the article) and going forward my overseas employees can find and monitor suppliers to make sure
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Couple.me Releases Alice – An Artificial Intelligence(blog.couple.me)
33 points by kg4lod 12y ago|9 comments
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by kg4lod 13y ago
Completely agree with you. The article seems to make the point that investors would welcome these changes, when in reality, we will be forcing these changes on investors. That was precisely my experience with the series AA.
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by kg4lod 13y ago
I'm an entrepreneur, so it all sounds great for me, but why would investors go for this? It seems like they give up a lot of down-side protection: (1) No ability to convert or abort in the absence of a QFE, (2) no more first creditor p
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5, 4, 3, 2, 1 Things About Alex Andon(blog.makezine.com)
5 points by kg4lod 14y ago|0 comments
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by kg4lod 14y ago
If I didn't know any better, I'd say you hacked into our white board software... ;-) Yes! It's all coming.
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by kg4lod 14y ago
Thank you! I hope you will. Things are moving really quickly internally. In other news, we fixed the splash screen. It now permanently dismisses so you shouldn't see it too often. That was our intention we just didn't quite get it right the
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by kg4lod 14y ago
Hi from Jonathan (cofounder). Thanks for the awesome detailed feedback. We hear you and are already working on (or have it on the near-term roadmap) almost all of this. I apologize for any frustration thus far. I really do. Perhaps this wil
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CircuitHub (YC W12) Aims To Be A One-Stop Shop For Electrical Parts(techcrunch.com)
94 points by kg4lod 14y ago|27 comments