mechwarrior

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by mechwarrior 5y ago
I'm a product design engineer, I have been designing mass produced products for over a decade. Happy to help if I can. How big are the parts you want to make, and how many different parts are there? If you could send a link to pictur
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by mechwarrior 5y ago
CNC controlled framing systems like this present a very interesting opportunity to improve buildings. Construction becomes much more of a software problem. I agree with the concerns that such a large departure from traditional framing meth
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by mechwarrior 6y ago
Plastic molding of different types (injection, extrusion, blow molding, etc) enables massive quantities of physical objects to be produced at a staggeringly low cost and high rate of speed. This has of course enabled the production of many
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by mechwarrior 7y ago
I feel that this represents a great strength and great weakness of the Amazon model. A huge network of independent sellers allows for an untouchable amount of variety and ultra fast movement in response to trends. This sort of grey market
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by mechwarrior 8y ago
I'm sure there is a good reason this idea wouldn't work, hoping someone can help poke holes in it: Why not set a number of H1B visas (say keep the current of 85k), then rather than do a lottery or check qualifications, simply rank
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by mechwarrior 8y ago
I'm a product design engineer! So rare that I get to have any input on HN. In answer to your questions: 1. How does the factory quote / understand what is required? Typically you send a 3D CAD file of the product you want to m
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by mechwarrior 8y ago
I am particularly interested in the liability protection provided by an LLC (selling physical products). How much legally grounded advice is provided as a part of the service about how to avoid activities that could make the corporate veil
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by mechwarrior 8y ago
If foreign entity registration was automated for NY I would use this product immediately.
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by mechwarrior 8y ago
This looks like a great service! For my state (NY), I am required to register an out of state LLC (a "foreign" LLC [1]) before conducting business in NY. Is this registration or assistance with this registration included? [1] h