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by merrillii 12y ago
One resource I would recommend is the Startups For the Rest of Us podcast. http://www.startupsfortherestofus.com/ Most of the topics are around SAAS based services.
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by merrillii 12y ago
Right! That is an awesome repair job but don't try to fix your RaspberryPi board like this. :)
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by merrillii 12y ago
I really wish these articles would mention sensitivity, specificity, overall accuracy. Those measures really are the name of the game for diagnostic tests.
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by merrillii 12y ago
Being able to sort flights by "agony" was pure genius! There are so many times when I'll gladly pay $20 more for an easier flight plan.
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by merrillii 12y ago
They are not practically nothing. After loopholes the average corporate tax rate is something like 17% [1]. This is far lower than the often stated 35% but it is not nothing. This whole blog post seems to neglect the point that Labor gene
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by merrillii 12y ago
One thing to keep in mind is that capital has already been taxed once when it was first generated. Sure, you can bring up tax loopholes and inequality but generally it's true that the remaining capital is after taxes. So an investor
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by merrillii 12y ago
For those interested in this topic I would recommend checking out the researcher Nick Bostrom and his book "Superintelligence". Here's a review snippet: "Nick Bostrom makes a persuasive case that the future impact of AI
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by merrillii 12y ago
I think your bar is a bit high. Standard milling tolerences are almost 50x higher than what you state. Casting is much worse. The point is that additive printing won't take over the metal world any time soon but it does have some ad
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by merrillii 12y ago
Heating things with a laser is not quite as easy as you might think. Different materials will absorb different wavelengths of light at different rates. So for example a 1um laser might not heat white polyethylene enough while it would mel
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by merrillii 12y ago
That is true in the USA. In the UK, for example, there is an academic exemption. Practically there would be very little damages that could be shown by infringing a patent once in a lab.
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by merrillii 12y ago
In the USA if you knowingly violate a patent you will be responsible for triple damages. For software that would be 3X the revenue generated. This is true even if the violator does not charge - because the person with the patent is still