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by pbadg3r 2y ago
Author here! It sounds crazy, but poop might be worth a trillion dollars. Specifically, communities of microbes could return humans to a pre-industrial baseline gut microbiome, treating more than 20 diseases in markets worth more than $500B
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by pbadg3r 3y ago
"You don't work at SpaceX - the largest project we're working on right now is a big spreadsheet that is nonetheless six months behind schedule. Sleeping is higher energy than that." https://dontbuildsaas.com&#
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by pbadg3r 3y ago
Yeah!! Wrote a blog post about this recently: https://startupspeed.substack.com/p/mental-shifts-for-deep-t...
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by pbadg3r 4y ago
"there is no reason to use overized MCUs/mini computers like the Pi and expensive modules e.g. from Adafruit." Definitely not for scaling, but for deploying prototypes this approach is awesome! Eg use the Pi to create some pr
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by pbadg3r 4y ago
It feels like the best solution here is "Institutional Verification", ie OS makers building verification systems. Author calls this "fraught with problems, susceptible to abuse, and ultimately impractical." But it's
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by pbadg3r 4y ago
I started SPEED to help founders, and many of the lessons are highly applicable to startup CTOs and early engineers, especially the episodes with founders from Substack, Athelas, Segment, and Astranis. https://fiftyyears.com&#x2F
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Writing as a Superpower; Speed with Segment Cofounder Calvin French-Owen(open.spotify.com)
3 points by pbadg3r 4y ago|1 comments
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by pbadg3r 4y ago
Calvin, Peter, Ilya, and Ian built the prototype that became Segment in Dec 2012, after 24 months of trying different ideas and spending $500k. Eight years later, @Twilio acquired Segment for $3.2B. Segment now helps 25,000 companies get cu
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by pbadg3r 4y ago
Clicks on name : Karma >900. Moment of destiny
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Podcast with John Gedmark of Astranis (YC W16) on Speed(open.spotify.com)
3 points by pbadg3r 4y ago|1 comments
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by pbadg3r 4y ago
John and Ryan McLinko started Astranis in 2015. Both spent time in traditional aerospace and wanted to use geostationary satellites to deliver internet to billions of people, at a pace that would make traditional companies blush. Astranis i
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by pbadg3r 4y ago
Shameless plug! Erik and I recorded a podcast on the early days of Cobalt, including the first fundraise. Check it out! https://open.spotify.com/episode/45mdsE71r7wNHtEQyz13wl
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by pbadg3r 4y ago
Would love to support you on this journey! I'm on the team at Fifty Years, we've backed teams like Noya (carbon removal) and Solugen (Carbon negative chemical manufacturing). Would love to chat! Feel free to email me at peregrine
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by pbadg3r 5y ago
You may enjoy http://www.technovelgy.com/
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by pbadg3r 5y ago
With a name like generator2 it's hard to know who to believe. In all seriousness, I think it's been fairly well optimized to generate outrage and get people clicking the article, whereby many readers will reach the conclusions you
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by pbadg3r 5y ago
Wow this is fascinating, GINI for wealth inequality is definitely not talked about enough
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by pbadg3r 6y ago
Has anyone seen research linking dream content to the causes of the dream? What I'm imagining is dream journals like the ones on the website, accompanied by things that are happening in the patient's life that might explain the dr
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by pbadg3r 6y ago
Load small things into the dishwasher: Do you want an internet-connected device that can pick up a butcher knife and move it at waist level, that has a human watching its camera to back it up when it fails? This objection applies to a bunch
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by pbadg3r 6y ago
There are lots of ~$150 meters on Amazon. (e.g. https://www.amazon.com/GZAIR-Temperature-Relative-Humidity-0... ) I've used some of these meters and the quality you can get for $150 is surprising! I've basically ju
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by pbadg3r 6y ago
Thank you for the wiki link! What's crazy is the migrants per capita numbers. Idaho is 3x Texas!
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by pbadg3r 6y ago
If you're wealthy maybe you're also savvy enough to deal with the system. When a few second opinions with doctor friends are only a phone call away it's not hard to imagine better outcomes better. I recall an article on HN wh
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by pbadg3r 6y ago
Debt tends to be hard for super new companies, even with orders in hand. If you are developing a new product and don't have cash up front, there's a good chance you never deliver, and both lenders and potential customers know that
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by pbadg3r 6y ago
Check out represent.US . The fundamental issue in much (not all) of American politics is the "company -> lobbying -> legislation -> company" feedback loop, and Represent.US is taking steps to address it. They're runn
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by pbadg3r 7y ago
I wonder how much you'd have to pay someone in severance to make it worth it. If there's typically a 20% yearly salary piece for a recruiter, paying 10% direct to the employee in severance if their 3 months doesn't work out m
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by pbadg3r 8y ago
So encouraging to see people promoting represent.us here!! Thank you!
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by pbadg3r 8y ago
This reminds me of https://pagedraw.io/
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by pbadg3r 9y ago
Cobalt | Frontend, Fullstack, Linux, Security, Designer | Palo Alto, CA | Onsite Cobalt builds autonomous security robots that keep buildings secure by combining the reliability of machines and the friendly face of human-in-the-loop “pilots
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by pbadg3r 9y ago
These are all great points. In some cases, ballot initiatives offer some hope. Check out Represent.US - they're using ballot initiatives to push for things voters support but elected leaders often don't.
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Tired of hearing about political polarization? Take a step to reduce it yourself(bridgetheaisle.org)
2 points by pbadg3r 9y ago|0 comments
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Bring Americans together over drinks(bridgetheaisle.org)
2 points by pbadg3r 9y ago|0 comments

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