benmowa | 7 years ago | on: The Pinwheel Helicopter (2014)
for super small kit helicopters of today, with typical combustion engine, see: http://www.mosquito-helicopter.info/Mosquito_Options_Air.htm...
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benmowa | 7 years ago | on: A Standard and Clean Series A Term Sheet
Very useful, thanks! Is access to financial statements implied? what about requiring audited financials? or is that not common/expense at that stage?
benmowa | 7 years ago | on: US shutdown: Flight delays caused by staff shortages
I would hope this only applies to the Union's ability to call a strike, not an individuals right to call in sick?
benmowa | 7 years ago | on: Ask HN: What can we do about spam calls with spoofed numbers?
hmm maybe i should switch to a 1900 number
benmowa | 7 years ago | on: Ask HN: How to found a company as a single founder?
Check out Rob Walling. He's got some podcasts and grown to some conferences now, but i keep going back to his book: Start Small, Stay Small: A Developer's Guide to Launching a Startup
Edit: just looked it up but see also Rob's new project TinySeed.com: The First Startup Accelerator Designed for Bootstrappers.
benmowa | 7 years ago | on: Boom Supersonic raises $100M, aims for 2019 test flights
I'd say they cant produce a low enough signature with the nacelles on the bottom as currently displayed. see all aircraft in this nasa clip from April 2018.
benmowa | 7 years ago | on: Soft Silicone Pneumatics Are 3D-printed in a Tub of Gel
you cant just mix the two materials gradually like the mystery flavors? https://youtu.be/xUpGTvPrCG8?t=203
benmowa | 7 years ago | on: Ask HN: Lost $10k as my email was hacked. Any ways to recover it?
this is an issue in real estate transactions as well, where a client or law firm executed fraudulent wire instructions received via spoofed email.
see last paragraph: https://themortgagereports.com/39665/cash-to-close-what-is-i...
benmowa | 7 years ago | on: Astronauts escape malfunctioning Soyuz rocket
wow, interesting investigation.
reminds me of this scene from the movie Innerspace
https://youtu.be/hnj0lYvWYHo?t=133
benmowa | 7 years ago | on: Evidence that addictive behaviors have links with ancient retroviral infection
Reminds me of one of my favorite books titled:
Decoding the Universe: How the New Science of Information Is Explaining Everything in the Cosmos, from Our Brains to Black Holes, by Charles Seife
One item discussed in the book that we as humans may just be a transport method for the data within DNA to survive time. Because without some replication it would get trapped and cease to exist.
benmowa | 7 years ago | on: Self-solving Rubik's Cube
note too a replay solution could have infinite steps to have to reproduce, assuming its not optimized to take any shortcuts to jump to a re-occurring state.
benmowa | 7 years ago | on: Steve Jobs licensed Amazon’s one-click patent for $1M in one phone call
My mouse makes 2 click sounds actually, once on the down press and once on the release. We've all been double clicking this whole time!
benmowa | 7 years ago | on: Steve Jobs licensed Amazon’s one-click patent for $1M in one phone call
so keydown() instead of keyup()? Dragging my already-depressed-cursor off the button is my only out, you cant take that one away from me!
benmowa | 7 years ago | on: CEO Says Launching Satellites Without FCC Permission Was a ‘Mistake’
Nice!! pirate satellites anyone?
benmowa | 7 years ago | on: Slow leak detected aboard Space Station
cool, I hadn't seen that link before. thanks.
benmowa | 7 years ago | on: Trump unblocks more Twitter users after U.S. court ruling
if i can access the tweets via twitter without logging in, how can someone block me?
benmowa | 7 years ago | on: Pilotless Emergency Services Helicopters Coming to Silicon Valley
what about the one-in-a-million events that pilots continuously train for? Is one million flights a large enough sample?
benmowa | 7 years ago | on: Pilotless Emergency Services Helicopters Coming to Silicon Valley
i cant wait to see the testing videos here. think Boston Dynamics kicking their machine and pushing them downstairs. There better be billions of dollars in destroyed airframes ahead of any human cargo.
Tail gearbox failure https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11TD0Dboixo
ground resonance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FeXjhUEXlc
lightening strike https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uybTDikWzWs
benmowa | 7 years ago | on: Insured, but Still Owing $109K for a Heart Attack
I don't have all the answers, but here's where i'd start:
https://gist.github.com/ndarville/4295324
I'd start with a mentally forced mashup for each to get a few that might work. e.g. "If i've got to make money by lead generation with a medical bill review service/app, how could i do it?"
Then i'd focus on how we'd drive value to the consumers.
Then think about driving value to others parties who may be willing to pay for something similar.
ie would pharmaceutical and medical device companies be willing to communicate directly with these consumers?
note i'm not saying its easy by any means, but i do think its a real problem that could take off if an elegant and worthwhile solution came about.
benmowa | 7 years ago | on: Insured, but Still Owing $109K for a Heart Attack
sounds like an opportunity....
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