Rapportive is pretty cool tool to have. Aside from the standard NSA paranoia stuff mentioned in the article, what's the real danger for an average person who wants the rapportive experience on mobile?
That's badass, but seems tricky at a sit-down restaurant-- I wouldn't want to have to give my phone to the waiter and explain to him how to use it. Also wonder if this works with the square dongle.
Good investors recognize that markets>technology. With enough time and money, virtually anything is possible. If Cool Planet does succeed, they will change the way the world uses energy. Chieky is definitely eccentric but he's no more of an a$$hole than Jobs was.
Interesting-- tensiometers have been used in soil for a few years now, but never implanted into the plant. Tensiometers basically measure the pressure change caused by plant roots soaking up water.
Spectral analysis (via drone, satellite, airplane etc) is good but won't give you the resolution of 1 chip per plant. It does seem labor intensive to implant every plant, but not impossible. Even large farmers trim and take cuttings from individual plants.
I recommend the Turks and Caicos Islands. English is the national language (though many people also speak creole), the currency is USD, there are no income taxes and you can get residency with a real estate investment of as little as $75k. It's also one of the most beautiful places to live in the world. Cost of living is comparable to the midwest (they do have 15% sales tax), and the internet is fast. Great place to do a tech startup.
It's ironic to me that payroll taxes (which theoretically exist for the employee's benefit) have forced a promising and growing company to lay off staff. Have you tried hiring a tax attorney to negotiate with the IRS? Often they will waive some of the penalties and allow payment plans.
Founder and CEO here-- working with Yves has opened a number of doors that we wouldn't have had access to, and has resulted in a well-designed product that our customers love.
Hi there, Edyn Founder and CEO here-- not sure that's a fair comparison. Most people who care about product design already know that Apple products are designed by Jonny Ive, so to mention it would be redundant. As a new startup, we don't have that kind of name recognition, but we know many of our customers value great design. We must be doing something right if you've picked up on it :)
I'm not sure I understand your point, but I agree, most people probably don't follow/research product designers. That said, some people do and they have proven to be early adopters of our product.
Thanks! Being a startup in Home Depot is actually really exciting. The overwhelming majority of products they stock are from large established brands (rain bird, black and decker, mikita etc). Our big advantage over those companies is that as a small/nimble team we can iterate our product quickly.
Great idea in a very stagnant market. How do the LiFePO4 cells perform at high temperatures? I've worked with this battery chemistry before, and found most off the shelf cells have internal safety circuitry that disconnects the battery at temperatures >70C. Typical engine running temperature is 60-80C (or as much as 90 on a hot day).
Laser cutters are by far the most popular tools at tech shop. Reservations typically fill up 2-3 weeks in advance. Having a hobby machine at home for smaller or recurring jobs could save a lot of time.
Aaron, I was a homejoy customer. I am frustrated and concerned that my credit card # was sold to another company without my consent. How can users opt-out of having their data sold to flymaids (or any future ventures)? The fact that flymaids' site is a poorly-built clone of a competitor's site also makes me scared that my data is not being protected.
With a 1M^2 array, would all 4,000 transducers need to be active simultaneously to achieve 155db? I ask because it seems part of their core IP is the beamforming technology, which could mean physically steering the transducers towards the receiver, or only activating those transducers which point directly at the receiver.
The creator probably felt pressure to get product on Amazon for holiday. It doesn't say anywhere in KS's TOS that creators must ship to backers before Amazon. It's amusing how many people dropped hundreds of dollars and are now livid over such a superfluous product.
LinkedIN's utility is really negligible now. It's become a constant stream of spammers trying to sell software engineering or recruiting services. Virtually everyone who is on LinkedIN is also on Facebook, twitter etc.
If you're interested in higher efficiency DIY charcoal production methods check out the tlud design made from repurposed 55 gallon drums. The output is pure enough to be used as fuel or soil amendment: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=13OcuoJWYpo
Would it be a reasonable compromise for the FBI to turn the phone over to Apple, allow Apple to access the data using whatever method it deems necessary, transfer whatever data is recovered to the FBI and then destroy the phone along with any custom FW Apple had to develop in the process?
My understanding is that they still want the actual brute force attack of the phone to occur within FBI custody. Apple could easily do that in-house, inside their own network and then share the data with the FBI.
Not exactly. My understanding is that the FBI wishes for the phone in question to remain within FBI custody at all times, which makes it more likely that any custom FW Apple develops could be leaked or replicated. What I propose (obviously a compromise) is for everything (FW creation, brute force attack, download of data) to occur within Apple's custody, network, and for Apple to then destroy the phone. Apple would not even need to disclose publicly how they accessed the data on the phone.
They would have to trust that Apple is acting in good faith. I can't see any incentive or reason for Apple to falsify the data. They already provided the most recent iCloud backup in good faith.
Companies sunset SAAS products (with subscription fees, one time setup fees etc) all the time when the cost to support them becomes too high, growth stalls etc. Clearly Alphabet/Nest could have done a better job of customer service and offered users a partial refund or discount on a replacement product. That said, is it realistic to expect a company to support a software service indefinitely (when the business case no longer makes sense), just because it's tied to a piece of physical hardware that you paid $199 for a few years ago?
I'm not saying it's an ideal outcome for a company to sunset a product, but why is the consumer expectation so different for pure software vs a connected hardware device (i.e. software + hardware)? Consumers experience sunk cost when any product gets sunset, whether it's hardware or not.
