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fredlybrand.com 1y ago

AI in SMB Manufacturing: What Worked and What Did Not

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Beyond Bottlenecks: Using Goldratt's the Goal to Guide AI in Manufacturing

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www.mby.com 3y ago

Sharrow MX-1: Tipless propeller (2020)

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Make Scientific Posters Easier Than Using PowerPoint

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fredlybrand.com 4y ago

A Playbook for Cleantech

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en.wikipedia.org 5y ago

Year of the 4 Emperors (69 AD)

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White Feather (WW1, WW2)

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www.cebm.net 6y ago

Farr’s Law

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fredlybrand.com 6y ago

Better Writing, Better Communication; 10 Years, 300 Posts, 200k Words

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fredlybrand.com 9y ago

Scaling in Europe: An easy (8 year) plan

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fredlybrand.com 12y ago

Our Gladwellian Future

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Fraud and Mis-spent Funds at Raleigh, NC "Incubator"

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fredlybrand.com 13y ago

An Apology to my European IT Team

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fredlybrand.com 14y ago

Andreessen Horowitz's Missed Opportunity to Change VC Fee Structure

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news.ycombinator.com 15y ago

Ask HN: Materials science collaboration software?

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blog.junonutrition.com 15y ago

Warning Signs for the Likes of Vitaly Borker @ DecorMyEyes

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www.smh.com.au 15y ago

Facebook at Center of Aussie Child Porn Ring

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online.wsj.com 15y ago

Scott Adams: How I (Almost) Saved the Earth

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web.mac.com 15y ago

Stating the JA-Problem

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web.mac.com 16y ago

Product Innovation in Materials Science: Promoting Musso

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because the fibers are denser than wood and hydrophilic - so the pockets between the fibers fill with water that displaces the air.

Air pockets become water pockets = neutral.

Fibers denser than water = sink.

ChatGPT for Excel 3 months ago

Several months ago, ChatGPT swore to me it had interoperability with both excel and Google Sheets. I spent 90 minutes thinking I was an idiot, trying to follow its guidance before asking the internet.

8) Abuse is abuse, and people negligent in doing anything about it are participating in it. Get toxicity out of your life.

This needs to be taught more actively in school. Negligence in stopping abuse, or fostering abuse = just as immoral as abuse.

we moved into a home that had wired speakers installed in every room all to a central Sonos enabled device - it is all old. It worked perfectly until this.

Funny thing is, we thought it was silly when we moved in - then we grew to love it. Now I hate them!

the spike design to be extremely effective at damaging the virus’ external structure and piercing its membranes

It’s always great to see more methods of microorganism control - but the challenge here is that the same mechanism likely kills many other microorganisms. Testing it to see that it is ‘safe’ in other settings is expensive and time consuming.

What kind of guidance can you give me? What would you suggest?

It's really about matching our obligations (family, kids, rent, etc.) against your runway (sales, funding, being able to pay yourself).

If those two things work - then go for it. If not, then you have your answer.

Another way to look at this is that the 'game' phase of your startup just had the clock run out. Did you get far enough to make it full time or not?