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__sy__

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Seam (YC S20) — Building the API to the Physical World https://seam.co/ sy@seam.co

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    Comment #48766797

    i loved playing ShenzhenIO! So much so that i ended up buying and registering the domain of the fictitious company you were hired by in the game. That domain redirects to Seam now

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    Comment #48631908

    This was my exact intuition. At 450 metric ton, we're three orders of magnitude away from what large container ships can do. It's a nice PoC but this is clearly just PR from DHL. A…

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    i don't get all the hate in this thread. I literally was about to build this today, using my home server, tailscale, and some kind of web frontend. thanks for saving me time :)

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    Comment #42245972

    So? I can make the exact same point about Google and other tech companies that endured years—decades sometimes—of eye-watering losses, only to eventually build enormously valuable …

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    Comment #42245967

    eh... I'm pretty sure I mentioned net income (which i think is pretty close to profit in some circles) but if we care about debt servicing, buybacks...etc, let's just look at cash …

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    Comment #42244280

    FYI Uber reported a net income of $2.6B in Q3-2024 and $1.9B for 2023. That's no Google but that's also no "barely makes any money" territory, no? Source: https://www.google.com/fi…

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    Comment #41772483

    yeah but even then, it's still just a contract. The legal math behind Cisco's decision might just be to extend support just long enough to meet obligations and tolerate the risk th…

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    Comment #41772466

    Anyone here know customers affected? I'm wondering if Seam could build a LoRaWAN gateway and get these guys out of this mess.

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    Comment #41772455

    yes at Seam we've seen a number of large deployment in multi-family buildings where you need to deploy devices (locks, thermostats, water leak sensors) but wiring the whole buildin…

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    Comment #41403649

    I don't know if it will count as DIY, but take a look at LEGIC and their devkit for this. We (seam) work with them and I recall seeing a couple of startups doing demo's of their UW…

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    Comment #40997551

    Sounds like a really interesting technical challenge. Couple of issues I can see: (1) most devices out there would probably be mobile, so no NVIDIA/CUDA for you; (2) even with bind…

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    Comment #37632679

    might makes right

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    Comment #37395274

    Nathan -- thanks for your work on this issue. I'm the ceo/co-founder at Seam (YC S20). We're building an API for IoT devices. I have many, many thoughts for you. For Seam, we purch…

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    Comment #36953722

    For the wetter sciences, the answer is somewhere in between. We usually have somewhat of an understanding of the prior theory. We then throw a lot of stuff at the wall…. Oh, this s…

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    Comment #36533587

    Yeah pdf of report says that blocking is instant as of 2021. Also completely agree with the need for an active connection to do work. A lot of the software/hacker devs I knew have …

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    Comment #36533458

    I’ve done so much experimentation with GFW pre pandemic while staying in China for extended period of times. I was always amazed at how quickly they would catch up on my shadowsock…

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    Comment #36227627

    Happy to help. Have you tried Home Assistant as well? It's pretty good for personal use cases and such.

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    Comment #36227617

    Thank You!

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    Comment #36227607

    Many, yes. We have a page ( https://www.seam.co/security-and-privacy ) detailing this. One of the area of collaboration with manufacturers is helping them implement proper OAuth so…

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    Comment #36221217

    QIDI X-MAXⅡ. We mostly use it to print device test fixtures. For example, we have a fixture for thermostats, ie before you can test a smart thermostat, you have to trick it into th…

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    Comment #36220862

    Ohhh, this is such a great question! Also, it's quite clear you’ve seen these systems & their APIs up close, and can appreciate the mess… :) So I’d say there are two approaches to …

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    Comment #36220588

    it's messy! but we've got all sorts of fun stuff + a 3D printer. We also have all these shelves around the office for storing devices. Here's one: https://imgur.com/a/UGhCIxg We're…