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One resource I would recommend is the Startups For the Rest of Us podcast. http://www.startupsfortherestofus.com/ Most of the topics are around SAAS based services.

Right! That is an awesome repair job but don't try to fix your RaspberryPi board like this. :)

I really wish these articles would mention sensitivity, specificity, overall accuracy. Those measures really are the name of the game for diagnostic tests.

Being able to sort flights by "agony" was pure genius! There are so many times when I'll gladly pay $20 more for an easier flight plan.

They are not practically nothing. After loopholes the average corporate tax rate is something like 17% [1]. This is far lower than the often stated 35% but it is not nothing. This …

One thing to keep in mind is that capital has already been taxed once when it was first generated. Sure, you can bring up tax loopholes and inequality but generally it's true that …

For those interested in this topic I would recommend checking out the researcher Nick Bostrom and his book "Superintelligence". Here's a review snippet: "Nick Bostrom makes a persu…

I think your bar is a bit high. Standard milling tolerences are almost 50x higher than what you state. Casting is much worse. The point is that additive printing won't take over th…

Heating things with a laser is not quite as easy as you might think. Different materials will absorb different wavelengths of light at different rates. So for example a 1um laser m…

That is true in the USA. In the UK, for example, there is an academic exemption. Practically there would be very little damages that could be shown by infringing a patent once in a…

In the USA if you knowingly violate a patent you will be responsible for triple damages. For software that would be 3X the revenue generated. This is true even if the violator does…