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Also worth noting that China's government policies can create a domestic vacuum for products previously validated outside of China. Google's product and business model can be repli…

A friend of mine is an investigative journalist in China - he spent a while working in a helmet foam factory and living in a dorm such as the one in the article. He heard rumors th…

This is true, it does trigger with wet wood. Aside from framing lumber (2x4s, etc), most woodworking is done using kiln-dried hardwood, though. I worked around a sawstop at the Sta…

I'm not positive, but I think Spiegel already made FU money as part of a funding round prior to the FB offer. Can anyone confirm?

Pretty sure that Industrial Designers call this a "squarecle"

I would also guess that he can actually afford a house for his children to grow up in down in Burbank. I wonder if Motiv subsidies the Surf Air membership. Moving a company from LA…

Quite the opposite, I'd say.

Most commercial drones have 4 motors w about 12 magnets each. Some others: electric bikes, electric skateboards, power tools, blow dryers, iPad cases. If I recall correctly, one of…

Not positive, but I think there are scaling issues w AC induction motors. My understanding is that for smaller applications, they don't make sense. Anyone have more insight on this…

Aside from community, is there a functional difference between designspiration and pinterest?

This is all I remember from my Stanford intro to humanities "World History of Science" lecture. We'll, this and "witch's milk".. Robert Proctor is a legend.

This is all I remember from my Stanford intro to humanities "World History of Science" lecture. We'll, this and "witch's milk".. Robert Proctor is a legend.

In the article, it states that Chase is offering 0% funds, yet Betterment claims that their "All-in Actual Cost" for a 100k fund is better than Chase's due to cash drag and a lower…

When the biggest customer complaint is that people can't buy enough of your product, you know you're doing something right.

Picking a manufacturer is a several month-long process by itself, and would require building out an operations/production engineering team for ongoing production. Imagine producing…

"The pom-pom crab, the scientists speculated, is perhaps the only animal on the planet that controls another species’ growth, feeding and asexual reproduction." Except for scientis…

To get around the paywall, google search the article URL and go through the search results.

Liquor, Beer, Wine?