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It doesn't listen for sound, it uses wireless signals and sensor fusion to monitor movements.
>Totemic Labs is building a device that resembles an Amazon Echo that uses sound to identify and respond to falls automatically.
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Of course. Most likely. What else can it be.. Colour me bitter..but my biggest weakness is that I am not 'technical' enough...but why is someone who has never tilled a field or known the rhythms of growing food in the natural world and knows the diff between dirt and soil be better qualified to make what we need? And keep us suckling on the giant teat(or whatever) of tech? Like Monsanto does..like John Deere and dmca…
Find technical cofounders. It's not too late. YC is just one VC company. And don't be so bitter, it's not VC's fault that you lack technical skills.
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Of course. Most likely. What else can it be.. Colour me bitter..but my biggest weakness is that I am not 'technical' enough...but why is someone who has never tilled a field or known the rhythms of growing food in the natural world and knows the diff between dirt and soil be better qualified to make what we need? And keep us suckling on the giant teat(or whatever) of tech? Like Monsanto does..like John Deere and dmca…
Yes, building a robot without being technical is an incredibly high risk, especially if you don't have anything built yet. If you want to build robots, you need to have a working prototype to show that you or your team has the technical skills and the passion to build something with your own money to pull it off. That's how you get investors.
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> I don't think hardcore gamers like games with pay-to-play features They do not. They really do not. I, along with several of my friends, would easily be considered part of the "hardcore gaming" audience and everything I know of the people on the forums I frequent and the games I play points to the fact that dumping cash into a game in order to progress is just about the most despised trend in video games among that…
One counterexample is Hearthstone. Players buy packs to have access to cards that otherwise would take them weeks to unlock. AFAIK, professional & hardcore players actually spend a lot of money buying these packs so that they can unlock the cards ASAP and study & test them for competitive play.
Modular Science - Outdoor farm robot. They pivoted from lab automation to outdoor farm bots? How? I applied to YC twice(unsuccefully) with the same idea. And I am a farmer. Just not a PhD from MIT. I would love to know they came up with that number. Really. Would love love love to know how..
Since it isn't clear what "number" you are talking about, thought I ask. Also, for ease of reference, here's the information on the company for the link above: "Modular Science – Outdoor robot farming: Elon Musk may be concerned about robots taking over the world, but Modular Science just wants robots to farm our vegetables. The startup, which currently has robots out in the field (!) in Petaluma, CA, is aiming to au…
How come a biotech company doing lab automation can pivot into building a farm bot but a farmer is useless to building a farm bot? I am not a modest person. Neither am I vain. I am a pragmatist. The evolutionary basis of being modest rests on being AWARE. Of impact, pros and cons. I won't ever venture into a field where I have no expertise..like as a roboticists. Or a doctor. Or a biotech scientist.
To ask a farmer to learn more than their area of expertise and demand that they also be a 'technical' person is to set them up for failure. If a surgeon wants to build a robotic arm for delicate surgery, do you make him go to engg school? But can you make the surgery bot without the surgeon's input.
It's disregard. It's disregard for the work we do and disregard for what we create. It's disregard for our expertise and knowledge. It's disregard and disrespect for the earth for which we are stewards.
No. This stings. Bitterly.
Feather seems very solid. If you guys want a China partner let me know. It's Ikea's fastest growing market.
Unless they switch up the line up or numbers, I don't see how it can be popular enough to be profitable. When they did a Launch HN[1] a few weeks back the rent vs. buy costs was high enough that I couldn't imagine anyone using it. Best of luck to them though. [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14664851
They say Pyka already built a plane, so why do they only show renderings? Seems weird to waste that credibility advantage.
I find it interesting that "Honeydue" is in the list, when there are multiple free apps already in existence such as Buxfer and Splitwise that have already been available for years. Both Buxfer and Splitwise serve the exact same functions as Honeydue (splitting bills/expenses with room mates and/or partners), and both of them are free to use. Sadly, neither app has found a way to be all that profitable after all thes…
My partner and I merged our finances when we moved to London as we both essentially started at zero here. We use pocketsmith[0] to manage and keep track of everything. It's fantastic and has completely changed the way I look at money. It has a great cashflow view and good forecasting. I now never look at our account balances, as I know, from the cashflow view, that we're definitely earning more than we spend. So now…
My frustration with most these budgeting apps is that they're usually designed around the idea of split finances, which is something I fundamentally have a problem with. My wife and I keep nothing but joint accounts. There is no "splitting". I don't need to "control what my partner sees". I just need a place where I can keep track of _our_ budget.
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Exactly. That’s why you don’t put up cameras in the first place.
So only the government can record what's happening, and if private citizens or companies do so they are shamed and jailed?
The police can’t even film protests to identify protestors.
Modular Science - Outdoor farm robot. They pivoted from lab automation to outdoor farm bots? How? I applied to YC twice(unsuccefully) with the same idea. And I am a farmer. Just not a PhD from MIT. I would love to know they came up with that number. Really. Would love love love to know how..
People are chiding you for your bitterness, but apart from an idea and technical prowess, there is a third (very important) pillar that you have to offer. Sales. Can you gather 50 other farmers that have the same need for automation, cheques in hand? Most other non-technical founders have said the same. If you can you'll have (good) technical talent lining up around the block and subsequently interest from YC.
Chide away. We are not built delicate.