I get asked a lot about why India is so behind from white westerners who just visited and want to help the country. This type of question comes up often and it’s worth answering. I’m more well informed as to the nuances of why/how a country with an overeducated technical class is so far behind than […]
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There’s 200,000 new apps that come out each month, but very few will be successful. There’s 8–10 genetic marker tests that come out each day, very few if any are decipherable/can be tied to as an indicator of disease. There’s ~60k genetic tests on the market. 3000 types of steel exist, and 80% of them […]
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My friend Alexander Girau at advanotech gave me a quick primer on Proteins, Sugars, and Fats. I found this relevant as I began exploring ketosis and veganism last year out of curiosity. Figured I’d share it here: Proteins (amimo acids): 8/9 (one is isomeric) essential (for humans) amino acids associated with making proteins. 20/21 common amino acids […]
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I follow Cdixon on Twitter. He’s an investor at A16Z. I wanted to I’ve been reading his post What’s Next in Computing. and figured it was worth adding something about the nature of EDA’s open source progress. The piece is worth a sit down and read. He makes a good key point that I wanted to expand upon. Moore’s […]
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Kumar’s Law: Over the history of software programming and app development, I’ve observed that the the number of developers and/or technologies/APIs and/or costs and/or education required to build an app will decrease by 2x every 2 years. Graveyard Code. No-one can be sure just how many apps exist in the marketplace. One of the primary issues is […]
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People against nuclear energy are missing some key perspectives. Everyone who is educated on the nature of $/MWh, cares about the environment, understands specific energy, power density, and environmental impacts can clearly see that it will take a combination of energy sources with Nuclear doing the heavy lifting to come to a more energy sustainable future. The big problem if solved, that […]
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