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Language Learning Is Broken
I’ve learned a lot about languages over the years. I’ve independently studied the following languages and achieved varying levels of fluency. By competency: Spanish French German Swahili Russian Hindi...
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5 Technologies for Better Infrastructure Planning
Transportation and facility location planning are tough. A few technologies have arisen that may make it easier to plan scheduling, locations for new facilities, and coverage zones for any type of...
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To Find Good Problems, Trace the Supply Chain
I often hear first time entrepreneurs, who have recently failed and are getting back into the swing of things, tell me about their difficulties finding good problems. I’ve discovered one very time...
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An Undergrad Industrial Engineering degree from Georgia Tech
An Industrial Engineering degree from the best program in the world costs ~$20,000/yr. It is a curriculum centered around creating ‘well rounded individuals.’ I made sure to do industry research...
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10 Myths about Nuclear Energy
10 Myths about Nuclear Energy Aniruddha Kulkarni, (more) Below are a list of some of the misconceptions which people have regarding nuclear energy- Myth # 1: Americans get most of their yearly...
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Reference and Learning Resources for Industrial Engineers
A worker using a device to print labels. The device and inputs manage pick path optimization, minimizing the distance the worker travels to pick products from shelves and place it on pallets. I use...
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New Orleans Corruption Event Index
I’ll update this periodically. These are a few of the events that have popped up on my radar. I copy pasted these from a variety of sources and added hyperlinks in some cases. The Jefferson Corruption...
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Do we need a Human Data Project(HDP)?
The Human Genome Project (HGP) was started in the late 1980′s with the goal of mapping all the chemical base pairs which make up DNA and mapping genes. It was expected to take 15 years and finished 7...
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Random Things I learned at Ycombinator
Random things I learned at Ycombinator I learned a lot about wireless, logistics, and much more from the YC S2012 class. Here’s a few things. Failure is the default state of any new venture. If you’re...
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Index of Companies, Technologies, and Products Started by GT Alums
Level RF- now Soylent (disclaimer:involved as ex-founder) ViaCycle -same YC class as LevelRF/Soylent Paul Stamatiou is a prolific entrepreneur/YC alum. InstantCab is a YC company started by Tech...
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How IP Laws Strangle Humanity
I’ve worked on multiple groundbreaking technology ventures as an early employee. Over the last 5 years I’ve interacted with hundreds of entrepreneurs and ‘new’ technologies ranging from particle...
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On Friday I sat in a bank.
On Friday I sat in a Wells Fargo bank for 2 hours and watched 36 people enter and leave. Thinking about Bitcoin, War Zones, and Banking I was there for 2 hours waiting for a client to finish setting up...
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An Aberrational Way to Learn A Language
I’ve been using the manual process of correcting my favorite websites as a way to improve my error detection speed on websites in foreign languages. I’ve been using a tool called DakWak.com. It...
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Fodder for Silicon Valley Banter
For one reason or another, these topics and startups are appetizing conversation pieces in silicon valley. Going to Space. Make Rockets Cheaper (SpaceX, Elon Musk, etc..) Deep Orbit (NASA’s Space...
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12 years, 4 weeks and 1 day.
Can you guess the title’s significance? I was in intermediate school. A few months earlier, I was evacuated from school by my parents on the notion that being next to a NASA school would induce an...
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Being Relentless and Doing Follow Up E-mails
PG tweeted about us. Sasha and I wrote this article over 10 days with hundreds of edits in between product and customer meetings. I chased down James Allworth, a New York Times Best Selling writer to...
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The Significance of the 1984 SCPA
The 1984 SCPA(Semi-conductor Patent Act) allowed companies and individuals to patent integrated circuits. The hopes were that the 1984 SCPA would provide protection to US firms that design,...
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Hey Mavericks owner, what’s going on with you and Vringo?
I love watching you on Shark Tank. In fact, so do many of my friends. You’re one of the few entrepreneurs on the stage that doesn’t criticize ideas, but focuses on the execution. You’re the best form...
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