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Comment · 3 years ago
Yo! Tried to reply to your post about a visa (thread locked now). I'm a Canadian, founder, been through the process multiple times, and am helping people with visas. @loganullyott on twitter, loganullyott @gml dot com
Comment · 6 years ago
I don't seem to be able to DM... maybe not enough karma? DM me or [email protected] and I can walk you through a few options.
Comment · 6 years ago
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Comment · 10 years ago
Seattle | Maybe remote | CTO | UAV / Drone programmers | DroneSeed.co

DroneSeed is bringing tree-planting drones, remote-sensing data, and predictive analytics to the forestry industry. We're building a fleet of 15 drones to fly over forested areas and fire seed capsules into the ground with pneumatics. It's pretty cool. We're a 4-person TechStars company in Seattle right now, we've got our first customers, and we're looking to hire in two positions.

We're looking for a Co-Founder CTO. Ideal candidate will have experience working with either GIS and Image processing, or UAV flight planning, as well as working with large data sets. Capable of leading a team, the candidate will be designing backend architecture, can estimate hours and evaluate talent. You're keen to provide the software element to our hardware and business skills. Helpful but not required experience includes: ArcGIS or QGIS, PixHawk, Pix4d, AgDrone, Python, Q Ground Control, ArduPilot, Python. https://angel.co/droneseed/jobs/115308-cofounder-cto-drone-s...

UAV Mission Planner: This position will be charged with owning the software stack to allow 15 drones to be pre-programmed on how to plant tree seeds, where to go, and how to land autonomously. You have 1-4 years experience working writing code for mission planning software. https://angel.co/droneseed/jobs/114965-software-engineer-uav...

If you're motivated by the problem, equity, and are comfortable working at a fast pace in an aspiring startup in a prestigious accelerator (TechStars Seattle), we would love to talk. Candidate should consider moving to Seattle for 1-4 months. (Housing may be provided depending upon need.)

[email protected] , @droneseed on twitter, or PM me on HN

Comment · 10 years ago
I didn't particularly love the last one, on Musk's "secret sauce," but the rest of the Musk series was absolutely fantastic. You could give it to someone that has never seen a car or rocket, and by the end of it they'd understand the majority of the energy, auto, and space industries.
Comment · 10 years ago
I was just imagining an autopilot lane with cars flying into the city to pick up their owners.

You could also have parking garages with a much higher capacity per sq. foot if all the cars were smart and could work together. (Or even sections designed for this) Instead of single or double car rows, you could have them 4 or five cars deep, and self-rearranging to let each other out.

Comment · 10 years ago
I was thinking more of something like "I'm drunk, so I'm going to voluntarily give my car control to take me home." Basically turning it into a driverless taxi. "No seatbelt, no car move" is restricting in that it's always enabled. Something like what I've dubbed "drunk mode" or "taxi mode" gives you more options.
Comment · 10 years ago
Thinking about your last sentence: Elon has been tweeting about Tesla's summon feature - tap your phone and your car will come to you, across the street or across the country. If a car can drive LA to NY legally, without a driver, there should be a way for it to carry a drunk passenger. Whether that means enabling "drunk mode" so you can't grab the steering wheel, or that you have to sit in the back seat, there's surely room for a compromise between the automakers and lawmakers. Technology like this will save lives.

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